Lime Tree #12 02 февраля 1996

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IRYSOU-201 - Science-fiction story (Part 5-7).

 Science-fiction novel
 ! PROPERTY OF LORD WINTER!
 First published AND WITHOUT
 ABBREVIATIONS. TO BE CONTINUED ...
 CONTINUED. HOME ROOM 9-A
 CHAPTER 5-7.



            V.


    Boat slowly circled the space station and gradually began 
to gain speed. Prescott looked at the panoramic screen. The 
sight was amazing. Three giant ball, each the size of a large 
asteroid, lined up on the outgoing line of station. They shone 
dimly in the shadow of the planet, but it was full of strange, 
too white light. The balls seemed unreal because of their size 
and that light. At the equator of the balls held a narrow black 
stripe. Prescott looked at the screen back species and compare 
the sizes of the passing of the ball and the space station. If 
big patrol cruiser looked point against the station, the ball 
was only about three times smaller than her. Middle ball is 
stopped fit on a giant panoramic screen, the main form. Boat

slowly started to drop speed. Before my eyes was already just a 
solid shiny silver surface. Suddenly, a small portion of the 
surface is slowly separated from the main and disappeared 
inside, forming the entrance to the gaping blackness of the 
tunnel. Boat stopped and began to slowly turn back to

entrance of the tunnel. Then she jerked slightly, and she came 
to the magnetic field of a dock. It began slowly introvert. On 
the Home removed a rectangular form, barely lit by flickering 
or two three stars, the beginning of the tunnel hole. A second 
later it was closed. The boat was sailing slowly in the dark 
somewhere inside the ball. Finally she stopped, and after a 
while slightly shaken, standing on the shock absorbers. In the 
dock, joined by bright light. After a few seconds, including an 
artificial gravity field, which is distributed to the whole 
ball and allowed a person to feel your normal weight. Prescott 
going into a chair. He was not used to feel the effect of 
gravity on the ship, and always before than to descend to the 
planet, some time spent on the space station, where his weight 
was two times better than on the planet. Now, it immediately 
transferred from the conditions of weightlessness in the 
normal. He rose from his chair and walked over to the gateway. 
The door slowly slid into the wall. Coming out of the gateway, 
he found himself in a giant hall, lit by spotlight, which are 
on the ceiling. More two exactly the same boat were standing 
near and around them scurrying Robots, unloading, as he 
understood, navigation equipment. To him approached Jim 
Thoreson.  - I am glad to welcome you, sir. Come with me.

 They entered the bay and freight elevator after some time out
the bright corridor, laden with some panels on the sides. On
ceiling Prescott constantly noticed dozens of different sensors.
 They finally turned the corner and found ourselves on a large 
balcony. No, Mr Prescott did not hit what he saw. He is well 
managed to study the structure of the ball. But anyway, then 
what they were looking, not could coincide with the fact that 
Prescott supposed to see here.  Before them hung one more ball. 
Yes, that hung in the spherical cavity, where the left balcony. 
This was the core of the ball-killers. This is all very 
reminiscent of the structure of the planet. "Giant rescue 
capsule, the size of a small cruiser, which can make 
giperperehod directly from the center of the sphere in which it 
resides," - Thought Prescott.

 - It is both a residential complex and the control center field
   that, - said Thorson. - In the case of mortal danger, which
   ruyu way, I not stack, the kernel can perform giperperehod

   range of up to one billion parsecs. That is, in several 
neighboring 

   galaxies.
 Separated from the core portion of the surface and slowly 
began to crawl the balcony on which they stood, ladder. "Just 
like last time, when flew from the outside, "- thought 
Prescott. But Thorson they went inside. Ladder slowly removed. 
Hatch was closed and there was complete darkness. 



            VI.


    The test flight was to a raid on a small camp sevionov in 
nearby system. For him have long watched with suspicion. It now 
seems possible to destroy it.     Seviony unlike arregov and 
even more were Targon humanoid race. Outwardly, they differed 
only in the copper color skin and very big feet. And besides, 
they had a very nasty temper. They considered themselves the 
masters of the cosmos, and fought with all living things that 
came their way. In addition, they were very hardy. Seviony has 
a powerful fleet, which is still not could cope with a fleet of 
the planet, Fabian, but outnumbered him. Fabian and three more 
nearby stellar systems - that is all occupied by humanity in 
this region of the universe. Only seventeen of galaxies in the 
direction of the nebula China could be found accumulation of 
human colonies. There also was the center of the Great Galactic 
League. Only Fabian controlled galaxy PHITEX and adjacent 
fifteen galaxies. Fabian was the center. And nearby, in nearby 
galaxy was a central space base sevionov. They are, oddly 
enough, found only here. Arregi and Targon were everywhere, 
thanks to a special secret giperperehoda.     Recently, the 
center of the Galactic League was brought to the captured 
cruiser arregov, which is hardly affected. Set Scientists and 
engineers have been involved in the study setting 
giperperehoda, which has one feature: it "eats" the same amount 
of fuel when jumping to a neighboring star system, and when 
jumping through hundreds of galaxies. Scientists have explained 
the League a deeper entrance into hyperspace. How deep

this input, and whether its people endure - it had to
scientists have found.
    But after tests, scientists and engineers have come
a positive answer. Then it was built thirty balls.
 In tests, they showed so much power that they became known
balls-killers. All of them were sent to the outskirts of the 
territory, occupied by the Galactic League and won the first 
general reference: control the margin and to conduct 
exploration in unknown to mankind galaxies. Specific tasks they 
were given already in port. One of these ports was Fabian. 
Planet has nine balls, six of which bore a constant stretch 
patrols and therefore could not take part in ekspiditsii. 

            VII.


    Balls quickly gained subluminal speed. Stars of the points 
at first turned into a small needle, and then in the line. 
Planet Cryolite also evolved to a point. Issiorion the size of 
a pinhead, brightly shining from behind. Ships began to drop 
speed.     Mission control center of the ball is not like a 
conventional logging and bridges, as they were called. The 
ceiling was in the form of sphere and was a solid display - a 
giant panorama space. If desired, it was superimposed frame of 
the lower species. In the center of the hall stood out from the 
scope of a cylindrical ledge which, in fact, the Center's 
management. From all sides were low consoles, because of which, 
if desired, can be considered what to do with all the parties 
"under the" ship. In the center was a platform lift and a 
magnetic helical staircase around the shaft that goes down. In 
the lower part of the nucleus were residential, cultural 
facilities and a small warehouse N / C to the case will 
catapult the kernel. Laboratories and plantations, which were 
grown foods were mostly ball. All this huge system fed from six 
converters, arranged symmetrically on all sides from the 
nucleus. Converter - the universal energy converter at the 
atomic and molecular level. He gave the output any energy, 
which was set - from electrical to thermal energy. At the 
entrance, he absorbed any material and tangible products. Basic 
tool the ball are two plasma guns located at the poles. He

also had a squadron of small autonomous roboistrebiteley.
    The ball stopped and Prescott got in touch with the other 
two balls. Checking the coordinates giperperehoda he entered 
the data in the onboard computer.

    Three giant, slowly drifting in the space sphere
suddenly started slowly, one after the other to dissolve. After 
a few seconds left only a slight, strange flickering stars 
background where we were balls. As if the warm gas broke out, 
causing the refraction of light. Soon disappeared and it ... 

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