（外文电子版资料）Larry Niven - The Warriors.doc

THE WARRIORS Larry Niven The organ bank problem is basic to an understanding of this era, and of later eras on the colony worlds. It forms a background for the three tales of Gil the ARM, and for the society of Mount Lookitthat as detailed in A Gift From Earth. Phssthpok the Pak was the second extraterrestrial to meet mankind. Though he had traveled all the way from the galactic core, he was hardly an alien; the Pak are related to humankind. Before his death he created the first of the protector-stage humans, from a Belt miner named Jack Brennan. There followed a Golden Age-a period of peace and contentment for Earth and Belt-that lasted for two hundred and fifty years. In particular, breakthroughs in alloplasty and regeneration ended the organ bank problem. Probably all of this was due to subtle interventions by the superintelligent being who now called himself the Brennan-monster. Brennans story is chronicled in Protector. Unfortunately Brennan was unable to anticipate the existence of the Kzinti . . . LN Im sure they saw us coming, the Alien Technologies Officer persisted. Do you see that ring, sir? The silvery image of the enemy ship almost filled the viewer. It showed as a broad, wide ring encircling a cylindrical axis, like a mechanical pencil floating inside a platinum bracelet. A finned craft projected from the pointed end of the axial section. Angular letters ran down the axis, totally unlike the dots-and-commas -of Kzinti script. Of course I see it, said the Captain. It was rotating when we first picked them up. It stopped when we got within two hundred thousand miles, and it hasnt moved since. The Captain flicked his tail back and forth, gently, thoughtfully, like a pink lash. You worry me, he commented. If they know were here, why havent they tried to get away? Are they so sure they can beat us? He whirled to face the A-T Officer. Should we be running? No, sir! I dont know why theyre still here, but they cant have anything to be confident about. Thats