ZX Club #06 31 декабря 1997

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Fantasy - A Tale VA Petersburg "The Fourteenth Dimension".

               A. Saint-Petersburg


         FOURTEENTH MEASUREMENT


                         Light stands between

                      nedoshedshimi to mind and

                      who had crossed him, IU
                      wait stupid and sumas
                      marching, and stands up
                      rather long, and so on
                      but, if it is not the condition
                      toit, so do not mind bu
                      children participate in this
                      vat, and meaningless
                      ical forces.


                                  Alexander Herzen


                      Cherche la femme


                     French proverb


                    1


     Tanker "Thesaurus" class "Galaxy"
started from the landfill with a load of catalysts needed a 
central database for biovremennyh experiments. Remaining at the 
site crew - twelve - was busy with the usual worries and it is 
likely that someone working in the station has not paid to this 
fact a special attention. Flights to the base were commonplace 
here. On board the tanker were two captains - Jones and Park, 
as well as cyber Check the old design.



     After leaving the vessel on a trajectory
Acceleration, cyber, something fun singing
took up the cleaning of bilge surfaces, and
captains retired to their cabins.


     Park and Jones met at the landfill
the first time. Central database were desperately
Need biocatalysts and dispatching service could not think of 
anything more intelligent as removed from the scheduled flights 
first got arm pilots from various orders and send to the 
station for ferrying Thesaurus. A few days captains blabbed at 
the site in anticipation of loading. For this time between them 
a strange, but imperceptibly relationship. That

was their reason? Captains were over
something to think about.


     Park: Where in this dimension is
perfection, like Tony? Amazingly accurate movements, lively 
mind! As it is easily does its job! And for all

This stunningly beautiful. Some eyes only ... For this 
measurement is an amazing phenomenon, what to say, in my own 
measurements, it seems to me that would be uncommon. Strange 
things admits the dialectic of development in one of the small 
civilizations of this measure, although the training school and 
we brought more striking examples of ... 


     But the real mystery - Jones. Something similar to our 
direct contact here called telepathy, but none of our catalog 
for this measurement does not keep such apparent ability to do 
what I have observed in Jones. Or is this yet another unique 
the case of a jump, or ... What if Jones is still the fourth? 
Only nadsoznanie can cause such an effect, and only the fourth 
can throw here man. In addition, they have only engaged in the 
temporary transplantation of intelligence. We still just 
remember what was said about the fourth on the board in front 
of my shipment. So ... Deterioration of relations with the 
fourth ... Split fourth with FI ... Forserov group focuses on 
contact with measurements outside the federation for a speedy 
solution its internal problems ... Move in

leadership of the central ... The possibility of getting to 
people in order to establish contact to circumvent the law PHI 
contacts. Stop! That's it.



     Who is Jones? Or is it true
Captain Jones out of this dimension, or is it
like me - a new nadsoznanie employed plus a reserve of the 
brain, filled with every operational and useful and time-useless

information? If it is from the fourth, then
whether it has relevance to forseram?


     The law strictly prohibits contacts with the measurements 
of different orders, even the transitions are allowed only in 
special research purposes, and this forsery

going to break the law. Then Jones can be dangerous. Or not? 
Just in case should be more careful. Suppose

worst ... What can he do? If
He does not know that I am from the third, then,
Perhaps nothing. And if you guessed already? This
are necessary, in the first independent work ... or is it just 
excessive suspicion after adaptation shake? .. 


     Jones: Park just out of the third. Not
know why, but it is. How did they
so quickly find the net transitions in this
dimension? Not only as our slyamzili
mumbler - techies from the center. They
to all the girls dragged, but at gipnokartorov tickle the 
imagination. If it were not These Okhlamanov, then I would 
sleep peacefully, and not thinking about what to do with this 
park ... 


     I can not stand these long-legged chickens from the third. 
Eternally they climb the wrong direction. What big eyes he 
looked at that Tony, though never in my life bab is not seen. 
And what he found in it? The researcher ... And she looked at 
him as stupid staring ... Interestingly, when she appeared at 
the landfill? Ugh, a kind and the check will become suspect in 
what he doing. However, this Tony from a personal way. On

I have spare time, perhaps ... Hip, and well it to
the devil. Surely she's stupid, like all
women, for one evening nostalgia will catch up to their
carefree chirping ...


     M-m-m, yes, as it were, a secret directive on competitors 
must perform. Recall to the grid junctions. So ... So ... 
There. The second day of flight, and there ... HotSpot is near. 
It is true that a significant deviation ... Do not forget to 
introduce an amendment to the memory course ... Sucker give 
their children, let fumbled what was in his head.

If he really from the third, then whom do
throw in his skin? Cons? He certainly
not returned from a mission. Okay, postazhiruyu
any of the young. Wow puppies to someone coach, and not a job, 
and such a pleasant walk. Even the skin has got a comfortable, 
almost too tight in the shoulders and well coincides with my 
own self. A then you want to say: "Get out, you fool!" and

skin says: "Sorry, I'm busy right now."


     Yes, we Conso long been out of work.
If it were not for the old rascal chief, then so would
and stuck in the backup group. Now something about the
We remembered that we have now become valuable ...


     Hence, the case. Call the point operational ship, and the 
park should inject a vial letargola. Let rest, but then I 
suppose tossing and turning, not sleeping, remembering Tony ...



     Cyber ​​Check was assigned to a polygon with
since its foundation. He was loved and for what
He looks quite like a man, not
is that cyber latest designs, and for
that no case has never hovered between
people, and because he remembered all the jokes,
ever told in his presence.
Engineers from the base trying to "knock out of him
nonsense, "but all of them have been reconstructed for
Check without a trace. At the station has taken root
belief that a huge amount Checa
blocks so grown old and poiznosilos that the system bypass 
defective logical connections are not made loads and melted, 
and now the logical links in the "Head" Cheka established 
spontaneously. So it was or not - is unknown, but in any case, 
his behavior is very reminiscent intellectual, and even more 
than some people. It was the only cyber, whose presence was 
welcomed by any company and write off all of whom hook or by 
crook was delayed for indefinitely, especially because of

Check their responsibilities to deal with.


     When finished cleaning, check laser whisk collected extra 
molecules and atoms of the corridors and rooms of residential 
unit ship in gravisovok and threw them into a nuclear stove, 
which maintained the desired temperature inside the "Thesaurus" 
and then checked the tightness of hatches and transport and 
transient spirals working part of the ship, control weight 
levels, ranging from the fuel level in tanks and three main 
engines onboard the correlation to the level of water in 
drinking water reservoir, has done a lot of small, but the 
necessary manipulations and by going to the limit for his rug, 
fixed joints and disconnected. 


     Old timer ticked quietly in his
chest ...


     Bioelectronic brain Thesaurus accumulated in their 
memories left behind parsecs. Tankers of this class were the 
latest technology. Stuffed to the limit bioavtomatikoy equipped 
with engines of increased power and three ellipsoidal stages of 
protection, they are allowed to develop speed limit and used 
mainly for long-haul flights. 


     Catalysts that can be manufactured only in a far from 
stellar trails system S-Orion, one of the planets and which was 
located landfill, long-awaited on the base. Because of the 
effect, called "Devil's pancakes", had to perform some 
operations on the generation component retrain androids, which 
delayed the production of the entire party. The effect was to 
that the final stage of the process of spatial and temporal 
zones parallelize and yet unclear way interacting with gravity 
flow, caused temporary bursts are so powerful that when hit in 
certain areas space of the human head hair could

quickly grow out of his chin and punch
spacesuit. It is understandable that people could not work in 
these areas and to train androids It took precious time. 
Because of this delay, it was decided to send a "Thesaurus" a 
new, slightly longer, but allow go with a much greater speed 
through. 


     Vastness of the ship, throwing and incinerating protective 
ellipses meteorites raced smoothly maneuvering through the 
solar systems and different pulsars, quasars, single and double 
dwarfs and all other rubbish, which is so carelessly

managed to dump space science. Went first
night flight ...


     Fixed to time, check
unwound gyroscopes and waking on video network captains began 
to cook them breakfast. Everything went as usual. Exchanging 
greetings, the captains have settled down in a mess-room, 
waiting for check cope with their responsibilities cooks. 
Uncovered on the table and check, as if in passing, reported 
last intergalactic news and, seeing that the captains do not 
tend to lively conversation, proceeded to discuss the last bout 
of mechanical machines-monsters. Y all the androids have a 
weakness for this kind of Sports.



