Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 15, 2025
You just said that we have scared them away for good." "The savages, yes, but not those others. We've just turned loose enough radiation to affect detectors all over the system, and it's up to us to get this beam projector set up, get away from here, and get our power shut off before they can trace us. Snap it up, ace!"
"The one thing, you may not know, that has kept us back while wireless telegraphy has gone ahead so fast is that in wireless we have been able to discard coherers and relays and use detectors and microphones in their places. But in telautomatics we have to keep the coherer. That has been the barrier.
The enemy detectors of course located the flying torpedoes immediately, but, contemptuous of material projectiles, the spheres made no attempt to dodge, but merely lashed out upon them with their ravening rays.
Patrolman Willis worked painstakingly with amplifiers on what oddments could be picked up in space. "It's Four, sir," he reported unnecessarily, because the sergeant had watched as he worked. "They've got detectors out. I could just barely pick up the pulses. But by the time they've been reflected back they'll be away below thermal noise-volume. I don't think even multiples could pick 'em out.
"Not 'superweapons'," MacMaine corrected almost absently. "All they have is a method of making their biggest ships indetectable until they're so close that it doesn't matter. When they do register on our detectors, it's too late. But the weapons they strike with are the same type as they've always used, I believe." "All right, then," Hokotan said, his voice showing more anger.
Along the detector line a visibeam sped, and Costigan's face hardened as he saw the unmistakable outline of Nerado's interstellar cruiser, far behind them. "Well, a stern chase always was a long one," Costigan said finally. "He can't catch us for plenty of days yet ... now what?" for the alarms of the detectors had broken out anew. There was still another point of interference to be investigated.
A full diameter away from that crew of amphibians is too close for comfort their detectors are keen." "Then they can detect us?" Clio asked. "Oh, I wish they hadn't hit us we'd have been away from here long ago." "So do I," Costigan assented, feelingly. "But they did no use squawking.
This afternoon, one of Lieutenant Obefemi's cars was passing over it, and they picked up some radiation and infrared on their detectors, as though the power was on inside. When they went down to investigate, they found Woller and Fuentes making themselves at home.
The whine of power at emergency levels began. The Darzent force had screen detectors, because they stopped at once and turned back to their ship. Short, sharp rocket blasts shot out from the bow tubes of the ship, as it turned on its axis to attack the force screen. "Let's get going," Thane said. "We all can't go," Pyuf pointed out.
Checks with some of the things Lyad just told us, too. Do you remember that Vethi sponge Balmordan was carrying?" "Yes." "It didn't come off the ship with him. He checked it out as having died en route." "That is a revolting notion!" Trigger said after a moment. "Well, at least we've got detectors now." But the feeling of security had faded somewhat again.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking