Speccy #03 31 декабря 1995

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Novella - A fantastic story of the game "Laser Squad" (continued).

Andrew Shapiro



             STORM

 Fantastic story for the game

         LASER SQUAD

    (Beginning in the journal N2).


             FORWARD

 It began to dawn. Soft rays
nice morning sun caressed
person under the mask. Light
wind swept, raising dust from
lifeless planet's surface
-Sputnika.Nakonets something passed this
dead calm, the field is filled
the sounds of morning awakening.

 Not far from aerolyuka south-west gate, with bated breath
Jack hid Dzhonlan and John
Ryan. A huge boulder about the huge lunar crater served as the
they kept a place for zasady.Kapral
close observation, and Ryan
served covering the;
though now it was hardly
necessary.

Soon Dzhonlan noticed
security guard, he emerged from aerolyuka and is currently doing
pretend that inspects
area. Jack knew that to kill
This mercenary will now be
simple.

 -Skipper, let me go down, but the ceiling with them, find out 
what's inside happened-joked Ryan.


 "Do not mess now, John, it
seriously! John Ryan was silent. "What
can we do? "-flashed the thought in
kaprala.I head suddenly came up with:

 -If anything, closing!
 -Where are you? -Scared Ryan
 -Stop!

 Stay the same! But it was too late.
Commandos rushed to a nearby
crater, and then to another, third, and after a few seconds was
a sandy mound, right next to
aerolyuka. And all this movement
was done so
professionally, that the security guard
did not even zametil.Kapral
picked up a small pebble and
threw it in the direction of the hatches.
The stone flew, bouncing off
land and thereby creating noise.
Less than a second, as a security guard
turned around and immediately pulled
your ...
"Mother of God!"-Thought with horror
Dzhonlan. In the hands of a mercenary
flashed a new brand of laser
automaton "Marsec SP.800", a
shot which could spread in
shreds everything that gets in his
ways within a radius of 35 meters.

 "FSU .. with .. sh .. Sh.Sh.. Shu ... .. have a shot rang out 
..."- laser SP.800, A few seconds after "Bamm-C-SS -

-Protective shell of aeroshlyuza
broken; explosion struck not
just it: everything in the radius
35 metrov was nothing on
seems to be just like after a nuclear
attack.

 "You saw it, Jack?-Slow
Ryan said on the radio. -Oh, yes!
Such weapons we do not have enough
Right?

 -That's right, boss, I think now
us the keys are not needed, we will not
problems now would get inside!

 -Well, it remains only to remove,
it ...

 Dzhonlan jumped up from the pile
peska, it suddenly shot up
Weapon: Laser M7000. But the mercenary
seconds earlier, had
turn and shot in
second time. At this time the charge
severed arm flying at
enemy Cpl. In the following
moment, fire a laser beam
M7000 burned through security guard,
and he fell to the ground, made no
single sound. His body is still
some time in twitching
agonal convulsions and
Then there was silence reigned
former silence of the lunar morning.
The corporal was sitting on the sidelines,
examining the wound, John Ryan
quickly searched the body of the murdered,
pulled out his scanner, a new
avtolazer and turned to Jack:

 Heavy-wound?
 -Come on, before the wedding will heal! Smiled Cap.
 -Well, we can not lose any
minuty.Vpered!
 -Discover what's left of
gateways-called cap.

 John vividly put the mini-map,
found a corpse in the receiver
panel lock. There was a signal and
the door hissed open.

 -Quite simply, the skipper! Directly, as in
fairy tale!

 The two soldiers entered the premises.
Severe pain in the eyes is the first
that they felt: enormous
number of illuminating lamps and
generators filled the corridor.
Commandos removed his helmet and breathed
Fresh, created geliogeneratorom the air. "Gateway battened 
down, gentlemen" - there was a metallic, but nice voice 
kompyuera "Welcome to the lunar base "Orca".


 - If it was good - snorted
Dzhek.Rayn picked up the walkie-talkie:
 - All the attention, "says the" mom ".
Guests already in the hall, a dog bite - I had to wear a 
muzzle. As kids? Admission ... 