     - Gippergem - he said - not only impressive debut in the 
premier league, defeated former champion of past games Hokkera 
supercar, but also opened a new era in the battle tactics, 
using magnetic Pallet gun in conjunction with plasma reflectors 
kvazerov ... Here are your favorite sausages, Jones ... With 
limited energy Resource Gippergem demonstrated that

battle, which it was long awaited real
connoisseurs machine fights. Supporters
have long admired the newcomer, but opponents were skeptical 
grinned: all this has long been known, primitivism, receptions 
fist fights. Like, the success Gippergema - only evidence of 
the general decline of class supercar ... On the second you tea 
or coffee? .. When Machine Zenba put out of action brush 
Gippergema mechanical arm, the opponents prevailed. Was found, 
finally, a machine that exposed the failure of the calculations 
embodied in Gippergem and his extreme primitivism, but when the 
decisive final battle Gippergem crumbled one by one all

their rivals, the skeptics had to stop talking ...


     During the breakfast, the captains exchanged only a few 
minor phrases relating to maintenance board Hardware and 
diverged - Jones in the navigator's compartment, and park in 
the working of the ship for inspection of onboard engine, which

after adjusting for exchange rate had to be disconnected from 
the system to adjust the rack management. Both noted the 
increased tension in the relationship, but if the park was 
thinking about that he should be more careful

Jones then decided not to postpone the case and took out from 
the medicine cabinet in the navigator inkjet syringe, loaded it 
letargolom. In place time can be had from close range

do nearly painless shot and
to turn the Park into a safe doll, but
Upon reflection, decided not to hurry. Better to do it when the 
park will go to sleep. Then, if it is, Jones' error, if all the 
Park as an ordinary person of this measurement is not

have to spend time rubbing memory
Park on the events between the injection and sleep, and
invent what he did this time.


     A few hours later the equipment
Thesaurus request parameters adjustment path and, after 
receiving instructions from Jones, went into automatic mode. 
Jones took up the reading was very fond of his book "The 
healthy and delicious food, and Park, who took over regulation 
of motor bring with him until the moment when

Check by going into the compartment adjustments are not 
announced him:



     - Captain Park! I was the third time
I go behind you and remind you that it is
rest. I will not overheat members
crew, and I myself strongly encouraged to frequently shut down 
to avoid failure, and I can not do it because of you. You need 
to sleep for a long time. 


     I had to obey the captain
requirement. He waited until check prozhuzhzhit
the corridors, sterilizing corridor tracks and shuts down, 
Jones, waiting for some time, opened the door of his cabin and 
slowly moved toward the cabin of the Park. Nothing besides 
sneaking moves Jones did not violate silent corridors. Jones 
went to the door and hand in hand and began gently to open it.



     Some kind of premonition long prevented
sleep Park. He lay flat for best dressed on the bed and had 
already started to fall asleep, when he felt that the door, 
someone is. Door began quietly open. Abruptly jumped out of 
bed, Park jerked open the door.



     Jones stood on the threshold with a syringe in
hand. At the moment, Jones lost his head, that
allow the Park to assess the situation and strike
Jones on the arm. The syringe is discharged by the Park. "Now 
everything is clear to both" - Park had time to think, as a 
powerful punch in the face knocked him down. 


     Recovering, Park found that his
feet slipping on the stairs,
leading to the navigator's compartment. Drag Park
a mate, Jones left him lying in
door, while he himself went to the medicine cabinet for the new
ampoule letargola. When he loaded the syringe
and turned his face to the park, he was already
on his feet and kept aiming at the Johns
Spray biomass.


     - Wait, John! I also realized that you
not who he claims to be. I think that
some of us must leave this dimension, and suggest you do so. 
Vospolzueshsya tunneling. Your loss I will find how to explain 
and at the landfill, and at the base. 


     Jones laughed hoarsely:
- Ha ha ha! Student! Do you think
that the old forser Jones could go to
this hole without protective biopoyasa? Jerk!
You're right, some of us should get out of here, but it shall 
be you! 


     Jones, putting aside the unnecessary
syringe, pulled out his Smith and Wesson
sample 1983.


     - My boys gave me this toy
When they returned from the emergency landing
Blue Planet, and I must say, this machine works perfectly. In 
this you are now and sure.



     With these words, Jones sent a barrel of
pistol on the park and pulled the trigger. A shot rang out. 
Park instinctively rushed behind the bar, but still a bullet 
grazed his left shoulder. Throwing open the door into a spiral 
of zero side he heard the second bullet with crunch 
vplyuschilas the gravitational rack, throwing shards of 
devices. Already ran the first turn, he heard a small-minded 
cry of "I'll kill you, kid!" another shot and felt his legs 
lose their footing. "Or am I dead, or ... the loss of gravity" -

had time to figure it hurts bumped his head on the fact that 
another second back can be be called the ceiling. His teeth 
clanged together, and he momentarily blinded. Feeling temechko 
and and chatting in weightlessness feet, he heard behind him a 
heavy blow and saw that Jones hit a rib and it seems

he was much more than him.


     - Sam ... goat - he cried and clung to clamp the hatch 
leading to the bridge equipment. Moving on to the bridge and 
hanging out head in a spiral, he waited for Jones appears and 
pretends that he is now doing. Jones did not appear, for the 
bend, turning on him came the ill-fated "Smith and Wesson. 
"Aha!" - Thought Park. - "Looks like you cool shied"

and, catching weapon maliciously decided: "I too
palnut want from this thing! ". Park shoved a pistol barrel in 
his boots, straightened his hat and tie, and pushed off with 
his good hand from the hatch, swam in a spiral toward the enemy.



     In mate Jones on there. Park
lowered the legs to the floor, and touched his feet, turned on 
the switch double-gravitator. To the Park and heard the thud 
relish curse echoed through the ship. Of course, someone like, 
carefree fluttering from the ceiling of the weightlessness, 
suddenly found himself on the floor. "He seems in the 18-m 
compartment, - Park and thought several times clicked

tumbler. Above din Donesshiysya persuaded
him in this. Park rushed to the hatch, the hatch
was blocked. "To continue to chase meaningless, Jones will have 
time to block all hatches until I get to it "- understood

Park. - "It's a shame" - and proceeded to dress
wounded arm.


     The siege ... Almost daily captains watched each other. 
"Something must be take, "- thought feverishly Park.

- "But what?". From time to time, Jones was included in the 
video network, and with brazen face Park offered to surrender, 
or dirty swearing, he promised to ditch the Park along with the 
ship at the first black hole, however, how he was going to do, 
he did not say, probably because in the navigator the bridge 
was not for him, and Park. Park did not left to do but sit and 
internally prepare for a new integration of video surveillance.

Time passed slowly.


     Jones did not force himself to wait.
Engaged in a video network, an extinct voice
the sad mine, he said:


     - Park, we're not going trifles.
Otdubliruy me from my bortzapasa pair or two sausages and 
switched on the zoom, but then I have only pollack with tomato 
sauce, and my stomach from it heartburn.



     Park reluctantly otdubliroval sausages, but
whenever he opened the door of the zoom, as out of it, rustling 
in all directions rushed to the multitude of cockroaches.



     - Ha ha ha! - Roared on video network
Jones' voice. Park in disgust slammed
the door and threw the sausage in the screen space video 
surveillance, directly into the laughing face Jones. Jones shut 
down of video network. A why he did not laugh, if

is about to be held a meeting with
operating a ship from central?


     The bald man was sitting in front of them and,
shaking his leg, smoked a cigarette. Seeing
that the captain came to him he looked
at the clock, snapping his fingers and over your shoulder
said:


     - Sergeant! Your department good idea to learn 
"toothpick", perhaps I'll give you a couple of days to talk 
with girls in Miami. I advise "Prince Cruise, elegant place. If 
just do not talk, where he works. 


     - Glad to try your ford!


     SUPER bald look in Jones.


     - Well, tell me, son of a bitch!


     - What to tell?


     - All tell me! Or are you saying that you have nothing to 
tell? 


     - Bastard.


     - Do not hear him.


     - C-in-a-l-o-Grigorievich.


     - Sergeant, ask him to speak louder.


     The sergeant came up to Jones and backhand
hit him in the face. Jones trickle from his nose ran blood.


     - Thank me, the guy that I
can not hear, not what I would talk to you
easier. So where are you flying?


     - Everything is recorded in the onboard informant - 
intervened Park - and you can watch it and not ask stupid 
questions. 


     - Sergeant!


     A few strokes of his sergeant
taste corrected the color and shape of the face
Park.


