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    Wow, sembravamo quasi fighi... finchè non è venuto giù tutto.<br>
    Gran pezzo!<br>
    <br>
    Maddy<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Il 02/11/2015 16:06, Silvia Bianchini
      ha scritto:<br>
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      <p dir="ltr">Spettacolo ;-)<br>
        Molto bello davvero...<br>
        Mando un attimo Luna a recuperare il suo mekh'eth e organizziamo
        una macelleria...<br>
        Bravo!<br>
        S.</p>
      <p dir="ltr">=========================<br>
        Cadetto Catalunya 'Luna' Jones della Casata di 'Klaa<br>
        Flight Control Office (CONN)<br>
        USS Hope - NCC-25122<br>
        =========================<br>
        "Abbassare il limite di velocità!? Certo... salverebbe delle
        vite, ma centinaia di persone arriverebbero in ritardo!"<br>
        ______________________________<br>
        Private comunicator:  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:ltcomm.sibi@gmail.com">ltcomm.sibi@gmail.com</a></p>
      <div class="gmail_quote">Il 02/nov/2015 15:16, "Franco Carretti"
        <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:ferris.bueller@mail.com">ferris.bueller@mail.com</a>>
        ha scritto:<br type="attribution">
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                <div>"Ho io un piano... pigliala!" cit</div>
                <div> </div>
                <div>Voi ce l'avete tutti con me perchè sono figo</div>
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                    <div style="margin:0 0 10px 0"><b>Sent:</b> Monday,
                      November 02, 2015 at 3:02 PM<br>
                      <b>From:</b> "Silvia Brunati" <<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:sbrunati@gmail.com" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sbrunati@gmail.com">sbrunati@gmail.com</a></a>><br>
                      <b>To:</b> "federico pirazzoli" <<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:cmdrtkar@gmail.com" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cmdrtkar@gmail.com">cmdrtkar@gmail.com</a></a>>,
                      "USS Hope" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:stml17@gioco.net" target="_blank">stml17@gioco.net</a>><br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stml17] 2.10 - “Non bisogna
                      organizzare i propri piani in base a ciò che il
                      nemico potrebbe fare, ma alla propria
                      preparazione.”</div>
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                        <div>Comunque sottolineo che Xyr apprezza Basta,
                          il quale, in due secondi ha messo a ko un
                          romulano. Tsk!</div>
                        Lui dovevano fare capitano altro che quel
                        mollaccione di Bueller! :P</div>
                      <div class="gmail_extra"> 
                        <div class="gmail_quote">Il giorno 2 novembre
                          2015 14:27, federico pirazzoli <span><<a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://cmdrtkar@gmail.com"
                              target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cmdrtkar@gmail.com">cmdrtkar@gmail.com</a></a>></span>
                          ha scritto:
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                              <p style="margin-top:0.0px">Purché non sia
                                un finale col botto...nostro...O_o'</p>
                              <p>--<br>
                                Inviato da myMail per Android</p>
                              lunedì, 02 novembre 2015, 02:05PM +01:00
                              da "Reis Squiretaker" <<a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="http://vanessa_reis_squirtaker@outlook.it"
                                target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vanessa_reis_squirtaker@outlook.it">vanessa_reis_squirtaker@outlook.it</a></a>>:
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                                              <div>Datemi un phaser!!
                                                Ottimo e concordo con le
                                                osservazioni
                                                precedenti.. Certo
                                                abbiamo scampato i
                                                ferengi l’11 dicembre ed
                                                il 31 abbiamo duecento
                                                romulani all’attacco a
                                                bordo.. questo 2394
                                                finirà in maniera epica
                                                XD</div>
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                                                Guardiamarina Caitlyn<br>
                                                Consigliere<br>
                                                USS Hope NCC-25122<br>
                                                [CV]: <a
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://starfleetitaly.it/starfleetitaly/academy/ruolino_servizio.php?id=169"
                                                  target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://starfleetitaly.it/starfleetitaly/academy/ruolino_servizio.php?id=169">http://starfleetitaly.it/starfleetitaly/academy/ruolino_servizio.php?id=169</a></a><br>
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                                                    <div><b>From:</b> <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                        href="https://e-aj.my.com/compose/?mailto=mailto%3acmdrtkar@gmail.com"
title="cmdrtkar@gmail.com" target="_blank">federico pirazzoli</a></div>
                                                    <div><b>Sent:</b>
                                                      Monday, November
                                                      02, 2015 12:19 PM</div>
                                                    <div><b>To:</b> <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                        href="https://e-aj.my.com/compose/?mailto=mailto%3astml17@gioco.net"
title="stml17@gioco.net" target="_blank">USS Hope</a></div>
                                                    <div><b>Subject:</b>
                                                      Re: [Stml17]2.10 -
                                                      “Non bisogna
                                                      organizzare i
                                                      propri piani in
                                                      base a ciò che il
                                                      nemico potrebbe
                                                      fare, ma alla
                                                      propria
                                                      preparazione.”</div>
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                                                <div>pezzo eccezionale,
                                                  con un ritmo in
                                                  crescendo continuo
                                                  nonostante l'inizio
                                                  già di per sé molto
                                                  action!
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                                                  <div>ottimo lavoro</div>
                                                  <div> </div>
                                                  <div> </div>
                                                  <div>PS accolgo la
                                                    sfida sulla
                                                    lunghezza dei pezzi!
                                                    :-)</div>
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                                                        <div><b
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">_________________________________________________________________________</b></div>
                                                        <b
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">Da</b><span
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">:
                                                          Comandante del
                                                          sommergibile </span><i
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">Sea
                                                          Tiger</i><br
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">
                                                        <b
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">A</b><span
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">:
                                                          Ufficio
                                                          Approvvigionamenti
                                                          Arsenale di
                                                          Cavite,
                                                          Filippine.</span><br
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">
                                                        <b
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">Tramite</b><span
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">:
                                                          Comando Forze
                                                          Subacquee.</span><br
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">
                                                        <b
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">Oggetto</b><span
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">:
                                                          Carta
                                                          igienica.</span><br
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">
                                                        <b
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">#1</b><span
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">.
