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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/12/14 22:18, Ileana wrote:<br>
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      <p dir="ltr">Cavolooo 56 vittime! <br>
        Un sacco! E povero Tracey :( <br>
        vabbe quasi mi commuovevo ecco...</p>
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    Perς effettivamente 56 forse sono un po' troppe ... grazie di
    avermelo fatto notare, mi sa che prima di metterlo online questa
    stima (titolo compreso) verrΰ modificata al ribasso ;P<br>
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      <p dir="ltr">Capitano, ottimo brano, davvero molto bello! Ci hai
        tirato fuori dalla distruzione con eleganza eheheheh</p>
      <p dir="ltr">...ma in realtΰ il merito θ tutto di shnar...che
        forza questo andoriano! :)</p>
      <p dir="ltr">Ileana</p>
      <div class="gmail_quote">Il 03/dic/2014 21:40 "Maximilien Tracey"
        <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:cpt.maxtracey@gmail.com">cpt.maxtracey@gmail.com</a>>
        ha scritto:<br type="attribution">
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          <div dir="ltr">Come promesso, ecco il mio pezzo finalmente
            ...  lo ammetto, data la situazione avevo pensato di far
            saltare la Tokugawa ... invece siamo semplicemente rimasti
            "nella cacca" ;P spero vi piaccia<br>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Pianeta Nexar <span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span> regione di
                Qulca, miniere di
                Gallicite <span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span> due anni prima</p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Il
                  Comandante </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">θ</span><span>
                  arrivato!</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span> url</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> un
                  giovane ragazzo, probabilmente un
                  lavoratore delle miniere, correndo all</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>impazzata
                  verso l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>interno
                  della struttura, facendo voltare gli altri al suo
                  passaggio.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Malgrado ci</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>,
                  furono necessari dieci minuti buoni prima che un
                  ometto segaligno dai
                  lunghissimi capelli rossi e la pelle olivastra fece il
                  suo ingresso nella
                  struttura, accompagnato da un ricco entourage di
                  uomini in quella che aveva
                  tutta l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>aria di
                  essere una divisa militare dagli
                  sgargianti colori. Un lavoratore, sporco ed emaciato,
                  con un ampio e plastico
                  sorriso stampato sul volto, gli si par</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> davanti
                  con fare gentile.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Comandante
                  Taor! </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span>
                  afferm</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> ad alta
                  voce </span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span>
                  l</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>aspettavamo
                  con ansia! Il mio nome </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">θ</span><span>
                  Kilepp e sono a capo </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il Comandante non sembr</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  dargli eccessivo peso, massaggiandosi le tempie con il
                  pollice e l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>indice
                  della mano destra con fare irritato.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Dov</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’θ</span><span> il
                  marchingegno?</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span>
                  Tagli</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> corto in
                  tono acido, producendosi in un</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>occhiata
                  capace di far gelare il sangue. Kilepp si zitt</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span>
                  immediatamente, deglutendo a fatica.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>D-da
                  questa parte </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  - balbett</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> il
                  minatore, passandosi con fare nervoso una
                  mano sporca dapprima sull</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>ampia
                  fronte sporgente, poi sui pochi e untuosi
                  capelli rimasti a coprire il capo squadrato tipico
                  della sua razza, prima di
                  indicare la via da percorrere con la stessa mano - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  prego </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span><span> 
                  </span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il folto gruppo di persone
                  inizi</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  ad addentrarsi nel ventre della terra con fare sicuro
                  nel ventre della miniera
                  in religioso silenzio, spezzato solamente dal rumore
                  degli attrezzi dei
                  lavoratori impegnati ad estrarre il minerale.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>I
                  rapporti dicono che questo marchingegno </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">θ</span><span>
                  in grado di produrre onde Theta ...</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span> afferm</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> Taor,
                  apparentemente senza completare la
                  domanda a cui Kilepp rispose comunque con un gesto del
                  capo.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Sembrerebbe
                  di si. Fino a ora siamo riusciti ad
                  attivare la macchina solo un paio di volte e per brevi
                  periodi </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  in ogni caso se i materiali di cui </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">θ</span><span> composta
                  non avessero interagito con il
                  minerale, probabilmente non l'avremmo mai trovata ...</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Sappiamo
                  chi l'ha costruita?</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span>
