"You have not yet heard our
plan, Bob. Believe me, I can sympathize with your quandary, but I am
simply not going to deal with any evil force as if it had a right to
negotiate. It doesn't. This has been the principle behind the decisions
we have made in order to meet the threat of the pirates from the first
day."
"Principle?" Nolan was almost shouting now. "For your principle you're
willing to risk the destruction of all life on Earth? That's the evil
we're facing here!"
"Bob-please listen to what Dr. Hoshino has to tell us. There is a plan.
Dr. Hoshino?"
Robert Nolan leaned forward, placed his elbows on the table, and
cradled his head in his hands. He was trembling. Richard Starlight
looked over at his friend and colleague and felt very badly for him. He
knew that Robert was under a tremendous strain. Richard agreed that the
fate of the Earth was at stake and would probably be decided at this
meeting. He was tremendously anxious himself, but he was eager to hear
what Dr. Hoshino had to say.
Dr. Stephen Hoshino was a brilliant astrophysicist whom the President
had commanded to work on a plan to counteract Zimbardo's chief
weapon-the radar bender. He was a slight man of Japanese ancestry who,
in spite of his compactness, exuded power. Even his smallest movements
were made with precision.
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