                                                          Il 6 giugno
                                                          1941 questa
                                                          nave ha
                                                          inoltrato una
                                                          richiesta di
                                                          150 rotoli di
                                                          carta
                                                          igienica. Il
                                                          16 dicembre
                                                          1941 detta
                                                          richiesta è
                                                          stata
                                                          restituita con
                                                          la
                                                          stampigliatura:
                                                          "Materiale
                                                          sconosciuto.
                                                          Richiesta
                                                          annullata."</span><br
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">
                                                        <b
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">#2</b><span
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">.
                                                          Il Comandante
                                                          del
                                                          sommergibile </span><i
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">Sea
                                                          Tiger</i><span
style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">
                                                          non può fare a
                                                          meno di
                                                          domandarsi
                                                          cosa viene
                                                          usato
                                                          all'Approvvigionamento
                                                          di Cavite in
                                                          sostituzione
                                                          di questo
                                                          "materiale
                                                          sconosciuto",
                                                          un tempo
                                                          perfettamente
                                                          noto a questo
                                                          Comando. </span>
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style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);line-height:21.0px">_________________________________________________________________________</span></div>
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                                                  <div>Il giorno 2
                                                    novembre 2015 12:09,
                                                    Silvia Brunati <span><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                        href="https://e-aj.my.com/compose/?mailto=mailto%3asbrunati@gmail.com"
                                                        target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sbrunati@gmail.com">sbrunati@gmail.com</a></a>></span>
                                                    ha scritto:
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                                                          <div>Mi è
                                                          piaciuto
                                                          molto!</div>
                                                          In un paio di
                                                          occasioni mi
                                                          sa che ti è
                                                          sfuggita la
                                                          prima persona
                                                          però. :)<br>
                                                           </div>
                                                        Silvia</div>
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                                                          <div>Il giorno
                                                          2 novembre
                                                          2015 11:41,
                                                          Massimo Gallo
                                                          <span><<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://e-aj.my.com/compose/?mailto=mailto%3akeranydd@gmail.com"
                                                          target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:keranydd@gmail.com">keranydd@gmail.com</a></a>></span>
                                                          ha scritto:</div>
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                                                          <div>Scusate
                                                          come sempre il
                                                          ritardo.
                                                          <div>Ho
                                                          cercato di
                                                          sistemare
                                                          qualcosina e
                                                          di proseguire
                                                          sull'onda
                                                          narrativa
                                                          creata da
                                                          Franco.</div>
                                                          <div>Spero
                                                          possa
                                                          piacervi.</div>
                                                          <div>Mi sono
                                                          perso qualcosa
                                                          di certo.
                                                          Adeguerò
                                                          volentieri.</div>
                                                          <div>Il titolo
                                                          è una
                                                          citazione di
                                                          Sun Tzu, se
                                                          serve lo
                                                          cambio o lo
                                                          abbrevio.</div>
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                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps">USS
                                                          Hope – Sala
                                                          Macchine - 31
                                                          dicembre 2394
                                                          - Ore 04:05</span></b></p>
                                                          <p> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La scarica di phaser annerì la paratia dietro
                                                          la testa di
                                                          Xyr.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Accanto a lei Doohan era ancora privo di sensi.
                                                          Un paio di
                                                          cadetti gli
                                                          stavano
                                                          sistemando la
                                                          gamba ferita
                                                          in attesa di
                                                          un improbabile
                                                          arrivo da
                                                          parte del team
                                                          medico.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La sala macchine era un inferno. Probabilmente
                                                          anche il resto
                                                          della nave. Le
                                                          comunicazioni
                                                          interne si
                                                          erano
                                                          interrotte.
                                                          Quasi
                                                          certamente
                                                          sabotate dai
                                                          nostri
                                                          sgraditi
                                                          ospiti.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Xyr si protese dietro il bancone e scaricò un
                                                          paio di colpi
                                                          giusto per
                                                          tenere
                                                          impegnati gli
                                                          avversari.
                                                          Dall'altro
                                                          lato della
                                                          sala macchine
                                                          qualche altro
                                                          cadetto stava
                                                          seguendo il
                                                          suo esempio
                                                          cercando di
                                                          chiudere gli
                                                          invasori in un
                                                          angolo. La
                                                          situazione era
                                                          in una fase di
                                                          stallo. Erano
                                                          bloccati qui
                                                          da quasi 8
                                                          ore, senza
                                                          dormire, senza
                                                          mangiare,
                                                          senza
                                                          informazioni
                                                          sul resto
                                                          dell'equipaggio.
                                                          Ogni tentativo
                                                          di mediazione
                                                          era fallito in
                                                          partenza. Le
                                                          porte erano
                                                          bloccate, i
                                                          condotti
                                                          inutilizzabili
                                                          o decisamente
                                                          troppo
                                                          stretti.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Ormai anche l’energia del campo di contenimento
                                                          che ci
                                                          separava dallo
                                                          spazio
                                                          profondo dove
                                                          la navetta
                                                          aveva
                                                          danneggiato la
                                                          paratia stava
                                                          per esaurirsi.
