COPYRIGHT CHESS MASTER
AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL: CHESS MASTER
"IRON AL'S FATE"
part one: "THE START TO EAT!"
...Artang peered thoughtfully at the report. "This
the informer, of course, is worth the money we pay him, but not
was he wrong this time?" Its eye-shaped eyepieces are now
trills on a thin dossier, on the cover it was written: “Sanderson
Ellis." In the corner was a photograph of a smiling young man,
with regular facial features and brown eyes. Artang lazily pe-
turned back the title page. The dossier was surprisingly short:
"Sanders Ellis, born on the seventeenth of February, the thirty-first
years from the new chronology." 'By the way, New Summer-
calculus was invented by the artangs themselves when they completely captured
our galactic federation.' "Father-Sanders Philip, at thirty
the third died during the demonstration. Mother Sanders Marie Louise
, in thirty-four she was captured and dispersed in connection with the
suspicion of preparing a rebellion. Ellis raised until he was nine years old
in an orphanage. Entered First Level College and graduated
with honors, transferred from Second Level College. Throughout
During his studies, he was distinguished by exemplary behavior and excellent grades. By
After graduating from college, he was sent to work as a senior foreman
package workshop at the arms factory. To the master race
treats with respect, in strikes andstrikes were not noticed.
The characteristic is positive."
This is where the dossier ended. There were only a few details missing from it,
artangs unknown to paid informants: for example, that he
professionally masters karate and many types of weapons, as well as
that he was one of the founders of the resistance group.
Artang angrily threw away the dossier, “This human bastard,
He probably forgot how to distinguish false information from real information. - He
pressed the selector button, - Sergeant McCohum, bring me to-
carrier number er-7, and don’t forget to prepare the gas chamber.-
“Finally,” thought the sergeant, “We’ve been hanging around with this for too long.”
human spawn, but now he will inhale the gas for the rest of his life.
...A young, handsome young man with an athletic build, currently
moment, he was practicing punches, using them as
small tree simulator. If the tree was still standing, then
only because he didn’t know which side to fall on.
As you probably already guessed, it was me, Ellis.
A roguishly smiling girl was approaching me from behind. But
At the last moment she suddenly, what a shame, found herself on the ground.
As if apologizing, I began to lift her.
-El, so that you can get to the artangs when you stop your rants-
walkers?!
-As soon as you stop sneaking up on me.
Kathleen thought for a moment and said seriously:
-Jerome wants to see you.
-How soon?
-Today, at three o'clock.
-Okay. And nowit's time for you to go.
-Sanders, you are a damn impudent person!
-I know.
And I pushed her in the direction from where she came...
...I carefully made my way through the wasteland, looking around all the time. On
This wasteland has been the headquarters of the resistance for several years now.
resistance and I had no desire to ruin my inconsistency
the fervor of his comrades.
At the end of the vacant lot some dilapidated building could already be seen.
nie.Approaching him, I took the manipulator out of my pocket and pressed
button. The door disguised as a wall swung open. One more time
Looking around, I jumped inside. Also silent, the door closed
follow me. And from behind the distant sandy ridge, for about ten minutes now
two eyes looked...
...Presenting a pass at the entrance and quickly finishing the rigmarole with
decoration, I headed along the long corridor, and, turning two
times to the left, I found myself at the door with a sign: “Chief responsible
for acts of sabotage." Grinning, I knocked. From behind the door came
came muffled: “Come in.” Pulling the door towards you and making
two steps forward I found myself in an office filled to the brim with paper -
where, in the corner, it was difficult to see someone’s head.
-Hello Ellis. I'm a bit of a mess here, but don't mind me.
pay attention to this... How did your adventure go?
- Six plus on a five-point scale! All photon rockets
tested by me, changed their functions. Now instead of
explode when hitting the target, they will explode directly at
launchersinstallations.
Saying all this, I remembered how I made changes with my own hands
into each of the rockets. “This will be that little thing,” I suddenly thought
to me, when the artangs want to shoot at someone, they will have to
collect throughout the galaxy,” and I rubbed my hands with satisfaction.
Jeremy probably wanted to ask something else, but then into the office
a breathless guy in khaki protective clothing rushed in and
wheezed, “Chief, we’ve been spotted, we need to immediately escape through the under-
earthly course. - Exhausted, he fell onto the magic on his chest
a red spot spread. Unable to restrain myself, I whispered, “For this—
It's all over for this guy, - then he turned to Jeremy, - He's done -
Of course, forget about him, we need to take care of ourselves. - At this time, with
the sounds of a megaphone were heard from the streets, - People - with sadness -
e s, v i o k r u z a n i!!! - this phrase was repeated many times,
the response to it was the explosions of grenades and blaster shots.
I pulled Jeremy out of the office, but he said:
-Then run on your own, I’ll stay with my people.
-Idiot, they will kill you!
-It doesn't matter, save yourself while you can.
Jeremy tapped me on the shoulder and, pulling out his blaster, ran towards
fighting. After thinking, I headed in the opposite direction.