                  domand</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> Taor,
                  lanciando occhiate sospettose ai
                  lavoratori che lasciavano indietro. Kilepp questa
                  volta scosse il capo. </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Non
                  ancora. Ma riteniamo predati il primo
                  insediamento Nexariano conosciuto in questa zona di
                  almeno un paio di secoli </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  - il minatore/scienziato sembr</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> indeciso
                  se esprimere preoccupazione o
                  contentezza nel rivelare quell'informazione - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  e vicino alla macchina sono state ritrovate delle
                  tavole </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  ma allo stato attuale siamo riusciti ad identificare
                  solamente quelle che
                  crediamo essere coordinate spaziali di un pianeta
                  molto distante da qui ...</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Taor inarc</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> un
                  sopracciglio, senza per</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  proferire parola. Arrivarono poi alfine ad un breve
                  tunnel chiaramente fresco
                  che si apriva su di un'ampia caverna naturale. Al
                  centro di questa caverna
                  troneggiava un grosso dispositivo visivamente non
                  dissimile da una bobina di
                  Tesla, su cui di tanto in tanto si abbattevano
                  scariche elettriche provenienti
                  dalle pareti della caverna. Attorno al marchingegno e
                  a quella che sembrava una
                  consolle di comando realizzata in uno stile
                  decisamente alieno, ronzavano un
                  paio di tecnici in tuta protettiva.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Avvicinarsi
                  oltre senza protezione sarebbe
                  pericoloso </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> - lo
                  inform</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  Kilepp - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> ma
                  pensiamo di riuscire, con ulteriori studi,
                  a comprendere completamente il funzionamento della
                  macchina ...</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Per la prima volta dall'inizio
                  di quella
                  spedizione sul volto di Taor si dipinse un lieve
                  sorriso. Il Comandante indic</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  ad un soldato del suo entourage di avvicinarsi con un
                  gesto della mano.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Sigillate
                  l'ingresso. - bisbigl</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  all'orecchio del suo sottoposto, proseguendo poi con
                  freddezza allucinante </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span><span>  </span>Eliminate
                  chiunque sia venuto a conoscenza di
                  questo macchinario.</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>[Flashback] Nave Koraxal,
                  plancia - 8 luglio
                  2394, ore 00:02</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Xalor vide apparire il proprio
                  Comandante in
                  plancia con la stessa irruenza del vento che entra in
                  una finestra aperta in
                  una tempesta.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Riportate
                  la nave in orbita </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span>
                  ordin</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> laconico
                  in tono che non lasciava spazio a
                  repliche di alcun tipo.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Riportare
                  la nave in'orbita? - fece eco il
                  Vice-Comandante, alzandosi dalla poltrona su cui era
                  seduto in precedenza - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  se non possiamo interfacciarci direttamente con il
                  Palazzo della<span>  </span>Federazione per ampliare
                  la potenza del
                  generatore di onde ...</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Taor non si volt</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  nemmeno verso il suo sottoposto, continuando a dare
                  ordini mentre si sedeva
                  alla propria postazione.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>So
                  benissimo cosa accadr</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span>.
                  Ma i Federali ritorneranno </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> e non
                  arrivereanno mai abbastanza vicini a
                  Qumo perch</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ι</span><span> le
                  difese planetarie risultino efficaci </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> dobbiamo
                  occuparcene direttamente ...</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Xalor non replic</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  instataneamente, rendendosi conto di come il suo
                  superiore si fosse
                  lasciato<span>  </span>prendere dalla boria e il suo
                  piano fosse pieno di falle. Malgrado fosse
                  un'incrociatore leggero,
                  difficilmente la Koraxal sarebbe riuscita a tener
                  testa a ben due navi Federali
                  se avessero deciso di attaccare contemporaneamente,
                  anche con il dispositivo ad
                  aiutarli.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Per
                  permettere al nostro dispositivo di operare
                  gli scudi non possono funzionare a piena potenza </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  - spieg</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  potrebbero essere in grado di danneggiarci
                  abbastanza seriamente da ...</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Taor si volt</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  verso il suo sottoposto riservandogli un'occhiata
                  capace di far gelare il
                  sangue nelle vene ad un Gorn.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Allora
                  vedi di impedirlo.</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>USS Excelsius </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span>
                  Plancia </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Dannazione!
