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OO8 Base on Venus




CHAPTER ONE



The desert had not known such activity since the hordes of Gengis Khan had wept from there to the
west seven hundred years before.



The Arkonide worker robots, together with the engineers and specialists that had come here from all
the corners of the Earth, were busy constructing the huge industrial complex that Rhodan had envisioned
as the nucleus of his future capital of the Third Power. This was the center of production of the space
fleet, which alone could guarantee the safety of this remote region of the galaxy. The work progressed at
a very satisfactory pace.



Time was in his favour, Rhodan tried to convince himself. Finally, the great powers of the world had
come to accept the existence of his tiny but vitally important state; his victory over the Fantan people had
earned him the gratitude of the other nations. Rhodan was confident he would be able to keep the
dreaded insectlike Mind Snatchers at bay, at least for the time being.



But these two alien invaders had surely been just the avant garde of the many hostile races from outer
space who were bound to be attracted to this corner of the universe by the distress signals of the
destroyed Arkonide cruiser on the moon. The little time that was left to mankind had to be used wisely in
preparing themselves for the expected onslaught.



It would take them at least two to three years, thought Rhodan, who fervently hoped for such a
breathing spell. Then they would no longer have to live in constant fear of an invasion threat.



Rhodan had been under constant pressure lately. Too many urgently pressing tasks needed his
immediate attention. His thoughts were in one continuous uproar. He could almost sympathise with the
amazement with which the alien Khrest regarded the feverish activity that had mushroomed around the
shores of the Goshun salt lake.