Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 41 — page 81: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION to happen without upsetting the Reversionist organisation and forcing them to change their plans. We want -to know their intentions, so that we can produce an un- expected counter-attack—and thus deal them a death blow.” “Okay,” said Pope. “TI see what you mean.” An hour later Major Rondo left the psycho-semantics lab, where the Logical Analyser was also installed, and went straight up to the office of Commander Kratt. He looked smug and satisfied, and Kratt eyed him with a certain degree of heavy affability. “Find out anything?’ he demanded. “Yes and no,”’ Rondo re- plied. “‘The girl said nothing —or virtually nothing. But we didn’t anticipate co-opera- tion—not with synapsin.” “Well?” ““Psycho-semantics couldn’t get much out of the recording —except that Soliki is defi- nitely a Reversionist, and that she loves him.”’ “The first we knew and the second doesn’t matter,” 80 said Kratt with a trace of irony. “It might matter if we really wanted to make her talk—by applying a little brutal technique to her lover.” *“We don’t want Soliki here yet.” “True, chief. Well, the next thing was to send down a summary of basic data to the Logical Analyser. That was more successful. It pro- provided fifty-four probable situations, and seven most probable. Most of these in- volve Borden and Matrix 24 in a plot to seize power by the Reversionists. Two specify an armed attack on Radio Tower.” Kratt considered this for a moment. “Most interesting,” he murmured. ‘“‘These seven situations—how can we deter- mine which of them is nearest to the truth?” ““We can try the Weiss- Karnfeld test. It doesn’t work in every case—but you never know.” Kratt rose to his feet ponderously. “I'll come down and see this,’ he stated. “I like to keep up with modern developments.” conmicloooks.comn