                  Continui a chiamarli!</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span>
                  - afferm</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> il
                  Capitano Frass, sferrando un pugno carico
                  di frustrazione sul bracciolo della propria poltrona,
                  pochi attimi prima di
                  alzarsi dalla stessa, impossibilitato a rimanere
                  composto a causa
                  dell'adrenalina che gli scorreva nelle vene.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Un minuto
                  e ventisette secondi alla rottura del
                  nucleo </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span> replic</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  immediatamente l'ufficiale alla consolle,
                  quasi come se avesse saputo in anticipo cosa il
                  proprio Capitano gli avrebbe
                  chiesto.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>... non
                  possiamo fare nulla per loro </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span>
                  aggiunse in tono rassegnato il Comandante de Icaza.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il Capitano si volse verso il
                  suo Primo
                  Ufficiale, scambiando con quest</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span> ultimo
                  uno sguardo carico di amarezza.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Non
                  possiamo nemmeno starcene con le mani in
                  mano </span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> - afferm</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> noi
                  dobbiamo fare qualcosa per aiutarli!</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Malgrado quelle parole per</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>,
                  de Icaza aveva ragione. La sola idea gli faceva rodere
                  il fegato e torcere le
                  budella,ma non c'era nulla che potessero fare per
                  aiutare l'equipaggio della
                  Tokugawa. Quantomeno non in poco pi</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ω</span><span> di un
                  minuto.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il Capitano digrign</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> i
                  denti con rabbia, cercando di tirare fuori dal
                  cilindro una soluzione
                  impossibile, quasi fosse un novello Kirk o Picard, ma
                  non ci riusc</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span>.
                  La Tokugawa era condannata cos</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span> come
                  aveva detto il suo Primo Ufficiale.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Quarantacinque
                  secondi alla rottura del nucleo </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span>
                  rese noto l'addetto ai sensori, poi un suono attir</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  la sua attenzione, costringendolo a far danzare
                  nuovamente le dita sulla
                  consolle.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>USS Tokugawa </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span>
                  Sala Macchine - Pochi attimi prima</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Albert apr</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span>
                  leggermente gli occhi, cercando di mettere a
                  fuoco le immagini distorte che gli si paravano
                  davanti, senza venir accecato
                  dalla luce soffusa che permeava la sala. Intravide
                  quella che gli sembr</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  la sagoma di sua moglie, riversa all</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>indietro
                  sulla poltrona, in mezzo ai fumi
                  multicolore che avevano invaso la sala macchine. La
                  chiam</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>,
                  iniziando a strisciare lentamente e con fatica verso
                  la sua direzione, ma l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>unica
                  risposta che ricevette fu l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>ovattato
                  rumore di una scarica del sistema EPS
                  mista alla sirena dell</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>allarme
                  rosso. La chiam</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  nuovamente, mentre un lampo di memoria gli
                  attraversava la mente. Deglut</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span>
                  a fatica, puntellandosi poi al terreno con le braccia
                  cercando di riguadagnare
                  la posizione eretta, senza riuscirci completamente,
                  incespicando un paio di
                  passi pi</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ω</span><span> in l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span>. Biascic</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> un paio
                  di parole confuse, di riflesso
                  pressoch</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ι</span><span>
                  involontario, a cui il computer sembr</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  rispondere. Chiam</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  nuovamente la moglie, compiendo una serie di
                  passi incerti, mentre il computer iniziava a contare
                  all</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>indietro
                  e la sua mente cercava progressivamente di tornare
                  nell</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>oblio.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Finalmente arriv</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  al fianco della moglie, ma incespicando nuovamente nel
                  nulla le rovin</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  sgraziatamente fra le braccia, ricevendo un gemito di
                  rimando. Si volse allora
                  verso la vicina consolle dove, bench</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ι</span><span> le
                  immagini stessero nuovamente perdendo il
                  fuoco, intravide sulla stessa un grosso comando
                  lampeggiante. Allung</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  con fatica la mano mentre il computer imperterrito
                  continuava il suo crudele
                  conteggio, ma il comando era troppo lontano e la sua
                  mente ancora troppo
                  confusa. Sbagli</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> una, due
                  volte poi, proprio quando sembrava
                  che la sua coscienza scivolasse definitivamente nell</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>oblio,
                  riusc</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span> nell</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>impresa.
