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| RDV 092684 42S1 | HUB | DEL | High Voltage Complete C64 Collection, Markus Merz | 7 | 0 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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00000000: 00 10 38 09 03 0C 01 09 00 EC 0B 00 0A 59 6F 75 |..8..........You| 00000010: 20 61 72 65 20 61 74 20 52 41 4D 41 27 73 20 73 | are at RAMA's s| 00000020: 6F 6D 65 77 68 61 74 20 66 6C 61 74 74 65 6E 65 |omewhat flattene| 00000030: 64 2C 20 6E 6F 72 74 68 65 72 6E 20 68 75 62 2E |d, northern hub.| 00000040: 20 54 68 65 20 66 6C 6F 6F 72 20 61 72 6F 75 6E | The floor aroun| 00000050: 64 20 74 68 65 20 68 75 62 20 63 75 72 76 65 73 |d the hub curves| 00000060: 20 75 70 20 67 72 61 64 75 61 6C 6C 79 20 74 6F | up gradually to| 00000070: 20 62 65 63 6F 6D 65 20 52 41 4D 41 27 73 20 69 | become RAMA's i| 00000080: 6E 6E 65 72 20 77 61 6C 6C 73 2E 20 52 61 64 69 |nner walls. Radi| 00000090: 61 74 69 6E 67 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 74 68 65 20 68 |ating from the h| 000000A0: 75 62 2C 20 31 32 30 20 64 65 67 72 65 65 73 20 |ub, 120 degrees | 000000B0: 61 70 61 72 74 2C 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 72 65 65 |apart, are three| 000000C0: 20 73 74 61 69 72 77 61 79 2D 6C 69 6B 65 20 73 | stairway-like s| 000000D0: 74 72 75 63 74 75 72 65 73 2E 20 45 61 63 68 20 |tructures. Each | 000000E0: 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 73 65 |appears to be se| 000000F0: 76 65 72 61 6C 20 6B 69 6C 6F 6D 65 74 65 72 73 |veral kilometers| 00000100: 20 6C 6F 6E 67 2E 20 44 75 65 20 74 6F 20 69 74 | long. Due to it| 00000110: 73 20 63 6F 6E 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6F 6E 2C |s configuration,| 00000120: 20 69 74 20 73 65 65 6D 73 20 61 73 20 74 68 6F | it seems as tho| 00000130: 75 67 68 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 73 74 61 6E |ugh you are stan| 00000140: 64 69 6E 67 20 75 70 72 69 67 68 74 20 6F 6E 20 |ding upright on | 00000150: 74 68 65 20 68 75 62 2C 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 |the hub, with th| 00000160: 65 20 70 61 73 73 61 67 65 77 61 79 20 66 72 6F |e passageway fro| 00000170: 6D 20 74 68 65 20 6C 6F 6E 67 20 63 6F 72 72 69 |m the long corri| 00000180: 64 6F 72 20 67 6F 69 6E 67 20 64 6F 77 6E 20 69 |dor going down i| 00000190: 6E 20 72 65 6C 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 74 6F 20 79 6F |n relation to yo| 000001A0: 75 72 20 63 75 72 72 65 6E 74 20 70 6F 73 69 74 |ur current posit| 000001B0: 69 6F 6E 2E 00 54 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 6E 6F |ion..There is no| 000001C0: 20 73 74 61 69 72 77 61 79 20 68 65 72 65 2C 20 | stairway here, | 000001D0: 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 72 66 61 63 65 20 |and the surface | 000001E0: 69 73 20 73 6C 69 63 6B 2E 20 53 6F 6F 6E 20 79 |is slick. Soon y| 000001F0: 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 73 6C 69 64 69 6E 67 20 77 |ou are sliding w| 00000200: 69 74 68 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 76 65 6C 6F 63 69 |ith great veloci| 00000210: 74 79 2E 00 54 68 65 20 68 75 62 20 6E 6F 77 20 |ty..The hub now | 00000220: 73 65 65 6D 73 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 74 68 65 20 74 |seems like the t| 00000230: 6F 70 20 6F 