"FWLS40" - читать интересную книгу автора (A Future We'd Like to See)

off like a bat out of hell.

Here's where you see the difference between us and normal
delivery services. Here, we prevent a troublemaker from making
any more trouble on a route. I slammed my rover into overdrive,
and tapped a few buttons. Twin gatling guns... ancient weapons,
really raw and gritty, mounted conveniently on the front
hood. I made sure my hair and uniform were in place, and gunned
the engine.

They were fast little suckers, but nothing compared my
hauler. I chased them to the highway onramp, spiraling up to the
main Yttian thoroughfare. Traffic got 'em... nowhere to run.

I cut loose with the guns, blasting holes the size of
baseballs in the rear of the rover. The rear engine gave up and
exploded, and the low rider soared neatly over the railing.

I pulled over to the side and watched it fall. "THANKS FOR
CHOOSING DISGRUNTLED POSTAL WORKERS FOR YOUR DELIVERY SERVICE,
MOTHERFUCKERS!" I shouted, just before the wreck slammed into the
ground and exploded. I paused for a few moments to take in the
noise with glee, then kicked in the engine and nudged a few slow
commuters out of the way.

God, I love my work.

*

I showed up more or less on schedule, delivering my sack of
envelopes and packages unharmed. They didn't tip real well until
I pulled out my knife.

Now, a lot of people don't like us. They say the D.P.W. is
full of psychotics, pilots rejected by the Heavily Armed
Ambassadors of Friendship and Fun for being too unstable. Well,
they're right, but we have a higher success rate.

See, the HAAFF is full of wimps and half-wits. Terminally
depressed fighter jockeys with one foot in the grave, flying
poorly-designed compact shuttles that defy physics. Sure, they
can get your package from point A to point B, but odds are pretty
strong that it won't be in the same shape, or the same number of
pieces.

We're not like that. We're a small company right now, but
growing, adding on new members that the other courier groups
reject. Illegal weaponry? Go ahead and use it. Our legal boys
handle any whining. Heavily armored shuttles with extreme
maneuverability? We've got 'em! Go ahead, take one out for a