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+Title: Irresistible Weapon
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+Author: Horace Brown Fyfe
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+Illustrator: Ed Emshwiller
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+Release Date: September 15, 2009 [EBook #29994]
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+Language: English
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+[Illustration]
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+ _There's no such thing as a weapon too horrible
+ to use; weapons will continue to become bigger,
+ and deadlier. Like other things that can't be
+ stopped...._
+
+
+IRRESISTIBLE WEAPON
+
+By H. B. Fyfe
+
+Illustrated by ED EMSH
+
+
+In the special observation dome of the colossal command ship just beyond
+Pluto, every nervous clearing of a throat rasped through the silence.
+Telescopes were available but most of the scientists and high officials
+preferred the view on the huge telescreen.
+
+This showed, from a distance of several million miles, one of the small
+moons of the frigid planet, so insignificant that it had not been
+discovered until man had pushed the boundaries of space exploration past
+the asteroids. The satellite was about to become spectacularly
+significant, however, as the first target of man's newest, most
+destructive weapon.
+
+"I need not remind you, gentlemen," white-haired Co-ordinator Evora of
+Mars had said, "that if we have actually succeeded in this race against
+our former Centaurian colonies, it may well prevent the imminent
+conflict entirely. In a few moments we shall know whether our scientists
+have developed a truly irresistible weapon."
+
+Of all the officials, soldiers, and scientists present, Arnold Gibson
+was perhaps the least excited. For one thing, he had labored hard to
+make the new horror succeed and felt reasonably confident that it would.
+The project had been given the attention of every first-class scientific
+mind in the Solar System; for the great fear was that the new states on
+the Centaurian planets might win the race of discovery and ...
+
+_And bring a little order into this old-fashioned, inefficient fumbling
+toward progress_, Gibson thought contemptuously. _Look at them--fools
+for all their degrees and titles! They've stumbled on something with
+possibilities beyond their confused powers of application._
+
+A gasp rustled through the chamber, followed by an even more awed
+silence than had preceded the unbelievable, ultra-rapid action on the
+telescreen. Gibson permitted himself a tight smile of satisfaction.
+
+_Now my work really begins_, he reflected.
+
+A few quick steps brought him to Dr. Haas, director of the project, just
+before the less stunned observers surrounded that gentleman, babbling
+questions.
+
+"I'll start collecting the Number Three string of recorders," he
+reported.
+
+"All right, Arnold," agreed Haas. "Tell the others to get their ships
+out too. I'll be busy here."
+
+_Not half as busy as you will be in about a day_, thought Gibson,
+heading for the spaceship berths.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+He had arranged to be assigned the recording machines drifting in space
+at the greatest distance from the command ship. The others would assume
+that he needed more time to locate and retrieve the apparatus--which
+would give him a head start toward Alpha Centauri.
+
+His ship was not large, but it was powerful and versatile to cope with
+any emergency that may have been encountered during the dangerous tests.
+Gibson watched his instruments carefully for signs of pursuit until he
+had put a few million miles between himself and the command ship. Then
+he eased his craft into subspace drive and relaxed his vigilance.
+
+He returned to normal space many "days" later in the vicinity of Alpha
+Centauri. They may have attempted to follow him for all he knew, but it
+hardly mattered by then. He broadcast the recognition signal he had been
+given to memorize long ago, when he had volunteered his services to the
+new states. Then he headed for the capital planet, Nessus. Long before
+reaching it, he acquired a lowering escort of warcraft, but he was
+permitted to land.
+
+"Well, well, it's young Gibson!" the Chairman of Nessus greeted him,
+after the newcomer had passed through the exhaustive screening designed
+to protect the elaborate underground headquarters. "I trust you have
+news for us, my boy. Watch outside the door, Colonel!"
+
+One of the ostentatiously armed guards stepped outside and closed the
+door as Gibson greeted the obese man sitting across the button-studded
+expanse of desk. The scientist was under no illusion as to the vagueness
+of the title "Chairman." He was facing the absolute power of the
+Centaurian planets--which, in a few months' time, would be the same as
+saying the ruler of all the human race in both systems. Gibson's file
+must have been available on the Chairman's desk telescreen within
+minutes of the reception of his recognition signal. He felt a thrill of
+admiration for the efficiency of the new states and their system of
+government.
+
+He made it his business to report briefly and accurately, trusting that
+the plain facts of his feat would attract suitable recognition. They
+did. Chairman Diamond's sharp blue eyes glinted out of the fat mask of
+his features.