66 20 61 6E 20 65 6E 6F 72 6D 6F 75 |op of an enormou| 00000240: 73 20 64 6F 6D 65 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 |s dome. You are | 00000250: 73 6C 69 64 69 6E 67 20 72 61 70 69 64 6C 79 20 |sliding rapidly | 00000260: 64 6F 77 6E 20 69 74 73 20 63 75 72 76 65 64 20 |down its curved | 00000270: 69 6E 6E 65 72 20 73 75 72 66 61 63 65 2E 00 42 |inner surface..B| 00000280: 65 66 6F 72 65 20 79 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 20 72 65 |efore you can re| 00000290: 61 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 70 6C |ach the great pl| 000002A0: 61 69 6E 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 70 61 73 73 20 6F 75 |ain, you pass ou| 000002B0: 74 2E 20 57 68 69 6C 65 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 |t. While you are| 000002C0: 20 75 6E 63 6F 6E 73 63 69 6F 75 73 2C 20 73 6F | unconscious, so| 000002D0: 6D 65 74 68 69 6E 67 20 64 69 73 61 73 73 65 6D |mething disassem| 000002E0: 62 6C 65 73 20 79 6F 75 20 61 6E 64 20 64 69 73 |bles you and dis| 000002F0: 70 6F 73 65 73 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 69 65 |poses of the pie| 00000300: 63 65 73 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 67 |ces..You could g| 00000310: 6F 20 75 70 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 68 65 72 65 20 73 |o up from here s| 00000320: 69 6E 63 65 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 6E 6F |ince there is no| 00000330: 20 67 72 61 76 69 74 79 2E 20 42 75 74 20 77 69 | gravity. But wi| 00000340: 74 68 6F 75 74 20 73 6F 6D 65 20 6B 69 6E 64 20 |thout some kind | 00000350: 6F 66 20 76 65 68 69 63 6C 65 20 74 6F 20 6D 61 |of vehicle to ma| 00000360: 6E 65 75 76 65 72 20 79 6F 75 20 74 68 72 6F 75 |neuver you throu| 00000370: 67 68 20 52 41 4D 41 27 73 20 61 74 6D 6F 73 70 |gh RAMA's atmosp| 00000380: 68 65 72 65 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 6D 69 67 68 74 20 |here, you might | 00000390: 6E 6F 74 20 63 6F 6D 65 20 62 61 63 6B 2E 00 54 |not come back..T| 000003A0: 68 65 20 64 72 61 67 6F 6E 66 6C 79 20 65 6D 65 |he dragonfly eme| 000003B0: 72 67 65 73 2C 20 61 20 73 68 69 6D 6D 65 72 69 |rges, a shimmeri| 000003C0: 6E 67 2C 20 74 61 75 74 2D 66 72 61 6D 65 64 2C |ng, taut-framed,| 000003D0: 20 63 72 61 66 74 2E 00 55 73 65 73 20 70 65 64 | craft..Uses ped| 000003E0: 61 6C 20 70 6F 77 65 72 2E 20 41 6C 6C 20 74 68 |al power. All th| 000003F0: 61 74 27 73 20 6E 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 20 69 |at's necessary i| 00000400: 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 67 65 74 20 6F |s that you get o| 00000410: 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 66 6C 79 2E 00 54 68 65 20 64 |n and fly..The d| 00000420: 72 61 67 6F 6E 66 6C 79 20 73 70 72 69 6E 67 73 |ragonfly springs| 00000430: 20 66 6F 72 77 61 72 64 20 65 66 66 6F 72 74 6C | forward effortl| 00000440: 65 73 73 6C 79 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 20 61 |essly, and you a| 00000450: 72 65 20 66 6C 79 69 6E 67 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 |re flying throug| 00000460: 68 20 74 68 65 20 63 65 6E 74 72 61 6C 20 61 78 |h the central ax| 00000470: 69 73 20 6F 66 20 52 41 4D 41 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 |is of RAMA. You | 00000480: 6D 75 73 74 20 61 76 6F 