                                                          Doohan era
                                                          riuscito a
                                                          deviare il
                                                          flusso di
                                                          energia per un
                                                          tentativo di
                                                          fuga, ma alla
                                                          fine l’unica
                                                          cosa che ne
                                                          avevano
                                                          ricavato era
                                                          l’ingegnere
                                                          steso a terra
                                                          con una gamba
                                                          danneggiata da
                                                          un colpo
                                                          diretto.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La sala inoltre sembrava irreale. Lo spazio
                                                          lasciato vuoto
                                                          dal nucleo di
                                                          curvatura era
                                                          un colpo
                                                          tremendo per
                                                          le flebili
                                                          speranze di
                                                          sopravvivenza
                                                          della Hope e
                                                          del suo
                                                          equipaggio.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">*Flebili speranze su una nave che si chiamava
                                                          Speranza*</span></i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">. L’andoriana non riuscì a trattenere un
                                                          sorriso amaro.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Purtroppo stavolta non poteva nemmeno dare la
                                                          colpa a
                                                          Bueller.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Certo, tecnicamente parlando il piano era del
                                                          Capitano ed
                                                          era un piano
                                                          assurdamente
                                                          rischioso, ma
                                                          la situazione
                                                          richiedeva una
                                                          certa dose di
                                                          rischio.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Ovviamente il piano aveva funzionato. Quella
                                                          che li aveva
                                                          messi in
                                                          questa
                                                          situazione
                                                          erano le
                                                          variabili che
                                                          Bueller si era
                                                          scordato di
                                                          considerare
                                                          mentre si
                                                          pavoneggiava
                                                          gagliardo e
                                                          distratto
                                                          prima con
                                                          Caytlin, poi
                                                          con un paio di
                                                          cadette
                                                          presenti in
                                                          Plancia. Era
                                                          quello che
                                                          odiava di più
                                                          di Bueller? Il
                                                          suo essere
                                                          sempre
                                                          fortunato e
                                                          carismatico
                                                          contro ogni
                                                          regola o il
                                                          fatto di non
                                                          essere stata
                                                          considerata
                                                          degna di
                                                          interesse in
                                                          quel contesto?
                                                          Questo
                                                          pensiero la
                                                          incupì più del
                                                          dovuto.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Un urlo di dolore riattirò la sua attenzione
                                                          allo scontro.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Qualcuno era stato colpito. Sperò fosse uno di
                                                          <i>loro</i> e
                                                          non un
                                                          cadetto.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Diverse scariche elettrostatiche facevano da
                                                          coreografia
                                                          allo scontro e
                                                          non
                                                          preannunciavano
                                                          nulla di
                                                          buono.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Sperava di poter contare su una buona dose di
                                                          fortuna e che
                                                          nulla le
                                                          esplodesse
                                                          accanto.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Nemmeno il tempo di abituarsi a quel pensiero.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Un’enorme scarica chiamata in causa certamente
                                                          da una
                                                          divinità
                                                          dispettosa e
                                                          irrispettosa
                                                          delle
                                                          richieste di
                                                          Xyr fece
                                                          saltare in
                                                          aria il
                                                          condotto di
                                                          energia
                                                          nascosto
                                                          dietro il
                                                          pannello al
                                                          suo fianco.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">L’esplosione fu violenta. Lei era la più vicina
                                                          e l’impatto
                                                          con il metallo
                                                          della paratia
                                                          le tolse il
                                                          fiato
                                                          sollevandola
                                                          da terra.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La vista le si annebbiò per un istante mentre
                                                          la mente
                                                          tornava
                                                          indietro a
                                                          come erano
                                                          finiti tutti
                                                          in quella
                                                          situazione.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Bueller e le sue brillanti idee....</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps">Parecchie ore prima</span></b></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps">USS Hope, Turbolift -
                                                          30 dicembre
                                                          2394 - Ore
                                                          18.40</span></b></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">*<i>Adesso non ci rimane che far scattare la
                                                          trappola.
                                                          Faremo venire
                                                          il Comandante
                                                          Lahkath in
                                                          plancia così
                                                          che possa far
                                                          arrivare
                                                          l'altro Falco
                                                          da Guerra.
                                                          Useremo la Tal
                                                          Shi'ar e la
                                                          Sezione 31 per
                                                          attirare le
                                                          navette allo
                                                          scoperto e al
                                                          momento giusto
                                                          colpiremo con
                                                          l'arma ideata
                                                          da Doohan.</i>*</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Xyr rifletteva sulle parole di Bueller.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Erano entrambi nel turbolift che li avrebbe
                                                          condotti alla
                                                          stiva.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Prima di lasciare la sala tattica avevano
                                                          concordato
                                                          come muoversi.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Lei avrebbe parlato con Smith per capire come e
                                                          quando si
                                                          sarebbe
                                                          palesata la
                                                          nave della
                                                          sezione
                                                          segreta
                                                          inesistente,
                                                          Bueller
                                                          avrebbe
                                                          cercato di
                                                          convincere
                                                          Lahkath che
                                                          non erano in
                                                          grado di
                                                          affrontare
                                                          quelle navette
                                                          da soli e che
                                                          potevano
                                                          scendere a
                                                          compromessi
                                                          con la Tal
                                                          Shi’ar.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Doohan con l’aiuto di Tucci avrebbe
                                                          perfezionato
                                                          il dispositivo
                                                          per ridurre
                                                          all’impotenza
                                                          la forza
                                                          d’impatto
                                                          degli
                                                          avversari.
                                                          Semplice,
                                                          lineare,
                                                          pulito.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Proseguirono in silenzio lungo tutto il
                                                          tragitto.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Il turbolift si fermò e li lasciò nella zona di
                                                          detenzione
                                                          provvisoria.
                                                          Bueller uscì
                                                          per primo e la
                                                          salutò con un
                                                          gesto della
                                                          testa. Lei
                                                          osservò per un
                                                          attimo il
                                                          Capitano
                                                          allontanarsi.
                                                          Buona parte
                                                          del piano si
                                                          basava sulla
                                                          faccia tosta
                                                          di Bueller e
                                                          sulla sua
                                                          capacità di
                                                          mentire con il
                                                          comandante
                                                          romulano.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Fece finalmente un passo fuori dall’ascensore
                                                          ammirando
                                                          l’area. Come
                                                          Basta, con il
                                                          supporto di
                                                          Rodriguez,
                                                          fosse riuscito
                                                          a creare tante
                                                          celle era
                                                          fonte di
                                                          orgoglio per
                                                          lei.
