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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Irresistible Weapon + +Author: Horace Brown Fyfe + +Illustrator: Ed Emshwiller + +Release Date: September 15, 2009 [EBook #29994] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IRRESISTIBLE WEAPON *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="figl"><img src="images/001.png" width="350" height="550" alt="" title="" /></div> + +<div class="hd1"><p><big><i>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....</i></big></p></div> + +<h1>IRRESISTIBLE WEAPON</h1> + +<h2>By H. B. Fyfe</h2> + +<p class="hd1">Illustrated by ED EMSH</p> + +<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">In the special</span> 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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>"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."</p> + +<p>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 ...</p> + +<p><i>And bring a little order into this +old-fashioned, inefficient fumbling +toward progress</i>, Gibson thought +contemptuously. <i>Look at them—fools +for all their degrees and titles! +They've stumbled on something +with possibilities beyond their confused +powers of application.</i></p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p><i>Now my work really begins</i>, he +reflected.</p> + +<p>A few quick steps brought him +to Dr. Haas, director of the project, +just before the less stunned observers +surrounded that gentleman, +babbling questions.</p> + +<p>"I'll start collecting the Number +Three string of recorders," he reported.</p> + +<p>"All right, Arnold," agreed Haas. +"Tell the others to get their ships +out too. I'll be busy here."</p> + +<p><i>Not half as busy as you will be +in about a day</i>, thought Gibson, +heading for the spaceship berths.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">He had arranged</span> 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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>"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!"</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>"Well done, my boy!" he grunted, +with a joviality he did not bother +trying to make sound overly sincere. +"So <i>they</i> have it! You must see our +men immediately, and point out +where they have gone wrong. You +may leave it to me to decide <i>who</i> +has gone wrong!"</p> + +<hr /> + +<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Arnold Gibson</span> shivered involuntarily +before reminding +himself that <i>he</i> 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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>"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!"</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>"Whew! Glad you got me out!" +Gibson thanked him. "They've been +picking my brain for two days +straight!"</p> + +<p>"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."</p> + +<p>Gibson straightened.</p> + +<p><i>Jealous snob!</i> he thought. <i>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></p> + +<p>"I'll stay awake," he said +shortly.</p> + +<p>Chairman Diamond's shiny features +appeared on the screen soon +after Korman reported his charge +ready.</p> + +<p>"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?"</p> + +<p>"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."</p> + +<p>"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!"</p> + +<p>Gibson glowed at the rare praise.</p> + +<p>"I dislike bragging, Your Excellency," +he said, "but they <i>are</i> 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."</p> + +<p>The Chairman's expression, +masked by the fat of his face, nevertheless +approached a smile.</p> + +<p>"So you would say that you—one +of <i>our</i> sympathizers—were actually +the most intelligent worker <i>they</i> +had?"</p> + +<p><i>He'll have his little joke</i>, thought +Gibson, <i>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></p> + +<p>"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."</p> + +<p>The little joke did not develop +precisely as anticipated.</p> + +<p>"Unfortunately," Chairman Diamond +said, maintaining his smile +throughout, "wisdom should never +be confused with intelligence."</p> + +<hr /> + +<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">Gibson waited</span>, feeling his +own smile stiffen as he wondered +what could be going wrong. +Surely, they could not doubt <i>his</i> +loyalty! A hasty glance at Colonel +Korman revealed no expression on +the military facade affected by that +gentleman.</p> + +<p>"For if wisdom <i>were</i> 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!"</p> + +<p>Such a tingle shot up Gibson's +spine that he was sure he must have +jumped.</p> + +<p>"<i>Anyway?</i>" he repeated huskily. +His mouth suddenly seemed dry.</p> + +<p>Chairman Diamond smiled out +of the telescreen, so broadly that +Gibson was unpleasantly affected +by the sight of his small, gleaming, +white teeth.</p> + +<p>"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."</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>"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 <i>once</i>—I +shall simply discard you like an +old message blank. <i>That</i> is an act of +wisdom.</p> + +<p>"Had you chosen your course +more wisely," he added, "your position +might be stronger."</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>He lay, half-choking, grasping +his throat with both hands until he +could breathe. The colonel continued +discussing his extinction without +emotion.</p> + +<p>"... 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."</p> + +<p>Apparently the Chairman +agreed, for the screen was blank +when the colonel reached down +and hauled Gibson to his feet.</p> + +<p>"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."</p> + +<p>Gibson stared at him, holding his +bleeding mouth.</p> + +<p>"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>I</i> certainly would +not consider carrying you!"</p> + +<p>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. <i>Anybody</i> who +could possibly be used to create a +diversion, or to be pushed into Korman +and his deadly blaster.</p> + +<p>The halls remained deserted, +possibly by arrangement.</p> + +<p><i>Maybe I'd better wait till we +reach his ship</i>, Gibson thought. <i>I +ought to be able to figure a way before +we reach Nessus. I had the +brains to fool Haas and ...</i></p> + +<p>He winced, recalling Chairman +Diamond's theory of the difference +between intelligence and wisdom.</p> + +<p><i>The obscene swine!</i> he screamed +silently.</p> + +<p>Colonel Korman grunted warningly, +and Gibson took the indicated +turn.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p><i>More of their insane brand of +cleverness!</i> he reflected. <i>That's the +sort of thing they do succeed in +thinking of. They're all crazy! Why +did I ever ...</i></p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p class="cap"><span class="dcap">After the first</span> 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.</p> + +<p>Korman leaned back at the conclusion +of the brief activity on his +control board, and met Gibson's +pop-eyed stare.</p> + +<p>"Interesting, the things worth +knowing," he commented. "How to +make a weapon, for instance, or +whether your enemy has it yet."</p> + +<p>He almost smiled at his prisoner's +expression.</p> + +<p>"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."</p> + +<p>"B-but—if both sides are irresistible ..." +Gibson stammered.</p> + +<p>Korman examined him contemptuously.</p> + +<p>"No irresistible weapon exists, or +ever will!" he declared. "Only an +irresistible <i>process</i>—the transmission +of secrets! You are living proof +that no safeguards can defend +against <i>that</i>."</p> + +<p>He savored Gibson's silent discomfort.</p> + +<p>"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; <i>but remember +you shall</i>!"</p> + +<p>"But you—you were ordered +to ..."</p> + +<p>"You didn't think I was a Centaurian, +did you?" sneered Korman. +"After I just explained to you +<i>what</i> is really irresistible?"</p> + +<p class="hd2">THE END</p> + +<div class="trn"><div class="figt"><a href="images/002-2.jpg"><img src="images/002-1.jpg" width="280" height="200" alt="" title="" /></a></div> + +<p><big><b>Transcriber's Note:</b></big></p> + +<p>This etext was produced from <i>If Worlds of Science Fiction</i> 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.</p></div> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's Irresistible Weapon, by Horace Brown Fyfe + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IRRESISTIBLE WEAPON *** + +***** This file should be named 29994-h.htm or 29994-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/9/9/9/29994/ + +Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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