Came the answer: - "Mom" at home.
All in poryadke.Priem ...
 Papa on the spot! Admission ...
 - "Daddy" is waiting for instructions. Guys, let's all the 
same we change pozyvnye.Priem ... 

-Otlichno.Vse home! Start dinner!
-Finish, John Ryan and turned off
radio - all right, Jack, all
groups on the ground, it's time to expand the operation.
-Excellent Rein ...

 John Ryan left his
ammunition and went to the nearest
computer terminal, he
pulled out what that black box streamlined and put
it fit in to alfavinchestera
computer.

 Cap! I have read the information in
our scanner and I think you need to go
further ...

 Ryan did not finish, because
uslishal as something falls sharply
turned around holding his "Marsack"
at the ready ..
 .. On the floor lay unconscious Jack
Dzhonlan, and next was a whole pool of
blood.

 - Hey Jack! Say, before the wedding
heal?



          LAUGHTER THE DEVIL

 On the basis of space was all
spokoyno.Shel sixth hour of the lunar
am. Room Chief
Bronx was wide open,
poor general lay lifeless
on the floor with a hole in the abdomen
left laser oruzhiem.Eto
it was he who called the galactic center and reported the 
capture of base. Nothing in the room

betrayed the recent incident.
Neatly decked bed, flowers
in a vase, neatly folded in
locker books, old
designed in the style of "Monroe"
Written table, as has always been
swamped with a pile of documents

Yes, unlucky wretch Bronx!

 At this time, in the adjacent room
base, the old biochemist, Dr.
Martin, sitting in his lab and put some regular
genetic experience.

 - May I come in, sir? - These
words belonged to logged-in
laboratory captain of mercenaries,
- Mr. Martin, on the report
my players: at five o'clock
morning was found a breakthrough in
gidroobolochke base, about
south-west gate. At 5.30
Force mechanic found
hole in aeroshlyuze and dead
guardian; ammunition stolen;
no information about what had happened
No, boss! As if an angel devil
appeared, created and then disappeared, and we
powerless ..

 - Shut up! What do you mean "we
powerless? "I told you did not
crying, eh? Idiot unhappy, go
and go about their direct
Responsibilities! Once the door
the captain slammed
Dr. Martin gave up his experience and
rushed to the terminal, "This
"Laser"! This "laser"!
Only they are capable of such a "this thought flashed 
incessantly a wily head biochemist.


 He proshnyryal on all cameras, placed in a room
Base looked even in the cordon
his soldiers compartments, no one!
Martin burning out of an unpleasant
feelings of helplessness. The only thing he knew was that
power still on his side,
because he had hundreds of "Magnus-s" he ruler of the galaxy. 
This Martin gave the idea more

high spirits: he now
laughing, sitting in his chair.
Soon, the laughter turned into a strange
laughter. The professor laughed and
laugh without even realizing that
enabled switch connection, and its
laughter is heard throughout the base ..



             Ambush

 Harry Hildrok and Barry Daisy
quietly moving along
the main corridor of the lunar base. In
Harry's left hand lay a black
scanner, the right powerful laser
flamethrower. The image on the skenere
changed rapidly, showing all
Possible ways here, all
room and hatches. Now they
were in front of a huge
hermetic hatch, which
opened the way to the next compartment.

 - Barry, come on you're right, I
left. Free!

 And suddenly there was heard:
 B-A-B-A-A-A-X! "- Burst
Cabin hatch on the side
started shooting from a laser.
Flash penetrated the narrow
passage from all sides. Round
curling smoke, pungent odor
Gary hit in the nose. Absolute
confusion reigned here.

 - It's an ambush, Harry - all of which
had said Daisy. More
some time in walking
discharge current, blinding
Flash, choking red smoke
a gas generator, which was
punched in the shooting. AND
Soon all was quiet; reign
deathly silence.

 Barry! .. Barry! ..- Called softly
Hildrok, but no one answered
- Barry, are you alive? Barry?