                  Solamente una manciata di parole arriv</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  alle sue orecchie prima di perdere i sensi.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>=^=Nucleo di Curvatura espulso
                  con
                  successo.=^=<span>   </span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>USS Excelsius </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span>
                  Plancia - Contemporaneamente</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Signore </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> - afferm</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>addetto
                  ai sensori - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  la Tokugawa ha appena espulso il nucleo di curvatura!</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il Capitano Frass e il suo
                  Primo Ufficiale si
                  scambiarono una fugace occhiata di intesa, carica di
                  speranze non espresse,
                  come se entrambi non avessero aspettato altro.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Quando
                  esploder</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span>
                  il nucleo sar</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span> ancora
                  troppo vicino alla Tokugawa! </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span>
                  afferm</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> de
                  Icaza, alzandosi in piedi a sua volta
                  compiendo un passo verso il suo Superiore </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span> La nave
                  sicuramente verr</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span>
                  danneggiata in maniera piuttosto seria dall</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>esplosione,
chiedo
                  il permesso di approntare una squadra di soccorso!</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il Capitano incroci</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  lo sguardo in quello del suo secondo. De Icaza aveva
                  passato pi</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ω</span><span>
                  di met</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span> della
                  sua carriera fra nuclei di curvatura e
                  condotti EPS, perci</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> si
                  fidava della sua valutazione tecnica, ma
                  sapeva che se si fosse avvicinato troppo al pianeta il
                  messicano sarebbe
                  nuovamente caduto vittima delle onde Theta provenienti
                  dal Pianeta. Mosse le
                  labbra, ma prima che qualsiasi suono potesse uscire
                  dalla sua bocca fu
                  interrotto dall'Ufficiale addetto ai sensori .</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Signore </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> la
                  Tokugawa ha iniziato a muoversi a velocit</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span>
                  d'impulso allontanandosi dal nucleo! </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Frass si volt</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  sorpreso verso l'addetto ai sensori, il quale per</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  continu</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  imperterrito a snocciolare dati.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Quindici
                  secondi alla rottura del nucleo,
                  ancora nessuna risposta dalla Tokugawa </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span> la voce
                  dell</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>addetto
                  ai sensori riport</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>attenzione
                  del Capitano sul monitor centrale,
                  su cui si stagliava la sagoma inerte della piccola
                  Steamrunner e poco pi</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ω</span><span>
                  in l</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span> il
                  nucleo che si allontanava pigramente.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Vada!
                  Permesso accordato! </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span><span>  </span>replic</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> il
                  Capitano, accompagnando alle parole un
                  gesto della mano. La zazzera castana del messicano gi</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span>
                  schizz</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> verso il
                  turbo ascensore - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  Rafael </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> -
                  aggiunse in tono quasi paterno - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> faccia
                  il possibile, ma non corra rischi inutili...</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il Comandante de Icaza si limit</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  a un cenno affermativo del capo, mentre entrava all</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>interno
                  del turbo ascensore sfiorandosi il comunicatore.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“…</span><span> cinque,
                  quattro, tre, due </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>La plancia della USS Excelsius
                  fu invasa da una
                  bomba di luce.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>[Flashback] USS Tokugawa </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span>
                  Plancia </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span> Qualche
                  attimo prima</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>=^= </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> a
                  U-U-U-USS Tokugawa </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  ci ricevete? =^=</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Shnar apr</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span> gli
                  occhi quando quella voce distorta e appena
                  udibile sopra alla fastidiosa sirena dell'allarme
                  rosso arrivar</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  a lambire la sua coscienza. Sollev</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  lentamente il corpo dolorante dalla consolle
                  su cui era riverso, dandosi una rapida occhiata
                  intorno a se.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>=^= Tokugawa, ci
                  ri-ri-ricevete? - il suono
                  proveniente dagli altoparlanti sub</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span> una
                  distorsione decisa, producendo un rumore
                  metallico di difficile interpretazione prima di
                  riguadagnare intellegibilit</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span>
                  mutando nella familiare voce del Computer di Bordo - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  quarantadue secondi alla rottura del nucleo </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  =^=</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>=^= Excelsius </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  - afferm</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  debolmente dopo aver cercato di aprire un
                  canale - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> qui </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">θ</span><span> </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> =^=</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>L'andoriano fu per</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  interrott</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> dalla
                  sua consolle che si produsse in una
                  serie di scoppi e scintille da cui cerc</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> di
                  pararsi maldestramente con le mani,
                  provocandosi un paio di leggere ustioni. Riacquistando
                  progressivamente lucidit</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span>
                  si rese conto della situazione e del fatto che,
                  probabilmente, le comunicazioni
                  erano inutilizzabili, al contrario della navigazione.