                                                          Efficienza
                                                          allo stato
                                                          puro. Ora
                                                          doveva solo
                                                          trovare dove
                                                          avevano
                                                          sbattuto
                                                          Smith....</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps">USS
                                                          Hope, Sala
                                                          provvisoria
                                                          interrogatorio
                                                          - 30 dicembre
                                                          2394 - Ore
                                                          19.25</span></b></p>
                                                          <p> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Bene. Direi che abbiamo un accordo?”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Lahkath osservò sorridendo il giovane Capitano.
                                                          Forse l’aveva
                                                          sopravvalutato.
                                                          L’iniziale
                                                          baldanza
                                                          dimostrata
                                                          durante il
                                                          precedente
                                                          interrogatorio
                                                          era di certo
                                                          frutto
                                                          dell’adrenalina
                                                          accumulata
                                                          nell’aver
                                                          distrutto il
                                                          suo Falco da
                                                          Guerra. In
                                                          fondo questi
                                                          ragazzi
                                                          avevano fatto
                                                          quello che
                                                          molte altre
                                                          Navi Federali
                                                          non erano mai
                                                          riuscite a
                                                          fare.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Era stato certamente un colpo di fortuna e
                                                          forse Bueller
                                                          se ne stava
                                                          rendendo
                                                          conto. Era
                                                          tornato da lui
                                                          con la coda
                                                          fra le gambe
                                                          cercando un
                                                          accordo che
                                                          potesse
                                                          salvare la sua
                                                          nave e il suo
                                                          equipaggio.
                                                          Aveva anche
                                                          capito che
                                                          l’unica merce
                                                          di scambio era
                                                          la navetta che
                                                          dovevano aver
                                                          parcheggiato
                                                          in qualche
                                                          area
                                                          dell’hangar e
                                                          l’aiuto
                                                          dell’altro
                                                          Falco da
                                                          Guerra.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Aveva posto alcune condizioni che Lahkath
                                                          riteneva
                                                          trascurabili.
                                                          In realtà non
                                                          le aveva
                                                          nemmeno
                                                          ascoltate.
                                                          Appena
                                                          recuperata la
                                                          navetta e
                                                          fatto risalire
                                                          sul Falco il
                                                          suo equipaggio
                                                          avrebbe
                                                          “inavvertitamente”
                                                          approfittato
                                                          della
                                                          situazione per
                                                          far sparire
                                                          scomodi
                                                          testimoni a
                                                          colpi di
                                                          siluro.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Certamente Capitano, abbiamo un accordo. Si
                                                          renderà conto
                                                          tuttavia che
                                                          non posso
                                                          darle i codici
                                                          di chiamata
                                                          del nostro
                                                          Falco.
                                                          Gradirei
                                                          poterli
                                                          contattare
                                                          direttamente
                                                          io. Come avrà
                                                          immaginato noi
                                                          Romulani siamo
                                                          un po’ restii
                                                          a fidarci....”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Bueller sembrò titubante per qualche istante.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Mi suggerisca Lahkath, come posso fare per
                                                          alleviare
                                                          questi suoi
                                                          dubbi?”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Lo sguardo del Romulano passò dal divertito al
                                                          superbo.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Innanzitutto mi faccia uscire da qui. Credo
                                                          che il mio
                                                          posto ora sia
                                                          in Plancia
                                                          dove mi farà
                                                          contattare la
                                                          mia gente e
                                                          dove il
                                                          Comandante
                                                          dell’altro
                                                          Falco potrà
                                                          ammirare la
                                                          mia sagacia
                                                          tattica e non
                                                          abbia dubbi
                                                          sulle mie
                                                          capacità di
                                                          comando.... e
                                                          sulla vostra
                                                          palese
                                                          inferiorità. A
                                                          quel punto le
                                                          potrò
                                                          insegnare
                                                          qualche trucco
                                                          sul comando.”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Bueller si avvicinò al campo di forza che
                                                          limitava
                                                          l’area di
                                                          detenzione
                                                          facendo segno
                                                          alla sicurezza
                                                          di farli
                                                          uscire.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">*Io questo lo getto fuori con il lanciasiluri.
                                                          Su Ferris,
                                                          buon viso a
                                                          cattivo gioco.
                                                          Appena il
                                                          Falco si
                                                          palesa,
                                                          prendiamo
                                                          tempo,
                                                          aspettiamo che
                                                          le navette
                                                          compaiano e
                                                          facciano il
                                                          culo alla
                                                          grossa e
                                                          pericolosa
                                                          nave romulana,
                                                          attiviamo
                                                          l’arma di
                                                          Doohan,
                                                          rendiamo
                                                          inutilizzabili
                                                          le piccole e
                                                          bastardissime
                                                          navette appena
                                                          menzionate, ci
                                                          dilettiamo a
                                                          irridere
                                                          Lahkath
                                                          cascato come
                                                          un topo nella
                                                          trappola,
                                                          aspettiamo la
                                                          nave della
                                                          Sezione 31,
                                                          gli facciamo
                                                          vedere che le
                                                          navette non
                                                          servono a
                                                          nulla, gli
                                                          regaliamo un
                                                          bel Falco
                                                          Romulano in
                                                          modo da farne
                                                          quello che
                                                          vogliono e ci
                                                          leviamo da
                                                          questo
                                                          stramaledetto
                                                          ammasso di 
                                                          stelle.