Lost in thought along the way, I didn’t notice how I found myself in a dark corridor.
Suddenly my movements acquired clarity and coherence, stunner
became, as it were, an extension of the hand, and I myself turned into hearing. And when -
Yes suddenly there was a sound from behindrustle, I instantly turned around and shot
poured. Judging by the scream that tore through the darkness, the shot reached its target. Not
thinking for a long time, I ran. There was already light ahead, and behind
the cries of the artangs can be heard. “A little more, a little more,” I thought
on the run.
I don't think I've ever run faster in my life, but now I
I gave it my best, because the stakes in this game were my life.
There was very little left before the exit, increasing speed, I
walked out of the tunnel. For a moment the light blinded me. - Yes! Yes! I'm de-
lal it... - And then at full speed I cut right into the slimy
the belly of an artang that came from nowhere. He looked crazy
trilled at me and reached for his blaster. There was only
a moment to get my bearings, and I was in time. With a kick I...
he hit the blaster at the artang from his hands, and his fist sank to the very hand
in his face. Not expecting such rapid actions, Artang began to groan
sang and sank to the ground. From the place where my fist hit,
disgusting-looking liquid. But I honestly didn’t care
at him. Ahead I saw... Oh heaven, it’s a starship! It was
my chance. Truly, I was born under a lucky star! Without hesitation
seconds, I climbed into the spaceship along the ladder and slammed the hatch behind me.
At the same moment, those running out of the tunnel began shooting at the hatch.
artahgi. Ha... I didn't want to give a damn about them, let these bastards try
get me here!
I felt dizzy with joy. But now was not the timeme to show emotions, for complete salvation I needed
still fly away from this crappy planet. Having quickly looked around the control room, I slightly
did not fall from grief. Lord, where have I ended up?
The ship was a starship of the VIPER system, military
of a new model, long out of production. - Yes, this is junk,
a real piece of junk, flashed through my mind.
But I quickly pushed these thoughts deep into my subconscious. Let
It’s junk, but it’s workable, and then I have no alternative.
I made myself more comfortable in the pilot’s seat and pulled the
blades, then turned on the fuel supply. Near the ship there was a
so many angrily swearing artangs. And I burst out involuntarily
chuckle as the fire that came out of the nozzle burned a couple of them.
The spaceship, slowly overcoming the gravitational field of the planet,
began to take off. I imagined the slack jaws of the artangs, the
probably didn’t even suspect that I could take off on this thing -
Covina and laughed loudly. “These alien puppies are most likely all-
They were hoping to take me while I was still warm, let them break off. No
another one who could easily catch iron El. Now we can-
You can be as angry as you want, you idiots, but I’m running away, and no one will
has the power to stop me.
The ship slowly but surely picked up speed.
Immersed in joyful self-contemplation, I nevertheless paid attention to
mania on the radar, and at that very moment I broke out in a cold sweat. I was already
almost drove three ultra-modernartang ship, and to hyper
There was still a full minute of transition left.
“I have to do something,” I thought, “but what?”
the tangs overtook me and began to take me in pincers. I didn’t play catch-up
There was time left and I decided to stall for time by accepting the fight.
The first shots rattled the ship's hull. I pulled on
himself the control lever and sharply pulled it forward, thereby entering
under the belly of the artang closest to me... 53 SECONDS BEFORE HYPER JUMP-
KA... The silver belly of the enemy ship loomed in front of me -
ka, and I angrily fired a laser charge at him...46 SECONDS BEFORE
HYPER JUMP... Artang jerked and began to go to the left, and with
from the side of the star another one was already approaching me. While I was recovering
energy of the front cannon, I made a 180' revolution and became
shoot at him from the rear gun. But because of the distance, my distances
the shots passed away from him...32 SECONDS BEFORE HYPER JUMP...
Suddenly, a third artang surfaced right in front of me and began
shoot me point blank. The hand automatically felt the button
missile launch... 15 SECONDS BEFORE HYPER JUMP... LACK OF ENERGY FOR-
SHIELD FIELDS... A fiery fire separated from the hull of my ship
point and went towards the Artang ship... 9 SECONDS BEFORE
HYPER JUMP... I pulled the lever and my ship soared up
But then my lucky star has set. Two other artangs
They grouped up and began to methodically shoot me...
4 SECONDSBEFORE HYPER JUMP...3... ATTENTION!CRITICAL NON-
GRASP OF ENERGY OF PROTECTIVE FIELDS... In the distance they heard one by one
two explosions. Even at such a moment I could not help but be happy about the gig.
white one of my enemies...2... ATTENTION! RELEASED FOR YOU
PACKAGE...1... ATTENTION! THE HYPER JUMP SYSTEM IS DAMAGED...
...0...ATTENTION! THE CONDITION OF THE SHIP IS CRITICAL, PROBABLY
CRASH-99%...
I prepared myself for death, but then the battle began around the ship.
centric circles and I, having lost consciousness, finally went into hyper
transition...
END OF PART ONE. Novel by:
CHESS MASTER
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