69 64 20 64 72 6F 70 70 |must avoid dropp| 00000490: 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 6F 20 6C 6F 77 2C 20 62 65 63 |ing too low, bec| 000004A0: 61 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 65 6E 74 72 69 66 |ause the centrif| 000004B0: 75 67 61 6C 6C 79 20 64 72 69 76 65 6E 20 61 74 |ugally driven at| 000004C0: 6D 6F 73 70 68 65 72 65 20 70 75 6C 6C 73 20 61 |mosphere pulls a| 000004D0: 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 72 61 67 6F 6E 66 6C 79 27 |t the dragonfly'| 000004E0: 73 20 77 69 6E 67 73 2E 20 20 42 65 6E 65 61 74 |s wings. Beneat| 000004F0: 68 20 79 6F 75 20 6E 6F 77 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 |h you now is the| 00000500: 20 63 79 6C 69 6E 64 72 69 63 61 6C 20 73 65 61 | cylindrical sea| 00000510: 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 72 6B 20 69 |, and the dark i| 00000520: 73 6C 61 6E 64 20 6F 66 20 4E 65 77 20 59 6F 72 |sland of New Yor| 00000530: 6B 2E 20 20 41 68 65 61 64 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 73 |k. Ahead, you s| 00000540: 65 65 20 61 20 66 6C 61 73 68 69 6E 67 20 64 69 |ee a flashing di| 00000550: 73 63 68 61 72 67 65 20 6F 66 20 65 6E 65 72 67 |scharge of energ| 00000560: 79 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 72 20 63 6F 6D 6C |y, and your coml| 00000570: 69 6E 6B 20 67 6F 65 73 20 64 65 61 64 2E 2E 2E |ink goes dead...| 00000580: 00 54 68 6F 73 65 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6F 20 62 |.Those have to b| 00000590: 65 20 74 68 65 20 6C 6F 6E 67 65 73 74 20 73 74 |e the longest st| 000005A0: 61 69 72 77 61 79 73 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 67 |airways in the g| 000005B0: 61 6C 61 78 79 21 00 49 20 64 6F 6E 27 74 20 6B |alaxy!.I don't k| 000005C0: 6E 6F 77 20 77 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 69 73 2C 20 |now what it is, | 000005D0: 62 75 74 20 6D 79 20 73 63 61 6E 6E 65 72 73 20 |but my scanners | 000005E0: 6B 65 65 70 20 73 65 6E 73 69 6E 67 20 6D 6F 76 |keep sensing mov| 000005F0: 65 6D 65 6E 74 20 6F 75 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 2E |ement out there.| 00000600: 00 41 73 20 79 6F 75 20 73 74 65 70 20 69 6E 74 |.As you step int| 00000610: 6F 20 52 41 4D 41 2C 20 50 69 65 74 65 72 27 73 |o RAMA, Pieter's| 00000620: 20 76 6F 69 63 65 20 69 73 73 75 65 73 20 74 68 | voice issues th| 00000630: 72 6F 75 67 68 20 79 6F 75 72 20 63 6F 6D 6C 69 |rough your comli| 00000640: 6E 6B 3A 20 22 43 61 70 74 61 69 6E 2C 20 49 20 |nk: "Captain, I | 00000650: 63 61 6E 20 73 65 65 20 74 68 65 20 52 61 6D 61 |can see the Rama| 00000660: 6E 20 68 75 62 20 61 6E 64 20 6C 61 6E 64 73 63 |n hub and landsc| 00000670: 61 70 65 20 76 69 61 20 79 6F 75 72 20 73 63 61 |ape via your sca| 00000680: 6E 6E 65 72 73 2E 20 57 65 20 73 68 6F 75 6C 64 |nners. We should| 00000690: 20 69 6D 6D 65 64 69 61 74 65 6C 79 20 72 65 63 | immediately rec| 000006A0: 6F 72 64 20 6C 6F 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 61 6E 64 |ord location and| 000006B0: 20 63 6F 64 65 6E 61 6D 65 73 20 6F 66 20 52 61 | codenames of Ra| 000006C0: 6D 61 6E 20 73 74 72 75 63 74 75 72 65 73 2E 20 |man structures. | 000006D0: 4C 65 74 27 73 20 63 61 6C 6C 20 74 68 69 73 20 |Let's call this | 000006E0: 65 6E 64 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 