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And definitely no problem for Perry Rhodan.
The commander of the giant craft, built centuries ago by the Arkonides, sat in his chair, ready for action.
There was a steely glint in his gray-blue eyes. His slender tanned hands rested on the controls.

The small electronic brain had set the hyperjump coordinates. The scale showed 2401.073 light-years.
The spaceship would dematerialize and, almost instantaneously reappear at the edge of the Vega system.
From there it would not be too difficult to search out their destination by using the illuminated map they
had found on the planet Vagabond.

Their destination - a lonely planet without a sun, forever wandering throughout infinity, toward eternIty. It
was the planet itself that harboured the secret of eternal life.

Rhodan waited a few more seconds. He was filled with the restlessness of expectation. Too much time
had passed already since they had set out on their search for the planet of eternal life. They had
discovered its trace in the Vega system, followed it, but the unknown being had placed many obstacles in
their way. He had laid down the trail of riddles to be solved throughout millennia, independent of time and
space. But Rhodan and his friends had succeeded in solving all these tasks - except for the last one.

The Arkonide Khrest stood close behind Rhodan. His tall figure and long white hair gave him an
awe-inspiring appearance. To judge by his exterior, it was hard to believe that his race was doomed, a
victim of their own decadence. The Arkonides were the rulers of a mighty star realm, thirty-four thousand
light-years distant from Earth. But this star realm was slowly and surely nearing its total collapse. Entire
solar systems regained their independence and broke away from the commonwealth of the galactic
empire. Khrest was one of the last survivors of the ruling Arkonide dynasty. He had set out on the search
for immortality and was forced to crashland on TerraтАЩs moon. Perry Rhodan had rescued him while on
his first manned lunar expedition and had brought him back to Earth. Ever since that time, both he and
Khrest were seeking the elixir of immortality.

They had come to the planet Vagabond, where they had found a further clue: a glowing map of the
galaxy, showing a luminous trail leading from the sun Vega to the planet of eternal life.

With that they had finally conclusive proof of the planetтАЩs position.

Khrest sighed. тАШAre you sure you want to start the transition now, Rhodan?тАЩ

тАШWe have the correct coordinates, and not too much time, Khrest.тАЩ

The Arkonide shrugged his shoulders. тАШWeтАЩre still too close to the red sun; remember, this system has
only one planet. ItтАЩs easy to misjudge the distances under these circumstances.тАЩ

тАШTwenty astronomical units,тАЩ said Rhodan, glancing at the instrument panel. тАШThatтАЩs sufficient. Sit down,
Khrest. WeтАЩre ready.тАЩ

Khrest remained standing. It made no difference what the bodyтАЩs position was during a transition, since
its own Fields of gravity balanced out everything.

Perry Rhodan smiled with determination, then his fist hit down hard on the transition lever.

The stars disappeared from the videoscreen; all became dark.