We Are the Many! / An interactive scene

The cube

A ship approaches with its bow.
The cube simply became nearer.

The tiny Hyperion beside a perfectly closed, two-mile cube in black space.

It had no windows. Nothing was looking out.

01/04
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  1. The contact

    It had no windows. Nothing was looking out.

    A two-mile cube kept station beside the 210-foot Hyperion.

  2. Three warheads

    Three atomic warheads—point-blank.

    Three missiles struck one face. The cube did not move.

  3. No mark

    Brehm: No mark. Not one.

    The same closed face. Not even a warm patch.

  4. One answer

    Then the cube answered—once.

    One cold white line. The Hyperion’s main drive failed.