     - Guys, a kind you do not live to the end of our 
conversation, have pity on the old man because I wonder to know 
who you are work. So where are you flying?



     - At the base.


     - Yeah. To the base. And why you were
in the hypercube space?


     - The course we are.


     - Aha! Hence the course they are.
Hee-hee. Who perforiruete brains? Hee-hee. A
why are you trying to hide from us?
Huh?! Why not just slowed down?


     The captains were silent. At that time, the navigator went 
detachment of police, senior of which reported that during a 
search in the cargo hold were found suspicious items in the 
amount of eighty containers and in a residential compartment - 
a book with the cipher, which he handed bald. Captain saw that 
this is the book "The healthy and delicious food", which he 
loved to read Jones. Bald took the book, turned it over in his 
hands, he frowned and flipped. 


     - This is what this food is available here
mean? - Borer captains look, asked bald. - And why are there so 
many ciphers? Huh? 


     Jones with the Park, exchanging glances, not
could not help smiling.


     - It is written in Russian, it is
only the name of the intergalactic.


     Bald grimaced and squinted.


     - Lieutenant! Call linguist, so be quick and polite, do 
not forget that he - A relative of our ... We see that

here in Russian - and again fixed his gaze
to the captains.


     In Jones' blood was already flooded with all
shirt, and a park under the eye matures,
swelling, bruising.


     - Sergeant! Tell me, can there be people with these mugs 
are not criminals? 


     - No, your ford!


     - Yeah. And they are silent. Silent, sir! - And
rolling his eyes, shouted: - Where to Delhi, "Rosa
Winds from Alpha Centauri, eh?? A-ah, you fool! "Because of 
people like you do not kosmosutkami sleep, health coffin! Then 
chased for any rag-tag, and they, you know, a clue

that for their own good try! because
most importantly - the order, and every decent person should be 
trained to order, because if it were not for the order, then 
everywhere would be a mess! Clearly, boobs? 


     Silent Guard bald roared in unison:


     - Yes!


     - Shut up! Donkeys! Not talking to you. Sergeant! Where 
iheynye personal cards? 


     - Here, your ford! - Snapped the sergeant
and gave the card bald.


     - Yeah, it means that you, the curve mug, and there
Park? Cleverly disguised. I'll just
learned, red nail, it's you I skinned
roulette wheel in the "floats" Makhno City.


     - Never in the "floats" was not and Makhno City do not 
know. 


     - What are you, red nail, care,
that I heard from you, it's you and there? Hee-hee. I did not 
really need this from you, I did and so I know who you are.



     Dialogue has broken a solid, respectable man who is logged 
in the navigator followed by a lieutenant. His face was 
serious, as if he did not give the rest some important 
thoughts. He was clad naglazhen himself He was clean-shaven and 
fresh. 


     - Dear Professor! - Changed
voice rose and rustled bald - we
then find a book, and those - he jabbed his finger at the 
captain, - say that it is written in Russian. We are in general 
interested in its content, and we decided that without you 
there is not enough. And handed the book man.



     He picked it up, turned it around and read the name on the 
cover. 


     - So. Book of tasty and healthy food ...


     Slowly leafed through the book, he
asked:


     - So what do you want from me?


     - Excuse me, professor, but we knew
you as a top specialist
language, we would like to know something of what is written in 
it. 


     The man frowned, and with restrained indignation, said:


     - What are you, my dear, kidding? You
have at least some idea of ​​the
Linguistics? Or are you a lifetime spent in
hyperbaric chamber? At your age it's time to have a more
broad-minded ... You know how many letters in the intergalactic 
language? Huh? I do ask!



     - Sixty-four, Professor -
cracked voice said bald.


     - And in their Russian ... Sixty-three ...
or sixty-two ... No, just - sixty-three. Sixty-three, my dear! 
As I can translate this book, if the intergalactic language 
sixty-four letters and in Russian - sixty-three? Where do I

do you want do another letter? Huh?


     - Excuse me, excuse me, professor, but
We're here do not know ...


    Professor slightly kinder.


     - Do not worry, you still have time to catch up by 
linguistics years. I do not put your ignorance blame you. Little

Is why you could not do this fun science! By the way, why am I 
still not where you should take me? And why am I today filed a 
cold kofy? 


     - We are here, the professor, was detained intergalactic 
gangster ... and about the coffee ... Kofiya I understand, 
Professor, and punish the guilty ... 


     - Do me a favor - the professor replied, and turning, just 
in a business- and slowly, as entered, he left.



     Bald sat, puzzled, and said:


     - What about health, it's good
written. But the "Tasty"? - He thought.
- Delicious - it means a nice, pleasant -
therefore forbidden.


     He took out a stamp, breathed
on him and on the cover of the book put a big clear impression 
"seditious". 


     - And if the book is seditious, then its
should be eliminated. Sergeant! Burn!


     After a minute of the book there was only
a handful of molecules that Sergeant crushed
boot.


     - What to do with the boxes, your ford?


     - To hell with them, with drawers, load
bottles of medicine. Sergeant! Unbutton
of these, and let raspishutsya in the bill.


     - What other bottles? - Perturbation
asked Jones.


     Bald looked at him and replied:


     - By order of the number
879532113 3265478595004 fraction of local authorities each 
galaxy, flying in the hypercube spaceship must additionally 
take on board not less than 30 Deson medicine for the planet 
K-Haq constellation Cyclone and deliver it to a place in 
intact. In the order, so to speak, mentoring. And it will be 
necessary, so we discard your shipment. Order executed first.



     Bald contemptuously turned his back on the captains and 
broke numerous and loud orders.



     - Why do they need so much medication? - Aloud
thought Jones and a grim look sergeant put his signature on the 
papers. 


     Handling was surprisingly fast and captains took the 
course on a constellation of K-Cyclone. From the cargo bay came 
a sharp and unpleasant odor. 


     - What kind of stuff we planted? - Jones growled with 
displeasure. 


     - Not always smells good medicine,
- Wondered aloud Park.


     On the planet Haq met them solemnly. They descended the 
stairs to meet Noisy crowd. Some energetic

with the elevation of said hateful speech in their
honor, which finally threw up his hands,
after which the human mass together and solemnly cried and 
suffered at the hands of a small gravihodu. He was taken to the 
captains of luxury building, where the luxurious study a 
representative of something pinned them on his chest and long 
white chips shook hands with them and talked ornate, intricate 
deals, of which the captains were able to understand just what 
is now a honorary citizen of this planet.



     After graduating pleasantly surprised them
ceremony they headed toward the ship, where
A surprise awaited them: in front of the "Thesaurus"
There were several people in green uniforms.
One of them, and, handsome, broad and
smiling good-naturedly, told them that put them on a ship he 
can not, therefore, that they have no information on the 
resolution of the flight. 


     - What kind of orders? What Help? You
what? We're an hour ago out of the ship, which you have the 
right, green, we do not indulge in it? - Furious Jones. 


     - I can not help, but you
understand that I can not violate the order,
- Replied quietly green. - I sympathize with you, but you'll 
have to settle the formalities, that is to go to the 
information desk. After get help, I promise you, let your 
departure will not. 


     - Well, not boil, and Jones, let's go down for help. 
Really, after such reception, which we have here, for us

not there long unsold Help?


     - Really, after such admission, which
we then have, for us to fly, we need
any help? Bureaucrats.


     But there was no choice, and they went to look for
information department. They found it fairly quickly, but still 
faster than the total elderly woman of the department told them 
that to get help they need to pass on collection point for the 
two hectares of turf, that is for each per hectare.



     - What are you, old hen, crazy?
- Jones did not like to pick up expressions. -
We also need to fly! We have an urgent shipment!
About any turf you raving? Now as turf in the ear!


     - Do not huligante, citizen! This is not me
come up and pay me money not for the fact
to listen to your insults! Or sign up for dernootryad, or ...


     Intervened Park:


     - You know, we really have an urgent shipment, on the 
road, without a swap component is partially spoiled, we really 
need depart, and the sooner ...



     - What do you explain this fool? We are the captains, and 
we were taught not to cut the turf, and fly in space. You fool, 
you know how to drive easy copter?



     - Fie, what you're rude. And I did not really need to 
drive your goalie, and in general, are you better than others 
or something, if you know how to put pressure on some stupid 
knobs and buttons? Yes, I would, if wanted, too, now hovering

somewhere in interstellar space!


     - Let us help, enema Feathered! -
bulging eyes and pounding his fist on the table,
yelled Jones.


     - Just after the date of the turf! - Proudly
her head replied enema.


     Jones settled on casually got a chair.


