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got out: "Let's just say I'm a tired old
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html man. But I'm also the captain of this
ship. So don't irritate me."
The young faces inside the helmets both looked faintly disappointed.
NINETEEN
Moments later, having successfully invoked the secret entrance code, Harry was
back in his familiar control room, snug in his combat chair, his helmet on and
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html melding with his thoughtware, powering
up equipment of all kinds, and running through a series of checklists.
He asked the
Witch if the
Space Force had done anything else to her in his absence and got a negative
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reply.
The ship assured him in its imperturbable voice that no one else had entered
while he was
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html gone. She remarked that there had been
eleven unsuccessful attempts to uncode the software down-locks.
"I missed you, too, baby," he said to his dear ship, patting an arm of his
familiar chair. He didn't expect any answer to that kind of remark, and he
didn't get one at least not from his ship.
Certainly the
Witch had not missed him.
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Lily had no comment to make, but one of the
Templars did. "Think she was faithful to you, captain?"
Harry only grunted. He was wishing he could get out his mail and read it, but
the chances seemed hopeless at this point.
Curtly, Harry assigned combat stations, installing Lily in the chair
immediately to his right.
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Two other chairs, these lacking any controls, he awarded to the pair of
Templars. Whether he was officially under military authority or not, while his
ship was under way he was going to be its captain.
Maybe now, Harry thought, would be the best time to dump the damned useless
cargo of machinery that he had already hauled, to no
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html purpose, over so many light-years. Six
big crates of some kind of food-processing gear.
But no, he could do that anytime, and there were people watching, the
Space Force in particular, who might decide the action was suspicious. Rovaki
might even manage to use it as an excuse for inflicting further delay.
The two Templars
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html exchanged some banter between
themselves, on the surface confident but naturally nervous underneath. What
they said confirmed Harry's impression that they were both new to
Maracanda, too, maybe even newer than he was.
"Going to find us a place to land and look around on the east side, captain?"
Corporal
Teagarden sounded
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Harry nodded. "That's the plan."
Even in the midst of his flight preparations, running the checklists as
rapidly as possible, he was pondering privately whether he should take time
out to unpack his one suit of heavy combat armor from its special locker and
put it on. He had little doubt that it would soon be needed,
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Fred Saberhagen - Berserker's Star.html provided he was able to land at
Bulaboldo's claim.
Despite his satisfaction on having Lily aboard, he wasn't anxious to leave the [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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