ZX Pilot #37 31 марта 2000

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Computer World - short story based on the game ALIEN ENCOUNTER.

      C O M P U T E R W O R L D I



(C) Alexander Orlov



             ALIEN ENCOUNTER

   Novel based on the same game.


                   ... For those who are poisoned

                        her life the war,

                         For those who died

                   not waiting for old age

                  For those who partook

                         death, who is

                     Donated, discarded

                     from all the weaknesses.


                              Leon Trotsky

                   "The Saga of the Great Battle."



                Introduction.


   In the thickets of blackberry explosion rumbled.
From the thick bushes flew charred body
there is an almost humanoid form.

   In the creature completely absent left limb. Chest crossed 
the large open wounds, from which oozed a green slime. At the 
egg-shaped head adorned with huge horns. In general, there is 
produced a "pleasant" experience, if the would- not that same 
mucus that as a shroud enveloped the body with the paws to the 
tips of the horns. 

   Body hitting the ground a few times
turned upside down and a bag of rolls onto its side,
putting on a show charred insides,
dropped from the left side of the body.

   Rang out from the undergrowth on a selective matrix
several galactic languages, and,
the meaning of one and the same-that is understood only one 
person, one that it said. They heard a crunch of breaking

branches and crackling of tearing matter. From the bushes came 
a pilot Dan Deir, slightly limping on his right leg. In the 
hands of He held the photon emitter on dulu which sometimes ran 
sparks discharges. 

   Dan wiped his hand on kamuflyazh, adjusted for
shoulder strap haversack, and spitting on the corpse
stranger, withdrew again into the thicket.

   Came the sixth day of the war ...


                     I


   Dan sat down at the scorched wood and relaxed, remembering 
the recent days. 

   ... About a month ago from a planet of Helion came to light. 
Dan remembered the text message, as it was he only heard the 
cry: - "Everybody who hears us! Says Zack, R75240U2 system 
Helion. We are in danger! We were attacked! Send help! Sector 
43-572 ... "Next came a bloodcurdling scream that drowned roar 
of shots and explosions and the connection is completely broken.


   A week later, was formed by a detachment of
Elite soldiers of the Galactic Patrol. Two weeks later, landing 
"away" in the sector 44-572, and began ...


   Landing on the planet to spread out
groups of two. Time on task
allotted a little, just a half weeks. Rallying point was the 
base - the "destruction" alien stronghold of the people. And 
now Den with Kurt Lewin to wade

database, which is now the stronghold of these villains. Dan 
remembered how on the second day after the invasion, Kurt 
suddenly attacked a giant rat. Dan tried to help someone, but 
it was too late. Before the rat fell to the ground with a 
broken skull, Kurt has struggling in agony with a broken

neck. Only then Dan realized how serious was their problem.

   Dan took a Kurta weapons, ammunition, and
he hid the corpse in the bushes, after covering it with 
branches and equipping the body of the transmitter. 

   He single-handedly took four days and only today for the 
first time met a stranger and then somehow unexpected. As soon 
as the driver stopped to rest, he heard a cry behind him, which 
was a gross mistake to by an outsider.


   According to an old habit that has repeatedly saved his 
life, Dan took off his shoulder "photon", while unfolding a 
hundred eighty degrees, and without sight stabbed

two charges in the bushes. From whence came the cry. Again 
someone shouted, only already in pain and hatred. Out of the 
bushes jumped a stranger, a prolonged howl, and holding one paw 
for the defeat of the thorax, the second tried to take aim with 
a rifle in Denali. Boomed another shot "photon". The charge was 
in essence, completely cut off the left limb. Lapa with a rifle 
flew in side, and the body itself flew from Dehn, breaking and 
crushing thicket of blackberries. Of the same pilot shvyranulo 
back hard. Dan rose to koryachki, cursed, got up and, with 
difficulty able to stand, hobbled to the corpse. He

was struck by the sight of your weapon. He had not relied on 
the fact that a photon can tear off limbs in sort of ugly mug, 
and did not even tear, and dismember the body almost in two 
parts ... 

