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be a useful device.
 "The orientation is very good," Tako Kakuta said suddenly. Please donтАЩt change the cartographic grid,
sir. Our course seems to be correct as well. We should reach the most favourable point for my departure
in about 10 minutes."

They checked their watches. In addition to the chronometers on board the ship, which corresponded
with the Terrestrial calendar, they all carried the so-called Venus watches. Figured roughly, Venus
rotated five times slower than Earth. Therefore a day on Venus was five times longer.

The point the positronic brain of theGood Hope V had ascertained as RhodanтАЩs present position fell into
the moving twilight zone. For their companions down on Venus a new morning had just dawned.

The Venus watches showed close to 78:00 oтАЩclock.

Still five minutes to the most advantageous time to leap!

It was a time of silent waiting during which the tension rose. If anyone on board had misgivings about
KakutaтАЩs mission, he did not mention it. It could be possible that the teleportation of a mutant was the
last chance for penetrating the barrier created by the robot brain in the Venus fortress.

Three minutes to go!

Wuriu Sengu, the seer, groaned in disgust. After he had stood for seconds in utmost concentration
peering into the apparent void, he relaxed his body and threw himself with dismay into a chair.

Bell was angry at this demonstration of a pessimistic attitude since it could easily infect the others.
"WhatтАЩs the matter, Wuriu?"

"IтАЩve tried to recognize something under the mass of clouds. Of course, I can see more than you do. For
you the surface of Venus is a bleak mantle of vapours and clouds yet for me itтАЩs a colourful and
splendrous paradise. But weтАЩre more concerned now with detailed features and I canтАЩt make them out
from this distance. About 20 miles south of the point specified by our computer is an almost barren high
mesa. But the chief is most likely deep in the wild forest."

"You mean, Wuriu, if heтАЩs smart, heтАЩll try to reach the mesa?"

"Naturally! It offers the best protection against the unpredictable fauna of the planet."

"You may be right. But the problems probably look more difficult down there than from up here. In any
case, we can fully depend on the result of our positronic range finder. IтАЩm convinced that the next 15
minutes will tell us more about the situation. All clear, Tako?"

One more minute to the right jump-off position.

The teleporter nodded.

In addition to his own equipment he carried an Arkonide operation-suit on his back. Everyone knew its
purpose: as soon as Kakuta located Rhodan, the suit would enable their commander to reach the Venus
fortress without delay. There he had to revise the programming of the positronic brain. Thus the control
of the New Power over the entire planet would once more be secured with one stroke. The Arkonide