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DAVID L. TROUP
a Faithful Worker
in the Not-So-Mute
Corps of Earnestly
Active Rhofans.




First Ace Printing: October 1977

Printed in U.S.A
 MENACE OF ATOMIGEDDON


1/ MYSTERY OF THE GREEN BLIP
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2/ THE DAY THE (RED) EARTH STOOD STILL
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3/ MISSION TO MOSCOW
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4/ PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE SUPREME
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5/ TO CATCH AN INVISIBLE MAN
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6/ UNITE OR DIE!
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 1/ MYSTERY OF THE GREEN BLIP

Viewed from the Wladislaw Kossygin, the fleet looked like two strands of glistening pearls,
carefully strung at precise intervals.
The fleet moved in the bright glare of the sun and the points of light the ships made on the
observation screen of the Kossygin were more brilliant than the stars against the black
background of space.
Maj. Gen. Pjotkin tried to restrain the feeling of pride that welled up in him at the sight. In
truth the ships were more like plump, long-winged ducks in comparison to other vessels flying
in space. After leaving the gravitational field of Earth they had just enough propulsive-ray mass
left to perform a braking manoeuvre when they reached the orbit of Venus. The flight on the
final distance of the trip had to be borne on wings and the success of the landingтАФthe most
difficult part of itтАФdepended on their aerodynamic features. They had to figure with a probable
loss of 5%. Ten ships would never reach the surface of VenusтАФor only as burning meteors.
These were the predictions of the astronauts.
It could turn out to be worse, Pjotkin warily reflected, perhaps as much as 10% or more.
The fleet had the task of delivering reinforcements for Gen. TomisenkowтАЩs Venus expedition.
In the main, the supply consisted of steel since the vessels were in no condition to leave Venus