   And now he sat and thought, where to go next. Dan pulled out 
of pocket elektrokartu area, which was each soldier. Map screen 
was divided into squares, about four to five miles, are marked 
by red dots were soldiers, white - any other form of life of 
the planet. 

   Currently, seven kilometers from the
Dena came two landings, cover up his
rear. Dan noticed that the card body of Kurt
flashes blue, and ahead in the "impassable" zone, with the 
speed of a rushing under derailed trains, moving two white 
points. Approximate distance from them was about five miles, 
but it dramatically reduced. 

   Den hastily erected a barricade, pulled out
haversack from the two laser rifles, squeezed
stronger "photon" and prepared for battle. By
his calculations before the battle there are about two
minutes.

   "Fight or Fight" - thought and Deng, staring at the map 
screen, and waited. 


                    II


   "Kill, bite to eat ..." - thought
whirlwind swept in the brain of another, and the
he was like a whirlwind, "flying" on the branches of trees.

   "You left and I'm right," - he snapped
mate, seeing in the distance between the shafts,
blushing point - "kill him!".

   Elektrokarta Dena started beeping. He has already
frightened, not whether it will attract "beacon"
attention creatures. He was worried not for nothing strange 
going on the left, heard the squeak of the device and with even 
greater speed jumped at the sound. Dan stood up and began to 
peer into the thicket, but no one was there. 

   The device is also said to the contrary, if he
believe, the creatures were already next to him in
some 15-meters.

   Den downright scared. Suddenly, from above
there was a crashing and rending of boughs and scream, full of 
anger. Pilot understood everything, and raising up the muzzle 
of "photon" shot. His breathed a smelly liquid next fall

pieces of flesh and bone. Three meters from the Dehn
down remnants of someone else's expiring "blood"
if you can call it slime.

   The pilot glanced at the map. Left
He fled from another creature. There was a
shot, but not the "photon". Above his head Dehn
whizzed through the supply of energy, which when struck against 
a tree, blew past in the chips. Den imagine for a second place 
of the tree her head, winced, and sent a charge in the 
direction of the gunman. Again there was a the familiar cry of 
pain, which disappeared in a moment. The pilot stood in 
silence, not Considering elektrokarty squeak, which is still 
discontinuous squeal of imminent danger. 

   Dan looked at the number of charges
a "photon" - there were about half
Hanging gun on his shoulder, taking in one hand
rifle, and in another elektrokartu, pilot
went to an expected goal.

   Everywhere were sprinkled with drops of a stranger
Blood and Dan realized that is the correct way. Slowed down, 
Dan looked forward. From behind a tree, peeking paw of another, 
the pilot gently placed a card that is already not food (see 
speaker burned) on the ground, took aim and fired two shots 
into the trunk of a tree. Silently punched through the body of 
another fell to the ground. In breast shone two lacerations.


   The war continues ...



                    III


   Ripley looked with horror on the map. She and
Laser Bull had to cover the rear of the Den of Deira and Kurt 
Lewin. And now, on whom Some of ostavshigsya alive for Dehn, or 
Kurt, flew two points: Ripley saw quickly approached the three 
men - and two Troopers strangers.


   Horror Ripley replaced surprised when
white dot stranger in a collision with a red airborne almost 
immediately disappeared, and the second "otpruzhinivshis" from 
the red point was a little too forward and disappeared


   - Well, he is a monster - she thought aloud.
Cyber, whom they affectionately called Laser Bull, muttered 
something in reply and not ostanovlivayas, went ahead through

bushes to another red dot on the map.

   Den he spit at all, decided to sleep.
But he was not asleep, and fifteen minutes, as
his card again filed a "husky" voice. Dan immediately jumped up 
and glanced at the map, and ... calmed down. These were his 
own. 

   The pilot pulled up by the roots of the cards so
bored already a speaker and waited.
A few minutes later he heard voices.
Dan was quite calm, as their voices heard and Laser Ripley Bull.

   Ripley, first emerged from the bushes, fainted when she saw 
a creature from head to toe covered with a green slime. When 
she eye on better, this creature was none other than Dan Deir.


   - My God, Dan, what happened to you? - Ripley stammered with 
fear in her voice. 