 The answer was silence. Harry
rose, tolerating the intolerable
pain from the wound, crawled a bit
in the direction of the bursting
Gateways - Barry, really,
nowhere to be found! Despair at the moment
Harry seized Holdrokom and
Moreover, even where not undertake
the entire base someone loudly
laughing and laughing at this so much
pressed on losing power
Holdroka that his mind is clouded
and he lost consciousness ..........

 ......... Consciousness slowly
began to return, and Harry
tried to get up-to no avail.
What a powerful force
keep it up. These were the plastic straps, which Harry was
operetsionnomu tied to the table.
Gradually he began to come in
themselves. To the table is constantly approached some people 
watching to Harry and again departed. A

when he came to fully
sense, then saw that it was
not people ..

 "Oh my God!" - Thought Hildrok - "This is
same mutants, so it means Steven
was right about the experiments, but where are
Dr. ... "
 As soon as this thought came to
his head, a man in
white coat, the old, in glasses:

 - With the arrival of Harry, - affectionately
said the stranger.
 - How do you know my name? Amazed Harry
 -I know everything! I Professor
Martin Moon biochemist ..
 -Oh it's you, a reptile, it's you
mutiruesh living beings,
Do you know 272 article
peacekeeping Code galaxy, eh?

 Eyes professor of unusually
gentle sharply "swum" in
threatening his face appeared
pout:

 - "How dare you, you, me
Lord of the future of the Galaxy
talk!

 Harry was the answer spat
Professor in the face. Martin
rassviripel: he began to rage
worn around the room, laboratory,
knocking devices or containers with liquids gurgling.

 -Twenty years! "-Yelled the professor,
-Long twenty years I spent in
cellars of the lunar base. I do not
slept neither day nor night:
developed the theory of perfect
mutation, developed the theory of
nuclear cybernetics produced
perfect weapon "MAGNUS",
able to control my brain, mutated creatures with
PC-I a genius, I'm a genius!

 Worm-you earthlings, but not
genius, "snapped Harry.

 But the professor continued, not
listening to the offender:

 -My theory occupied a prominent place
in the world, and in what location was
I? I'm still sitting here in this
damn lunar laboratory.

People enjoyed my inventions, but me and do not remember ..
But still! Now is the time of reckoning!

 I will destroy the galaxy warheads from the landfill, leaving 
only a narrow range of mutants, which will take care of me 
throughout Eternity! Oh, yes, yes, yes!


 -Why, you're crazy! "Shouted Harry
 - Even a madman! More
what! More ...

 Retired professor, something
Burchi himself. Hildrok
lay stunned everyone uslishannym. Now he knows everything, he
knows what happened to the database and
also knows what a great
threat hanging over civilization. "What do we do now?" I must 
warn the Army about mutants, computer-controlled

Wait a minute ... After all, to stop them, to destroy the 
computer, managing them. But I'm bound and

on this all ends ... "-
Hildrok thought.

 Having made several attempts to escape, Harry desperately 
quiet. Nothing comes out. 

 In the meantime, entered the room ...
Corporal Dennis.

 -Dennis !?!?- Harry exclaimed in surprise - "You ...- of whack 
Hildrok lost consciousness again. 


           Cordon

 "Says Steve O'Hara: we have come
to the destination, waiting for you,
John. How Dzhonlan?
 -He's all right. Our
Krepysh just fainted
due to the large losses krovi.No
now all you normalno.Tak
say all seven of the collection?
 -No! There are only four.
Corporal Dennis, Harry and Barry
No, and communication with them is lost ..
 -This is very sad, well,
wait for us to kepom through minutes
fifteen - finish the conversation
John Ryan.

 Thrusting his walkie-talkie in a suit, he
wink Jack Dzhonlanu,
sitting at this time on the dead
guard the third compartment,
showed a gesture that needed
potaraplivatsya. Soldiers gathered
trophy, ammunition and moved
along the long corridor.
 They walked slowly, looking around
parties, examining every detail, and beat constantly on the 
alert. Dead standing tension in this

corridor. Smelt
burning, and soon they were ahead of him
saw the remains of the ruptured aeroshlyuza.

