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from the bow of the ship, on the righthand side of the lower deck) "with which he followed the landing
group as it walked aound the wreck.
"The first abnormal phenomenon recorded by any of the instrunaents at Base was that relayed
automatically from projectoscope RB-4 of the GK-18, which as the party disappeared from view in
back of the wreck recorded two green missiles of roughly Cylindrical shape, projected from the
wreckage into the landing compartment of the ship. At such close range these were not clearly defined,
owing to the universal focus at which the projectoscope was set The Base Captain of GK-18 at once
ordered the man in the control room to investigate, and saw him leave the control room in compliance
with this order. An instant later confused sounds reached the control-room electrophone, such as might
be made by a man falling heavily, and footsteps reapproached the control room, a figure entering and
leaving the control room hurriedly. The Base Captain now believes, and the stllls of the photorecord
support his belief, that this was not the crew member who had been left in the control room. Before the
Base Captain could speak to him he left the room, nor was any response given to the attention signal the
Captain flashed throughout the ship.
"At this point projectoscope RB-3 of the ship now out of focus control, dimly showed the landing party
walking back toward the ship. RBA showed it more clearly. Then on both these instruments, a number of
blinding explosives in rapid succession were seen and the electrophone relays registered terrific
concussions; the ship's electronic apparatus and projectoscopes apparatus went dead.
"Reports of the other ships' Base Observers and Executives, backed by the photorecords, show the
explosions as taking place in the midst of the landing party as it returned, evidently unsuspicious, to the
ship. Then in rapid succession they indicate that terrific explosions occurred inside and outside the three
ships standing above close to their rep ray generators, and all signals from these ships thereupon went
dead.
"of the three ships scouting to the south, the LD-248 suffered an identical fate, at the same moment. Its
records add little to the knowledge of the disaster. But with LX-745 and the LG-25 it was different.
"The relay instruments of the LK-745 indicated the destruction by an explosion of the rear rep ray
generator, and that the ship hung stern down for a short space, swinging like a pendulum. The forward
viewplates and indicators did not cease functioning, but their records are chaotic, except for one
projectoscope still, which uhows the bowl of the valley, and the GK-981 falling, but no visible evidence
of tribesmen. The control-room viewplate is also a chaotic record of the ship's crew tumbling and falling
to the rear walL Then the forward rep ray generator exploded, and all signals went dead.
'The fate of the LG-25 was somewhat similar, except that this ship hung nose down, and drifted on the
wind southward as it slowly descended out of control
As its control room was shattered, verbal report from its Action Captain was precluded. The record
of the interior rear viewplates shows members of the crew climbing toward the rear rep ray generator
in an attempt G establish manual control of it, and increase the lift. The projectoscope relays, swinging
in wide arcs, recorded little of value except at the ends of their swings. One of these, from a machine
which happened to be set in telescopic focus, shows several views of great value It picturing the falls
of the other ships, and all of the rear projectoscope records enable the reconrtruction in detail of the
pendulum and torsional movements of the ship, and its sag toward the earth. But none of the viws
showing the forest below contain any indication of tribesmen's presence. A final explosion put this ship
out of commission at a height of 1,000 feet, and at a point four miles S. by E. of the center of the
valley."
The message ended with a repetition of the warning to other airmen to avoid the valley.

INCREDIBLE TREASON

After recieving this report, and reassurances of support from the Big Bosses of the neighboring
Gangs, Hart determined to reestablish the Wyoming Valley commnity.
A careful survey of the territory showed that it was only the northern sections and slopes that had been