   -Oh, a little bit entertaining - from Dena
still had forces on the joke.

   He hastily told Ripley and laser
Bull that had happened to him. Ripley a little laugh over the 
"fanaticism" with the card in which Deng plucked the "language" 
and soon to dumb Denova map joined with maps

Ripley and Bull. Dynamics in the reflections of the setting sun 
shone peacefully their steel parts. It was time to hunt other 
people - night. 

   Morning was cold, the dew sparkled on the grass, the trees 
dripping with moisture. Den thanked God for that night with them

Nothing happened. Marines quickly got up, "swallowed" a few 
capsules of donor and, now fully awake, made his way to, 
turning blue through the trees, the surface of a river. 

   Surface of the river had some surprisingly quiet. Den he 
took at the ready "photon" and slowly approached the water, 
stepping foot in the water, quickly bounced back.


   At that same moment, the water burst
huge tentacle, which nearly caught Dan's leg. Den shot him cut 
the from the bulk and someone's stump is

quickly "rolled back" in depth, leaving
Bank wriggly tentacles.

   - Hey, Dan, how did you know that there
someone is ... - asked Ripley, and there also
blushed. On the map was very clearly visible white dot strange 
creatures. 

   - Okay, okay, well, I could not get used to this gizmo, I 
always forget about its existence - Ripley skewers in

their hands this damn and tried to understand why she forgot to 
look at it. "Ah, hell with it" - this idea quickly calmed 
Ripley. 

   Den at this time, a little at a run, along with the bull 
walked along the shore, looking for that thing creature, the 
tentacles of which are still koryachilos nearby. 

   Suddenly in the middle of the river and vspuchilas
God's light seemed to some ugly mug.
Den left alone "photon" and started from
rifle "wet" on the freaks. Laser Bull is also not lagging 
behind and within seconds, torn and obslizenny "corpse

not filed any signs of life, together
him with the white light disappeared and the white dot


                    IV


   The water was not so warm,
as suggested by Deng, despite the sunny weather. About ten 
minutes paratroopers had to spend to find a ford, and in

Eventually he spit on all these searches, they
recklessly, holding high above his head and arms haversack, 
almost in a floating "gone" on the other side. Ripley came a 
couple of times ugly mug on the corpse, which, due to the large 
volume of air space, not sinking 

   Unexpectedly, Ripley, on the other shore,
where they sought, they heard a Choice
abuse. Hearing her, Ripley blushed to
hair roots. It turns out that in this Helion "puddle", but all 
freaks, and lived other creatures, are not fixed by the card.


   And just now, Dan was trying to tear
from his pants a goldfish. Her teeth
were surprisingly strong, so we had to lose the piece of cloth 
before managed to pull this scum of camouflage. 

   Again came the lowing of the disaffected,
Only owned it no longer Den, and laser Bull. Ripley almost fell 
out laughing see Bull, obveshennogo to the waist, like a 
Christmas tree, these critters. But she laughed it was not 
long, her legs ran tremor in three places on his right leg, 
stabbed the needle. Bullet Ripley jumped on shore, on the go 
taking clothes on fish and cursing his carelessness. 

   A few minutes later, crude broken into pants, all three 
withdrew into the thicket. And it's the same time, prokushenny 
in several places corpse freak, with the noise fell on the 
river bottom. 

   A few miles had
to a halt because one is very
They reeled in the morning.

   Dan sat down and stared at the map.
The situation has changed markedly: of the fifteen
landings were still alive, only eight.
Two groups coming from the left flank, together, are now fought 
back from five strangers. Another red dot was already in the 
walls of the base. And Dan said that from the rear toward them 
move three more alien ... 

   ... Den hatred looked at a mess
of the feet and chunks of meat. By chance, three monster fell 
into one and then the same place. In Dehn shot from a rifle 
exploded muzzle of the "photon", so we had to throw it away, 
good charge in it is almost not left. Dehn, crouching, he began 
to consider weapons of strangers, lying on the ground. Luke did 
not interest him, so both were massive and that of his fire 
power needed at least two such Denova. But the rifle was lying 
beside a stranger, which was obviously the leader of the trio, 
as his head decorated with two horns now lying at the side.


