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proceeded to turn one of his promising cadets, namely Julian Tifflor, into a
suspicious agent of the New Power. Tifflor was the bait. And the unknown
adversaries nibbled at it. They overtook his spacecraft K-9, flying under the
command of Maj. Deringhouse, and with a tractor ray skyjacked it to the double
sun system, Beta Albireo, 320 light-years away. Immediate pursuit was taken
up by Stardust with two guppies on board and escorted by the two 200-meter
cruisers Terra and Solar System. Still Rhodan was prudent enough not to
overestimate the combat effectiveness of his little fleet. He could not risk
an open attack, keeping a safe distance for the present and merely observing
the situation instead. The information supplied by the Arkonide Khrest only
confirmed his policy. They had meanwhile learned that they were dealing with
the legendary Galactic Traders: the base location, Beta Albireo, was a sure
sign of that. And Khrest was able to give them an elaborate rundown on the
guild. 8000 years ago, by Earth-time reckoning, the Traders, Arkonide
descendants, broke away from the Central Empire. Their unsteady mode of life
drove them into a nomadic existence, although they had developed an
independent culture and technology. While the once so mighty Arkon degenerated
more and more, they found power and wealth in the reaches of the galaxy. Their
essentially unmartial nature did not hinder them from attaining their
objectives by any means. One of these objectives was called
Earth. .... Patience! Rhodan's demand was a hard trial for all of them,
even for him. Another 12 hours before landing on Terra! So much could happen
in that span of time. The foreign agents were robots from their own ranks.
Reprogrammed robots! Very little was discussed in the Command Central.
Wherever the Chief of the New Power was present in person, respect
instinctively prevailed, even though everyone knew that Perry Rhodan was open
to any reasonable idea. The only one who seldom kept silent was Rhodan's
deputy, Reginald Bell, or Reggie, as his closest colleagues called
him. Reggie found the appropriate words to ease their inner tension. "You're
all sitting there as if they were about to serve the last meal before
execution. What difference do a few hours make till we land? At least we know
the score now. After all, those flipped-out robots have been knocking around
in our territory for weeks and the Earth is still there, in spite of any
subversive activity those guys might have already undertaken. After we've
landed it will soon come to an end. I think we'll cross up their plans but
good." Bell fell silent. Here and there someone nodded approvingly but no
discussion followed as he had hoped. Perry Rhodan issued a few orders to the
observers and requested course controls. After this routine manoeuvre was
over the silence set in again. Thoughts once again went to the future and to
the past. So the K-9 with its commander Deringhouse and Cadet Tifflor had
fallen into the hands of the Traders. Meanwhile it was known that Tifflor and
his comrades had succeeded in reaching an ice planet on which they had hidden.
Rhodan had sent them the peculiar furry creature, Pucky, who could aid them
well because of his versatile parapsychological abilities. However, there was
no more to be done for the stranded group at the moment. The advent of Trader
ship reinforcements had to be reckoned with at any moment and they were units
of Arkonide excellence. If Rhodan wished to defeat these foes, who were his
equals, he would have to attain superiority elsewhere. And 'elsewhere' could
only be found on the planet Wanderer, the planet of eternal life. Yet to find
Wanderer was not a task for routine navigation. Astronautical yearbooks and