+
+"Well done, my boy!" he grunted, with a joviality he did not bother
+trying to make sound overly sincere. "So _they_ have it! You must see
+our men immediately, and point out where they have gone wrong. You may
+leave it to me to decide _who_ has gone wrong!"
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Arnold Gibson shivered involuntarily before reminding himself that _he_
+had seen the correct answer proved before his eyes. He had stood there
+and watched--more, he had worked with them all his adult life--and he
+was the last whom the muddled fools would have suspected.
+
+The officer outside the door, Colonel Korman, was recalled and given
+orders to escort Gibson to the secret state laboratories. He glanced
+briefly at the scientist when they had been let out through the
+complicated system of safeguards.
+
+"We have to go to the second moon," he said expressionlessly. "Better
+sleep all you can on the way. Once you're there, the Chairman will be
+impatient for results!"
+
+Gibson was glad, after they had landed on the satellite, that he had
+taken the advice. He was led from one underground lab to another, to
+compare Centaurian developments with Solarian. Finally, Colonel Korman
+appeared to extricate him, giving curt answers to such researchers as
+still had questions.
+
+"Whew! Glad you got me out!" Gibson thanked him. "They've been picking
+my brain for two days straight!"
+
+"I hope you can stay awake," retorted Korman with no outward sign of
+sympathy. "If you think you can't, say so now. I'll have them give you
+another shot. The Chairman is calling on the telescreen."
+
+Gibson straightened.
+
+_Jealous snob!_ he thought. _Typical military fathead, and he knows I
+amount to more than any little colonel now. I was smart enough to fool
+all the so-called brains of the Solar System._
+
+"I'll stay awake," he said shortly.
+
+Chairman Diamond's shiny features appeared on the screen soon after
+Korman reported his charge ready.
+
+"Speak freely," he ordered Gibson. "This beam is so tight and scrambled
+that no prying jackass could even tell that it is communication. Have
+you set us straight?"
+
+"Yes, Your Excellency," replied Gibson. "I merely pointed out which of
+several methods the Solarians got to yield results. Your--our scientists
+were working on all possibilities, so it would have been only a matter
+of time."
+
+"Which you have saved us," said Chairman Diamond. His ice-blue eyes
+glinted again. "I wish I could have seen the faces of Haas and
+Co-ordinator Evora, and the rest. You fooled them completely!"
+
+Gibson glowed at the rare praise.
+
+"I dislike bragging, Your Excellency," he said, "but they _are_ fools. I
+might very well have found the answer without them, once they had
+collected the data. My success shows what intelligence, well-directed
+after the manner of the new states of Centauri, can accomplish against
+inefficiency."
+
+The Chairman's expression, masked by the fat of his face, nevertheless
+approached a smile.
+
+"So you would say that you--one of _our_ sympathizers--were actually the
+most intelligent worker _they_ had?"
+
+_He'll have his little joke_, thought Gibson, _and I'll let him put it
+over. Then, even that sour colonel will laugh with us, and the Chairman
+will hint about what post I'll get as a reward. I wouldn't mind being in
+charge--old Haas' opposite number at this end._
+
+"I think I might indeed be permitted to boast of that much ability, Your
+Excellency," he answered, putting on what he hoped was an expectant
+smile. "Although, considering the Solarians, that is not saying much."
+
+The little joke did not develop precisely as anticipated.
+
+"Unfortunately," Chairman Diamond said, maintaining his smile
+throughout, "wisdom should never be confused with intelligence."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Gibson waited, feeling his own smile stiffen as he wondered what could
+be going wrong. Surely, they could not doubt _his_ loyalty! A hasty
+glance at Colonel Korman revealed no expression on the military facade
+affected by that gentleman.
+
+"For if wisdom _were_ completely synonymous with intelligence," the
+obese Chairman continued, relishing his exposition, "you would be a
+rival to myself, and consequently would be--disposed of--anyway!"
+
+Such a tingle shot up Gibson's spine that he was sure he must have
+jumped.
+
+"_Anyway?_" he repeated huskily. His mouth suddenly seemed dry.
+
+Chairman Diamond smiled out of the telescreen, so broadly that Gibson
+was unpleasantly affected by the sight of his small, gleaming, white
+teeth.
+
+"Put it this way," he suggested suavely. "Your highly trained mind
+observed, correlated, and memorized the most intricate data and
+mathematics, meanwhile guiding your social relations with your former
+colleagues so as to remain unsuspected while stealing their most
+cherished secret. Such a feat demonstrates ability and intelligence."
+
+Gibson tried to lick his lips, and could not, despite the seeming
+fairness of the words. He sensed a pulsing undercurrent of cruelty and
+cynicism.
