The question intended to the mighty dark-haired man sitting near the chief of security service. Rann noticed, how during
many meetings it often makes eyes at light-haired Arte. The captain also knew that the chief of service of the personnel - the
woman independent, and itself chooses to itself partners. Though marriages on a cruiser during long-term expeditions have not
been forbidden, but also between men and women anybody could not forbid simple relations. Therefore the service of the
personnel of Fleet thoroughly approached to the questions, concerning acquisition of crews. According to the instruction and
men and women in structures of all crews of the star ships always was fifty-fifty.
- So to us dear Ars will tell? - The captain has repeated the question.
- We are always ready to operate by order of the commander! - with readiness the chief of service of external protection and
arms has answered. - you know that any meteorite, any neolearnt flying body will not approach to the ship on a distance, is
closer than one shot stertonnoj a gun. Locators of stations of distant detection function smoothly. Robots - in working order.
Arms and equipment maintenance service is spent under the schedule. Energy for a food of a protective field moves smoothly.
The staff is completed according to the list of staff. Patients are not present.
- Remarkably. How many it is already spent vacuum torpedoes?
- Four, komandor, - Ars has pressed the indicator on the panel, and over a table there was an image of small space battle:
on a starprobe vehicle of "Ayr", crossing its line of a way at an acute angle, the huge asteroid exceeding the sizes of the ship of
time in two approached. Two torpedoes have departed from a cruiser towards to a huge block shone asterisks. In some minutes
they have met the purpose. The asteroid from powerful explosion has shuddered and divided into three unequal parts,
considerably having decreased in the general sizes and scattering round itself set of small splinters. Its speed of rapprochement
has sharply fallen, but remained sufficient that the biggest fragment of a huge block all the same would have time to meet the
ship. Two More let out torpedoes have carried this piece on small parts. Have entered work stertonnye cruiser guns further. All
large splinters of an asteroid menacing to safety of the ship, have been destroyed. Small - changed a direction of the flight,
pushed away by a protective force field of a cruiser. The image has gone out.
- We remember, how we were met by the Hundred Fourth Galaxy, - Rann has grinned. - Officers of external protection have
worked well. But now at us in a stock only four torpedoes. Also it is not known, what will be an exit from Hyperspace? Therefore,
Ars, your service - readiness a constant! I hope that to energy for a protective field and guns we can give enough.
- The service of external protection and arms will not bring! - has assured Ars.