69 70 20 |end of the ship | 000006F0: 6E 6F 72 74 68 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 66 |north, and the f| 00000700: 61 72 20 65 6E 64 20 73 6F 75 74 68 2E 20 49 20 |ar end south. I | 00000710: 63 61 6E 20 61 64 76 69 73 65 20 79 6F 75 20 66 |can advise you f| 00000720: 75 72 74 68 65 72 20 72 65 67 61 72 64 69 6E 67 |urther regarding| 00000730: 20 6C 61 6E 64 6D 61 72 6B 73 20 61 6E 64 20 64 | landmarks and d| 00000740: 69 72 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 73 2E 22 00 50 69 65 74 |irections.".Piet| 00000750: 65 72 20 73 61 79 73 2C 20 22 43 61 70 74 61 69 |er says, "Captai| 00000760: 6E 2C 20 77 65 20 73 65 65 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 |n, we see severa| 00000770: 6C 20 73 74 72 75 63 74 75 72 65 73 20 74 68 61 |l structures tha| 00000780: 74 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 73 74 61 69 |t look like stai| 00000790: 72 77 61 79 73 20 6C 65 61 64 69 6E 67 20 6F 75 |rways leading ou| 000007A0: 74 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 69 6E 6E 65 72 20 77 |t to the inner w| 000007B0: 61 6C 6C 73 2E 20 49 20 70 72 6F 70 6F 73 65 20 |alls. I propose | 000007C0: 77 65 20 6F 72 69 65 6E 74 20 6F 75 72 73 65 6C |we orient oursel| 000007D0: 76 65 73 20 69 6E 20 72 65 6C 61 74 69 6F 6E 20 |ves in relation | 000007E0: 74 6F 20 74 68 6F 73 65 20 73 74 61 69 72 77 61 |to those stairwa| 000007F0: 79 73 2E 20 4C 65 74 27 73 20 6E 61 6D 65 20 74 |ys. Let's name t| 00000800: 68 65 20 6F 6E 65 20 63 6C 6F 73 65 73 74 20 74 |he one closest t| 00000810: 6F 20 79 6F 75 20 27 41 6C 70 68 61 2C 27 20 61 |o you 'Alpha,' a| 00000820: 6E 64 20 6C 65 74 27 73 20 63 61 6C 6C 20 74 68 |nd let's call th| 00000830: 61 74 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 69 6F 6E 20 6E 6F 72 |at direction nor| 00000840: 74 68 2E 20 54 68 65 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6E 65 78 |th. Then the nex| 00000850: 74 20 73 74 61 69 72 77 61 79 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 |t stairway would| 00000860: 20 62 65 20 27 42 65 74 61 2C 27 20 74 6F 20 74 | be 'Beta,' to t| 00000870: 68 65 20 65 61 73 74 2E 20 54 68 65 20 74 68 69 |he east. The thi| 00000880: 72 64 20 6F 6E 65 2C 20 27 47 61 6D 6D 61 2C 27 |rd one, 'Gamma,'| 00000890: 20 69 73 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 77 65 73 74 2E | is to the west.| 000008A0: 22 20 00 50 69 65 74 65 72 20 63 6F 6E 74 69 6E |" .Pieter contin| 000008B0: 75 65 73 3A 20 22 54 68 65 72 65 27 73 20 6D 6F |ues: "There's mo| 000008C0: 72 65 2C 20 43 61 70 74 61 69 6E 2E 20 57 65 27 |re, Captain. We'| 000008D0: 72 65 20 61 6C 73 6F 20 61 62 6C 65 20 74 6F 20 |re also able to | 000008E0: 73 65 65 20 74 68 65 20 76 61 73 74 20 69 6E 6E |see the vast inn| 000008F0: 65 72 20 73 75 72 66 61 63 65 20 6F 66 20 52 41 |er surface of RA| 00000900: 4D 41 2E 20 49 27 64 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 74 6F 20 |MA. I'd like to | 00000910: 63 61 6C 6C 20 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 65 61 |call it the grea| 00000920: 74 20 70 6C 61 69 6E 2E 20 49 20 61 6C 73 6F 20 |t plain. I also | 00000930: 73 65 65 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 63 69 74 79 2D 6C |see three city-l| 00000940: 69 6B 65 20 73 74 72 75 63 74 75 72 65 73 2E 20 |ike