Quest for the Well of Souls by Jack L Chalker
Author:Jack L Chalker [Chalker, Jack L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780743471534
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Amazon: 1470898527
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Goodreads: 584361
Publisher: Baen
Published: 1978-01-01T05:00:00+00:00
Although this was in fact the Yaxa embassy, only two of the technicians clustered around the tables were Yaxa. A Wuckl was present, and with it were several other creatures who were at least neutralâin some cases friendlyâto the Yaxa.
A tall minotaur paused before the door, looking curiously for a moment at the symbol embossed on everything. Unlike his native Dasheen, which used a standard hexagonal symbol, Yaxa used an ideogram which he mistook at first for a pair of stylized wings. After a moment he realized that it was not so. Yaxa was a state along the Equatorial Barrier. It was composed of one half of a hex split horizontally joined to one half of a hex split vertically. Only twenty-four such hexes were so split on either side of the Barrier. The âwingsâ were, in fact, two half-hexes joined.
A Yaxa approached him from outside as he peered quizzically into the room. âMr. Yulin?â she asked.
The minotaur turned and nodded his massive head. âYes. I got your message and got down as quickly as I could settle my own affairs on the farm. Whatâs going on in there?â
âI am Ambassador Windsweep,â the Yaxa replied, introducing herself, with her official nickname. âThose two creatures are Mavra Chang and her male consort. We are performing minor surgery to make things easier for all.â
Yulin was puzzled. âChang? Why bother? If youâve got her, just get rid of her and we have the field all to ourselves.â
The Yaxa gave what might have been taken for a sigh or impatience or both. âMr. Yulin, I wish to remind you that we have a number of problems. First, we must reach the ship in the North. Second, we must depend on the Bozog to secure the ship in some way from the Uchjin and establish a proper launch platform. Third, once away, we must approach your planetoid of New Pompeii through Antor Treligâs robot sentinels. Mr. Yulin, what is todayâs codeword for the sentinels?â
He looked startled. âIâIâm not sure,â he admitted. âWeâd just planned to run through all of them on a fast tape.â
âBut what if the robots are programmed only for slow speech?â the ambassador asked him. âWe have by your own account just thirty seconds to give the codeword. If the tape doesnât work, we are lost.â
He didnât like that thought, particularly because it was true. âSo?â
âMavra Chang went to New Pompeii as a guest, is that not so? She had never been there before?â
âThatâs true,â Ben Yulin admitted. âGet to the point.â
âAnd yet Chang stole a spaceshipâwithin the realm of possibilityâbut then she flew right through the robot sentinels without a problem! Tell me, Mr. Yulinâhow did she do that?â
He had thought that one over a thousand times before. âI wish I knew for sure,â he responded. âBest guess is the treacherous computer gave it to her when we ran her through it. But, hell, it probably only gave her the codeword for that particular day. Theyâre changed daily, you know that.â
The Yaxa bowed slightly on its four forelegs in acknowledgement.
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