                                                          Promemoria
                                                          personale, la
                                                          prossima volta
                                                          questa
                                                          scenetta
                                                          pietosa da
                                                          povero
                                                          ragazzino
                                                          incapace ed
                                                          indifeso la
                                                          recita Xyr!!!*</span></i></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps">USS
                                                          Hope, Sala
                                                          detenzione -
                                                          30 dicembre
                                                          2394 - Ore
                                                          19.30</span></b></p>
                                                          <p> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Cosa vuol dire che non sa quando la nave
                                                          appoggio
                                                          arriverà? Ha
                                                          detto di
                                                          averla
                                                          contattata.
                                                          Non è
                                                          credibile lei
                                                          non sappia la
                                                          sua
                                                          posizione.”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Xyr cominciava a spazientirsi. Quella nave
                                                          serviva come
                                                          supporto nel
                                                          caso qualcosa
                                                          nel piano di
                                                          Bueller non
                                                          fosse andato
                                                          nel verso
                                                          giusto.....
                                                          ok, ci serviva
                                                          assolutamente.
                                                          Qualcosa nel
                                                          piano di
                                                          Bueller
                                                          sarebbe
                                                          sicuramente
                                                          andato male.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Comandante, vorrei tanto poterla aiutare, ma
                                                          capirà anche
                                                          lei che non
                                                          potevo mandare
                                                          un segnale
                                                          diretto alla
                                                          nave appoggio
                                                          senza
                                                          illuminare la
                                                          Hope come una
                                                          stella agli
                                                          occhi e ai
                                                          sensori dei
                                                          nostri nemici
                                                          comuni. Ho
                                                          dovuto
                                                          utilizzare un
                                                          piccolo trucco
                                                          che garantisce
                                                          un certo
                                                          anonimato e
                                                          una certa
                                                          discrezione.
                                                          Diciamo che
                                                          saranno loro a
                                                          trovare noi.
                                                          Poi suvvia,
                                                          non recitiamo
                                                          come da
                                                          copione. Se
                                                          lei è qui vuol
                                                          dire che il
                                                          suo Capitano
                                                          sta parlando
                                                          con il nostro
                                                          caro Lahkath
                                                          per mettere in
                                                          piedi quello
                                                          che avete
                                                          discusso
                                                          qualche minuto
                                                          fa in sala
                                                          tattica. Non
                                                          capisco come
                                                          pensiate di
                                                          poterci
                                                          riuscire, ma
                                                          rimango
                                                          comunque molto
                                                          curioso.”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Le antenne dell’andoriana si drizzarono di
                                                          scatto. Lo
                                                          sguardo
                                                          allibito che
                                                          le si era
                                                          dipinto in
                                                          volto strappò
                                                          un sorriso
                                                          divertito a
                                                          Smith.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Come fa a sapere quello che è successo in sala
                                                          tattica?”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Mia cara.... ovviamente io non so nulla. In
                                                          fondo non
                                                          dovrei neppure
                                                          esistere,
                                                          giusto?”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Xyr ringraziò mentalmente il colore naturale
                                                          della sua
                                                          pelle che
                                                          celava il
                                                          rossore sulle
                                                          guance. Colore
                                                          che certamente
                                                          sarebbe stato
                                                          più palese in
                                                          un umano.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La rabbia che provava in quel momento rischiava
                                                          di offuscarle
                                                          i pensieri.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">*Smith ha appena detto che... non ci posso
                                                          credere. Non
                                                          può aver fatto
                                                          tutto da
                                                          solo.*</span></i></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">L’andoriana chiese alla sicurezza di abbassare
                                                          il campo di
                                                          forza e uscì
                                                          dalla stanza
                                                          senza guardare
                                                          il
                                                          prigioniero.
                                                          Ci fosse stata
                                                          una porta
                                                          l’avrebbe
                                                          sbattuta
                                                          dietro di sè.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Xyr a Graahn.”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">=^=Mi dica Comandante. Come posso aiutarla?=^=</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Ho bisogno che lei esegua qualche altro test
                                                          sul nostro
                                                          prigioniero
                                                          morto e
                                                          risorto.”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">=^=...è successo qualcosa che dovrei sapere?=^=</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Un breve accenno di esitazione nella voce della
                                                          dottoressa
                                                          ricordò a Xyr
                                                          alcune note
                                                          che aveva
                                                          preso sulla
                                                          Trill. <i>*Palese
                                                          insicurezza in
                                                          alcune
                                                          decisioni a
                                                          fronte di una
                                                          cultura e di
                                                          una capacità
                                                          di molto sopra
                                                          la media.* </i>Prese
                                                          mentalmente
                                                          nota di
                                                          metterla più
                                                          spesso sotto
                                                          pressione per
                                                          vedere come si
                                                          comportava.
                                                          Una sua
                                                          decisione
                                                          poteva voler
                                                          dire vita o
                                                          morte di
                                                          qualcuno. Non
                                                          voleva avere
                                                          altre persone
                                                          sulla sua
                                                          nave... ok,
                                                          sulla nave di
                                                          Bueller....
                                                          che non
                                                          fossero al
                                                          100%
                                                          affidabili.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Mi serve lei lo scansioni fino a livello
                                                          subatomico se
                                                          necessario.
                                                          Può anche
                                                          farlo a pezzi
                                                          se le serve,
                                                          se poi lo
                                                          rimonta come
                                                          prima.....”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">=^=Comandante?=^=</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La rabbia accumulata nella stanza
                                                          dell’interrogatorio
                                                          stava davvero
                                                          offuscandole
                                                          il giudizio.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Mi scusi Dottoressa, ovviamente non intendevo
                                                          sezionarlo.”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">In realtà il pensiero le era passato realmente
                                                          per la mente.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Si faccia aiutare da Tucci se serve. Voglio
                                                          essere sicura
                                                          non nasconda
                                                          qualche altro
                                                          dispositivo
                                                          stranamente
                                                          non rilevabile
                                                          in qualche
                                                          innesto
                                                          sottocutaneo o
                                                          in qualche
                                                          anfratto dove
                                                          non batte il
                                                          sole. Cerchi
                                                          qualcosa che
                                                          stia emettendo
                                                          un qualche
                                                          tipo di
                                                          segnale.
