and a reverse social polarity was... Would you like some music before we begin, Copilot Vanzant? - Whatever you like. - How's this, Copilot Vanzant? Confirming identity and status. Age: 32. Release from Hazen rehabilitation: six months. Pilot's licence restored. Work probation: deep space rescue and recovery. Reflex quotient: 1.5. Stress limit: minus 4. You'll have to work on those numbers, Nick. - Neuroscan's fine. - Good. - What happened to your robot? - Nothing. Really? Hope "nothing" doesn't happen to me. The captain's big on 20th century cultural artefacts, so we did him up as a World War One fighter pilot. We do things like that just to amuse each other. Everyone tries to get along here. - I get along fine. - You've been on board 12 days. Asking about a robot's the first sign of interest you've shown in this ship or crew. - I got a captain who watches cartoons,... - He's working on his PhD. ..a computer tech who calls his mainframe Sweetie and two medical techs practising anatomy in any corner they can find. I've been on six paramedic tours with this crew. They get the job done. We're out here for months. Nothing happens. People get lonely. Then suddenly all hell breaks loose, you do your job, then it all goes back to nothing happens. This crew's OK. Want to tell me what you're doing out here? Ex-military pilots don't usually request work probation on paramedic ships. I like deep space. It's quiet. People out here tend to respect each other's privacy. Take one a day. You can put your shirt on. Zyracon, huh? Happy pills. I'm happy. Hazen's a tough drug to kick. Zyracon helps with the residual effects. - I'm clean. - Human interaction helps too. The crew's OK. Maybe you should take the time to get to know them. Thank you, doctor. My analysis ofcards played shows a 77% chance ofyou losing, Benjamin. Five miles of fibre optics sort of spoils the spirit of competition, don't you think, Sweetie? Gin. When I reprogrammed her for this tour, I put some human traits into her personality profile. I sort of wanted them to find out because it'd really piss them off. But if they ever do, I'm dead. I'm assuming you're not gonna turn me in... You don't know me well enough to make that assumption. Your deal. My analysis ofCopilot Vanzant's vital signs suggests a very high probability that he will turn you in, Benjamin. I'm not gonna turn you in. The laserpulse is focused into a surgical-quality beam capable ofthe mostprecise incisions. - Hello, doctor. Mind if I sit down? - What if I do? - Following orders - get to know the crew. - So, the Zyracon worked. I act nice and you want the credit? You act nice, modern medicine gets the credit. I've found staying clean is sort of like staying alive. You either are... or you aren't. Count them. They're all there. Since we don't bring out the pleasant side in each other, tell me what the hell bothers you so much about me. I don't like Hazen. It's not just a type-H mind-altering escape. I don't like what it does to people who take it, I don't like what they do to others. - I used to know someone... - I'm not someone. Didn't say you were. There's nothing I can do to change the past, yours or mine. Heal thyself, doctor. Emergency distress signal received. - We're still in business! - Nothing like being wanted. I'll be in the engine room. I've forgotten everything. What's my job? What do I do? - Come on. - It's been that long. Emergency distress signal received. Bridge. Check. Medical. Check. What have we got? Signal received. SOS, critical. The signal's degraded. It's taken five days to get here. Dispatch misrouted it? This isn't from dispatch. It's a direct call. Direct? We don't get direct. Origin? Pohl 6822. I'm getting a little more. Call letters for a merchant enterprise. It's Titan 37. It's a mining operation. This is way past the colony outpost. ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Нэйт и Хейс на английском - текст Конец света на английском - текст Дерсу Узала на английском - текст Назад в Будущее на английском - текст Токийские сумерки на английском |