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    Sono contenta ti sia piaciuto ;-)<br>
    Onestamente non ho fatto caso alla data, ho semplicemente seguito la
    prassi dando quella "odierna". Deciderà il capitano, ma piuttosto
    che star lì a farti cambiare il cv non credo ci siano problemi se
    anche spostiamo la data del brano. Tanto non siamo legati a niente
    di immediato, mi pare. Capitano, tu che dici?<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Il 02/11/2017 14:20, Ilenia De Battisti
      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 class="gmail_quote">Il giorno 2 novembre 2017 13:32,
          Maddalena <span dir="ltr"><<a
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          ha scritto:<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Non è che avessi
              tutte queste grandi idee all'inizio, onestamente, per cui
              spero vi piaccia.<br>
              <br>
              Maddy<br>
              <br>
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              <br>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><b><span>Luogo indefinito –
                    Tempo indefinito</span></b></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><b><span> </span></b></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Svegliati. Avanti,
                  svegliati.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Cosa?”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Ti devi svegliare.
                  Avanti, svegliati.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Dove… che sta
                  succedendo? Non vedo nulla.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Nemmeno io. Stai
                  bene?”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Sì, credo di sì. Tu?”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Sì.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Dove siamo? Dov’è
                  l’equipaggio?”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Non lo so.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Che cosa è successo?”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Esattamente quello che
                  pensavo,” rispose lui, avviandosi.</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><b><span> </span></b></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><b><span>Flashback</span></b></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><b><span>USS Tokugawa – Sala
                    Mensa – 1 Novembre 2396 – Ore 00.35</span></b></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">Era un orario che a
                  Margret piaceva particolarmente.<span>  </span>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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Fai pure.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Ah-ah.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“E te la godi da
                  morire, vero?”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Anche per quello. Di
                  solito, almeno.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“No, non questa volta.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Non è possibile.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Non è probabile.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“E’ stato accertato?”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Non ancora. Andiamo là
                  proprio per questo.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Quando?”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Le implicazioni
                  sarebbero…”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Già.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“E’… è incredibile…”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><b><span>Flashback</span></b></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><b><span>USS Tokugawa – Sala
                    Tattica -<span>  </span>1 Novembre 2396 – Ore 7.58</span></b></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">Il capitano prese
                  posto.</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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<span> 
                  </span>che si rispetti di fronte a repentini cambi di
                  programma.</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“No, Comandante. Siamo
                  invece diretti su Forshan,”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Un anno? Come mai così
                  rapidamente?” domandò Glasgow.</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Non esattamente.”</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Non ancora, almeno,”
                  commentò Margret.</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Un di nuova
                  formazione?” chiese Hair.</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""><span> </span>“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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Per non parlare della
                  rilevanza scientifica,” interloquì Carpenter.</span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif"">“Immagino vogliano
                  anche evitare problemi,” aggiunse la Alluso. </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><span
                  style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
                  Roman","serif""> </span></p>
              <p class="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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="m_8452035623366311364MsoNoSpacing"
                style="text-align:justify"><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></p>
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