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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Repairman, by Harry Harrison This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Repairman Author: Harry Harrison Illustrator: Kramer Release Date: July 14, 2007 [EBook #22073] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE REPAIRMAN *** Produced by Greg Weeks, Susan Carr and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net The Repairman By HARRY HARRISON Illustrated by KRAMER Being an interstellar trouble shooter wouldn't be so bad ... if I could shoot the trouble! The Old Man had that look of intense glee on his face that meant someone was in for a very rough time. Since we were alone, it took no great feat of intelligence to figure it would be me. I talked first, bold attack being the best defense and so forth. "I quit. Don't bother telling me what dirty job you have cooked up, because I have already quit and you do not want to reveal company secrets to me." The grin was even wider now and he actually chortled as he thumbed a button on his console. A thick legal document slid out of the delivery slot onto his desk. "This is your contract," he said. "It tells how and when you will work. A steel-and-vanadium-bound contract that you couldn't crack with a molecular disruptor." I leaned out quickly, grabbed it and threw it into the air with a single motion. Before it could fall, I had my Solar out and, with a wide-angle shot, burned the contract to ashes. The Old Man pressed the button again and another contract slid out on his desk. If possible, the smile was still wider now. "I should have said a _duplicate_ of your contract--like this one here." He made a quick note on his secretary plate. "I have deducted 13 credits from your salary for the cost of the duplicate--as well as a 100-credit fine for firing a Solar inside a building." I slumped, defeated, waiting for the blow to land. The Old Man fondled my contract. "According to this document, you can't quit. Ever. Therefore I have a little job I know you'll enjoy. Repair job. The Centauri beacon has shut down. It's a Mark III beacon...." "_What_ kind of beacon?" I asked him. I
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