《Outpost Argyle and the Aliens》作者： - Mike Resnick【EPUB】

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Argyle and the Aliens* * * * * "I'm approaching Henry V," said Argyle. "I should make contact with the aliens any moment now." "Have you gone crazy?" demanded Gravedigger Gaines's voice on the subspace radio. "Most of their forces are on Henrys IV and V!" "Well, there wouldn't really be much sense going to Henry I, would there?" replied Argyle. "Three-Gun Max is already on V, and I think Venus is on her way there. Leave the fighting to them and get your ass out of there." "I'm no fighter," said Argyle. "Then why aren't you back at the Outpost?" said Gaines. "They're aliens. _I'm_ an alien. They just might listen to me." "Idiot!" snapped Gaines. "You're as much an alien to them as you are to us." Argyle frowned. "I hadn't thought of it that way," he admitted. "Then maybe it's time for you to _start_ thinking, and get the hell out of the system." "Thanks for your concern, but I really think someone has to try reasoning with them." "The time for reasoning was over when they blew a hundred Navy ships out of the sky." Gaines paused. "I'm going to have to break off communications with you. Even with a scrambled signal, you're getting close enough