" Perry Rhodan 0012 - (06) The Secret of The Time Vault" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

eighth planet Ferrol, and the invaders from the Topid system, a double sun
more than eight hundred light-years from Earth. We won and captured a gigantic
spacesphere of Arkonide origin. The Topides and the Arkonides have been at war
for thousands of years. The lizard-like Topidian race rules over three smaller
solar systems at the rim of the Arkonide galactic empire. The Topides
intercepted the distress signal of the wrecked Arkonide space cruiser on our
moon and wanted to attack Earth. But due to some miscalculations they landed
in the gigantic system of the Vega sun. We arrived there just in time to join
the battle. This will explain why we aren't returning with the Good
Hope. 'You must inform all nations of our impending arrival. We'll be landing
in Galacto-City in about four hours. Our spacecraft has a diameter of three
thousand feet and is spherical. In order to avoid panic breaking out among the
peoples of the world you must inform them that this giant is not part of an
invading alien fleet but the new battleship of the Third Power. End of
message. Over and out.' In the meantime a man had come into the command
center. He was tall and gave the impression of being young and resilient
despite his obvious advanced age. Snow-white hair crowned his unusually high
forehead under which peered out a pair of bright, almost golden eyes. Khrest,
the last descendant of the ruling dynasty on Arkon, the center of a distant
star realm, who had been forced to a crash landing on the Earth's moon several
years ago, and who since that time had become Rhodan's ally, seemed to have
gone through the hyperjump with ease. He smiled briefly. 'With this ship
alone the Topides should have been able to conquer the solar system,' he
remarked in the Arkonide language, which Rhodan and Bell could understand
thanks to their hypnotraining. 'We were fortunate to seize the spacesphere
without damaging it.' 'Even atom bombs can sometimes do some good,'
interjected Bell dryly. Khrest looked at him in surprise. 'I don't get
you.' 'Would there be any mutants without those early atom bomb explosions?
Mutants who can read thoughts and are capable of jumping halfway around the
world? Would there be any human beings who possess telekinetic powers? Or to
put it differently: would we even have become aware without those detonations
what abilities have been slumbering in our brains for thousands of years,
talents that suddenly have come to life? We have eighteen of these mutants as
allies, and without their help we'd probably not be sitting in this spaceship
here.' Khrest smiled again. This time with more amusement. 'The logic of
your argument is overwhelming. I submit without protest.' Then suddenly
serious, Khrest added: 'I only hope that your argument will remain as valid in
more important matters. so far we have not totally defeated our Topide enemies
in the Vega system, don't forget that, my friend. It's only a hop, skip and
jump (as you humans would say) from here to Earth. Unless we return in time
тАж' 'No need to worry about that, Khrest,' interrupted Rhodan with a slight
smile. 'I've sent at least five messages from Vega to Earth, and all have been
received in Galacto-City. I'm convinced au my instructions have been carried
out: As soon as we land on Earth we'll find a well-trained crew ready waiting
for us, to man the Stardust II. In addition to that we'll have at our disposal
fighter squadrons of F.T.L. mini-spaceships, ready for battle. It will take
but a few days or weeks at most to chase the Topides to the end of the
universe.' 'Let's hope youтА╣re not too optimistic.' The cool voice spoke from
the direction of the entrance. Nobody had noticed when Thora, the former
female commander of the Arkonide expedition that had foundered on the moon,