                                                          Grazie.”</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">*Devo avvertire Bueller e chiedere l’aiuto di
                                                          Strauss. Smith
                                                          non può
                                                          davvero aver
                                                          fatto tutto da
                                                          solo. Abbiamo
                                                          una talpa
                                                          sulla nave e
                                                          non ce ne
                                                          siamo mai
                                                          accorti.*</span></i></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps">USS Hope, Sala Macchine
                                                          - 30 dicembre
                                                          2394 - Ore
                                                          19.35</span></b></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Doohan stava guardando curioso un cavo che gli
                                                          era rimasto
                                                          nella mano
                                                          destra e un
                                                          compressore di
                                                          stasi che si
                                                          trovava nella
                                                          sua mano
                                                          sinistra.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">*Eppure ero sicuro di doverli usare.*</span></i></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Di fronte a sè un’elegante accozzaglia di cavi,
                                                          led, display,
                                                          bobine di
                                                          interfase,
                                                          connessioni
                                                          Ruther-Voghs,
                                                          e diverse
                                                          bobine di
                                                          carico e
                                                          filtri che
                                                          modulavano
                                                          energia
                                                          direttamente
                                                          dal nucleo di
                                                          curvatura
                                                          della HOPE.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Gli addetti alla sala macchine avevano
                                                          allestito
                                                          un’area
                                                          dedicata per
                                                          il
                                                          trasmettitore
                                                          d’onda che
                                                          Bueller aveva
                                                          solo definito
                                                          “l’arma”.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Gli sguardi dei cadetti non denotavano la
                                                          minima
                                                          sicurezza.
                                                          Doohan non
                                                          sembrava
                                                          curarsene.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Aveva cercato di ricreare la stessa condizione
                                                          che aveva
                                                          interferito
                                                          casualmente
                                                          con la navetta
                                                          costringendola
                                                          ad incastrarsi
                                                          nella Hope. La
                                                          differenza la
                                                          faceva il
                                                          "casualmente".
                                                          Quello che
                                                          aveva ideato
                                                          avrebbe
                                                          funzionato a
                                                          comando. O
                                                          almeno era
                                                          quello che
                                                          sperava. La
                                                          gondola di
                                                          sinistra
                                                          avrebbe
                                                          funzionato
                                                          come
                                                          un'antenna.
                                                          Gli unici suoi
                                                          dubbi erano
                                                          potenza e
                                                          soprattutto
                                                          raggio di
                                                          azione. Non
                                                          era sicuro di
                                                          quale fosse la
                                                          distanza cui
                                                          dovevano
                                                          trovarsi le
                                                          navette. Beh,
                                                          "molto vicino"
                                                          sarebbe stata
                                                          un'ottima
                                                          stima. <i>*Speriamo
                                                          a Bueller
                                                          piaccia come
                                                          risposta.....*</i></span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps">USS Hope,  Stiva - 30
                                                          dicembre 2394
                                                          - Ore 19.50</span></b></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Xyr aveva fatto una deviazione per parlare con
                                                          Rodriguez.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Il capo operazioni doveva garantire un
                                                          ulteriore
                                                          supporto al
                                                          piano di
                                                          Bueller e
                                                          avrebbe quasi
                                                          sicuramente
                                                          dovuto
                                                          improvvisare.
                                                          Sulla Hope
                                                          Rodriguez era
                                                          il cadetto che
                                                          più la
                                                          preoccupava.
                                                          Sull'efficienza
                                                          non si POTEVA
                                                          discutere, sui
                                                          metodi si
                                                          DOVEVA farlo.
                                                          Era
                                                          assolutamente
                                                          inadatto per
                                                          la Flotta
                                                          Stellare. Era
                                                          convinta
                                                          avrebbe
                                                          venduto la
                                                          Hope con tutto
                                                          l'equipaggio
                                                          se ne avesse
                                                          ricavato un
                                                          profitto degno
                                                          di nota. Forse
                                                          aveva sangue
                                                          Ferengi nelle
                                                          vene.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Però adesso era fondamentale per la loro
                                                          sopravvivenza
                                                          e Xyr lo
                                                          sapeva.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Signor Rodriguez, mi servono due cose. Spazio
                                                          per 3 navette
                                                          che potremmo
                                                          dover caricare
                                                          e altre celle
                                                          di
                                                          contenimento
                                                          per un
                                                          imprecisato
                                                          numero di
                                                          nuovi ospiti.
                                                          Entro i
                                                          prossimi 30
                                                          minuti tutto
                                                          deve essere
                                                          pronto. Ha
                                                          qualche
                                                          domanda?"</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Paulo guardò il Primo Ufficiale con gli occhi
                                                          sbarrati.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">L'aveva sempre considerata una grandissima
                                                          gelida
                                                          stronza. Si
                                                          doveva
                                                          ricredere?
                                                          Stava
                                                          sviluppando un
                                                          innato senso
                                                          dell'umorismo?
                                                          Perché quello
                                                          che aveva
                                                          appena detto
                                                          doveva essere
                                                          una battuta e
                                                          anche una
                                                          battuta molto
                                                          buona.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Molto divertente Xyr, davvero molto
                                                          divertente.
                                                          Ora
                                                          seriamente,
                                                          come posso
                                                          essere
                                                          d'aiuto? "</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">L'andoriana mosse lentamente le antenne
                                                          dirigendole
                                                          verso
                                                          Rodriguez
                                                          senza parlare.
                                                          Un lungo
                                                          silenzio
                                                          riempì l'area.
