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    <div class="moz-forward-container">Naaa... pensava fosse stupido
      (come lui pensava che lei avesse una scopa... beh, sapete dove),
      poi han fatto amicizia, son finiti a letto e adesso hanno questa
      amicizia dove sembra che si prendano un po' per i fondelli in
      privato.<br>
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      Però se a Ile non piace lo sistemo.<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Il 02/11/2017 17:28, Vane ha scritto:<br>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Hesse era stupido.. non so perché ma mi
            sono fissata su quel pezzettino del bel teaser di
            Maddalena.. che la nostra Margret in via subliminale lo
            pensi del nostro Capitano? XD</p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            ========================<br>
            Tenente Comandante Francesca Alluso<br>
            Capo SEC/TAT<br>
            USS Tokugawa NCC-51868<br>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><b>Da:
              </b><a href="mailto:vampitrill@gmail.com"
                moz-do-not-send="true">Maddalena</a><br>
              <b>Inviato: </b>giovedì 2 novembre 2017 13:32<br>
              <b>A: </b><a href="mailto:stml11@gioco.net"
                moz-do-not-send="true">USS Tokugawa</a><br>
              <b>Oggetto: </b>[Stml11] [8.00 - Margret - Dall'altra
              parte dell'universo]</p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal">Non è che avessi tutte queste grandi idee
            all'inizio, onestamente, per cui spero vi piaccia.<br>
            <br>
            Maddy<br>
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            <o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span
                style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                Roman , serif",serif">Luogo indefinito – Tempo
                indefinito</span></b></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span
                style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                Roman , serif",serif"> </span></b></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Svegliati. Avanti, svegliati.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Cosa?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Ti devi svegliare. Avanti, svegliati.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Il buio era completo, tanto che Margret
              si chiese se aveva davvero aperto gli occhi. La voce di
              Hesse, tuttavia, le arrivò chiarissima. Avvertiva la sua
              presenza accanto a sé e il braccio di lui le sollevò le
              spalle, aiutandola a mettersi seduta.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Dove… che sta succedendo? Non vedo
              nulla.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Nemmeno io. Stai bene?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Sì, credo di sì. Tu?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Sì.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Dove siamo? Dov’è l’equipaggio?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Non lo so.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Che cosa è successo?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Non lo so. Non so nemmeno quanto tempo
              è passato. So solo che non è la Tokugawa. E che siamo
              soli.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">No, di certo non era la Tolugawa.
              Margret tese le antenne, tentando di percepire qualcosa
              oltre al buio opprimente e al silenzio. Non avvertì nulla,
              se non un lieve pizzicore, lo stesso che si prova quando
              la polvere sospesa fa bruciare gli occhi. L’aria era
              secca, fredda e… neutra, priva di qualunque odore
              particolare. Si mosse, avvertendo il braccio di Hesse
              accanto a lei e un pavimento metallico, duro e freddo,
              sotto di loro. Le loro voci avevano rimbombato leggermente
              come tra pareti metalliche estremamente lontane.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Sentì Hesse mettersi in piedi con
              cautela accanto a lei e accettò la mano che le offriva,
              alzandosi a sua volta.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Che cosa facciamo ore?” chiese la
              donna. “Dobbiamo cercare di capire dove siamo.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Esattamente quello che pensavo,”
              rispose lui, avviandosi.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span
                style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                Roman , serif",serif"> </span></b></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span
                style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                Roman , serif",serif">Flashback</span></b></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span
                style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                Roman , serif",serif">USS Tokugawa – Sala Mensa – 1
                Novembre 2396 – Ore 00.35</span></b></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">La sala mensa era sempre quasi
              completamente vuota a quell’ora. Troppo tardi per chi
              staccava dal turno gamma e ancora presto per chi si
              apprestava al delta, al massimo poteva contare su qualche
              ritardatario che amava le ore piccole o su qualche membro
              del personale nel mezzo di una notte insonne.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Era un orario che a Margret piaceva
              particolarmente.  Le piacevano i rumori sommessi tipici
              del ciclo notturno della nave, le piaceva la calma che si
              respirava, come se la Tokugawa stessa dormisse. Persino i
              dolcetti al cocco sembravano avere un sapore migliore a
              quell’ora. </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Sopra ogni cosa , però, le piaceva la
              completa e sicura mancanza di disturbatori che…</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Ehi, di nuovo le ore piccole? Vedo che
              non hai perso l’abitudine…”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Hesse prese posto allegramente nella
              sedia vuota di fronte a lei. Si prese anche un dolcetto al
              cocco, ficcandoselo in bocca con gusto. Le antenne di
              Margret si afflosciarono leggermente.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Fai pure.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Ah-ah.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">L’andoriana sospirò, si appoggiò allo
