Blondie

dragonfly

"Greetings, Ladies and Gentlemen of Earth
and all native intelligences of the forty planets
(,satellites, moons, stars, and any other inhabited orbs)
with contestants entered in the annual Grande Trex,
the only inter-universal race.
This year's event promises excitement to surpass all previousraces!
As many of you fans know already the route or track of therace,
orbits, and glides has been increased by 5000 millionkilometers
thus enabling Grande Trex to include the B'Arc 15 system
(in our present event and for all succeeding GT races)!"

Dragonfly * Dragonfly * Satellite * Strike and fight
Laser light * Shot tonight * Target nullified * Gyro subdivide
Lattitude * Longitude * Satellite * Solid substitute
Dragonfly * Arc revise

What's a drag race?
Can't you see those dragons speeding up the street?
But I learned they weren't real.
Figments of the ancient's fear.

Rapid scan * Radians * For the chance * To win the grande
Maneuvers * Preprogram * Windage * Won't operate
Negative * Bearing swell

Dragons fly, they symbolize in myth and saga breathing fire.
Look up there's one flying higher!
Faster than the SSC.
Is science hiding witchery?

"Grande Trex fans throughout the universe are well informed onthe risks the pilots take in entering this race; re-entry intosome of the alien atmospheres is tricky business which can causea craft to implode, explode, melt, lose atomic structure, and soforth, adding to the interstellar degree that on its own is aterrific danger to the ships (while) en route. The surface craftscheduled to launch at 0700.51(00) Greenwich mean time haveassembled on one of our very own stars (Neutron Einstar EV 9) forthis year's event. And the excitement is at a fevering pitch asthe countdown approaches zero!"

Dragonfly * Rations glide * In free fall slide * Systemsnullify
Satellite * Dragonfly * Surface launch * Radio silence
Hover high * Level off

The time space tactics saved us then.
Display report. Present urgent.
Sequence counting surface launch.
Dragonfly destroying all.
Science claiming newest findings.
Chanting calling flying dragons.
Aboard all systems optimum.
Nova scheduled, war continued.
Half the continental shelf burned by interval.
Interval.

"We have retained as an added feature of daring, thrills, andexcitement of this race, a feature which I'm sure you're going tolike, the computer override lasting three and a half hours or twogens, when pilots and co-pilots manually control free-fall,latitude, logitude, protract gravity, revise dimensionalequations, run program checks, submerge in the wild oceans ofJonrin 22, and photograph as much territory and terrain as theycan in addition to the requisite three thousand automatic shots.The postulate for mischance runs high but not as high as thetension and competitive spirit right here (on Earth) and all overthe (4) galaxies (represented in this Seventh Grande Trex)."

Dragonfly * Dragonfly * Beacons aim * Space game

"The countdown is -200 and I am turning you over to the controlroom at command central (Sia Lan) for the launch. Good luck toall the entrants and especially to our own ship, (the) Dragonfly!(Onward to victory! (Remember comdirect and radio silence willtemporarily be in effect.))"

Satellite * Computerized * Mighty flight * Hypersonic glide
Win the race * Calibrate * Reentry place * (Multi) fail safe

"Beacons lasers quasars guns mounted on deck, rapid surveyreactor, fail safe radians. Extra points awarded for city salvagedelivered at the finish line preferably retaining molecularidentity. Each ship one shot at one designated planet with onepass to carry out (objective) and execute retrieve code. Flipaxis at will. Computer override duration; 3 1/2 hours or 2 gensfor pilot/co-pilot manual control. Exposed photographic materialwithout readable subject matter will not be included in finalpoint total."