# War No. 81-Q

Author: Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony, 1913-1966

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74098

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=War+No.+81-Q+Linebarger&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Mongolian fleet incurred the displeasure of the spectators by casting a smoke screen, which greatly interfered with the seeing. The _Prospero_, every gun throbbing, hurled itself into the smoke screen and came out on the other side, out of control, quivering with incoordinating machinery. As it neared the boundary, it was blown up by its pilot, safe and sound, thousands of miles away. But the sacrifice was not in vain. The _Han_ and _Sung_, both severely crippled, swung slowly out of the mist. The _Han_, with a list that clearly showed it was doomed, was struck by a lucky shot from the _Caliban_ and fell several hundred feet, its left wing ablaze. But for a second or two, the pilot re...

## Chapters

- [d. The nation vanquished was to pay all the expenses of the war,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/war-no-81-q-74098/chapters/2/index.md)
- [c. The War Territory of Kerguelen was to be rented by the two nations,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/war-no-81-q-74098/chapters/1/index.md)