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demonstration. This afternoonтАФbetween 12:00 & 12:30 Moscow timeтАФI will paralyse all
transport vehicles which function electrically or electronically. You have 90 minutes to prepare
yourselves for it. You know what it entails. Order all airplanes which are in flight to be
grounded and notify all hospitals to expect emergencies. ItтАЩs up to you what you want to do. But
you have now been warned what will happen to your rockets tonight. YouтАЩll be unable to launch
them without electricity and they canтАЩt hit their targets. The catalysis wonтАЩt work without
electronic controls.тАЭ

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Strelnikow took no further action. There was no point in doing anything. Everybody had
heard the announcement or learned of the threat from third persons and they all knew what they
had to do to prevent disasters.
The surgeons put away their operating tools before 12:00 oтАЩclock. The drivers stopped their
cars at the curb and all trains were halted as a precaution. People who had to go to one of the
upper floors of high rise buildings preferred to use the stairs because they didnтАЩt feel like taking
the risk of getting stuck at noon.
StrelnikowтАЩs intelligence refused to concede the possibility that Rhodan could actually
accomplish the predicted feat but he kept looking at the stack of reports on the table before him.
The rebellion was spreading from Komsomolsk. The troops left their garrison and were
received with open arms along the line Blagoyeshchensk-Komsomolsk. However when they
tried to turn north or south of the line they met with resistance from the troops that had not been
influenced by the psycho-beamer. Nevertheless, it was shocking in StrelnikowтАЩs opinion how
quickly the insurgents gained ground in those areas too. It looked as if they were imbued by an
irresistible spirit which the loyal regiments lacked altogether.
What was the compulsion they felt? Strelnikow wondered. What were they after?
He left the television on without listening to the program. Finally he got up and looked at the
street from the window.
It was five minutes before 12. The traffic stood still and the pedestrians waited on the
sidewalks for the miracle to happen. Fools, Strelnikow thought angrily. Even if the electricity
failed, did they believe it was the end?
StrelnikowтАЩs mind worked furiously. He had to think of something. He was the man who was
expected to know what would take place after Perry RhodanтАЩs lecture.
The announcer broadcast: тАЬAt noon you will hear the bell of the Spassky Tower.тАЭ
But nobody heard the signal. The screen went dark at the moment the tower appeared from
the background of the Kremlin. Strelnikow stared grimly at the television set. тАЬNeverтАФ!тАЭ he
growled defiantly.
 3/ MISSION TO MOSCOW


On the 14th of June, 9 a.m. local time, the Stardust landed at Galacto City, up to then the
only New Power metropolis in the 40,000 square kilometre territory in the Gobi Desert.
The Eastern Bloc had given up its plans. Strelnikow had announced the renunciation about
one hour after the electricity was cut off. The Stardust had remained over the enemyтАЩs territory
some time for the purpose of determining how sincere StrelnikowтАЩs declaration turned out to be.
The night passed on the Asiatic continent without a single rocket being launched from its
ramp. Peace had been preserved and Rhodan took all precautions that a surprise attack at a later
time would be futile. All Terrans breathed easier again. People were grateful that Rhodan had
returned in time and kept his promise of preventing war.
Col. Freyt, Deputy Chief at Galacto City, waited at the spaceport as the Stardust came in for