 "What is happening here! Speculated Rein
 - I think there were Harry
with Barry, look, here's a jar
Hildroka
 Jack, there are a lot of blood -
shouted Ryan.
 Yes, got the same they said ..-
Dzhonlan quietly and sat down.

 Harry and Barry were to him,
as the two brothers. How many fights
They have been together in several
debacles did not happen, and all
came out alive, and now .. Jack
too tired for these few
hours from the start of operations already
when they arrived on the planet, he
felt something, for some reason did not
warned the guys ..

 Jack, come on. Us
wait! - John okriknul be planning Cpl.
-Come on .....


             *

 Consciousness gradually returned to Hildroku. Bent over him 
and looked him in the face Dennis and Professor Martin.

 -And .. it's all the same not sleep with ..-
hardly said Harry: in the mouth
it completely dry, the lips
glowed, his eyes were closing, "Dennis!
Traitor!
-I am here pay more, my friend.
 - I'm not your friend. Where is Barry? Shouted as he could 
Hildrok.  -A, is the battle your

boyfriend? - Chuckled Professor
Martin - he is just now
begin to mutate.

 -No! - In a hoarse voice shouted
Harry. He strained his vision-in
back of the room on a chair
tied sat Barry. Kind of
It was not the best.

 -Proceed to Step!. -
Martin commanded. Harry
pulled the straps that secure it to the
table, to pull their socks, and belts with
crackle burst, releasing
commando. Lightning Hildrok
rushed to the nearest table,
grabbed the knife and just as quickly
dealt with the guards. Topics
time Dennis dived into
some secret door, Martin
him. Harry killed stroke hand
another security guard and rushed to
tied to someone.
 A minute later the two commando in
full uniform ran on
the main corridor at the base
meeting to the main group ...


             *

 Meanwhile Dzhonlan and Ryan
got to the point of the meeting, and
as early as six, they decided
to arrange an attack on home
force base. Dzhonlan drew the plan.
The soldiers rested, dined,
were preparing for battle weapons and
assisted in the drafting of the corporal
plan.
 -Ray, you ustanovish explosives
nearly all the passages in this
bay - giving orders
Dzhonlan - Bill and Steve, go
to the west hatch cover,
Others: Richard and John,
ambush here. Coming Soon
this compartment will be bloody
slaughter.

 All the soldiers dispersed to
places. Silence reigned over the
compartment. Hear only the sounds of
published blades ventilyatorov.Proshlo fifteen minutes-all
quietly. Dzhonlana worried
thought about the loss of three soldiers
detachment, no he could not tolerate
with the thought of their death. Time went by
very, very slowly, and
they seemed to be sitting here already
several hours. The whole squad
nervous ...
 And then after some time came vzryvlopnula shell gateway, and
compartment ran into a team of mutants
Number of twenty individuals. Y
each in its paws were on the new
"Marsack SP800".

 - "Mutants?" - Thought the cap, and
Stephen asked on the radio, you mean
this is me talking, baby?.
 "Yes Captain. It is their published
Professor Martin, so it seems
his name.

 Dzhonlan pale with horror
looked at the crowd of monsters.
Suddenly, with all the other hatches
povylazili other groups
mutants. They were so
much that it seemed the crowd
rages compartment. Jack Dzhonlan
treating persons monsters
suddenly saw a familiar to him.

 - Oh! Guys! Look, there
guys from the scout: James,
Patrick, Michael. What happened to them
done? - Spoke on the radio
Cpl. And then if Dzhonlana
knocked: "I understand. Professor
mutates living beings in order to
management by computer. That's who made a riot! These
Monsters in no way guilty, but
if not destroy, they
destroy humanity. Well,
now we must fight back and try to find a chief executive officer
Computer "- Jack assessed the situation and reported on the 
radio: 

Ray, turn the fireworks!

