Аннотация
Roger Zelazny
My Name is Legion
PART ONE. The Eve of RUMOKO
I was in the control room when the J-9 unit flaked out on us. I was there for purposes of doing some idiot maintenance work, among other things.
There were two men below in the capsule, inspecting the Highway to Hell, that shaft screwed into the ocean's bottom thousands of fathoms beneath us and soon to be opened for traffic. Ordinarily, I wouldn't have worried, as there were two J-9 technicians on the payroll. Only, one of them was on leave in Spitzbergen and the other had entered sick bay just that morning. As a sudden combination of wind and turbulent waters rocked the Aquina and I reflected that it was now the Eve of RUMOKO, I made my decision. I crossed the room and removed a side panel.
Schweitzer! You're not authorized to fool around with that! said Doctor Asquith.
I studied the circuits, and, Do you want to work on it? I asked him.
Of course not. I wouldn't know how to begi...
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