Marion Zimmer Bradley by The Colors of Space
Author:The Colors of Space
Language: eng
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Published: 2011-11-23T21:55:54+00:00
The Swiftwing moved on between the stars. Aldebaran loomed, then faded in the viewports; another shift jumped them to a star whose human name Bart did not know. Shift followed shift, spaceport followed spaceport, sun followed sun; men lived on most of these worlds, and on each of them a Lhari spaceport rose, alien and arrogant. And on each world men looked at Lhari with resentful eyes, cursing the race who kept the stars for their own.
Cargo amassed in the holds of the Swiftwing, from worlds beyond all dreams of strangeness. Bart grew, not bored, but hardened to the incredible. For days at a time, no word of human speech crossed his mind.
The blackout at peak of each warp-shift persisted. Vorongil had given him permission to report off duty, but since the blackouts did not impair his efficiency, Bart had refused. Rugel told him that this was the moment of equilibrium, the peak of the faster-than-light motion.
âPerhaps a true limiting speed beyond which nothing will ever go,â Vorongil said, touching the charts with a varnished claw. Rugelâs scarred old mouth spread in a thin smile.
âMaybe thereâs no such thing as a limiting speed. Someday weâll reach true simultaneityâenter warp, and come out just where we want to be, at the same time. Just a split-second interval. That will be real transmission.â
Ringg scoffed, âAnd suppose you get even betterâand come out of warp before you go into it? What then, Honorable Bald One?â Rugel chuckled, and did not answer. Bart turned away. It was not easy to keep on hating the Lhari.
There came a day when he came on watch to see drawn, worried faces; and when Ringg came into the drive room they threw their levers on automatic and crowded around him, their crests bobbing in question and dismay. Vorongil seemed to emit sparks as he barked at Ringg, âYou found it?â
âI found it. Inside the hull lining.â
Vorongil swore, and Ringg held up a hand in protest. âI only locate
metals fatigue, sirâI donât make it!â
âNo help for it then,â Vorongil said. âWeâll have to put down for repairs. How much time do we have, Ringg?â
âI give it thirty hours,â Ringg said briefly, and Vorongil gave a long shrill whistle. âBartol, whatâs the closest listed spaceport?â Bart dived for handbooks, manuals, comparative tables of position, and started programming information. The crew drifted toward him, and by the time he finished feeding in the coded information, a row three-deep of Lhari surrounded him, including all the officers. Vorongil was right at his shoulder when Bart slipped on his earphones and started decoding the punched strips that fed out the answers from the computer.
âNearest port is Cottman Four. Itâs almost exactly thirty hours away.â
âI donât like to run it that close.â Vorongilâs face was bitten deep with lines. He turned to Ramillis, head of Maintenance. âDo we need spare parts? Or just general repairs?â
âJust repairs, sir. We have plenty of shielding metal. Itâs a long job to get through the hulls, but thereâs nothing we canât fix.
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