Stardoc #04 - Shockball by S. L. Viehl

Author:S. L. Viehl [Viehl, S. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adventure, Science Fiction, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781101563427
Google: w-lT7NLisYkC
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2001-10-31T23:00:00+00:00

“I see.” Looking even more bewildered, he went back to studying the charts.

Reever looked interested, too. “It sounds as if they were almost electrocuted.”

“They almost were.” I recalled Reever hadn’t spent much time on Terra. “These players were all penalized during the game. The sphere they use to score points is controlled by a computer system, which monitors the plays. Whoever commits an illegal motion while in contact with it triggers the computer to register a penalty. The player then gets a nice, automatic bio-electrical shock.”

“It sounds barbaric.”

“Yeah, but it packs the arenas, I’m told.”

“I was at the game,” Hawk said suddenly. “I saw what happened to them. They knew what they were doing.”

“Which makes them idiots, as well as injured,” I said.

Hawk shrugged. “The Night Horse won.” Damn men and their damn stupid games. “The Night Horse are going to end up crispy little piles of ash if they keep getting that many penalties per man.”

“I will so inform the chief,” Hawk said, then departed without another word.

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