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    Non mi ricordavo più di questa cosa. Mea culpa.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Il 02/11/2017 19:44, Albert K Hair ha
      scritto:<br>
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      <div dir="auto">Sì ma in generale quando si inizia una missione si
        riporta tutto alla data corrispondente nella realtà + 380 anni.<br>
        <br>
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          Tenente Comandante Albert K Hair<br>
          USS Tokugawa - Ingegnere Capo<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">Il 02 nov 2017 19:33, Maddalena
          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vampitrill@gmail.com"><vampitrill@gmail.com></a> ha scritto:<br type="attribution">
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            <div> Possibilissimo che abbia sbagliato io, eh. Ma l'ultima
              non finiva a maggio del '96?<br>
              <br>
              <div>Il 02/11/2017 14:30, Albert K Hair ha scritto:<br>
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                  <div>A dire il vero secondo me la data dovrebbe
                    effettivamente essere quella del 2397.<br>
                    <br>
                    <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">-- <br>
                      Tenente Comandante Albert K Hair<br>
                      USS Tokugawa - Ingegnere Capo<br>
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                      <div class="elided-text">Il 02 nov 2017 14:20,
                        Ilenia De Battisti <a
                          href="mailto:fulmine791@gmail.com"
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                        ha scritto:<br>
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                          <div dir="ltr">Il brano è stupendo, mi piace
                            tantissimo. ^^
                            <div>Unico problema, che riguarda più
                              l'arrivo della mia consigliera che altro:
                              nella biografia lei riceve l'incarico nel
                              2397, ma sulla base del brano salirebbe a
                              bordo a inizio novembre 2396.. o cambio la
                              biografia per dire che sale a bordo alla
                              fine del 2396 o non saprei come
                              giustificare che l'attribuzione qui
                              avviene adesso e nel curriculum vitae
                              l'anno successivo. </div>
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                            <div>Il giorno 2 novembre 2017 13:32,
                              Maddalena <span dir="ltr"><<a
                                  href="mailto:vampitrill@gmail.com"
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                              ha scritto:<br>
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                                <div> Non è che avessi tutte queste
                                  grandi idee all'inizio, onestamente,
                                  per cui spero vi piaccia.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  Maddy<br>
                                  <br>
                                  ------------------------------<wbr>----<br>
                                  <br>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><b>Luogo
                                      indefinito – Tempo indefinito</b></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><b> </b></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Svegliati. Avanti,
                                      svegliati.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Cosa?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Ti devi svegliare. Avanti,
                                      svegliati.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Dove… che sta succedendo?
                                      Non vedo nulla.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Nemmeno io. Stai bene?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Sì, credo di sì. Tu?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Sì.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Dove siamo? Dov’è
                                      l’equipaggio?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Non lo so.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Che cosa è successo?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Che cosa facciamo ore?”
                                      chiese la donna. “Dobbiamo cercare
                                      di capire dove siamo.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Esattamente quello che
                                      pensavo,” rispose lui, avviandosi.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><b> </b></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><b>Flashback</b></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><b>USS
                                      Tokugawa – Sala Mensa – 1 Novembre
                                      2396 – Ore 00.35</b></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">Sopra ogni cosa , però, le
                                      piaceva la completa e sicura
                                      mancanza di disturbatori che…</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Ehi, di nuovo le ore
                                      piccole? Vedo che non hai perso
                                      l’abitudine…”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Fai pure.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Ah-ah.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">L’andoriana sospirò, si
                                      appoggiò allo schienale e
                                      allontanò da sé il piatto ormai
                                      quasi vuoto.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Nemmeno tu hai perso
                                      l’abitudine di sederti senza
                                      permesso.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Sono il capitano. Si
                                      potrebbe dire che l’unico a
                                      concedere permessi da queste parti
                                      sono io.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“E te la godi da morire,
                                      vero?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Anche per quello. Di
                                      solito, almeno.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“No, non questa volta.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Non è possibile.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Non è probabile.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“E’ stato accertato?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Non ancora. Andiamo là
                                      proprio per questo.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Quando?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Le implicazioni
                                      sarebbero…”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Già.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“E’… è incredibile…”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Già,” rispose lui
                                      soddisfatto, mangiando l’ultimo
                                      dolcetto. Margret quasi non se ne
                                      accorse.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><b>Flashback</b></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><b>USS
                                      Tokugawa – Sala Tattica -  1
                                      Novembre 2396 – Ore 7.58</b></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">Il capitano prese posto.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“No, Comandante. Siamo
                                      invece diretti su Forshan,”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Forshan?” domandò Hair,
                                      piegandosi leggermente in avanti e
                                      poggiando i gomiti sul piano.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“E’ un protettorato
                                      federale, dico bene?” si inserì
                                      Cartpenter.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Un anno? Come mai così
                                      rapidamente?” domandò Glasgow.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">La Alluso si mosse appena
                                      sulla poltroncina. “C’è stato
                                      qualche problema?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Non esattamente.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Non ancora, almeno,”
                                      commentò Margret.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Infatti. Pare che il
                                      tunnel non sia mai stato scoperto
                                      prima.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Un di nuova formazione?”
                                      chiese Hair.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Pare che i tunnel spaziali
                                      vadano di gran moda in
                                      quest’ultimo secolo,” commentò
                                      distrattamente Glasgow. </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Per non parlare della
                                      rilevanza scientifica,” interloquì
                                      Carpenter.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“E delle possibilità che
                                      aprirebbe. Hanno già scoperto dove
                                      porta?” domandò Glasgow.</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">Hesse annuì. “Faremo parte
                                      di una taskforce il cui compito
                                      sarà supportare il governo Forshan
                                      durante le analisi.”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Immagino vogliano anche
                                      evitare problemi,” aggiunse la
                                      Alluso. </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif"> </span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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 style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'roman'
                                      serif">“Signore, la sonda della
                                      Thyco ha rivelato dove porta il
                                      tunnel?”</span></p>
                                  <p style="text-align:justify"><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'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></p>
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