50 THE CONTROL ROOM

CHAPTER 50 THE CONTROL ROOM The control room was filled with computers that kept track of the Juggernaut's engines and machines and systems. Near the middle of the room was a table with an electronic screen built into its tabletop. The screen showed a map of the area, along with the latest weather information. As Roz continued examining the control room, she realized the station could do many tasks by itself, but it couldn't do everything, and signs of its human operators were all around. Jackets hung from hooks. Trash bins were filled with food wrappers. A pair of binoculars lay on a desk. Roz looked through the windows and down at the station's different features. At one corner of the station, a small airship sat on a launchpad. BOSUN robots patrolled the walkways. A large drone flew past the control tower and settled onto its landing platform on the roof of a lower building. Surrounding the Juggernaut, of course, was the ocean. To the south, Roz saw remote islands and

第五十章控制室控制室里摆满了计算机，记录着神像的引擎、机器和系统。 靠近房间中央的地方有一张桌子，桌面上装有一个电子屏幕。 屏幕上显示了该地区的地图，以及最新的天气信息。 当罗兹继续检查控制室时，她意识到空间站可以自己完成许多任务，但它不能做所有的事情，而且到处都是人工操作员的迹象。 上衣挂在挂钩上。垃圾桶里堆满了食品包装纸。 桌上放着一副双筒望远镜。 罗兹透过窗户，俯视着车站不同的面貌。 在空间站的一角，一艘小型飞艇停在一个发射台上。 BOSUN机器人在人行道上巡逻。 一架大型无人机飞过控制塔，降落在一幢较低建筑屋顶上的着陆平台上。 当然，围绕着神像的是海洋。 往南，罗兹看到了遥远的岛屿和

icebergs. To the west, she saw the setting sun. Everywhere else, she saw water and sky. What she didn't see was the poison tide. Even with her powerful vision, she couldn't spot any dust clouds in the ocean. Perhaps the humans were unaware of the damage they were doing. Perhaps they would shut everything down once they learned about the problem. Roz felt hope flickering inside her. But that flicker went out when she noticed a video screen in the corner of the room. It was showing live video of big billowing dust clouds, streaming away from an underwater mountain, like smoke from a chimney on a windy night. Every now and then, the clouds would recede, and a giant robot briefly came into view. Roz was now looking at the source of the poison tide. All the harm done to the ocean wilderness had started right there, by that deep-sea mining robot. The silence in the control room was broken by the hum of an elevator. A moment later, doors glided open and a woman walked out. She crossed the room and sat at a desk. The woman had no idea that a robot was hiding under the table behind her. From Roz's hiding place, she caught a glimpse of the woman's name tag. Akiko Fuji, Mining Station Manager. Akiko was in charge of the mining station, which meant she was responsible for the poison tide.

冰山。在西边，她看到了夕阳。 在其他地方，她看到的都是水和天空。 她没有看到的是毒潮。 即使她有强大的视力，她也无法发现海洋中的任何尘埃云。 也许人类并没有意识到他们正在造成的破坏。 也许他们一旦知道了这个问题就会关闭一切。 罗兹感到希望在她心中闪烁。 但当她注意到房间角落里的一个视频屏幕时，那闪光消失了。 它正在播放的直播视频显示，巨大的滚滚尘雾从一座水下山峰上飘出，就像一个多风的夜晚烟囱里冒出的烟。 时不时地，云层会退去，一个巨大的机器人会短暂地进入视野。 罗兹正注视着毒潮的源头。 所有对海洋荒野的伤害都是从那里开始的，深海采矿机器人。 控制室的寂静被电梯的嗡嗡声打破了。 过了一会儿，门开了，一个女人走了出来。 她穿过房间，坐在一张桌子前。 这个女人不知道她身后的桌子下面藏着一个机器人。 从罗兹的藏身之处，她瞥见了那个女人的名牌。 富士明子，采矿站经理。 明子负责采矿站，也就是说毒潮是她造成的。