                                                          </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Il sorriso del Capo Operazioni si spense man
                                                          mano.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Era seria?"</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Un lungo passo in avanti mise Xyr a qualche
                                                          centimetro dal
                                                          viso di
                                                          Rodriguez.
                                                          L'andoriana
                                                          era più alta
                                                          del terrestre
                                                          e questo
                                                          accentuò la
                                                          sensazione
                                                          opprimente.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"3 piccole precisazioni. Primo: le restano 27
                                                          minuti.
                                                          Secondo: per
                                                          lei non sono
                                                          solo Xyr, ma
                                                          un suo
                                                          superiore che
                                                          pretende di
                                                          essere
                                                          interpellata
                                                          con grado o
                                                          ruolo consoni.
                                                          Terzo: sarà
                                                          mia premura
                                                          aggiungere
                                                          questo suo
                                                          atteggiamento
                                                          al suo già
                                                          notevolmente
                                                          ricco
                                                          fascicolo."</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Xyr indietreggiò lentamente sempre guardando
                                                          Rodriguez
                                                          negli occhi e
                                                          voltandosi
                                                          lasciò la
                                                          stanza.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">*Confermo. Grandissima stronza."</span></i></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps">USS Hope, Plancia - 30
                                                          dicembre 2394
                                                          - Ore 20.00</span></b></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"> </p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La porta del turbolift si aprì sulla Plancia e
                                                          Xyr rimase per
                                                          un attimo
                                                          attonita per
                                                          la scena di
                                                          fronte a lei,
                                                          ma si riprese
                                                          immediatamente.
                                                          Seduto sulla
                                                          poltrona del
                                                          Capitano c'era
                                                          Lahkath, alla
                                                          sua destra un
                                                          altro Romulano
                                                          e alla sua
                                                          sinistra
                                                          Bueller. Un
                                                          terzo Romulano
                                                          la stava
                                                          osservando in
                                                          piedi vicino
                                                          la postazione
                                                          del tattico.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Sullo schermo principale si stava disoccultando
                                                          un Falco da
                                                          Guerra.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Bueller la guardò per qualche istante, poi le
                                                          fece cenno di
                                                          raggiungerlo.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Lahkath da parte sua fece un gesto allo schermo
                                                          come per
                                                          indicare di
                                                          contattare
                                                          direttamente
                                                          il Falco.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Xyr e Bueller durante la riunione in sala
                                                          tattica
                                                          avevano avuto
                                                          qualche remora
                                                          a permettere
                                                          questo genere
                                                          di
                                                          comunicazioni
                                                          tra la Hope e
                                                          i Romulani.
                                                          Persino il
                                                          probabile
                                                          messaggio
                                                          subspaziale
                                                          che Lahkath
                                                          avrebbe dovuto
                                                          usare per
                                                          contattare il
                                                          Falco, avrebbe
                                                          esposto la
                                                          Hope facendole
                                                          saltare la
                                                          copertura
                                                          ottenuta
                                                          imponendo il
                                                          silenzio
                                                          radio.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Il rischio era che le navette potessero trovare
                                                          appetibile la
                                                          nave federale
                                                          magari come
                                                          antipasto
                                                          prima di
                                                          eliminare i
                                                          Romulani. Era
                                                          un rischio da
                                                          correre.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Vedere la nave romulana sullo schermo senza
                                                          aver subito
                                                          ancora alcun
                                                          attacco
                                                          tranquillizzò
                                                          Xyr. Fu però
                                                          una
                                                          tranquillità
                                                          passeggera.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">3 colpi diretti scossero gli scudi della Hope e
                                                          altrettanti
                                                          fasci luminosi
                                                          illuminarono
                                                          il Falco.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Lahkath si tenne stretto ai braccioli della
                                                          poltrona e si
                                                          rivolse
                                                          furioso verso
                                                          Bueller. </span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Umano! Il mio segnale era schermato. Come
                                                          hanno fatto ad
                                                          individuarci?"</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Bueller non rispose ma ringraziò con un gesto
                                                          il
                                                          responsabile
                                                          delle
                                                          Comunicazioni
                                                          per il segnale
                                                          subspaziale
                                                          inviato sulla
                                                          stessa banda
                                                          schermata
                                                          usata da
                                                          Lahkath.
                                                          Segnale ben
                                                          chiaro e
                                                          luminoso come
                                                          concordato. Un
                                                          piccolo faro
                                                          nel buio dello
                                                          spazio.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Luna, manovra diversiva. Portaci nel mezzo
                                                          prima che non
                                                          resti nulla
                                                          della nave da
                                                          spostare.
                                                          Situazione?"</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Scudi al 45% dopo solo 3 colpi. Danni alle
                                                          sezioni dalla
                                                          3 alla 6.
                                                          Passaggio
                                                          temporaneo
                                                          all’energia di
                                                          riserva
                                                          nell’hangar
                                                          navette. Il
                                                          Falco da
                                                          Guerra sta
                                                          meglio ma non
                                                          sorriderei
                                                          troppo fossi
                                                          in loro."</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Bueller!!!"</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Lahkath era scattato minaccioso in piedi verso
                                                          Bueller
                                                          seguito dal
                                                          romulano al
                                                          suo fianco.
                                                          Xyr non esitò
                                                          e sfruttando
                                                          la sua maggior
                                                          velocità lo
                                                          anticipò
                                                          colpendo il
                                                          comandante
                                                          romulano al
                                                          plesso solare
                                                          mentre
                                                          sollevando la
                                                          gamba disegnò
                                                          uno stretto
                                                          arco in aria
                                                          che portò il
                                                          tacco del suo
                                                          stivale a fare
                                                          la conoscenza
                                                          della
                                                          mandibola del
                                                          secondo
                                                          romulano. Il
                                                          colpo gli fece
                                                          picchiare il
                                                          capo contro la
                                                          struttura di
                                                          sostegno della
                                                          postazione di
                                                          comando. Il
                                                          rumore sordo
                                                          del collo
                                                          indicò una
                                                          frattura
                                                          mortale.