 At the same time from all sides
compartment appeared to fire
flash explosions. The roar of bombs
drowned out the noise of the crowd monstrov.Ih
accidents bodies scattered on the
pieces. With wild cries, in
panic, they rushed to escape, but
more and more explosions would reach and
smote them.
 GO! - Jack and ordered
jumped out of zasady.Otryad, suddenly appeared out of obscurity
opened heavy fire from automatic lasers.
 Vspishki, discharge current, fumes and
impenetrable fog that's the last
seen in this light
monsters.
 Ten minutes later, all
stihlo.Dym rasseevalsya was
It can be seen on the floor compartment was
something something: a huge bloody
mesevo from the remains of mutancheskogo
detachment.
 -Guys, you understand that there is
happened? quietly asked Dzhonlan.
 -Now let ..- also quietly
said Ray Boulder.
 -Due to the interest of the scientist
killed our comrades from
reconnaissance. Sorry guys.
 Dzhonlan sighed and sober
said:
 -The battle is not over yet! Must
find a computer controlling all
this. Where is this Martin?


           Edge of Darkness

 Suddenly, in the passage of the plating
hatch could be heard shouting:-Guys!
Guys! I caught him!

 -It screams Dennis! - Animated
Steven O'Hara.

 Soon appeared in the doorway hatch
Corporal Dennis, a leading professor
Martin. Pistol M500 was
Dennis the charge of a temple
Martin.

-Do not shoot, I caught ...

 Dennis came over and did not
dropping his hands with a pistol, and began
story:

 Garry and Barry died. I am alone
alive, guys.
After selecting the lair of the
imposter - and he pointed at Paltz
Doctor - I grabbed it and
brought to you ..
 -Wait, Dennis, but in fact there
was an ambitious defense, asked the
perplexed O'Hare
 "But I was with Marsack SP800.
 -From the same you was it? After
You only had our M700-thuja
brand of weapons? Dennis grew pale,
he realized that he loses
conversation, I understood that it is now
split the. He fell into a panic.
Hand holding a pistol, shot up up, and sent a barrel of
right on the head O'Hare. Finger
Dennis nearly pulled the trigger already heard a crash of the 
laser generator charge .. 

 -What are you doing man?! Cried O'Hara.
 And suddenly, on the other hand
corridor could be heard:
 -This is not a friend! His name -
Traitor!
 Laser pulses generated in oruzhue Barry Daisy, came to the 
rescue in time, broke through Corporal Dennis and the dead

fell with a broken belly.

-This is a traitor, "continued Harry
Hildrok, who came together with
Daisy - was sold to Martin. He
tune all. He got to
corporation did not do intelligence.
All commando, including corporal
Dzhonlana, with open mouths
Harry listened to the story. All were
stunned by the speed of recent
events: the appearance of Dennis,
Harry and Barry, shot. But
gradually with the story Hildroka
all cleared up. -.. Remains
Only the main disassemble
computer! - Graduated from Harry -
Yes, where's Martin?

 Taking advantage of the turmoil Professor Martin running away 
down a long corridor basis. His race did not last long. The 
last mine Ray posed at the end

corridor, made her delo.I from
Martin remains only a spot on the
upholstery, and a small cloud
anger, which is dissipated through
a few seconds.
 Dzhonlan looked at soldat.Vse
to edinigo laughed and laughed.
They stopped an imminent threat
destruction of the galaxy.
 -Guys, I have all of you so
Love, Thanks guys!
 Commandos huddled together, and
embraced, before losing consciousness.
 And each of them knew what
great service it is today
concelebrated his home, a beautiful
Galaxy ...


             EPILOGUE

 Dzhonlan appeared on the surface
planet-satellite. Bright sun
shone in his face through the glass
mask. Jack took two hundred
meters in the direction of the moon
knolls, where the landfill is located.
The corporal pulled generator of nuclear
Energy from the console. Everything! C
Magnus-s has been finished
forever. Steve O'Hara and John
Ryan turned off the computer
system developed malignant
Martin.

 So, everything behind. Dzhonlan
looked at the disc a near
Land. It's over! Home.
The corporal went to his
soldiers, who at this time
celebrating the victory.

 In the evening of the lunar day,
trawlers galactic peace organization, took the landing on the 
surface of the lunar satellite .... 

             *