              schienale e allontanò da sé il piatto ormai quasi vuoto.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Nemmeno tu hai perso l’abitudine di
              sederti senza permesso.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Sono il capitano. Si potrebbe dire che
              l’unico a concedere permessi da queste parti sono io.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“E te la godi da morire, vero?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Da morire,” confermò lui con un ampio
              sorriso e un’alzata di sopracciglia. “Comunque… sapevo di
              trovarti qui. So che quando mangi non vuoi essere
              disturbata...”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Dunque lo fai per puro spirito di
              contraddizione?” lo interruppe la donna, poggiando i
              gomiti sul tavolo e tendendo le antenne verso di lui.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Non avrebbe mai sorriso apertamente, ma
              Hesse sapeva che quel sorriso era lì, nascosto sotto la
              superficie. Dopotutto, da tempi della Fox, quel gioco fra
              loro era sempre uguale.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Anche per quello. Di solito, almeno.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Non questa volta?” La donna aggrottò
              leggermente le sopracciglia. Oltre al sorriso, ora, c’era
              anche curiosità sotto la superficie. Hesse pareva di un
              disgustoso buon umore decisamente non giustificato
              dall’ora, dal luogo o dai dolcetti al cocco.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“No, non questa volta.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Il capitano posò sul piano del tavolo
              un piccolo padd e lo fece scivolare verso la donna. Le
              dita di lei scorsero quanto vi era riportato, quindi il
              primo ufficiale alzò occhi e antenne sull’amico.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Non è possibile.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Non è probabile.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“E’ stato accertato?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Non ancora. Andiamo là proprio per
              questo.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Quando?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Ho già fatto modificare la rotta.
              Informerò gli ufficiali superiori domani mattina al
              briefing. Beh, questa mattina ormai,” aggiunse con uno
              sguardo all’ora.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Le implicazioni sarebbero…”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Già.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“E’… è incredibile…”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Già,” rispose lui soddisfatto,
              mangiando l’ultimo dolcetto. Margret quasi non se ne
              accorse.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span
                style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                Roman , serif",serif">Flashback</span></b></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span
                style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                Roman , serif",serif">USS Tokugawa – Sala Tattica -
                 1 Novembre 2396 – Ore 7.58</span></b></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Quando Hesse entrò in sala tattica, lo
              staff di comando era già tutto presente. Lasciò scorrere
              rapidamente lo sguardo intorno al tavolo, sui volti dei
              suoi ufficiali in piedi a metà per il saluto formale,
              abitudine che non avevano ancora perso nonostante i suoi
              incoraggiamenti in tal senso. Fece cenno a tutti di
              rimanere comodi, quindi si avviò verso il posto a
              capotavola. Alla sua destra Margret era già seduta, un
              padd e una tazza di caffè posati sul piano di fronte a
              lei, la schiena e le antenne dritte, in attesa.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Il capitano prese posto.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Buongiorno a tutti. Immagino che
              abbiate notato che abbiamo cambiato rotta durante la
              notte,” disse, saltando a piè pari i preamboli.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Una serie di cenni affermativi arrivò
              dai presenti. Glasgow, Hair e Carpenter, allineati alla
              sua sinistra, sembravano incuriositi ma non
              particolarmente colpiti dal cambio di rotta. Più che altro
              in attesa di conoscere la natura della loro nuova
              missione. D’altra parte, non si raggiungono certe
              posizioni all’interno della Flotta senza una buona dose di
              elasticità mentale. La Alluso, seduta accanto al primo
              ufficiale, i lunghi capelli raccolti dietro la testa,
              pareva invece vagamente allarmata, espressione che Hesse
              aveva imparato ad attribuire ad ogni capo della sicurezza 
              che si rispetti di fronte a repentini cambi di programma.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Non siamo più diretti alla base 210,
              quindi,” disse la donna. Più che una domanda, si trattò di
              una constatazione. “Il randez vous con la Norway è
              annullato?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Le teste di tutti si voltarono dal capo
              della sicurezza al capitano, in palese attesa della
              risposta. Demian di certo non voleva deluderli. A dir la
              verità, quasi non vedeva l’ora.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“No, Comandante. Siamo invece diretti
              su Forshan,”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Forshan?” domandò Hair, piegandosi
              leggermente in avanti e poggiando i gomiti sul piano.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“E’ un protettorato federale, dico
              bene?” si inserì Cartpenter.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Hesse annuì. “Piccolo, abbastanza
              remoto e di recente creazione. Non mi stupisce che alcuni
              di voi non ne abbiano mai sentito parlare. La Federazione
              l’ha annesso qualche mese fa a solo un anno dal primo
              contatto, ma, data la scarsa importanza strategica e il
              fatto che la popolazione nativa abbia da poco scoperto la
              curvatura e quindi non sia tecnologicamente al nostro
              livello, i servizi di informazione hanno dedicato alla
              notizia scarsa risonanza.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Un anno? Come mai così rapidamente?”