     - Well, do you understand, finally, silly, what we have to 
do with your planet? We brought you thirty Deson

some drya ... ugh, drugs, and for you
it does not want us to go?


     - I do not know. The Council of Elders decided that each 
inhabitant of the planet must covered with turf of one hectare 
of desert. Desert - our problem, and our duty as citizens this 
planet, turning it into a flourishing garden! And we'll do it! 
Our sverhsupertochnye computers have calculated that if Every 
year one-tenth of sward part of the desert, exactly ten years

on our planet there will be no,
is about takusenkogo area of ​​the desert.


     - Yes, we're not yours! How can
explain? We landed and we want to ...


     - It is not ours? You also have to honor the inhabitants 
of our planet? 


     - So in honor now!


     - There is no discount on Regalia, the
more that such a strong and healthy men ashamed to yield to 
some, ugh, hectare of turf.



     - Ha! Park! To fly away from here,
must enroll in the diggers!


     - There's nothing funny, John! It looks like
they have such a tradition. We should not do
stupid, useless, our own peril. And
indeed, that we should treat for
one hectare of his brother?


     - Perhaps you're right, Park. Write paper
to work, Feathered.


      So the captains fall into dernootryad.


     Slip quietly in the passenger gravihode above the surface 
of the endless blue desert, the captains looked at it in the 
windows of a monotonous landscape, the people with whom they 
were told, would have to work two day. They were mostly 
middle-aged, unremarkable appearance, and the captains have 
already dozed off, if not lively conversation with one old man. 


     - For the first time dernoposadkah young
people?


     - Yes - reluctantly said Park.


     - Uh-uh, but I really do not remember which
every meal. Why? Not bad! Fresh air,
healthy work, but it zavsegda useful to
more in your, and at my age.


     - Can you useful, grandfather, and in
We express cargo.


     - Uh-uh, no such emergency work,
for which one could not come up yet
more urgent. We all have none work
urgent, lazy people do not keep, like this. I've been
themselves and cut pitsialnoe adapted - and
the old man pointed to standing next to him
instrument in its case, from which protruded superplastovy 
stalk. - It's nicer when adjustment is made by hand.



     Grandfather proudly opened his bag, picked up a nail cut 
and shuffled to the acute the brink of cutting edge devices.



     - A sharpened me to his son on his
reactor flow pi mesons. It is, of course,
mu-mesons best, but abrasiveness Maleh
not the same, but about the distribution law grazidomennogo 
kofitsenta and say nothing! Once one's will mu-mesons such an 
abrupt release of the interval from minus to plus zero? ... 


     - Grandpa, and that there at least for a job?


     - Uh-uh, yes you are not local, then!
Then you will potyazhelshe. Mm, yes. And so
simple as that. Trim, cut, cut,
clipped, loaded, or in a pile sklal. No
tricks, so any. The head is well
rests. Tokmo soup should keep eyes open,
so that whistles do not get it. As a whistle, so pressed belly 
to the sand as mogesh amicably, and whistled - more Cut.



     - What is it - whistles? -
interested in Jones.


     - Yes this is our flower, such as it is
ripe, well explodes, and whistles into
all sides are flowing. That he breeds, I mean.


     - It's the seeds, or what?


     - Well, yes, they have a tip of a sharp-sharp, venomous, 
and the rear three krylushki as ethno called ... M-m-m ... 
Shtabilizator like. This means that you put in a stack, if well 
vdarit. Yes, you do not Fear, that's me, never got.

Of course, it is understandable, because I have a reaction
- Fifteen hundredths.


     - And the fun they get?


     - No, it hurts when stuck, and
usually through an effort, if in the leg, the leg cut off, if 
in the arm, the arm. 


     - And if in your head?


     - And here's me, my dear, I do not know. Us
this is not dokladayut. Looks like nothing to him
Kills a mark. Yes, you yourself is not whether
a fool, do not run hither and where falling, but as a whistle, 
so as squab popendikulyarno stand still and rest.



     - Gee! Grandfather, and what else this kind of whistles 
usual? 


     - Uh-uh, yeah that's all. Once one's
tokmo pyhtelki, kryahtelki and sopelki. Well
More and strekotunchiki, but it's not dangerous.
Opuhnesh tokmo slightly ... So I went.


     Gravihod slowed down, there was
a whistle, and everyone started to go
hot black sand and built. Main
dernootryadchik, poking a finger air, count them all. 
"Somewhere I have seen exactly the the same "- thought Jones. 
-" It seems that even at one of the planets of this 
measurement, in addition also hung around his neck a saxophone, 
but attached to a belt circles, it seems, was not. " Counting 
unit, the chief took the saxophone and blew it. There was 
something unimaginable. All jumped up and ran into one 
direction to vidnevshemusya nearby tent. At the site of the 
former regime were Only the captains and the old man, with whom 
they said.



     - Hey, young, green! Flee to choose
yourself cut off until it's snapped up! -
they shouted the old man and the captains, yielding
mass hypnosis, rushed to the tent.


     At the curtain place a real battle.
Cracked superplastovye cuttings, someone from
someone selected the cut, the lucky ones
He went away to the side, picked himself from the
two or three best, waving to settle impudent, in the middle of 
all this confusion, forgetting about the cut, rolled in the 
dust by two men, silently and intently otveshivaya slap each 
other. "There is value spontaneity "- thought Park.



     Approached the head pogudel in saxophone and disorder 
immediately stopped. All were built. Captains chosen from

piles of debris first got the whole clipped and rose to the 
ranks. Head count them all again and again to the venerated 
tenor sax. Work began. 


     Detachment of a long chain was stretched by
edge of the blue sand and green grass.
The captain something whistled, snuffle, pokryahtyvalo and 
puffed. Occasionally someone from the slender chain with a low 
moan fell on the sand and ran off somewhere to carried away.



     - Something I do not like it all -
Jones said, and also went to work.


     It soon became unbearable. Heat pressed
on the shoulders, lower burned through the soles of the hot 
sand. Over the heads of a swarm of hovering strekotunchiki and 
all strove to get under clothing to snack captains.

Waving from them, the captains continued
work. It really was uncomplicated and a slide cut their turf 
growing. 


     Finally it's time for lunch.


     Coming out of gravihoda, sleepy head of croaked saxophone 
and soon came to the site, which carried

a huge vat of liquid. A gust of wind carried to the captains 
like a familiar smell. Approaching the site, they joined the

people gathered around the vat. Head
unhooked from the waist circle, and scooping out
vat, let her go in circles. Everything takes a sip from
mug and passed it on, only
someone one refused to drink, but it did not persuade. Turn 
came up to the captains. The first of the cups sipped Jones. 
Face his twisted, but he overcame disgust, took a couple of 
sips. Do the same and the Park. 


     - Park! - Whispered to Jones. - It's the medicine that we 
drove here in the cargo compartment! They are here that all the 
patients? 


     - I do not know, but most of this stuff I

     I will not try, - said Park. But
By that time, when the circle has come again
before them, the captains of both good and fun was in his 
heart, so joyful, that I wanted to sing and hug all these 
lovely people who are so hard to care about the prosperity of 
their planet. They again otpili of circles, and another and 
another ... They were happy! Joyful eyes, they looked at how 
funny, as if joking beat those who refused to drink with them. 
He's so funny tumbled in the air, kicking his legs, that 
Captains had a good laugh. But it sounded whistle sax and 
started all over again work.



     A few minutes later, otsmeyavshis,
He reappeared in screen space.


     - You know, Park, I've played a bit with a synthesizer, 
and do not know how full of brains of this thing if, instead of 
grenades I got roaches. While you are lucky, but I now 
understand, what's the matter, and you throw it away you a bit 
later. 


     Park angrily looked at Jones and
asked him:


     - Why do you want to break the law FI?


     - Firstly, this is not your business, and
Secondly, who told you that we have gathered to break?


     - Just what you wanted me to clean, speaks in favor of it.


     - Yes, I think - Jones grinned -
but it could be other reasons.


     - Not true. The truth is that you're going to go on 
contact with the measurement in which has not only failed to 
understand how took their universe, but not yet opened

common law development! Do not you understand that this means 
doom for them? 


     - What are you talking about? The Treaty of contacts
was written long ago. It's time to throw it away.
We must work to do, not a piece of paper rustling.


     - This is - a crime.


     - Hmm-m ...


     - There is a classical theory of non-intervention, and for 
this theory is proven, the difference in the development of 
civilizations more than one order, inevitably one of them or 
both to crash ... 


     - Your deep theory let amuse those who wants to talk the 
language. 


