B-Watch Commander
Horsley walked before the line of four Street Judges, briefing
them on their latest assignment as Patrol 11. The Judges stood
to attention, silently tolerating the stifling heat in Horsley's
office, a product of this year's heatwave, unmoderated by a
malfunctioning Weather Control system. Horsley's preference
for keeping the office's only window sealed created a sense
of prickling claustrophobia among the Judges.
Horsley's brief was brief:
'Escort the secur-o-pod waiting in Bay 6 safely to the secret
factory in Sector 52; your Lawmaster computers have the directions,
taking you along the quieter skeds and streets. You will have
H-Wagon support, but only call it in should you experience difficulties
you cannot handle between you. 'The
secur-o-pod's cargo is the Rehabilitator, a revolution
in psychosurgery, capable of transforming the most morally-corrupt
criminals into happy and law-abiding citizens. When you deliver
it to the factory, the device will go into mass production -
one for every sector house in the city, and the answer to our
prayers - we hope! Doctor Newleaf, civilian liaison from Mega-Labs,
will relieve you of the Rehabilitator. She is the only
person authorised to do resident in that facility, and with
good reason - she invented the thing. If you've any questions,
spill - or forever hold you peace.'
