{"id":11424,"date":"2016-09-30T23:10:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=11424"},"modified":"2016-10-01T00:15:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T22:15:31","slug":"hardraad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=11424","title":{"rendered":"Hardraad"},"content":{"rendered":"

de Rodica Bretin
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Str\u0103b\u0103tut la r\u0103stimpuri de fulger\u0103ri verzi care sondau spa\u0163iul \u00een c\u0103utarea flotei Lluriene, \u00eentunericul nop\u0163ii cosmice c\u0103p\u0103ta o tent\u0103 livid\u0103; aura transparent\u0103, a c\u0103rei str\u0103lucire p\u0103lea treptat, se concentra asupra unui singur punct, amenin\u0163\u0103tor prin imobilitatea lui aparent\u0103.<\/p>\n

Simultan cu aprinderea avertizoarelor Deltra, se declan\u015f\u0103 semnalul care chema echipajul la posturile de lupt\u0103: acut, aproape de limita superioar\u0103 audibil\u0103, vuietul alternativ se insinua \u00een min\u0163ile celor trei mii de oameni afla\u0163i la bord, avertiz\u00e2ndu-i despre iminen\u0163a pericolului. \u00cenconjurat de rapidele escortoare, cruci\u015f\u0103torul Hardraad a\u015ftepta neclintit apari\u0163ia inamicului. Cuirasatul Llurian se ivi brusc dintre tenebre: fort\u0103rea\u0163\u0103 cenu\u015fie, gigantic\u0103, navig\u00e2nd \u00een mijlocul forma\u0163iei de distrug\u0103toare spa\u0163iale.<\/p>\n

\u00cen segmentul de timp necesar stabilirii contactului vizual, comandantul Orm \u00ee\u015fi sim\u0163i mu\u015fchii stomacului crisp\u00e2ndu-se. Aplecat peste ecranul locatorului \u2013 unde contururile navei du\u015fmane, desprinse din neant, se dilatau mostruos \u2013 rev\u0103zu \u00een minte fiecare unitate a ma\u015finii perfecte de lupt\u0103 care era Hardraad, chipurile ascunse sub c\u0103\u015ftile cu vizoare parafl\u0103c\u0103ri ale solda\u0163ilor p\u0103r\u00e2nd aproape inumane \u00een lumina spectral\u0103 de la bordul navei. Pe puntea de comand\u0103, muzica stranie, distorsionat\u0103, a mesajelor codificate acoperea zgomotul motoarelor \u015fi accentua impresia de irealitate a r\u0103zboiului.<\/p>\n

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C\u00e2nd cel dint\u00e2i fascicul emis dinspre cuirasatul du\u015fman despic\u0103 bezna, Dalecksurile de pe Hardraad \u00eei r\u0103spunser\u0103 simultan, f\u0103c\u00e2nd pere\u0163ii metalici s\u0103 vibreze. Un distrug\u0103tor explod\u0103, iar valul luminos, reflectat prin hublouri \u00een compartimentele interioare, sc\u0103ld\u0103 chipurile servan\u0163ilor \u00eencremeni\u0163i la posturi. Datorit\u0103 undei de \u015foc, dou\u0103 escortoare se balansar\u0103 haotic, abandon\u00e2nd vectorii pozi\u0163ionali. Din corpul avariat al unui distrug\u0103tor Llurian se desprinse un roi argintiu de Skua-fighters<\/em>, n\u0103pustindu-se spre Hardraad. Au fost \u00eent\u00e2mpinate de tirul servan\u0163ilor de la tunurile-laser, zece skua<\/em> fiind spulberate \u00een tot at\u00e2tea secunde sau mistuindu-se ca ni\u015fte licurici prin\u015fi de flac\u0103r\u0103.<\/p>\n

Dac\u0103 prima ciocnire fusese indecis\u0103, raportul de for\u0163e \u00eenclina \u00een favoarea Llurienilor, a c\u0103ror escadr\u0103 se regrupa pentru o nou\u0103 ofensiv\u0103. C\u00e2nd Hardraad r\u0103mase ultima nav\u0103 terestr\u0103 capabil\u0103 s\u0103 riposteze, calea spre sistemul solar p\u0103rea deschis\u0103…<\/p>\n

Orm studie harta, acord\u00e2ndu-\u015fi r\u0103gazul necesar s\u0103 accepte g\u00e2ndul acela nebunesc, reprezent\u00e2nd totu\u015fi singura solu\u0163ie: Hardraad putea simula o retragere, atr\u0103g\u00e2nd navele du\u015fmane \u00een centura de radia\u0163ii a unei gigante ro\u015fii, aflate la c\u00e2\u0163iva parseci de zona opera\u0163iunilor. \u00cen capcana stelar\u0103 exista \u015fansa deregl\u0103rii sistemelor defensive ale distrug\u0103toarelor spa\u0163iale, navele du\u015fmane devenind astfel vulnerabile tirului lansat de pe Hadraad. Blindajul cruci\u015f\u0103torului spa\u0163ial era impenetrabil la bombardamentul de particule grele, iar nava terestr\u0103 avea s\u0103 reziste. Dar echipajul? \u015ei dac\u0103 radia\u0163iile vor dep\u0103\u015fi pragul de toleran\u0163\u0103 al organismului uman?<\/p>\n

