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Rating
Оглавление– Sir, our rating has been lowered!
– It has? Those shysters! For what?
– We did not let the White Senators’ mission pass ahead of us into the previous window of opportunity!
– The mission of the Wight Senators?
– I said White, sir!
– It’s almost the same, Hans, you shouldn’t have rushed there.
– But it was your order, sir!
– You shouldn’t have rushed there following my order, Hans…
– Yes, sir!
– It’s a nuisance, Hans! What is our rating now?
– The penultimate, sir!
– I’m impressed you know this word, Hans. So below us there are only automatic stations and scavengers?
– Yes, sir!
– Can you meddle it one step up with your brain and pliers?
– No, access is denied as to a navigator of the mission with a low rating.
– And when might our penalty be lifted, Hans?
– I dare not know, sir, I’m afraid not before the end of the mission, sir!
– This is a big Fuggy nuisance, Hans! We can be queuing for weeks; the place is cramped!
– Yes, sir! Shall we inform the base that we are carrying a short-lived cargo?
– As if it could help!
– But our cargo may fall into decay, sir!
– Anything but that Hans! Or as straight as die we will be moved from the penultimate rating to the ultimate, that is, the last one! Who needs rotten stuff? In other words, junk! This is a much more serious matter, Hans…
– Do you really mean it, sir?
– Yes, Hans, this is a crucial matter!
– I’m close to despair, we’re in a hopeless scrape, sir!
– Not yet, don’t panic, Hans! Pull your socks up and urgently start texting through a closed channel…
– Sorry, sir, the closed channel is closed for us!
– Then on an open channel, it’s even better… It will open their eyes! The wider – the better. Transmit this “code word TWOPENGUINS” three times in a row?
– Two penguins, sir?
– No space, capital letters and with the words “code word” and our number!
– Done, sir!
– Look at the rating!
– It’s growing sir, it’s higher than at the start of the mission. It is higher than that of the senators! It’s incredible!
– Prepare to jump, we jump first!
– Warming up, sir! And what does this code word TWOPENGUINS really mean!
– I have no idea, Hans! This is something that is never taught at the Academy!
– If truth be told, never, sir!
– But it’s worked!
– Yes, sir!
– Hooray, Hans, except one thing, I still have to take the rap for both of us!
