《Let There be Darkness》中的设定的收集（1）(36)

He swore. His craft, even though the force-screen had kept it essentially intact, had been knocked out of commission by the missile's blast. Small comfort it was then to know that any aircraft of human manufacture would doubtless have been completely annihilated by the blast. . . .
为时已晚，塔格特意识到这是什么东西——导弹拦截器。他疯狂地猛击控制装置，飞艇以一个陡峭的角度向侧面呼啸而过。当导弹飞向天顶时，传来一阵低沉的嗖嗖震动——然后世界爆发出一片光与雷的混沌。他被从椅子上摔了下来，地板重重地撞在他的胸口，有那么一会儿他躺在那里，目瞪口呆。有一种旋转的、坠落的感觉，他知道这不是头晕。. . . 恐惧迫使他恢复了完全的意识。他摇摇晃晃地站起来，看到地平线以一个疯狂的角度倾斜；一条细细的裂缝，像一道闪电，出现在宽阔的深蓝色石英观察板上。控件不会响应他的触摸。

他发誓。他的飞行器，尽管力屏使其基本完好无损，但还是被导弹的爆炸击毁了。令人欣慰的是，任何人类制造的飞机无疑都会被爆炸彻底摧毁。. . .
2. The panel was a shambles, but the outside hull did not seem even dented and the silica dome showed only that single crack across its width. Through the wide expanse of that curved window Taggart could see the rubble of a demolished building and the rising dust of pulverized brick and plaster.
面板是一团糟，但外壳看起来甚至没有凹陷，硅质圆顶仅在其宽度上显示出一条裂缝。透过那扇宽阔的弧形窗户，塔格特可以看到一座被拆毁的建筑的瓦砾，以及扬起的砖块和灰泥粉尘。
3. Taggart scrambled to the edge of the rubble and stood uneasily on the littered sidewalk, wondering what he should do next. His crash-landing seemed to have demolished a building; perhaps many people had been killed. The buildings across from him were of old brick, grimy with soot-black. He seemed to be in a slum.