Pentru comandor, alegerea era f\u0103cut\u0103 \u2013 o b\u0103t\u0103lie de care depindea viitorul speciei trebuia<\/em> c\u00e2\u015ftigat\u0103. R\u0103m\u00e2neau \u00eens\u0103 cei trei mii de solda\u0163i ai s\u0103i. Orm ar fi putut s\u0103 le cear\u0103 orice, chiar \u015fi sacrificiul suprem. Voia \u00eens\u0103 ca decizia s\u0103 le apar\u0163in\u0103.<\/p>\n

Vestea se transmise prin difuzoarele navei, ajung\u00e2nd \u00een toate cabinele, compartimentele, s\u0103lile comune. R\u0103spunsul? O acceptare unanim\u0103, necondi\u0163ionat\u0103, de a nimici du\u015fmanul, chiar cu pre\u0163ul propriei anul\u0103ri. Reac\u0163ia nu pornise din ur\u0103 \u2013 c\u0103ci ura \u00eenseamn\u0103 cunoa\u015ftere, iar ei \u00eenfruntau un inamic pe care nu \u00eel v\u0103zuser\u0103 niciodat\u0103 \u2013 ci din disperarea unora afla\u0163i cu spatele la zid, \u00eentr-o situa\u0163ie f\u0103r\u0103 ie\u015fire. Iar \u00een orice r\u0103zboi, un om care \u015fi-a pierdut alternativele este cel mai primejdios adversar. Pentru el nu mai exist\u0103 pruden\u0163\u0103, team\u0103, ci doar o pornire mai puternic\u0103 dec\u00e2t instinctul de supravie\u0163uire: \u00eenvinge sau mori.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u015ei mai era m\u00e2ndria<\/em>… Erau profesioni\u015fti, elita trupelor terestre. Nu puteau concepe \u00eenfr\u00e2ngerea, nu c\u00e2nd aveau cruci\u015f\u0103torul Hardraad, tradi\u0163ie \u015fi mit pentru genera\u0163iile antrenate la bord. Erau ultimul scut al planetei lor, iar capitularea nu f\u0103cea parte dintre op\u0163iuni.<\/p>\n

Imediat ce operatorii programar\u0103 noul curs, Orm se \u00eendrept\u0103 spre \u00a0generatorul anti-G. Dac\u0103 planul d\u0103dea gre\u015f, iar for\u0163ele Lluriene treceau neafectate prin centura de radia\u0163ii a stelei, trebuia provocat\u0103 o perturbare major\u0103 \u00een c\u00e2mpul energetic, generatorul \u00eensu\u015fi devenind nucleul exploziei care ar fi \u00eensemnat \u2013 odat\u0103 cu sf\u00e2r\u015fitul cruci\u015f\u0103torului \u2013 pulverizarea navelor urm\u0103ritoare.<\/p>\n

C\u00e2nd se ridic\u0103 din fa\u0163a terminalului unde \u00eenregistrase codul amors\u0103rii, comandorul avu un moment de sl\u0103biciune: dureri \u00een ceaf\u0103, ame\u0163eal\u0103 \u015fi o acut\u0103 senza\u0163ie de grea\u0163\u0103. Se cl\u0103tin\u0103, cu genunchii \u00eendoi\u0163i sub o greutate imens\u0103, pentru ca \u00een secunda urm\u0103toare corpul s\u0103 nu \u00eei mai c\u00e2nt\u0103reasc\u0103 aproape nimic. Obiectele din jur \u00eei ap\u0103reau neclare, lipsite de consisten\u0163\u0103 \u015fi, \u00eentr-un fel, neata\u015fate persoanei sale.<\/p>\n

\u00centinse o m\u00e2n\u0103, \u00eencerc\u00e2nd s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi reg\u0103seasc\u0103 echilibrul \u015fi \u00eel str\u0103b\u0103tu un fior \u00eenghe\u0163at: pielea \u00eei devenise translucid\u0103, contur\u00e2nd vizibil re\u0163eaua vaselor sanguine, iar c\u00e2nd atinse suprafa\u0163a metalic\u0103 a u\u015fii, degetele \u00eei p\u0103trunser\u0103 ad\u00e2nc, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eent\u00e2lneasc\u0103 nimic.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00centoarcerea cruci\u015f\u0103torului Hardraad \u2013 pe ruta p\u0103strat\u0103 \u00een memoria computerului \u2013 cu echipajul mort \u015fi comandorul disp\u0103rut, suscit\u0103 reac\u0163ii contradictorii, st\u00e2rnind panic\u0103 \u00een r\u00e2ndul popula\u0163iei civile, care se temea de o iminent\u0103 invazie Llurian\u0103. Cum sateli\u0163ii \u015fi radarele nu semnalau apari\u0163ia flotei de ocupa\u0163ie, \u00eencordarea sc\u0103zu treptat, interesul focaliz\u00e2ndu-se asupra bizarului periplu al navei amiral.<\/p>\n

