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Now, ten minutes after Brennschluss, they were going to start deceleration. That meant they had really high-vacked it to get somewhere in a hurry. He calculated swiftly. "I don't know exactly," he admitted. "But from the ship's actions, I'd say we were aiming for the far side of the asteroid belt. Anyway, we'll fall short of Jupiter." There was a glimmer of respect in O'Brine's glance.
Rip saw instantly what had happened. He called, "All right, men. Down on the floor." The Planeteers instantly slid to the shower deck. In a few seconds the pressure of deceleration pushed at them. "I like spacemen," Rip said wryly. "They wait until just the right moment before they cut the water and decelerate. Now we’re stuck in our birthday suits until we land—wherever that may be."
If there are any corrections, we’ll send them to you. That will give you a check on your own figures." "Don’t worry," Rip assured him. "We’ll have plenty of corrections." Deceleration had been dropping steadily. It ceased altogether, leaving them weightless. O’Brine’s voice came over the speaker. "Get it! Valve crews take stations at landing boats five and six.
She had had a more formal name, but that title had long since been buried in the Departmental files. Lower and slower dropped the Silver Sliver, her rockets flaming even brighter, until her slender length lay level with the airlock door. Then her blasting discharges subsided to the power necessary to match exactly the Chicago's deceleration. "Ready to cut, Chicago!
He fumbled for corners, found two, lost precious time looking for the others. He had three corners wrapped around one hand when the wind finally caught the sheer fabric, bellied it out with a sharp crack. The sudden deceleration nearly jerked his arm out. Even so, he was still falling at a fearful rate.
So overdrive could not be used as a battle tactic. It could be used only for escape. Near the planet, where the two space-boats floated, the dawnline appeared at the world's edge. The space-boats swung about, facing backward, and applied power for deceleration. They dropped into the atmosphere and bounced out again, and in again more deeply and then swung once more to face along their course.
A shower of sparks crackled out from the ship's defensive web, but the purple ray continued. "I don't know that ray, Eliot." Carse said. "What's on our speed indicator?" The scientist's gasp was plainly audible as he read the dial. "Why, it it's dropping! Much faster than our deceleration accounts for! That ray why, it must have magnetic properties! Carse, the asteroid's stopping us!"
Any personnel outside the ship should get in as rapidly as possible. Personnel in the rim have seven minutes in which to secure their posts and report to the flare-shield area in the hub. Spin deceleration will take effect in three minutes; and we are counting on my mark towards deceleration. Mark, three minutes."
It would still take four hours to get down, in a spiral of deceleration. They started the telecasts which had been filmed and taped on the voyage from Gimli. The Prince-Protector Simon Bentrik spoke: The illegal rule of the traitor Makann was ended. His deluded followers were advised to return to their allegiance to the Crown.
Whoever controls Onzar can win the war for the Galaxy when it comes." Garth paused as they went through the shummer and the beginnings of deceleration, and then went on. "We were doing fairly well till Candar's revolt and seizure of power. He is leaning toward Darzent. Apparently he thinks he can keep his own independence even if Darzent wins the decision.
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