     - It's not nonsense. Think of your intergalactic conflict 
and war still on stage of association of civilizations. They 
also began with a harmless theories.



     - Nonsense. If civilization can not
use the contact, then it ceases to be a
game. All of the rules. You, too, now get out of the game 
because we are waiting for the operational vehicle. Do not 
worry, that lost, soon all this nonsense will fly the May 
breeze from the head, which you occupy ... Of course, I should 
not have spoiled you skin, but I understand those who will take 
your place - and Jones has shut down from the video network.



     Park looked at the radar. Parallel "thesaurus" was, coming 
closer, craft, and a course of "thesaurus" was very different 
from the fact that he was expecting to see. "So

Why Jones I spoke with black teeth
holes "- figured Park. -" He pulled me on the hook ... And I 
thought he was a I was trapped. What to do? Spray

useless gun will not last long. "


     It has never got in the Park so
difficult and desperate situation. One against many ... The 
only person who could be his ally - a check and that was in 
Jones. 


     Out the window, very close, he saw the outlines of the 
approaching ship. Yes, it was usually easy to ship in the 
fourth. He was much more agile and Thesaurus. "No way!" - 
Thought Park. - "While I was on the navigational bridge, I

to rely on surprise, I did not damsya
you are in the hands of the great live! ... A Jones
I'd rather be shot, sorry, that he simply
will die with me. We must not allow
forseram wield with impunity in the measurements. "


     Park went to the desk and turned the ship over to manual 
control. Oh, how he was angry! Looking like arrogant approach

forsery, Park felt that ancient fury with which it is extremely 
far ancestors went to war with neighboring tribes.

His fingers gripped the control knob.
A few more minutes, and you can ram. Heavy Thesaurus pierce the 
hull forserov as pellet eggshells ... 


     Behind there was a noise. Park
turned around and saw one of the distant
hatch opens, and ... In the navigator is Jones. Already an open 
insolence Park surprise! Tossing "Smith and Wesson," he

almost without taking aim, fired at Jones. Jones
staggered. Park shot again. Jones
puffed blue flame, and puffed with
grinding down. A strange hunch struck
Park. He ran to Jones and his place
saw Checa. Check lay silently in the costume
Jones and smoked a broken chest. Park darted into the open 
hatch, and managed to take several steps. Behind came a 
triumphant Jones laughs and creaked the door. Park

stopped and rushed back, but it was
late. Luke slammed behind him. Now he was cut off from the 
navigator. Not yet believing in the incident, Park ran to the 
hatch and tried to open it. Useless. Jones

again outwitted him. "That there should be, and yet
he had such prostetskaya mug! "- thought
Park and presented, as now prevails
Jones, getting to the control of the ship.
Now he opens the transitional compartments ...


     After a few hatches, Park found himself
a control module onboard engine
which he has recently regulated, and approaching the counter, 
pulled out several blocks. "It's a pity to spoil the beauty" - 
flashed through my head a sentimental thought. He looked at the 
drenched transparent mass of thin colored line of one of the 
boards, took to the right, healthy hand large drawbridge

key and scale down the contents
block. There was a crunching sound and the unit fell green 
sparks. A few strokes he turned the right blocks in the hash, 
then pulled fuse system and opened the fuel valve. Now it was

just press the button the motor and
all the energy, which is already filled with engine, due to 
inability to splash out through a nozzle in a few seconds to 
break the "Thesaurus" and together they approached the ship, 
the silhouette of which have already occupied all the visible 
space of the illuminator. 


     Park opened the control panel battery life, and 
immediately saw the button. Her black, sinister pobleskivanie 
spoke him that this - the last thing he sees in life. Over the 
past day it has teetered on the brink of life and death, but 
now death was inevitable, because He killed himself with. "How 
stupid, I because I do not want to die! "- flashed through my 
head a provocative thought. and propane. 


     He came close to the button. Head as if overlaid with 
cotton, he became deaf, and seemed to blind, not seeing 
anything other than this symbolic black buttons. He ceased to 
feel and time. He became an automaton. As in a dream, His hand 
went up. Finger touched the button. Touch. Button gently and 
leaned slowly began to sink under the finger.

Movement of her stalled. Click. Everything.
Suddenly his head began to clear.


     One ... Park felt the shock underfoot. "Forsery landed. Hi 
guys! You very handy, "- he thought.



     Two ... Park looked around the compartment. More
recently, he worked here with interest ...
Park to see how bright and powerful will have a blast. 
"Thesaurus" is full of fuel, he instantly smashed, and not that 
into small pieces, and the tiny molten balls, which will long 
to fly on the universe, yet not capture some

cosmic body. And out of it, the Park also
beads are obtained ... One calms - forsery exactly the same 
position. Detonate their ship, and we can no longer distinguish 
where the balls from the "Thesaurus", and where from their 
craft. Two explosions merge into one ... 


     Three ... "We will have a blast! .." The memory flashed 
through face Tony ... Four ... And swayed the stars ... 


     ... A careful observer of the nearest populated planet 
would consider blue flashes in the sky, but of humanity and

without a lot of things to waste staring at the stars.


                    2


     Orange flakes slowed his movement and becoming larger, 
merged into continuous bright field, then all faded.



     From the darkness came face Tony. She
something silently talked, melting again in fading light. Then 
came the pain. 


     Park opened his eyes. Not realizing that
him, he looked around. Out the window a bright light penetrated 
the stars, occasionally obscures pieces of torn metal. Lump

disgusting rasped on the ship's hull.
Park lying between some racks of them in disarray stuck blocks 
and fragments harnesses. "Where am I?" - He thought. And 
remember everything. - "Why am I alive?" Where forsery? ". He

tried to get up and he succeeded. All
body ached and ached, as if on it traveled
planetary rover. Wondering how to justify its continued 
existence, he rose. Creaked under my feet the shards.

"Why was not I blown with
"Thesaurus"? "- He wondered. Listened. Silence. Only rarely 
came up to him lung scarring rubs the hull remains of the 
engine. Stood lost in thought, he moved to the navigator's 
compartment. 


     Several hours later he blocked Jones break out the door in 
the hope that the other side of the hatch did not meet the open 
space. Finally the door opened, and Park went into the 
navigator. 


     On the panel, resting his head in hands
management, Jones was lying. All the room was saturated with a 
heavy smell of well-established burning. Going to Jones, he saw 
that his face was bathed in caked blood. "All I him, but he is 
not me "- thought indifferently Park and, overcoming fatigue, 
engaged in inspection Account ID management. Without waiting 
for commands from the console, the instrument itself is kept 
ship your course. Many devices have been damaged, but that the 
most unpleasant - not there were two stages of external defense,

significantly reduced the rate Thesaurus.
Automation allowed the ship to move only at a safe speed for 
him. 


     During the inspection of the Park did not leave
sense of irrationality and incomprehensibility of the 
surrounding. "When I pressed the acceleration, and there was an 
explosion on board the motor was something about 10.88.12 MAR, 
then after explosion took place about four hours, "- thinking

he said. - "What happened here?" Why I survived, and Jones - 
no, in fact should have been Conversely, because I was near the 
engine. Why the panel racks look fused?

Where did the ship forserov? "


     Tripping over a foot Jones, Park decided to include a 
corpse in the refrigerator and, grunting the effort, hoisted it 
over his shoulder. Contrary their expectations Park discovered 
that the corpse still warm. In addition, the corpse of a weakly 
groaned. Park in one motion knocked Jones to the floor,

took a gun and ... lowered it.


     Jones was able to climb only a day later. He was gloomy 
and thoughtful. Barely moving, he is slowly recovering from a 
concussion. His story not only clarified the circumstances with 
which they are alive with the Park, but like, and to reconcile 
them. Of course, your friends, they themselves did not feel

but ... Assessed whether Jones is that Park did not make it 
into a set of chemical elements or did he not, as now for his 
return will be taken in the fourth, then a net conversion was 
too large and was not expected new point of connection, but in 
respect of masters such as a fracture occurred, what happens 
after a fight between two worthy opponents. 


     The strange thing is life! Do be sure to stand on the very 
brink of the grave, so did not want to push down into it other 
...? 


     But Jones said the following: it was found that on-board 
engine blew up twice. After the first, relatively weak 
explosion, during which the Park and lost consciousness, 
arising from the "Thesaurus" fuel was gentle mist envelop 
having a higher weight ship forserov. There's no good to feel 
alive and have already begun to remove the transitional 
compartments, as there was a second, more powerful explosion, 
the consequences of which, obviously, and have been fatal to 
their ship. Forseram had including disaster recovery and retire.

