"SCRIPT3" - читать интересную книгу автора (Heinlein Robert - Starship Troopers Screenplay)

failure to abide by safety regulations
in a live fire exercise, for negligence
which contributed to the death of a
teammate...

Zim steps up to Johnny, offers him a red rubber mouthpiece.

ZIM
Bite on this. It helps. I know.

C.O.
... recruit trainee John Rico is sentenced
to administrative punishment. Ten lashes.

Johnny takes it in his mouth. His tear away shirt is torn away. Johnny
stands at the post alone. Corporal Bronski, a big man with an unhappy
task, unrolls his whip.

C.O.
You may carry out the sentence.

BRONSKI
One.

CRACK ! Johnny's face wrenched by pain, spontanous tears, a terrible
sound stifled by the bright red mouthpiece.

BRONSKI
Two.

CRACK ! Again. Dizzy flinches for Johnny.

BRONSKI
Three.

CRACK ! Ace looks away.

BRONSKI
Four.

CRACK ! Zim watches without any apparent emotion.

BRONSKI
Five.

CRACK ! Johnny faints, sagging against his tether.

FADE OUT

78 EXT OUTER SYSTEM - STARSHIP ATHENA