                  Fu allora che la voce distorta del computer lo inform</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  di un inaspettata novit</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span>.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>=^= Nucleo di Curvatura espulso
                  con successo.
                  =^=</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Nave Koraxal - 8 luglio 2394,
                  ore 07:40</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Taor era furente. In pochi
                  sarebbero stati
                  capaci di vedere in quei freddi occhi cerulei
                  qualsiasi tipo di sentimento, ma
                  Xalor conosceva il suo Comandante meglio di chiunque
                  altro a bordo della
                  Koraxal.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Non c</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>era
                  niente che potessimo fare </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  - accenn</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>,
                  cercando di giustificare l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>ordine
                  che erano stati costretti ad eseguire pochi minuti
                  prima - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  dovevamo allontanarci altrimenti </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Taor lo zitt</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span>
                  prontamente senza proferire alcuna parola,
                  semplicemente alzando una mano e
                  spostando lo sguardo sul suo sottoposto.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>*Te l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>ho gi</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span> detto
                  caro il mio Comandante </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  - pens</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> Koraxal,
                  scuotendo lievemente la testa una
                  volta libero dallo sguardo del superiore<span> 
                  </span>- </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> bench</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ι</span><span> tu pensi
                  il contrario, sei ben lungi dall</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>essere
                  onnipotente <span> </span></span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>*<span> 
                  </span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Quanto
                  tempo prima di poter ritornare a Qumo?</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span>
                  domand</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> Taor con
                  freddezza.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Sono
                  riusciti a colpire i generatori primari di
                  poppa, perci</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  necessiteremo </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Taor si volt</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  nuovamente verso il suo sottoposto, riservandogli la
                  stessa occhiata che aveva
                  usato in precedenza, prima di riprendere la parola.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Quanto.
                  Tempo.</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span>
                  Afferm</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>,
                  accentuando in tono rabbioso ogni parola.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Almeno un
                  paio d'ore </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  probabilmente di pi</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ω</span><span>.</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span> replic</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>altro,
                  mentre Taor si volgeva nuovamente verso
                  lo schermo centrale, espirando sonoramente attraverso
                  l</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>ampio
                  naso schiacciato tipico della sua razza, quasi fosse
                  un toro infuriato. Sapeva
                  che senza l'emettitore presente sulla nave la
                  popolazione Qumana sarebbe ben
                  presto ritornata libera.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Sbrigatevi.-
                  ringhi</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>,
                  lasciando la plancia. - Sapete che non possiamo
                  lasciare il pianeta prima di
                  aver completato la nostra missione.</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  name="14a11e239bd86b73___DdeLink__508_1965052214"></a><span>USS
Tokugawa
                </span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span> Plancia
                </span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span> 8 luglio
                  2394, ore 07:55</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Erano arrivati sulla Tokugawa
                  da un paio di
                  minuti, ma erano bastati solamente pochi secondi alla
                  squadra della Excelsius
                  per rendersi conto della criticit</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span> della
                  situazione.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ampie falle apertesi nella
                  sezione dorsale
                  continuavano a rilasciare materiale nello spazio
                  circostante come ferite
                  purulente.Su quattro dei nove ponti le zone prive di
                  atmosfera si espandevano a
                  macchia d'olio. La gondola di destra era oramai un
                  lontano ricordo e quella di
                  sinistra era praticamente inutilizzabile. Sarebbe
                  bastato un granello di
                  polvere per mandare definitivamente in frantumi la
                  piccola Steamrunner e de
                  Icaza ne era ben conscio.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Fortunatamente, gran parte dei
                  sopravvissuti
                  stavano lentamente riprendendo conoscenza e ci</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  facilitava enormemente le operazioni di soccorso. Nel
                  giro di quattro minuti
                  infatti, avevano evaquato la totalit</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span> della
                  plancia e ci</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  che rimaneva della sala macchine, ora rimaneva la