But the shabby Jones shocked not so
but the fact that prior to his disappearance started to shoot 
the ship forserov Thesaurus convolutions of the penetrating 
plasma. It was the worst betrayal ... After each shot, keeping 
Thesaurus, fire protection, but its two stages failed to 
withstand the impact of fire, and one after another out of 
system. Part of the plasma has reached the body, when almost a 
direct hit and blinded Jones was thrown forward on the remote 
... 


     "Or they have something went wrong, or
they're crazy ... "- said Jones,
knowing that the shooting of "thesaurus" was a deliberate act. 
Forsery do not like them people make mistakes. Park is also 
understood. 


     Schley fourth day voyage ...


     - So you, Jones will have to agree that there is a 
probability loss of higher civilization.



     - Aha, - laughed Jones - then the
you are afraid, as if we are not gobbled up with the guts of 
these ... How does their level of ... m-m-m ... 
Pithecanthropus? Incidentally, when I was on the blue planet, I 
was told there interesting case about how Aborigines were 
treated with a single bearer of progress, it seems, his name 
was Cook. They have used it instead of schnitzel. You do not 
want to be a schnitzel, Park? 


     - And you, Jones?


     - Ha-ha-ha, Park! This Cook, was seen
impractical fellow, if he went to the contact
without primitive handheld blaster. On
what is it calculated? If you give free rein to the savages, 
they do not find human head better use than the guided

his notion of sense of beauty and use it as a flowerpot.


     - So, John, you have one option -
keep them in fear and obedience, and this gives them to develop 
normally. 


     - On the contrary, Park! If we do not
intervene, then they are and will eat each
friend without bread and without salt.


     - Theory of export development is not new.
But she did not substantiated. Pithecanthrope
never understand the device pocket watch, no matter how he 
korezhil its direct gyrus. What dalos others sweat and blood, 
for it will only cause for ridicule in the event that he did 
not suspect threat to their existence, or will cause of a new 
cult. If you so concerned about their development, then you can 
not go on contact. When this measurement reach our level, they 
find it themselves. They just can not not find it! 


     - Personally, I have, Park, there is a lack of dating, 
attraction, so to speak to new. Why not go, they ask,

to contact the love of my sociable
temperament? It seems to me that they do not
off to get in touch with the more advanced civilization, and 
even more so from another dimension. 


     - And these words said a spokesman
highest civilization? Thrust to contact them
- No more than a desire to facilitate
your life, find a new feeder, which could climb to his feet. 
Therefore, they are also dangerous. If they give a contact, 
then they are, at best, degenerate into ordinary parasites, - 
said the park, knocking down a click beetle, in a businesslike 
way, regardless running around the table. - Complete a 
civilization must pass through all stages of development 
independently. Everything! Any gap in chain of development, 
sooner or later doom civilization on the development of lateral 
branches. A it - the end. Of the cockroach never

Butterflies will be released. The first paragraph of the law 
because the contact and talks about the possibility of contact 
of civilizations only one order. I repeat - the same order!



     - Park, I used to think more concretely.
Still do not understand why we can not them
give her the oldest technique, and in general,
where does a butterfly? Or do you want to say that this old 
technology, they can uhlopat each other and us in the bargain? 


     - Yes, Jones. They even shared a place in the
sun. We know that the survival
civilization as such, regardless of
the level of development of technical means and
other conditions, is advancing moral formation of man. This 
advance is inversely proportional to the energy spent on 
self-destruction of civilization. When moral equivalence 
technical Drugs comes a critical point ...

You know what that blue planet, well, where
ate Cook, saved from death only,
that the second moral formation they have to
time only slightly ahead of the establishment
technical means of the second order? And if not that a little 
bit, then nobody would you not told about Cook?



     - Well, if they could kill themselves in their apartment, 
they are simply morons! I even when there was noticed that 
there - through one or all of crazies, or diseased teeth 
suffer. Probably therefore, they are deeply fond of them to 
each other kick. Oh, how clever they have the same it sometimes 
comes out! 


     Came the laughing Park:


     - Jones, I, as an expert on small
civilizations, I can assure you that, and
mental and physical ailments they have to
a sharp increase in the pace of development, it
inevitably, not from love to vyshibaniyu teeth. Knock out some 
teeth, they are largely healthy ... There are, logically, must 
cultivate the science of treating people, which, if accurate in 
its conclusions approach can for ten generations to withdraw 
the entire civilization on the vine. Fortunately, the history 
of civilization knows very few examples of good follow the 
practice of science ... This thing dangerous primitive religion 
... Of the entire This science can be recognized only surgery

and even that much of something to cut.
At high rates of development of human
organism in search of the best option
adaptation varies so widely
extent that patients are almost all, except perhaps those
who are considered sick ... No, Jones did not
laugh, I'm serious.


     - A real specialist no joy
more than to please their ears by their own
speeches. In your opinion, it appears that the number of
geniuses in advancing civilization as well
Total idiots? Hence, the more
Civilization idiots, so that means she is developing rapidly?


     - As for the idiots ...


     Suddenly roared and lit up all sorts of alarms and 
Thesaurus, strongly toss, began throwing from side to side. 
Captains rolled between seats and racks, trying to catch for 
them. 


     - Park! Looks like we hit the unsteady flow of energy, try 
to reach button to change the optimal rate!



     Tightening, Park caught on the console and
pressed the button, but it does not save
position, on the contrary, the tanker began to tremble so
that could only wonder what else
holding hands on the dashboard. In the stands something ringing 
and crackling of them fans flew glittering shards.

Discarded once the variation of energy flows from the console, 
Jones managed to press the brake. The frequency of shaking 
increased, but its amplitude began to decrease. The captains 
were pressed to the inertial force console. Sprinkled on top of 
their pieces of equipment and cockroaches, which, after death 
Check there was no one to catch. Shaking has stopped and Jones 
turned off the brake. Captains rushed to the informant. On his 
screen was a light line: 


     - Order: Thesaurus pass on the rate of 16 / 2. Unprotect. 
Prepare the transition. 


     Jones swore.


     - This is probably patrol police scooter, he must know 
where this flow of energy - Park said, rubbing the injured 
spot. 


     - Where? These bastards so churned
us speed.


     - Why did they not warn us
Liaison?


     - They think that they are for it to be more respected. 
Including transitional compartments, and not that they log into 
the ship through a hole in plating. They have already moor.



     A minute later there was a clatter and a mate broke very 
tall bald little man accompanied by four bruiser with a square 
chin in the form of an intergalactic police force PUP. Jones 
Park and collapsed on the floor, instantly shot down down the 
professional poop, stomach and jaw. When they came to their 
senses, then found that their teeth loosened, and themselves

they are fastened to the chair.



     Now work with ease, however, Hill turf, truncated after
dinner grew slowly did not want to grow to the size of slides, 
cut up lunch. But still labor for capital to

Late in the evening, and then, beside himself with
fatigue, fell asleep on these hills.


     Waking up early in the morning cold, they
found that both of them were terribly hurt
head and there is a strong thirst. Both
feel bad. Both were trembling
hands and face were swollen, probably decided
they are bitten by those damned strekotunchikov. Round, wrapped 
their heads in bags, others slept dernootryadovtsy. After 
walking between the bags in search of water, the captains came 
across an overturned tub at the bottom of which there are still 
a little medicine. Seeing this liquid, and felt a sharp smell, 
exhaling her captain recoiled and hurried away to the side. 


     - You know, John, that to me yesterday before going to bed 
he said, old man, with whom we went?



     - What? - Jones asked quietly, holding
both hands behind your head. He was great yesterday
have worked out, it even stagger.


     - He asked what is the place where we cut away the turf, 
and I replied that there remains a blue sand.



     - So what?


     - And now I'll ask you: why do we
 cut away the turf?


     - To close the blue sand ...


     - ... Just in another place - continued Park.


     Jones looked stunned at the Park.


     - You want to say that all this work is only fun for them?


     - T-c-c-c. I want to say that we have
is gravihod. I think that until all
sleep is the best time to ride
Thesaurus.


     Jones on such matters should not have been
persuasion. Going into gravihod, they pushed the door to his 
shoulders in the control room and gradually departed from the 
place, neatly laid out on the blue sand sleeping head and his 
saxophone. Gravihod full speed headed for the launch pad. 


     Contrary to their expectations, "thesaurus" was
completely off guard. Captains winged
gravihod directly to the ship and jumped on
field. Noting that under one of the pillars of the ship slipped 
a man and ran away, they were surprised, but they have not had 
time to attach importance to this. Now all depended on their 
speed. 


