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1、GALACTICPATROLFistserializedin"ASTOUNDING,"Sep'37-Feb'38;Firstbook,FantasyPresshardbound,1950;BYE.E.“DOC”SMITHCHAPTER1GraduationDominatingtwiceahundredsquaremilesofcampus,parade-ground,Airport,andspaceport,aninety-storyedificeofchromiumandglasssparkleddazzlinglyinthebrightsunlightofaJunemornin
2、g.ThismonumentalpilewasWentworthHall,inwhichtheTelluriancandidatesfortheLensoftheGalacticPatrolliveandmoveandhavetheirbeing.Onewingofitstopmostfloorseethedwithtenseactivity,forthatwingwasthehabitatofthelordlyFiveYearMen,thiswasGraduationDay,andinafewminutesClassFivewasduetoreportinRoomA.RoomA,
3、theprivateofficeoftheCommandanthimself,thedreadfullairintowhichanundergraduatewassummonedonlytodisappearfromtheHallandfromtheCadetCorps,theportentouschamberintowhicheachyearthehandfulofgraduatesmarchedandfromwhichtheyemerged,eachmaninsomesubtlefashionchanged.Intheircubiclesofsteelthegraduatess
4、cannedeachothernarrowly,makingsurethatnowrinkleorspeckofdustmarredthespace-blackandsilverperfectionofthedressuniformofthePatrol,thatnoteventhetiniestspotoftarnishordullnessviolatedtheglitteringgoldenmeteorsupontheircollarsortheresplendentlypolishedray-pistolsandotherequipmentattheirbelts.Themi
5、croscopicmutualinspectionover,thekit-boxesweresnappedshutandracked,andtheembryonicLensmenmadetheirwayoutintotheassemblyhall.InthewardroomKimballKinnison,CaptainoftheClassbyvirtueofgraduatingatitshead,andhisthreelieutenants,CliffordMaitland,RaoulLaForge,andWidelHolmberg,hadinspectedeachothermin
6、utelyandwerenowsimplyawaiting,inever-increasingtension,thezerominute."Now,fellows,rememberthatdrop!"theyoungCaptainjerkedout."We'redroppingtheshaftfree,athighervelocityandintighterformationthananyclassevertriedbefore.Ifanybodyhashestheformation–ourlastshowandwiththewholeCorpslookingon.....""Do
7、n'tworryaboutthedrop,Kim,"advisedMaitland."Allthreeplatoonswilltakethatlikeclockwork.What'sgotmeallofaditheriswhatisreallygoingtohappeninRoomA.""Uh-huh!”exclaimedLaForgeandHolmbergasone,and"YoucanplaythatacrosstheboardforthewholeClass,"
