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Deringhouse nodded to himself. "At 30,000 let them have it!"

However, the Topide had no intention of letting two dangerous looking objects approach him so closely.
When the distance between them was still more than 40,000 miles, Deringhouse saw a glistening ray
beam shoot toward him. He felt his shipтАЩs frame vibrate but didnтАЩt change his course. The shot passed
close by.

"Fire!" he said softly into the com mike.

The darting disintegrator rays reached out to the alien ship. On the visiscreen, Deringhouse saw the
vessels outline blur. The shining point of light disappeared, to be replaced by a dull glowing cloud.
Seconds later they shot past it and away.

"Bullseye!" he commented.

Klein countered with, "An clear!"

They pancaked into the upper layers of the Ferrol atmosphere. The dropping air speed indicators
demonstrated the braking action of the air.

"Operating velocity, Mach 8," Deringhouse instructed.

It was the highest velocity that was sanely possible to fly at an altitude of six or seven miles. Ground to
air defence rockets didnтАЩt normally travel any faster than that. It wouldnтАЩt be difficult for the fighters to
dodge them under these conditions. Deringhouse regulated his drivers and peeled into a flat glide course
at the indicated altitude. Klein joined him trimly at one hundred yards.

The region below was clear of clouds. They saw green forestland and a few mountain ranges, which
from this altitude seemed unusually flat, and in the centre of their visiscreens a fairly large city was
discernible. Circling the city in an unusual curving pattern was a river that served Deringhouse as a good
landmark while checking his map.

"Khelar-Het, on the Great Ocean Isthmus," he reported to Klein. "The coast is about 320 miles to the
south. ThereтАЩs about a 720 mile stretch of ocean between us and the northern coast of the central
continent, where Thorta is located."

Klein answered back promptly. "I make it altogether about fifteen minutes"

Owing to its damp climate the Isthmus was a very thinly populated area. On the continent sized land
mass there were only a few cities. The largest one was Khelar-Het, which was just slipping off the edge
of their screens. There was no trace of opposition here. Deringhouse was aware of a growing sense of
apprehension. Undoubtedly their destruction of the Topidian ship had been observed, and all Topidian
bases on Ferrol had probably gone on alert. Therefore, this relative calm was getting to him.

In the same moment, Klein announced, "Ground to air rockets at two oтАЩclock!"

Deringhouse saw them immediatelyтАФa swarm of tiny blips on his scanner screen, approaching with a
very respectable velocity. Grimly, he pulled his ship up into a tight curve until he was shooting straight into
the sky at top acceleration. The rocket missiles fell behind. Even if automatically guidedтАФwhich they
undoubtedly wereтАФthey were incapable of staying with an Arkonide fighter for more than a few