     He ran into the ship, Jones engaged in start-up and park 
on the video network convinced that the strangers in the 
compartments no. Captains started and immediately noticed the

strong rotation of the spacecraft around its longitudinal
axis.


     - Anything with the equipment, Jones?


     Jones tumblers clicked and whistled in surprise.


     - You know, Park, this thing - he
tapped his fist on the panel - said that
we do not have two motors of the onboard
three.


     - But I'll blew only one!


     Jones sighed.


     - And the second took him to a good memory
one man, whom we saw under the anvil.


     - ...?


     - No, now he stole some bull's-eye, he took off the engine
earlier.


     - Why did he him? Yes, and ... Well this is impossible 
without special equipment! 


     - He probably loves his children and wife. And those, in 
turn, like fruits and vegetables. So he grows tomatoes in 
greenhouses. And one must heat the greenhouse. Well, it does 
not grab for that purpose such wonderful piece, as board 
unattended motor? And then just not do for the love of your 
neighbor! But this stuff. When I was on the blue planet, there 
is a so elegant in a tuxedo pulling out of

hat rabbit. This is really class!


     The rotation stopped, and the captains
headed to the base.


                    3


     Park was busy with crossword solving, and Jones sat in the 
remote connection and tuned to the radio emission of the planet 
Haq heard through the noise the latest news:



     ... A group of scientists ... proved that
fertile brain work can not be performed alone ... for 
productive ... the presence of at least three people, and, most 
importantly, the more time days ... together ... the more 
productive ... another group ... considers the minimum Five 
people ... in connection with what ... and the transition on 
the release of three-, five-or more bedrooms beds ...



     ... In the publishing ... well-known ...
"The moral image of the buttons, depending on the
her whereabouts, "... teachers ... enthusiastically received by 
critics ... 


     ... With our planet ... having stolen gravihod ... two 
dangerous recidivist ... managed hide ... measures shall be 
taken ... 


     Jones noted with satisfaction:


     - Do you hear, Park, is about us.


     - A-ah - Park waved his hand - you
I'd better tell the lubricating oil on a letter
"B" of five letters.


     Jones thought. In the silence
Someone coughed. Jones looked at the Park
Park - by Jones. The cough came again. Captains at once turned 
their heads to the standing mate in the middle of the table. On 
the table, legs crossed, in a yoga pose sitting, rocking white 
beard, wrinkled old man, frail and looking at them, squinting 
his left eye. 


     - Healthy-rr-Rehoboam, guys! - A loud voice he said, have 
a drink? 


     The captains looked at him, unable to
utter a word. In their heads, and flashed the same thoughts: "A 
hallucination? Where did he come on board, flying at high 
speed? Penetrated the defense? Hiding here? Br-rr. It is not 
clear. " 


     The elder sat clutching a large
leather briefcase with a zipper.


     - Who are you? - Finally asked
Park.


     - Cabin Fever I, - answered the old man. -
So there's nothing to drink? - And without waiting for
answer with a click unbuttoned portfolio
rummaged through it and took out a glass, pickle and opened 
bottle with the inscription "Vermouth".



     Thought. Then he delved further and got
dented biscuit.


     - As you, Father, here?


     Hermit silently poured himself out of the bottle
into a glass, held it in his hand, as if
weighing, and overturned in the mouth. Jauntily
grunting, fast breathing, pushing a rusk to
nose, then threw the cracker back in the briefcase and 
crunching a cucumber. His face smoothed and brightened. 


     - Abstracts must be - answered
he said.


     - What?


     - From psevdorealisticheskogo speculative thinking. 
Raskompleksovannost and sacred books - that's true workout

sensitivity of sensory cognition.


     Park with Jones looked at each other.


     - Where are you hiding something here, Dad? -
asked Park.


     - You have a biased perception of the world,
boy, no innocence! - Indignant
Hermit and resentfully silent.


     - We do not understand how you got here,
and we want to know! - With the metal in his voice said Jones.


     Grandfather once talkative.


     - I take the principle of perfect
Unity sets, which is inherent in full interpenetration and at 
the same time vzaimorazdelnost all its elements.

Discarding vzaimorazdelnost, I move over all points of space at 
the same time, rejecting the interpenetration, I verified at a 
specific point, here as you have, for example. What is there to 
understand? 


     - You want to say that you ...
uh-uh ... philosophically diffundiruete in space, and thus 
ended up here? 


     - You have mental geotsentriki young
people, and moral development of your on zero. My advice to you 
- sublimated, and then your hypothetical-deductive system 
acquire empirical basis. 


     The hermit took the bottle by the neck and
looked her in the light.


     - And while you should be my appearance
regarded as a manifestation of a unilateral
essentially, expressed specific phenomenon.


     "Or is this old man ... that or he is far from
overtaken in the development of even our dimension "-
Park thought.


     - But this is impossible! - Escaped
Park.


     Hermit poured himself a glass of the remnants
bottle, drank it, and smacking his lips, fell
in reverie. His gaze indefinitely
wandering. After sitting for so little, he said:


     - You have too much market, young
people. Listen to me ... What is possible? Objective tendency 
of becoming subject, as expressed in the presence of conditions

for its occurrence. And what is reality? This objectively 
existing subject, as a result of the realization of some 
possibilities. The real opportunity for its exercise has all 
the necessary conditions, hidden in reality, it under certain 
conditions, becomes the new reality and an abstract possibility 
characterizes the absence of fundamental obstacles to the 
formation of subject. So, in abstracting

the real world, I get a change of the set of conditions that 
determines the transition from the abstract to the real 
possibilities, and the latter becomes a reality.

Main - abstractedly and focus, focus consciousness on a 
particular object. This suppresses it as something physical, 
forcing her to realize the finiteness and limitations. Clear? 


     - Not really, of course - poskromnichal
Park, but how you do it?


     - Do not get me wrong, I say without false modesty: a 
serene state of mind - that's a panacea. We must disengage from 
society, because it changes The existence conditions and 
subjects them to his objectives, and in such circumstances, I 
can not stand to improve. 


     Hermit already rather drunk, and
swaying from side to side, was given a high.


     - So you think that the development of individuality to 
isolate from society? 


     - Humor is that personality
begins with the opposition itself around, more precisely the 
cognitive components of phylogenesis of emotional attachment 
between siblings are multifunctional and polysemantic that 
verbalized possible paraphilia toward premorbid history on 
neurohumoral component, which is confirmed continuum theory of 
disclinations. 


     Having uttered this tirade, Hermit closed his eyes and 
began to swing more and more. Not knowing how to break the 
ensuing silence of, Park asked:



     - And you do not tell the lubricating oil from
five letters with the letter "B"?


     The hermit shook.


     - Grease.


     - No, the letter "B".


     - Vaseline.


     - No, of five letters.


     Hermit paused and said, syllable by syllable:


     - Be-re-te-n-ka.


     And, falling under the table, snoring.


     Captains, puzzled by this manifestation of nature, 
expressed particular phenomenon, attributed it to the bedroom. 


     While hermit rested captains found their lost item sets of 
equipment for repair the ship in open space and stream

one of the fuel tanks. Several
hours, they puzzled over the question on, could Thesaurus slow 
down before the base, there will be enough for this residue is 
regularly decreasing fuel consumption. 


     - Gad! - Swearing Jones. - Gardeners! Michurin! ... - And 
adds unprintable words. - I could not close the damper! To he 
ate the tomatoes in the opposite direction! Bon Appetit! Fly, 
my dears! Oh, and get caught it to me now ... Well, the hell

damn it suits? For mother-to pancakes to go?


     - Done, Jones - interrupted Park.
- The calculation shows that if we were a bit
increase speed, it is quite have time to slow down, even if the 
flow is reduced. 


     - We have already run the risk of collapse in the middle, 
stumbled on something directly in rate - muttered Jones. - 
Cursed flow. Good that you noticed devices.



     - Yes, if not a hermit, I would
did not check the parameters of mass. Yeah, but
Here he is.


     - Hello, guys! - Blurted out the Hermit, cheerfully and 
promptly bursting into the bay. 


     - Are you with me too fly?


     - We think that it's you fly with us - unhappy threw Jones.


     - Yes? You think so? Interesting. Well
can be considered as you wish.
Then, where you can balance the moral crisis which has 
developed in my soil material ... In short, eat hunting.



     - There - showed Park.


     The hermit ate quickly. And a lot. Soothe
first hunger, he sighed and began to chew food, and only then 
noticed for captains, enchanted by this parade

appetite.