+
+"On the other hand," the mellow voice flowed on, "having received the
+information, being able to use it effectively now without you, and
+knowing that you betrayed _once_--I shall simply discard you like an old
+message blank. _That_ is an act of wisdom.
+
+"Had you chosen your course more wisely," he added, "your position might
+be stronger."
+
+By the time Arnold Gibson regained his voice, the Centaurian autocrat
+was already giving instructions to Colonel Korman. The scientist strove
+to interrupt, to attract the ruler's attention even momentarily.
+
+Neither paid him any heed, until he shouted and tried frenziedly to
+shove the soldier from in front of the telescreen. Korman backhanded him
+across the throat without looking around, with such force that Gibson
+staggered back and fell.
+
+He lay, half-choking, grasping his throat with both hands until he could
+breathe. The colonel continued discussing his extinction without
+emotion.
+
+"... so if Your Excellency agrees, I would prefer taking him back to
+Nessus first, for the sake of the morale factor here. Some of them are
+so addled now at having been caught chasing up wrong alleys that they
+can hardly work."
+
+Apparently the Chairman agreed, for the screen was blank when the
+colonel reached down and hauled Gibson to his feet.
+
+"Now, listen to me carefully!" he said, emphasizing his order with a
+ringing slap across Gibson's face. "I shall walk behind you with my
+blaster drawn. If you make a false move, I shall not kill you."
+
+Gibson stared at him, holding his bleeding mouth.
+
+"It will be much worse," Korman went on woodenly. "Imagine what it will
+be like to have both feet charred to the bone. You would have to crawl
+the rest of the way to the ship; _I_ certainly would not consider
+carrying you!"
+
+In a nightmarish daze, Gibson obeyed the cold directions, and walked
+slowly along the underground corridors of the Centaurian research
+laboratories. He prayed desperately that someone--anyone--might come
+along. _Anybody_ who could possibly be used to create a diversion, or to
+be pushed into Korman and his deadly blaster.
+
+The halls remained deserted, possibly by arrangement.
+
+_Maybe I'd better wait till we reach his ship_, Gibson thought. _I ought
+to be able to figure a way before we reach Nessus. I had the brains to
+fool Haas and ..._
+
+He winced, recalling Chairman Diamond's theory of the difference between
+intelligence and wisdom.
+
+_The obscene swine!_ he screamed silently.
+
+Colonel Korman grunted warningly, and Gibson took the indicated turn.
+
+They entered the spaceship from an underground chamber, and Gibson
+learned the reason for his executioner's assurance when the latter
+chained him to one of the pneumatic acceleration seats. The chain was
+fragile in appearance, but he knew he would not be free to move until
+Korman so desired.
+
+_More of their insane brand of cleverness!_ he reflected. _That's the
+sort of thing they do succeed in thinking of. They're all crazy! Why did
+I ever ..._
+
+But he shrank from the question he feared to answer. To drag out into
+the open his petty, selfish reasons, shorn of the tinsel glamor of
+so-called "service" and "progress," would be too painful.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+After the first series of accelerations, he roused himself from his
+beaten stupor enough to note that Korman was taking a strange course for
+reaching Nessus. Then, entirely too close to the planet and its
+satellites to ensure accuracy, the colonel put the ship into subspace
+drive.
+
+Korman leaned back at the conclusion of the brief activity on his
+control board, and met Gibson's pop-eyed stare.
+
+"Interesting, the things worth knowing," he commented. "How to make a
+weapon, for instance, or whether your enemy has it yet."
+
+He almost smiled at his prisoner's expression.
+
+"Or even better: knowing exactly how far your enemy has progressed and
+how fast he can continue, whether to stop him immediately or whether you
+can remain a step ahead."
+
+"B-but--if both sides are irresistible ..." Gibson stammered.
+
+Korman examined him contemptuously.
+
+"No irresistible weapon exists, or ever will!" he declared. "Only an
+irresistible _process_--the transmission of secrets! You are living
+proof that no safeguards can defend against _that_."
+
+He savored Gibson's silent discomfort.
+
+"I am sure you know how far and how fast the Centaurian scientists will
+go, Gibson, since I guided you to every laboratory in that plant. Your
+memory may require some painful jogging when we reach the Solar System;
+_but remember you shall_!"
+
+"But you--you were ordered to ..."
+
+"You didn't think I was a Centaurian, did you?" sneered Korman. "After I
+just explained to you _what_ is really irresistible?"
+
+
+THE END
+
+
+
+
+Transcriber's Note:
+
+    This etext was produced from _If Worlds of Science Fiction_ July
+    1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.
+    copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and
+    typographical errors have been corrected without note.
+
+
+
+
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