" Perry Rhodan 0025 - (18) Menace of the Mutant Master" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

What the blazes was there in the reactor installation that could be made to explode? Freyt was a soldier
first and a technician next but he had a definite idea how a reactor worked. He also knew what kind of
materials were used for the construction of a reactor. But try as he might he couldnтАЩt think of anything
that might have brought about two explosions of the kind they had just heard.

And how was it possible such explosions could even occur in view of the extensive security measures in
force there?

Freyt could find no answer to either of his questions. The chauffeur drove the car to the entrance gate of
block G where he came to a halt. Freyt was startled out of his thoughts.

Before the two explosions, block G had consisted of a long, low hall in which various separate
components, brought in from the outside, were assembled, the end product being the catalyst R reactors.
Some 300 men worked there during the day.

Now the outlines of the former assembly hall could still be recognized but otherwise it gave the
appearance of a battlefield that had been bombarded for hours by steady gunfire.

Rescue teams had arrived shortly before Freyt. Dressed in protective clothing, the men stomped through
the heat of the area which was strewn with debris. They were searching for survivors. From a police
inspector Freyt learned that at the time of the explosion about 10 men of the night crew and guards had
been present in the building.

Nobody knew anything about the cause of the explosion. With the help of special instruments they had
found two spots within the area of block G whose current temperature was over 3600┬░ Fahrenheit. In all
likelihood this was where the explosions had taken place.

Freyt turned to the police inspector. "Have you checked for radioactivity?" he asked.

The police inspector put on a forced smile. "I beg your pardon, sir! There wasnтАЩt a single speck of
radioactive material in the whole place!"

Freyt shook his head. "I want to make sure in any case," he answered sceptically. "Call the dosimeter
crew!"

The police inspector walked over to his car to pass on the request.

Freyt began to feel ill at ease. "ThereтАЩs nothing we can do for the time being," he told his adjutant. "WeтАЩll
have to wait till at least the first check has been made." In the midst of all the excitement he had forgotten
all about Rhodan and his impending arrival.

This incident was not just another accident: one of the most important factories had been destroyed.
Without the Arkonide reactors there would be no nuclear drive enginesтАФwithout power units no
spaceshipsтАФwithout spacecraft no protection for Earth.

Was it by chance that of all things block G should have fallen victim to the first major accident inside the
area of the New Power?

Colonel Freyt began to wonder what chances a saboteur would have of getting inside the domain of the