   Dehn attracted shape rifle-like
the "photon". The pilot picked it up, fired several times into 
a tree and nearly fell. All business was in the bestowal, 
although the results of Rifles were to the face - the tree was

a tree stump.

   Den hastily screwed to the rifle strap
from the "photon", and boasted Ripley (which tried to dock 
connector arm Laser A bull with his own body) of its finding. 
Ripley something unintelligible grunt, and lifting

by the scruff Bull, went to the Den. Appraising look she 
caressed new acquisition pilot and went back to that damn jack. 
Dehn, pleased with himself and those that his praise has 
finally hit upon Ripley's help in her work is not easy. Through

minute hand of Bulls hung as good as new,
really only hung - fingers with difficulty
moved, but it's stuff.

   - The main arms, legs intact, the rest
nonsense - blurted Den, estimating from
their work.

   - If the mobility of the fingers on your way
nonsense, then why do you think it at all
hands are needed - the question Ripley plunged into the Bull
deep depression.

   - Come on, I joked schA remake.

   Laser bull looked with horror at the Den
sighed, and gave himself the power of the pilot. Through
moment a bull's fully recovered from all
hand motor function, but the neck servo jammed.

   Den with all his cracked by cyber
neck, with having beaten his hand, but it's Bull
helped when he rose from the ground, his neck
turning his head in all directions.

   Cyborg something whistled for Dehn.

   - But not for that, always please, to
your service - Den downright glowing
of happiness.

   Meanwhile, the on-screen maps of eight
red dots left for six. Two with
the left flank killed other people, but white dots
no longer exists, apart from others who are at the base sector.


                    V


   Leon Trotsky hideously dull eyes
looking around the armory of strangers. In the dark
shack on the floor pile piled misc
weapons. The far wall, as dented fence, stood a rifle, a number 
of gathering dust a pile of cartridges, and the opposite wall

were interspersed bows and arrows.

   Leon looked at his "photon", then
looked at other people's weapons obslizennoe
again on the "photon", a pile on the "photon", and
spitting on a pile of weapons, came out of the hut.
In the distance could be seen the walls of basic sector
from which came the indistinct sounds of it, whether
hiccough, that is scratching. Leon helped her up off the ground 
wounded in the leg Jim Digrizu and on three legs to two 
warriors zachikelyali the gaping jaws of guarding the entrance 
... 

   ... Along with them came to the northern entrance of Ripley, 
Dan and Laser Bull, with accessions Sergeant Vazquez.


   Suddenly, the ears of Leon hit the brake squeal reactors 
sinking ship. In fifty meters from the soldiers started away 
with a roar of concrete covering shuttle Galactic Patrol, and 
several times jumped cheerfully rolled over on its side. 

   - Devil gravitsapa - Revolution Trotsky turned off the noise 
produced by the stairs - to have You brake the motor burned 
out, so you age Baikonur is not kind to ... - Leon broke off in 
mid-sentence when he saw running toward the ship a little 
parasite. 

   - And then you-b, - Jim blurted out and fired at the baby.

   In the eyes of young soldiers ballooned to
nightmarish dimensions, screamed and lost no
only the legs, but his head in the truest sense
of the word. Remains of the stranger slowly settled
in the burnt grass.

   Leon came to the ship, with the force of Jim shoved in the 
door and ran rushed to the entrance to the base, noting that on 
the card pile "Sadists overgrown" already was operating inside 
the building. 

   Den spread out your party and now
gritting his teeth, let alone shoot appearing like mushrooms 
after rain, strangers. He took revenge, and revenge was 
terrible. For Kurt and for themselves. Vazquez a few dozen 
meters of the laser sword (by the way for the destruction bush) 
as a saber raked the left and right of these pups

Freaks - strangers. She also took revenge for Don
Colony and Sergeant Scott. Deeper Ripley
with Laser Bull were shot all the moving target. They are not 
taking revenge, they just liked to kill. 

   Suddenly, over the head of a bull hit the ceiling and the 
Kibera, with bricks and plaster, dropped a giant creature, 
which was obviously a female these freaks. Ripley without 
stopping the shot in her two magazines. 