                  parte pi</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ω</span><span>
                  ardua. Cercare ponte per ponte e conteggiare i caduti.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>USS Excelsius </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span>
                  Plancia </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">–</span><span> 8 luglio
                  2394, ore 08:45</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il Capitano Tracey arriv</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  in plancia come una furia, sbraitando e gesticolando
                  con enfasi, mentre
                  dribblava con sorprendente abilit</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span> due
                  uomini della sicurezza che cercarono di
                  fermarlo. Il Capitano Frass, si rese immediatamente
                  conto che nessun
                  impedimento fisico, dalla vistosa ferita sulla tempia
                  al doloroso ematoma sul
                  fianco, avrebbe fermato Tracey in quel momento. Fece
                  un cenno con la mano ai
                  suoi uomini, in modo da lasciarlo passare. </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Capitano
                  Tracey </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  - afferm</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  avvicinandosi al suo parigrado di un paio di
                  passi, porgendogli un padd - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> abbiamo
                  delle novit</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span> </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Poul </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>- lo
                  interruppe in tono mesto Maximili</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ι</span><span>n
                  - </span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> non
                  girarci attorno, quanti uomini abbiamo
                  perso?</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Il Capitano Frass aveva
                  previsto una domanda
                  cos</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">μ</span><span> diretta,
                  malgrado ci</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  non era riuscito ad elaborare una risposta abbastanza
                  soddisfacente.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Il team
                  di De Icaza non ha ancora terminato l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>ispezione
                  dei ponti inferiori </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> - Frass
                  tent</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  di prenderla alla larga, notando per</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span>
                  immediatamente lo sguardo negli occhi di
                  Tracey - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  cinquantasei, tra morti e dispersi </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Maximili</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ι</span><span>n chiuse
                  gli occhi, espirando profondamente
                  mentre si stropicciava il volto con entrambe le mani.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>Un quarto
                  dell</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>equipaggio
                </span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…”</span><span> si
                  lasci</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> sfuggire
                  in un tono frustrato e rabbioso, a
                  met</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ΰ</span><span> tra un
                  ringhio e un lamento.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span>So che </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">θ</span><span> un
                  momento difficile </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  - replic</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> Poul,
                  poggiando una mano sulla spalla del
                  collega - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> ma ci
                  sono stati degli sviluppi. I Qumani ci
                  hanno dato una mano </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> -
                  continu</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ς</span><span> porgendo
                  un padd al parigrado - </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span>
                  durante lo scontro abbiamo recuperato una sonda </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> non
                  abbiamo finito di esaminarla, ma a quanto sembra
                  contenere dati sulla nave
                  Nexariana e su come essa sia in grado di utilizzare il
                  Palazzo della Federazione
                  come amplificatore di segnale </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span> il
                  Capitano Frass si accorse di aver perso l</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>attenzione
di
                  Maximili</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">ι</span><span>n, rapito
                  dall</span><span style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>immagine
                  proiettata dallo schermo centrale. L</span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">’</span><span>immagine
                  della sua piccola Steamrunner ferita e
                  mutilata come mai prima.</span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">“</span><span> </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> la
                  pagheranno </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">…</span><span> </span><span
                  style="font-family:"Liberation
                  Serif","serif"">”</span><span> </span></p>
              <br>
              -- <br>
              <div>-----------------------<br>
                Cpt. Maximilien Tracey<br>
                Commanding Officer<br>
                USS Tokugawa - nx 51868<br>
                Commbadge(mail): <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:cpt.maxtracey@gmail.com" target="_blank">cpt.maxtracey@gmail.com</a><br>
                Commbadge(msn) : <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:tamiel@email.it" target="_blank">tamiel@email.it</a><br>
                Commbadge(ICQ) : 166168538<br>
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