The Black Hole Page #4

"Goon squad." Nice.

I'm Hans Reinhardt.

Forgive this little incident, but you

were disarmed for your own safety.

Dismissed.

My robots are programmed to react

against any act of aggression.

I assure you, none was intended.

I am glad to hear that. Please.

Consider yourselves my guests.

We won't impose

on your hospitality, Doctor.

Just long enough

to repair our ship.

And then we can offer you the means

of returning to Earth, Doctor.

What makes you think

I want to return?

The Cygnus is in danger

of being destroyed here.

Yes! Your captain

was worried about that too.

One step too far...

and we are done.

But there's no cause for alarm.

We developed antigravity forces

to maintain our position.

It's what you might call

a Mexican stand-off.

If you were monitoring us,

you must have picked up our signals.

- That's right.

- You failed to reply.

Did I have to reply?

Charlie, Charlie.

Slight communications problem.

Maximilian will take you to requisition

whatever you need to repair your ship.

In the meantime, you and Dr McCrae

will get enough information...

to make your mission

of historic importance.

- Back off, Vincent.

- Not until he does.

When you're nose to nose

with a trash compactor, you cool it.

Now, what does that remind me of?

Oh, yes. David and Goliath.

A classic confrontation.

Only this time,

David is overmatched.

Call him off, Reinhardt.

I said call him off!

On my ship, you ask, Captain.

Indeed.

Please, call him off, Doctor.

Maximilian?

Remember, these are our guests.

Now, let him in.

Show that you've good manners.

That's a good robot.

Communication problems aside, he took

an awful long time to show any lights.

- Be careful.

- I know.

Those other robots aren't any friendlier

than Dr Frankenstein's monster.

The bigger they are,

the harder they fall.

Maybe you should've smiled

when you said it, Vincent.

Doctor, this ship

doesn't appear to be crippled.

Of course not. We repaired the damage

and became operable again.

But you never obeyed the order

to return to Earth.

That's right.

I refused this order.

There were larger considerations...

other worlds

yet to be explored...

life dreams unrealized.

The authorities would still consider

that an act of piracy, Doctor.

What would you have said, Mr Booth,

if the authorities...

would have called back Columbus just

before he discovered the New World?

You wouldn't even exist.

I'm about to prove to you

that the end justifies the means.

Pretty busy around here, Max.

What are you gearing up for?

Tell you what, Charlie.

You'll take care of business here,

and I'll go back to the ship

and start working on that regulator.

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