标题: 《Outpost Nicodemus Mayflower and the Aliens 》作者：- Mike Resnick 【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-8-16 08:50 标题: 《Outpost Nicodemus Mayflower and the Aliens 》作者：- Mike Resnick 【EPUB】 *Nicodemus Mayflower and the Aliens* * * * * Nicodemus Mayflower's ship raced for the Anne Boleyn, the second Wedding Ring circling cold, distant Henry VIII. Every few minutes he would send out a message on the scrambled channel, asking for some response from Sinderella, some signal so that he would know she was still alive. He received no answer. As he approached eighth Henry two alien ships came out to meet him. He fired the instant they showed up on his sensor screens, disabling one of them as the other evaded his laser cannon and returned fire. He avoided the pulses of energy and headed for Katherine Parr, the outermost of the six Wedding Rings. Once there he hid in among the rocks and debris, shutting down his systems so the alien couldn't read any neutrino activity. He knew the alien would search for him, perhaps summon the other ships that had attacked Sinderella in the Anne Boleyn Ring, and he was ready for them. He'd been in enough battles to know that one ship could