"FWLS15" - читать интересную книгу автора (A Future We'd Like to See)

considering moving onward into financing or real estate."

This wasn't working out very well. People come to expect
certain things from action movies, even made-for-HV action
movies. They want a heroic, musclebound, undertalkative hero
that bursts dramatically through doors and mows down the bad
guys, saving the girl and escaping in the nick of time. 7333 was
musclebound, sure, but talked a bit too much and didn't have the
expected attitude at all.

Well, it probably wasn't that much of a problem. SBS has
taken real-life stories and dramatized them more often that once,
we'd just have to do the same here. I scratched out my notes,
and restarted, writing down all the information I had gotten so
far that fit the appropriate stereotype, then filling in the
blanks where the inappropriate material was normally.

"Ah, we've reached the asteroid base where the Ambassador's
daughter is being held against her will. We'll be entering the
air shield around it momentarily, so I suggest you buckle--

WHAM! The ship jerked violently as it entered the
forcefield.

"Are you alright back there, old chap?"

"Yeah. I landed on about three layers of body armor."

"Righty o. Landing now. Would you like to tag along with
me as I infiltrate the enemy compound? I promise no harm will
come to you."

"It's my job," I shrugged (or tried to, considering the
armor). "Lead on."

*

Now this was a bit more like it. Crouched in the bushes
under cover of the perpetual night of space, ready to leap out
and thwart the two door guards preventing entrance!

However, as I was busy trying to crouch down in my suit,
7333 was already pushing through the bushes, just WALKING towards
the guards. No running, no drawing out the blaster and rolling
around on the ground, just a steady trot.

"Hello!" he greeted, waving to the two goons at the gate.
They waved back. "I'm afraid I've been sent here to reclaim a
certain ambassador's daughter. Mind if I step inside and take a
look around?"