Ceea ce uluia, except\u00e2nd cauzele mor\u0163ii fulger\u0103toare a celor trei mii de solda\u0163i, era absen\u0163a comandorului Orm printre ei. Straniu era \u015fi\u00a0 modul \u00een care calculatorul navei putuse lua singur decizia de revenire la baz\u0103, din moment ce la bord nu mai era cine s\u0103 \u00eel programeze.<\/p>\n

Studierea \u00eenregistr\u0103rilor l\u0103sa rezultatul b\u0103t\u0103liei incert, orice informa\u0163ie \u00eencet\u00e2nd \u00een clipa c\u00e2nd nava intrase \u00een centura gigantei ro\u015fii. Deoarece un atac inamic reprezenta \u00eenc\u0103 un spectru \u00eengrijor\u0103tor, numai reconstituirea complexului de factori sub a c\u0103ror inciden\u0163\u0103 se aflase Hardraad \u00een secunda critic\u0103 putea spulbera temerile tuturor. Echipajele ezitau \u00eens\u0103 s\u0103 se \u00eembarce pe cruci\u015f\u0103tor, alc\u0103tuirea unui grup de voluntari fiind o sarcin\u0103 dificil\u0103, dac\u0103 nu chiar o misiune imposibil\u0103.<\/p>\n

Singurul capabil s\u0103 o \u00eendeplineasc\u0103 era c\u0103pitanul Bjorn, pilot spa\u0163ial \u015fi navigator care \u00een secondase pe Orm \u00een nenum\u0103rate zboruri, cu excep\u0163ia ultimului… Cuno\u015ftea bine nava \u015fi psihologia oamenilor din trupele speciale. Dar nu de asta acceptase misiunea. Pentru el, Necunoscutul \u00eensemna o sfidare c\u0103reia trebuia s\u0103-i r\u0103spund\u0103, iar primejdia \u00eel exalta, fiindc\u0103 era n\u0103scut s\u0103 o \u00eenfrunte.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n

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Hardraad ie\u015fi din hiperspa\u0163iu \u00eentre coordonatele propuse, men\u0163in\u00e2ndu-\u015fi cursul stabil, cu vitez\u0103 subluminic\u0103, spre sc\u00e2nteia pierdut\u0103 \u00een oceanul \u00eentunecat. Computerul \u00eentocmise un grafic de naviga\u0163ie ce p\u0103stra o distan\u0163\u0103 prudent\u0103, totu\u015fi, cu c\u00e2t se apropiau de stea, \u00eencordarea oamenilor cre\u015ftea vizibil. Bjorn sesiz\u0103 modificarea st\u0103rii de spirit a echipajului, nefirescul intervenit \u00een rela\u0163ii, disimulat sub aparenta normalitate: gesturile aveau o not\u0103 for\u0163at\u0103, iar mul\u0163i \u00ee\u015fi supravegheau atitudinile, ferindu-se parc\u0103 de p\u00e2nda unui martor nev\u0103zut.<\/p>\n

C\u0103pitanul percepea \u015fi el o prezen\u0163\u0103, dar nu i se p\u0103rea amenin\u0163\u0103toare, ci cumva familiar\u0103, ca re\u00eent\u00e2lnirea cu un vechi prieten. De aceea nu avu un \u015foc c\u00e2nd, \u00een cabina de comand\u0103, sim\u0163i c\u0103 \u00eel privea cineva<\/em>. \u00centorc\u00e2nd capul, \u00eent\u00e2lni ochii comandorului Orm, obosi\u0163i, \u00eenfunda\u0163i \u00een orbite, fix\u00e2ndu-l cu o intensitate stranie. Bjorn recunoscu figura de corsar, crestat\u0103 de zb\u00e2rcituri, calm\u0103 \u015fi aparent imobil\u0103, schimbat\u0103 totu\u015fi de cutele noi care \u00eei br\u0103zdau obrajii.<\/p>\n

