【自译】星战小说《达斯·普雷格斯》第一章（1）(8)

然而敲打声仍连续不断。
"Droid," Plagueis snapped, "did the probe acknowledge your order?"
“机器人，”普雷格斯厉声说道。“探测器告知收悉你的指令了吗？”
"No, sir. The Em-Two is not responding."
“不，先生。M-2机器人没有回复。”
Tenebrous stiffened, narrowly avoiding slamming his head into one of the cave's massive crystals. "Is it still within range?"
泰尼布勒斯绷紧身体，小心地避免他的头撞上洞穴中一块巨大的水晶。“它还在可控范围内吗？”
"Yes, sir."
“是的，先生。”
"Then run a communications diagnostic."
“那就对通讯进行诊断。” 
"I have, sir, and all systems are nominal. The unit's inability to respond..." It fell briefly silent and began again. "The unit's refusal to respond appears to be deliberate."
“我已经尝试了，先生，所有系统一切正常。单元没有回应……”它陷入了短暂的沉默然后继续说，“它解决回复似乎是故意的。”
"Deactivate it," Tenebrous said. "At once."
“终止它，”泰尼布勒斯说，“马上。”
The hammering slowed and eventually ceased, but not for long.
击打声逐渐停止，但是好景不长。 
"The Em-Two unit has overridden my command."
“M-2机器人否决了我的命令。”
"Impossible," Tenebrous said.
“这不可能，”泰尼布勒斯说。
"Clearly not, sir. In fact, it is highly probable that the unit is executing a deep-seated subroutine that escaped earlier notice."