structures. | 00000950: 4C 65 74 27 73 20 6E 61 6D 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 |Let's name the c| 00000960: 6C 6F 73 65 73 74 20 6F 6E 65 20 50 61 72 69 73 |losest one Paris| 00000970: 3B 20 74 68 65 6E 20 74 68 65 72 65 27 73 20 4D |; then there's M| 00000980: 6F 73 63 6F 77 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 6E 20 |oscow, and then | 00000990: 4C 6F 6E 64 6F 6E 2E 22 00 70 68 75 62 00 70 68 |London.".phub.ph| 000009A0: 75 62 00 70 64 72 67 6F 6E 00 70 72 62 65 63 61 |ub.pdrgon.prbeca| 000009B0: 00 54 68 6F 75 67 68 20 79 6F 75 20 66 6C 61 70 |.Though you flap| 000009C0: 20 79 6F 75 72 20 61 72 6D 73 20 66 75 72 69 6F | your arms furio| 000009D0: 75 73 6C 79 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 72 65 6D 61 69 6E |usly, you remain| 000009E0: 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 68 75 62 2E 00 53 68 65 | on the hub..She| 000009F0: 20 69 73 6E 27 74 20 68 65 72 65 2E 00 53 68 65 | isn't here..She| 00000A00: 20 69 73 6E 27 74 20 68 65 72 65 2E 00 14 00 00 | isn't here.....| 00000A10: 00 A8 01 07 02 72 02 F8 02 92 03 CB 03 0E 04 74 |.....r.........t| 00000A20: 05 AA 05 F4 05 3F 07 96 08 8C 09 91 09 96 09 9D |.....?..........| 00000A30: 09 A4 09 E0 09 F0 09 11 55 00 1C 11 41 00 0E 01 |........U...A...| 00000A40: 1B 0A 37 0D 00 27 41 01 00 01 02 0B 05 09 01 37 |..7..'A........7| 00000A50: 0E 00 00 01 02 01 04 02 0A 3C 80 C6 14 64 11 81 |.........<...d..| 00000A60: 3B 0D 80 A3 0A 80 90 08 80 CA 07 5E 06 81 03 05 |;..........^....| 00000A70: 06 04 80 D4 81 47 03 03 06 00 0E 00 13 00 23 00 |.....G........#.| 00000A80: 28 00 2D 00 30 00 35 01 48 24 00 01 02 31 01 1B |(.-.0.5.H$...1..| 00000A90: 01 4D 05 1B 02 4D 05 1B 03 4D 05 39 00 01 02 1F |.M...M...M.9....| 00000AA0: 01 48 25 00 01 02 18 01 48 26 00 01 02 11 01 1B |.H%.....H&......| 00000AB0: 04 02 0C 01 48 1D 00 01 02 05 01 1B 94 01 02 81 |....H...........| 00000AC0: 00 01 1B 0B 1C 0C 02 80 F8 04 07 01 06 02 20 1F |.............. .| 00000AD0: 06 07 11 5D 00 03 02 04 02 80 0F 01 38 0F 1B 05 |...]........8...| 00000AE0: 27 5D 01 43 27 11 02 05 01 1B A5 01 02 05 01 1B |'].C'...........| 00000AF0: 96 01 02 80 CC 11 07 11 06 01 1B 06 02 05 01 1B |................| 00000B00: 9C 01 02 80 BC 11 0E 02 06 21 11 03 02 04 02 80 |.........!......| 00000B10: 0A 01 1B 91 27 58 00 02 05 01 1B 98 01 02 80 A1 |....'X..........| 00000B20: 21 11 09 01 1B 91 27 58 00 02 05 01 1B 98 01 02 |!.....'X........| 00000B30: 80 8F 11 58 00 0B 01 38 10 1B 07 4D 05 58 02 05 |...X...8...M.X..| 00000B40: 01 1B 11 01 02 7A 21 04 1F 04 00 01 04 02 13 11 |.....z!.........| 00000B50: 2F 01 09 01 27 2F 00 40 04 02 05 01 1B 9D 01 02 |/...'/.@........| 00000B60: 05 01 1B 93 01 02 08 05 06 01 1B 12 02 01 02 50 |...............P| 00000B70: 21 04 1F 04 00 01 04 02 13 11 2F 01 09 01 27 2F |!........./...'/| 00000B80: 00 40 04 02 05 01 1B 9D 01 02 05 01 1B 93 01 02 |.@..............| 00000B90: 08 05 06 01 1B 13 02 01 02 26 04 00 03 6F 0B 25 |.........&...o.%| 00000BA0: 04 24 0C 12 01 1B 08 02 11 01 1B 09 02 0C 01 1B |.$..............| 00000BB0: 0B 1C 0C 02 05 01 1B 9B 01 02 05 01 1B A2 01 11 |................| 00000BC0: 69 00 15 01 46 11 43 23 11 27 58 01 27 7F 02 27 |i...F.C#.'X.'..'| 00000BD0: 69 02 48 23 00 01 01 11 69 01 12 01 46 11 27 58 |i.H#....i...F.'X| 00000BE0: 01 27 7F 02 27 69 02 48 12 00 01 01 00 00 |.'..'i.H...... |