                                                          Bueller
                                                          approfittò
                                                          della
                                                          situazione
                                                          sferrando un
                                                          diretto al
                                                          viso di un
                                                          Lahkath
                                                          barcollante.
                                                          Basta nel
                                                          frattempo
                                                          aveva
                                                          neutralizzato
                                                          il terzo
                                                          ospite senza
                                                          nessuna
                                                          fatica.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La Hope fu scossa da un nuovo colpo per fortuna
                                                          non diretto.
                                                          Luna aveva
                                                          dato un nuovo
                                                          significato al
                                                          concetto di
                                                          manovrabilità.
                                                          Come la nave
                                                          potesse
                                                          muoversi in
                                                          quel modo
                                                          restando
                                                          integra era
                                                          qualcosa che
                                                          Xyr faceva
                                                          fatica a
                                                          concepire.
                                                          Anche il suo
                                                          stomaco
                                                          concordava.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La Hope si trovò incastrata tra il fuoco di 3
                                                          navette
                                                          iperarmate e
                                                          di un Falco da
                                                          Guerra che
                                                          tuttavia
                                                          risultava già
                                                          notevolmente
                                                          danneggiato.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Come a confermare quel pensiero una sezione
                                                          della nave
                                                          romulana
                                                          esplose
                                                          immobilizzandola
                                                          alla deriva
                                                          nello spazio.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Bueller aveva avuto ragione di nuovo, le
                                                          navette si
                                                          erano
                                                          concentrate
                                                          sulla nave più
                                                          pericolosa
                                                          ingaggiando la
                                                          Hope solo per
                                                          danneggiarla e
                                                          rallentarla in
                                                          attesa di
                                                          finirla dopo.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Bueller a Doohan. È ora!"</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">=^=Capitano qui siamo un po' occupati a tenere
                                                          la nave
                                                          integra. Cosa
                                                          le serve?=^=</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Xyr sgranò gli occhi in direzione di Bueller
                                                          che di rimando
                                                          sollevò una
                                                          mano e se la
                                                          mise sul
                                                          volto.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"L'arma Doohan, l'arma, adesso!!!!!"</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">=^=......ah quello.=^=</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Un leggero tremore investì la nave. Persino
                                                          Luna fu
                                                          sorpresa e la
                                                          Hope perse
                                                          l'assetto per
                                                          un attimo. Ben
                                                          di peggio
                                                          capitò alle
                                                          navette che si
                                                          spensero come
                                                          per incanto e
                                                          proseguirono
                                                          la loro corsa
                                                          solo per
                                                          l'inerzia
                                                          accumulata.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Un altro scossone smosse la nave e Luna fu
                                                          costretta a
                                                          compensare per
                                                          poi
                                                          rallentare.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Tutti volarono in terra dove rimasero per un
                                                          attimo in
                                                          silenzio. Fu
                                                          Bueller il
                                                          primo a
                                                          parlare.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Sullo schermo principale."</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">La situazione aveva un qualcosa di epico. Le 3
                                                          navette
                                                          galleggiavano
                                                          nello spazio,
                                                          mentre il
                                                          Falco era
                                                          avvolto da
                                                          diverse
                                                          piccole
                                                          esplosioni di
                                                          luci. La Hope
                                                          sembrava
                                                          integra e
                                                          l'unica in
                                                          grado di
                                                          proseguire. Ce
                                                          l'avevano
                                                          fatta!!!</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Una serie di urli di gioia riempì la plancia.
                                                          Bueller
                                                          euforico
                                                          afferrò
                                                          Caytlin per i
                                                          fianchi e
                                                          sollevandola
                                                          la fece
                                                          ruotare di 360
                                                          gradi. Poi
                                                          posandola a
                                                          terra
                                                          abbracciò
                                                          sempre più
                                                          euforico Luna
                                                          ringraziandola
                                                          per l'ennesimo
                                                          salvataggio.
                                                          La lasciò per
                                                          passare al
                                                          cadetto
                                                          Broyde, la
                                                          bionda addetta
                                                          alle
                                                          comunicazioni.
                                                          La guardò per
                                                          qualche
                                                          istante
                                                          ricambiato.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">“Ma che diavolo.”.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Poi la tirò a sé baciandola appassionatamente
                                                          sulle labbra.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">Un forte sovraccarico investì la postazione
                                                          scientifica
                                                          riportandolo
                                                          coi piedi per
                                                          terra. Le luci
                                                          della plancia
                                                          si spensero di
                                                          colpo.</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">=^=Capitano Bueller. Qui Doohan. Abbiamo un
                                                          serio
                                                          problema. Il
                                                          nucleo di
                                                          curvatura. È
                                                          in
                                                          sovraccarico.
                                                          Qui sta
                                                          esplodendo
                                                          tutto.
                                                          Dobbiamo
                                                          espellerlo!!!=^=</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">=^=Capitano Bueller. Qui Rodriguez. Emergenza.
                                                          Le celle di
                                                          contenimento
                                                          per i
                                                          romulani. È
                                                          saltato tutto.
                                                          Non c'è
                                                          energia. Sono
                                                          liberi!=^=</span></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">*Qualcosa che vada per il verso giusto. Almeno
                                                          una volta.
                                                          Chiedo
                                                          troppo?*</span></i></p>
                                                          <p
                                                          style="margin-bottom:0.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">"Xyr. In sala macchine. Basta con me da
                                                          Rodriguez.
                                                          Rest, a lei la
                                                          plancia.
                                                          Cerchi di
                                                          coordinare le
                                                          operazioni da
                                                          qui. Mi tenga
                                                          aggiornato
                                                          anche sulla
                                                          situazione qui
                                                          fuori.
                                                          Muoviamoci.”</span></p>
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