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"Ten thousand feet, sir!"



Freyt was pleased. The landing manoeuvre was proceeding according to plan. If everything kept going
as smoothly as until now, they could complete touchdown in another ten minutes and their mission would
be accomplished.



Freyt was most eager to carry out his orders, although he did not approve of the motivation that had
brought about this mission. Sometime back he had been part of the attacking forces that had kept up a
constant barrage against the huge energy barrier surrounding the tiny desert base of the young Third
Power. In the meantime, though, he had come to believe that no other power on Earth was entitled to
help itself to the Arkonide treasures, particularly behind RhodanтАЩs back.Despite his moral objections he
had accepted the mission. After all, he was a military man, used to obeying orders. And besides, his
instructions precluded any hostile action should he ever come face to face with RhodanтАЩs forces on the
moon."Altitude!"



"Five thousand feet"
 The surface of the moon looked like a shallow dish into which the Greyhound kept sinking lower and
lower. Freyt and his crew had been worried about this optical illusion that would surprise the astronauts
when landing on a relatively small celestial body.



The ground at the projected landing site appeared smooth and even but Freyt did not rely on mere
visual observation. Derringhouse, who kept checking the distance from the moonтАЩs surface, was at the
same time operating a device that could distinguish slight irregularities at ground zero, once they had
come as close as three thousand feet. The Greyhound had been equipped, like the Stardust before her,
with hydromechanical landing supports that could easily adjust for deviations ranging from nine to twenty
feet."What does it look like down below?" inquired Freyt.



"So far so good. Soil irregularities up to twelve feet; thatтАЩs all."



"How far away are we?"



"Eighteen hundred feet, sir."



"Let me know when we reach one thousand feet. Then weтАЩll brake once more."The two pilots closed