   From a broken skin on all sides a fountain mucus, eroding 
the walls, floor and ... Kibera.


   The bull tried to get up, but from the trapped
it phlegm stuck actuators on the left leg and cyber froze, 
unable to move. Uterus saw a strange creature, and in a rage 
attacked the robot, it swept across the room. 

   Ripley took a colt and landed another
clip into the creature. The female turned to her and
has focused for the jump, as there was a roar of "photon" Leon, 
who appeared from the left wall outlet. He was seconded by 
Rifle Dehn Deira, which appeared from the right corridor. 

   Uterus with a yell rushed frenzy
for Vazquez, but before reaching her two feet, with 
outstretched front paw, hit the the floor and stuck forever ...



                  Epilogue.


   The ship rose over the ravaged land
taking away the bodies of space raiders and tired of five 
soldiers. 

   And here is one of the survivors recalled that
seen aliens on the basis of eggs and, with difficulty dragging 
tired legs, ran into the command bay ... 

   ... The silence was broken crack razdiraemmoy
shell, and similar to the sounds of sobbing and crying. Out of 
the darkness crept young strangers, tugging for the remains of 
the shell, slowly weep subsided and the deathly silence was 
broken roar already adult creatures, but all these sounds have 
disappeared in the radioactive radiation, and the body, to 
publish them for a moment, turned into a charred skeleton atoms 
are split into shock wave.


   Raiders look at retreating planetke Helion and sprawling 
spot of a nuclear explosion on the surface of the planet. Fight 
was completed successfully, except for ten killed and one 
wounded. "Life Goes On" - Dan said, and turning away from the 
viewing window, made his way to his cabin, that are normal to 
eat and sleep well ... 



  try on
level of the party and the people will not
regret that he wasted the money to
come this far.

   So, basically, and ended my trip. Although after the party I 
had to esche live 2 weeks in St. Petersburg, but that's another

story ...


 that I managed to buy
in Kovrov (Premier, Fat Man, the Golden Gate ...). Here Yarpivo 
- cool! 

   New Year, it was agreed to meet seven: Sergius Puzzler, 
Erena Kline, Vel, Uncle Sam, Demiurge Ash, Kristof and me. In 
addition, to Elena must pay tribute to that Some dishes on the 
table she made to order, so almost everything that was on the 
table was made of it. New Year was celebrated with a fun 
champagne and delicious meals. 

   After the holiday, I moved to live with
Vel'u, there were many common cases. Very pleased with me, his 
carefully assembled Pentagon, more like stitched him Gluk Reset 
Service. Indeed, the very comfortable and a good trick: 
built-in bottle, several modes of entry in the tr-dos, the 
choice drive in front, support for mouse and

sure, a few more features that
I have not had time to investigate. All remaining
days, which were held in Kovrov I
lived in Vel'a. Kristof was a Sergius'a,
with whom he collected the ZX-Footbal # 2000.

   There was also a meeting with Mongol'om, he said that he 
continues to disketirovaniem cluster (and not only) of toys and 
probably make another Legacy Info. Several logos were also his 
Legacy presented.


   Melted Snow. We saw him only on the last day of their stay. 
The second number Fans, by the way, is about to have out 
[already left. Ca. Ed]. 

   Was as accomplished a trip to Vladimir, a visit to Sat'u 
that already in place Spectrum showed off stump. Incidentally,

Snake in the same Vladimir, whose broken off buying the PC, 
started again for Heroes. So there is hope that this game to 
implement. 

   Back in Moscow, we had to go to
bus, and also defeated Kristof'a
Kovrov cold (-16 C), and he managed to catch a cold. This 
temperature the first time we tried the hard way. 

   It is now difficult to remember all the other little things 
that occurred during the case of our stay, but I will say one 
thing, a trip we are happy and express great thanks for the 
hospitality for guests of all Western Kovrovchanam that we've 
seen. 

   Tell us how we got back, I will not, except to say that 
Kaliningrad we have already met with a temperature of +8 C. 

   And finally, a small application from
Kristof'a.