Orm porni spre el, f\u0103r\u0103 grab\u0103; mi\u015fc\u0103rile \u00eei erau lente, aluneca purtat de propriul spa\u0163iu \u00eenchis, supus legilor unui timp iluzoriu. Ajuns\u0103 \u00een centrul cabinei, imaginea \u00eencepu s\u0103 p\u0103leasc\u0103, ap\u0103r\u00e2nd \u015fi disp\u0103r\u00e2nd intermitent, devenit\u0103 apoi un contur tot mai nebulos, care se destr\u0103ma asemeni unei himere.<\/p>\n

Cu mic\u015forarea distan\u0163ei fa\u0163\u0103 de stea, materializ\u0103rile comandorului devenir\u0103 tot mai frecvente, avertizoarele semnal\u00e2nd o fluctua\u0163ie a energiei generatoarelor navei, sub influen\u0163a unui c\u00e2mp de origine necunoscut\u0103. Echipajul constat\u0103 \u015fi primele devieri ale traiectoriei: puternica atrac\u0163ie a gigantei ro\u015fii obliga nava la un anumit coridor spa\u0163ial \u2013 o curb\u0103 secant\u0103 centurii generate de giganta ro\u015fie \u2013 pe care cruci\u015f\u0103torul se \u00eenscria irevocabil, repet\u00e2nd ruta fatal\u0103 echipajului comandat de Orm.<\/p>\n

La intrarea \u00een centur\u0103, un sunet ascu\u0163it anun\u0163\u0103 cre\u015fterea periculoas\u0103 a cantit\u0103\u0163ii de particule ce bombardau \u00eenveli\u015ful. Bjorn schi\u0163\u0103 un gest spre costumul de protec\u0163ie, dar se r\u0103zg\u00e2ndi \u00een ultimul moment. N-avea timp pentru asta, trebuia s\u0103 ac\u0163ioneze rapid. Nu putea modifica traiectoria dec\u00e2t oprind pentru c\u00e2teva secunde generatorul \u00ad\u2013 printr-o comand\u0103 manual\u0103.<\/p>\n

G\u00e2ndul c\u0103 va trebui s\u0103 intre singur acolo l-a f\u0103cut s\u0103-\u015fi aduc\u0103 aminte de comandorul Orm: \u00eencol\u0163it \u00eentre flota Llurian\u0103 \u015fi radia\u0163ile mortale ale stelei, obligat de scurgerea inexorabil\u0103 a secundelor s\u0103 moar\u0103 lupt\u00e2nd sau distrug\u00e2ndu-\u015fi propria nav\u0103, acesta f\u0103cuse atunci o alegere. Dar care? Bjorn porni spre incinta generatorului cu senza\u0163ia c\u0103, \u00een cur\u00e2nd, o s\u0103 afle…<\/p>\n

\u00cen\u0103untru, sclipirea portocalie a display-urilor r\u0103sp\u00e2ndea o lumin\u0103 crepuscular\u0103. Nu remarc\u0103 nimic deosebit, \u00een afara luminiscen\u0163ei slabe, generat\u0103 de suprafe\u0163ele metalice, \u00eence\u0163o\u015fate de emana\u0163iile gazoase ce se prelingeau de-a lungul pere\u0163ilor. C\u00e2nd \u00ee\u015fi \u00een\u0163elese gre\u015feala era prea t\u00e2rziu: o sl\u0103biciune subit\u0103 \u00eei \u00eencovoie trupul, \u00ee\u015fi pierdu echilibrul \u015fi se pr\u0103bu\u015fi pe podeaua neagr\u0103 de titan, cu senza\u0163ia c\u0103 se afund\u0103 \u00een vidul nop\u0163ii cosmice.<\/p>\n

Bjorn se trezi \u00een cabina postului central, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi aminteasc\u0103 cum ajunsese acolo. Din dreapta hubloului \u00eel privea Orm, cel real, nu doar imaginea sa. Comandorul supravie\u0163uise datorit\u0103 unei \u015fanse extraordinare: accidentul l-a surprins l\u00e2ng\u0103 generator, izolat de radia\u0163iile cosmice. C\u00e2mpul energetic al gigantei ro\u015fii interac\u0163ionase cu ecranul de protec\u0163ie al dispozitivului anti-G, form\u00e2nd o trecere \u00eengust\u0103, o falie \u00eentre dou\u0103 universuri. Fenomenul care \u00eel salvase, exil\u00e2ndu-l \u00een spa\u0163iul unei alte dimensiuni, se dovedea reversibil.<\/p>\n

Orm continua s\u0103 \u00eel priveasc\u0103 t\u0103cut, \u00een vreme ce cutele din obraji i se ad\u00e2nceau; \u00eei cerceta insistent m\u00e2inile \u015fi Bjorn constat\u0103 cu groaz\u0103 c\u0103 venele i se conturau vizibil prin pielea care devenise transparent\u0103. \u00cendoi bra\u0163ul, pip\u0103indu-\u015fi um\u0103rul, dar degetele-i tremur\u0103toare nu \u00eent\u00e2lnir\u0103 nimic…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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