..8..........YOU ARE AT RAMA'S SOMEWHAT FLATTENED, NORTHERN HUB. THE FLOOR AROUN D THE HUB CURVES UP GRADUALLY TO BECOME RAMA'S INNER WALLS. RADIATING FROM THE H UB, 120 DEGREES APART, ARE THREE STAIRWA Y-LIKE STRUCTURES. EACH APPEARS TO BE SE VERAL KILOMETERS LONG. DUE TO ITS CONFIG URATION, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOU ARE STAN DING UPRIGHT ON THE HUB, WITH THE PASSAG EWAY FROM THE LONG CORRIDOR GOING DOWN I N RELATION TO YOUR CURRENT POSITION..THE RE IS NO STAIRWAY HERE, AND THE SURFACE IS SLICK. SOON YOU ARE SLIDING WITH GREA T VELOCITY..THE HUB NOW SEEMS LIKE THE T OP OF AN ENORMOUS DOME. YOU ARE SLIDING RAPIDLY DOWN ITS CURVED INNER SURFACE..B EFORE YOU CAN REACH THE GREAT PLAIN, YOU PASS OUT. WHILE YOU ARE UNCONSCIOUS, SO METHING DISASSEMBLES YOU AND DISPOSES OF THE PIECES..YOU COULD GO UP FROM HERE S INCE THERE IS NO GRAVITY. BUT WITHOUT SO ME KIND OF VEHICLE TO MANEUVER YOU THROU GH RAMA'S ATMOSPHERE, YOU MIGHT NOT COME BACK..THE DRAGONFLY EMERGES, A SHIMMERI NG, TAUT-FRAMED, CRAFT..USES PEDAL POWER . ALL THAT'S NECESSARY IS THAT YOU GET O N AND FLY..THE DRAGONFLY SPRINGS FORWARD EFFORTLESSLY, AND YOU ARE FLYING THROUG H THE CENTRAL AXIS OF RAMA. YOU MUST AVO ID DROPPING TOO LOW, BECAUSE THE CENTRIF UGALLY DRIVEN ATMOSPHERE PULLS AT THE DR AGONFLY'S WINGS. BENEATH YOU NOW IS THE CYLINDRICAL SEA, AND THE DARK ISLAND OF NEW YORK. AHEAD, YOU SEE A FLASHING DI SCHARGE OF ENERGY, AND YOUR COMLINK GOES DEAD....THOSE HAVE TO BE THE LONGEST ST AIRWAYS IN THE GALAXY!.I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT MY SCANNERS KEEP SENSING MOV EMENT OUT THERE..AS YOU STEP INTO RAMA, PIETER'S VOICE ISSUES THROUGH YOUR COMLI NK: "CAPTAIN, I CAN SEE THE RAMAN HUB AN D LANDSCAPE VIA YOUR SCANNERS. WE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RECORD LOCATION AND CODENAM ES OF RAMAN STRUCTURES. LET'S CALL THIS END OF THE SHIP NORTH, AND THE FAR END S OUTH. I CAN ADVISE YOU FURTHER REGARDING LANDMARKS AND DIRECTIONS.".PIETER SAYS, "CAPTAIN, WE SEE SEVERAL STRUCTURES THA T LOOK LIKE STAIRWAYS LEADING OUT TO THE INNER WALLS. I PROPOSE WE ORIENT OURSEL VES IN RELATION TO THOSE STAIRWAYS. LET' S NAME THE ONE CLOSEST TO YOU 'ALPHA,' A ND LET'S CALL THAT DIRECTION NORTH. THEN THE NEXT STAIRWAY WOULD BE 'BETA,' TO T HE EAST. THE THIRD ONE, 'GAMMA,' IS TO T HE WEST." .PIETER CONTINUES: "THERE'S MO RE, CAPTAIN. WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO SEE THE VAST INNER SURFACE OF RAMA. I'D LIKE TO CALL IT THE GREAT PLAIN. I ALSO SEE THRE E CITY-LIKE STRUCTURES. LET'S NAME THE C LOSEST ONE PARIS; THEN THERE'S MOSCOW, A ND THEN LONDON.".PHUB.PHUB.PDRGON.PRBECA .THOUGH YOU FLAP YOUR ARMS FURIOUSLY, YO U REMAIN ON THE HUB..SHE ISN'T HERE..SHE ISN'T HERE..........R.....K...T.....?.. ................U...A.....7..'A........7 .........<.F.D..;........J.^.......T.G.. ......#.(.-.0.5.H$...1...M...M...M.9.... .H%.....H&..........H................... ...... ....]........8...'].C'........... ....L....................!..........'X.. ........!.....'X...........X...8...M.X.. .....Z!........./...'/.@................ .......P!........./...'/.@.............. .........&...O.%.$...................... ........I...F.C#.'X.'.'I.H#....I...F.'X .'.'I.H......
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