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Heisenberg figured that Olaf's plan was about to be executed whether the 'O' people liked the idea or not.
"And what if it doesn't work?" Natalia said again?
Heisenberg agreed. He figured that it wasn't quite right to put so many people through such a risky process. He suggested to me that we should instead pay "these Gorans" as he called them another visit. He emphasized the term Goran. He seemed to like the term. "Maybe we can find a way to sabotage the Gorans' ships, disable their guns, disrupt their weapons systems, or do something else to render their entire fleet harmless, which would force the fleet to turn back home for repairs. They might then think twice about coming this way again."
"The challenge that the 'O' people face is the same as what humanity on Earth is facing," I said to Olaf. "Except our people on Earth don't have this option that you propose, not even the one that you are proposing, to just pack up and leave the planet when the going gets rough."
Heisenberg shook his head. "That's what I said, didn't I? I agree that sabotaging the offensive forces isn't an option that our people on Earth have. I wish I had a better idea. Do you know of a better way? If you do, I want to hear about it."
"They are facing nuclear war at home," I said to Heisenberg.
"Indeed they do, but this is not what is killing them," said Heisenberg in return. "That's secondary."
"Maybe in the end it will kill them," I said.
"Well, what is really killing them is their mental stagnation. Those 'O' people have correctly reasoned that their civilization would more easily survive the destruction of everything they have built, than they would survive the introduction of violence into the fabric of their mentality. Humanity is facing the same issue, and for all we know, and it may be saving the same urgency to solve it. It must be possible to find a way to 'sabotage' the driving force behind their dilemma. That's what I propose."
"How do you sabotage small-minded thinking?" I said.
Bohr explained to Heisenberg that humanity has been dead for so long that they don't even recognize the mental technology that can pull them through. "They need our help! If we can save the 'O' people, we can save mankind in the same manner."
Heisenberg shook his head. "They need our sabotage of the invading fleet. We need to sabotage the Goran's dream that they can prosper by stealing and enslaving. What else can we do?"
"Let's go to the Goran fleet then and see if we can do something to help the 'O' people," I replied to Werner.
Bohr seemed shocked for a moment.
"Yes, let's look for a way to do some sabotage to violence of a kind that we might duplicate in principle back home on Earth," replied Werner exitedly.
"OK, let's go," I added. I knew that Werner Heisenberg never liked to be called Werner. There was something about this name. So, I didn't use it, but this time I did. He seemed to agree now that the Earth's and the 'O's people's struggles were the same and of the same urgency.
Odessa shook her head. "Go if you must, but let me tell you, you're wasting your time."
"We must go," said Heisenberg. "Come," he said to me, "let's go. Maybe we can stall them for an extra week, though I hope for much more than this."
We counted fifty six of these menacing looking, flying battle tanks, everyone of them painted black and formed with smooth curved edges to deflect radar, each one sporting a white racing stripe that extended over the full length of the ship.
"Every one of the ships has an array of fifteen gun turrets," Heisenberg pointed out to me, "did you notice that? Five mounted under the ship, four on each side, six topside, and three of them over the six main engines. How can we possibly disable them all?"
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