              domandò Glasgow.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Il governo Forshan era già planetario
              prima del loro debutto sulla scena galattica e ha avanzato
              la richiesta di annessione solo poche settimane dopo il
              primo contatto. Il consiglio della Federazione ha
              ritenuto, come altre volte in passato, di aver bisogno di
              ogni alleato disponibile. Tuttavia,” continuò Hesse, “il
              motivo per cui andiamo lì è di tutt’altra natura.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">La Alluso si mosse appena sulla
              poltroncina. “C’è stato qualche problema?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Non esattamente.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Non ancora, almeno,” commentò Margret.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Hesse le gettò uno sguardo obliquo. “La
              settimana scorsa il governo Forshan ha richiesto supporto
              tecnico e scientifico alla Federazione a seguito di una
              scoperta alquanto… inaspettata.” L’uomo si fermò per un
              istante, assaporando la curiosità che impregnava
              letteralmente l’aria della sala tattica. “Pare che una
              delle loro navi impegnata in un collaudo sia incappata in
              uno strano fenomeno che si è rivelato poco dopo essere
              l’ingresso di un tunnel spaziale.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Un tunnel spaziale?” domandò
              Carpenter, lanciando un’occhiata intorno. “Non c’è mai
              stata traccia di alcun fenomeno del genere in quella
              zona.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Infatti. Pare che il tunnel non sia
              mai stato scoperto prima.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Un di nuova formazione?” chiese Hair.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">L’ufficiale scientifico scosse appena
              il capo. “Beh, non necessariamente. Potrebbe trattarsi di
              un fenomeno periodico. Se il periodo fosse, diciamo, di
              qualche secolo, sarebbe la prima volta che qualcuno da
              quelle parti ha la capacità di rilevarlo.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Pare che i tunnel spaziali vadano di
              gran moda in quest’ultimo secolo,” commentò distrattamente
              Glasgow. </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> “E non è sempre stato un bene,”
              aggiunge la Alluso. “Se fosse vero, potrebbe essere una
              scoperta di enorme importanza strategica e di conseguenza
              attirare guai.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Per non parlare della rilevanza
              scientifica,” interloquì Carpenter.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“E delle possibilità che aprirebbe.
              Hanno già scoperto dove porta?” domandò Glasgow.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Proprio per questo hanno richiesto il
              nostro aiuto,” rispose Margret intrecciando le dita sul
              piano. “Non hanno la tecnologia per inviare una nave in
              sicurezza, così si sono limitati ad una sonda. Ma non
              appena è arrivata dall’altra parte, si sono persi tutti i
              contatti. Niente comunicazioni né telemetria. Lo stesso è
              accaduto alla sonda della Thyco, il vascello scientifico
              inviato sul posto dalla flotta.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Il che sembrerebbe suggerire che la
              distanza sia notevole. Sempre che le analisi non abbiano
              rilevato qualche problema strutturale…” riflettè
              l’ufficiale scientifico. “Sono certi che la sonda sia
              arrivata dall’altra parte intera?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Le scansioni non hanno rilevato alcun
              genere di anomalia, almeno per il momento. Tutto indica
              che il passaggio sia sicuro. La sonda della Thyco era
              programmata per rientrare nel tunnel e tornare indietro
              immediatamente. E così ha fatto. Per questo stiamo andando
              là.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Hesse annuì. “Faremo parte di una
              taskforce il cui compito sarà supportare il governo
              Forshan durante le analisi.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Immagino vogliano anche evitare
              problemi,” aggiunse la Alluso. </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Il capitano annuì. “Ufficiosamente, sì.
              Vista la vicinanza al confine, la Flotta vuole essere
              sicura che non ci siano imprevisti. Arriveremo là per le
              18.00 di domani, dopo una breve sosta alla base 312 dove
              imbarcheremo il nostro nuovo consigliere, il tenente
              comandante Hana.”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Vari cenni di assenso corsero intorno
              al tavolo, poi Carpenter si sporse leggermente ponendo la
              domanda logicamente successiva. Hesse era stupido che
              nessuno l’avesse chiesto prima.</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">“Signore, la sonda della Thyco ha
              rivelato dove porta il tunnel?”</span></p>
          <p class="MsoNoSpacing"
            style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman",serif">Demian annuì. “Pare di sì. Naturalmente
              i dati dovranno essere confermati, ma pare proprio che il
              punto di uscita si trovi al di fuori della nostra
              galassia.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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