     - RN-minus-nyatina - prourchal Hermit
tight mouth full.


     Captains together sglotnr number and saliva, although
they did not want to eat.


     Straightened with a weekly supply of
provisions, Hermit wearily stretched out in the
chair.


     - And this - he tapped the
throat - no?


     - Not anymore - he realized what was going on,
said Park. - For all drank.


     - That's right I see, that your guy
fell in the hallway. Looks like it cool
picked up? What a life you have! Do you want to eat,
want to drink. Huh?


     - It's not a guy. This is cyber. Robot.


     - And to him, then why was poured? He's in
this case, all one did not really understand.


     - He was broken.


     - Clear business. Glands. In this case,
imagination is needed. Harmony. For the soul. And
him her no, that's broke.


     - Do not drink it. He had long since broken.


     The Hermit looked at suspiciously
captains.


     - Tell me! And from what he is charred? This is only the 
alcohol so you can be poisoned by fumes. 


     - No. I just shot him ... -
Park started and stopped.


     - Go on, boy. Why are you silent? Is he your relative?


     - It's a mistake.


     - All clear.


     Hermit rubbed his hands and shifted in his chair.


     - So you're shot at this - he
nodded to Jones. - From my insight you will not escape. I even 
worked as an asteroid. Voluntarily. And that is no guessed. 
Here's an example of flight of fantasy, emancipation of thought 
and professional applications. And why do you want uhlopat her 
boyfriend? 


     Jones' nerves have not sustained.


     - What is your business, who to shoot?
Are you the police?


     Jones moved to the chair. Hermit
nimbly jumped from it and ... nabychivshis,
heavy tread went to Jones, rolling his sleeves at the skinny 
little arms. 


     - You got me angry! - Hermit growled. - Once upon a time 
in my youth I look uncork a bottle, but now

something that can ...


     Jones could not have expected such a reaction.
All the evil in him vanished immediately at sight
old man, going at him with clenched fists. Jones backed away. 
The hermit stopped. He ran his menacing gaze of masters and 
through his teeth slowly began to strain the words: 


     - What are you, boy, take me for a fool? I you can prove 
otherwise, of course, if you're not hopelessly stupid. So 
you're the shooting at each other? Here you what do you do ... 
Yes, I - Cabin Fever. I lived three thousand years and during 
that time and only saw you kill each other because of greed. I 
do not want bezumstvovat with you. I walked away from you ... 
You do, ha-ha-ha, can not do. Swarmed in

their illegal business, including their most important
in the world, beat each other face,
trip up ... Hola each his own,
trying pereorat other, screaming, too.
Or sopite slowly, if only you did not touch ... And those who 
try to leave you spaced framework - to immediately label. 
Stigma. Turncoat! Porushitel saint! Hristopoklonniki! Put 
themselves beyond themselves and the same Mosque in them. You 
idiots, not me! You fresh idea chew in his mouth is positive - 
so spit! You have a loft so clogged

any rubbish that is where even the dust does not fall. And 
showing off - in our house, they say, nor a speck of dust ... 
Try Try your pressed junk! Ricochet ... Sparks

kicks ... We are modern! We freely
think! These phrases indelibly on the shield citizen. And on 
the sword, too, because you the struggle for happiness is 
identical to strangling neighbor. Who strangled - one more 
happy. Here it is - a straight road to abundance! You are so 
culturally osoloveli from their own replete stupidity, that the 
word "strangled" at you do not there is any association, except

bared Othello ... And when you crush
more sophisticated methods, it is your
perceived as a sign of someone else's mind or
as his own desire ... Admit at least imagine that you are so 
good, how can forget about your bad desires ... And your own 
opinion? What you have it - this is your own

opinion, and in this it ends. You are lazy to think and throw 
stones at the addition, the Who will point. Man in the street 
today at the stake burns to whom tomorrow will be put

monuments. It's not I said. This is - history.
However, what do you care about history? You
the attic of his mind! Happy is he who hopes for your mind. You 
- a modern Inquisition. It's people like you, lit bonfires to 
people and books. They were also confident that advocate for 
social progress, and you are worthy and do change their

pretend that you cherish the memory of Giordano Bruno. Decency 
and integrity! Plus humor! You can laugh at everything and

All recklessly and not know how to pull off humor parchuzhku 
bare the truth, because it is indecent and not apply to you. At 
heart you consider yourself very much ... but let's not shy, 
even better all. And if that confidence is undermined

you, the only justification for this can only serve as 
dishonesty of others. You Still can not understand what the 
source of all your sorrows and joys are not only your family 
and children, not just friends people alternately 
close-distant, but any infinitely stranger to you people.

You begin to understand it only when it
turns out to be bad old boss or ripper your pockets in a dark 
alley ... Your own limitations of early or later confronts you 
with others, such as you, and you're fighting like dogs for a 
piece of meat. Derites. And it serves you. So that you are dead!



     The hermit turned and left.


     - In vain we offended him, Jones ...


     Jones said nothing.


     On the rest of the way to the base Thesaurus nearly 
crumbled. From the dashing ship, launched from the landfill, 
has remained a sad caricature. Every now and then disrupted 
sealing, the missing side of the engine and damaged during the 
gunfire and explosions apparatus, only one operating level of 
protection is very difficult to manage, and ship maneuvering. A 
lot of time spend on menial work, which previously served as 
check. In addition to all the Hermit was not vindictive and did 
not recall the recent skirmish. He just always looked captains

over his shoulder and gave advice, or sitting down to them, 
saying that he is bored and generously shared with new plans to 
move in space. He described in detail the captains, as is going 
to evolve in his art. Deciding to diffuse in parts, Hermit 
tedious and explained in detail the captains, how he's going to 
do. 


     Despite all the captains, skinny
of sleepless nights, have lasted up to the base.


     - If not me, you never have to fly to the base, - says the 
Hermit. 


     He had finished the remnants caterer, drinking
their tea.


     - What would you do if I did not ...
Must meet.


     The hermit shook his remains in a mug of tea and looked, 
wherever they may throw and, not finding a suitable angle, threw

contents of mugs in the mouth.


     - Well, I must go.


     Hermit diffused near the
exit point "Thesaurus" into orbit database.
First diffused the lower body,
then everything else except the head, then
head rushed after the fact that already
was somewhere far away, then at the moment
again appeared and disappeared. On the table stood a lonely 
portfolio. Soon and he was gone. If it were not for rolling on 
the floor bottle from under the "Vermouth", it could be

consider this visit a fruit sleepy
fantasy.


     Listening to the roar of engines off again after landing, 
Jones suddenly said: 


     - You know, Park, I thought ... If
they would have in the fourteenth was a little
from what I have in his kitchen in the fourth, they would have 
long passing each other ... Maybe you're right. Why

meet with the brothers on reason, not
learning to take care of your own? And they let themselves ... 
Themselves in their own establish order. We gave them will not 
be able to help. It's just their job ... 


     Park smiled and said nothing. Forsery
re-educated only in science fiction
stories, and sometimes there really is?



                            Grand Ring

           Research Institute for Measurement

                 Faculty of small dimensions


                           Order N_561a / 6


     In connection with the breach of an internship student 3rd 
year Tonielloy Teer (Tony) at the site BVI

14-th dimension, reflected in the establishment
conditions for the annihilation of the fuel in
the explosion of the ship "Thesaurus" in their relation ship 
with 4-th dimension, which resulted in the formation of 
secondary temporary connection, the following order:



     a) to deprive the student Toniellu Teer
scholarships for one month;


     b) to reset the time in the 4-m
and 14-m measurements, assuming that the point of a new
Launch 10.88.10 MAR 14-th dimension.


           Dean of the FMI. Signature.

                                   Print.



         And swayed the stars ...



     ... Even inattentive observer with
nearest populated planet would consider blue flashes in the 
sky, but of humanity and without a lot of things to waste 
staring at the stars. 



          ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTES


     MEASUREMENT - cognitive process,
carried out at the empirical level
scientific research and include a definition of characteristics 
(weight, length, position, velocity, etc.) of material objects 
with measuring instruments. Ultimately, the measurement is 
reduced to a comparison measured quantity with a uniform

quantities, adopted as a standard (unit) ... etc. True, this is 
not something that you have in mind here. 


     PHI - The Federation of measurements.


     MAR - Intergalactic time.


     PUP - Polk Deduction Order.


     HAQ - whatever it is that hackers. Coincides with the name 
of one of the planets, the 14 th measurements.



     Check - something that gives the right to safe public 
transportation or careless existence.