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Earth meanwhile was unaware that it had become the centre of an intergalactic defence belt.

And this belt had all the time it needed for a long wait.



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Perry Rhodan, however, did not have a lot of time left.

What he had tried to avoid for a decade now, had overtaken him: The most powerful race of the huge
Arkonide empire alerted to EarthтАЩs existence. Gone was the protective isolation and the blissful
anonymity. Of all the living beings in the universe, it had to be the Springers, the galactic traders, who
discovered EarthтАЩs position!

The first battle had been won. All the robot spies that the Springers had deployed on Earth and within
the solar system had been put out of commission. In a surprise attack Rhodan had successfully destroyed
the enemyтАЩs communication bases on Titan. But the situation was still undecided. Far away in the system
of the double star Beta-Albireo, 320 light-years from Earth, stood the two heavy cruisersTerra andSolar
System engaged in a fight against the armed commercial fleet of the two Springer commanders Orlgans
and Etztak. And on the second planet of that system, a primeval ice world, Julian Tifflor and his friends
were holding out, waiting to be rescued. Among them was Pucky, the feisty little mousebeaver, with his
many remarkable talents. They were all waiting, hoping to hold off the Springers and thus divert their
attention from Perry Rhodan until he could obtain the necessary weapons with which he could definitely
chase away the enemy intruders once and for all.

The general situation was far from rosy at the time whenStardust , a mighty battleship of the empire
class with a diameter a half mile, was racing toward the point of transition.

Rhodan was visibly upset about this situation, a fact which was noticed by his friend Reginald Bell with a
commensurate degree of uneasiness. "IтАЩd like to know why you should keep on worrying your head off,
Perry," he tried to cheer up his long time pal and boss. "EverythingтАЩs going OK. We neednтАЩt be anxious
on account of Pucky and Tiff, theyтАЩll make it alright. And as far as Nyssen is concernedтАж"

"Major NyssenтАЩs job isnтАЩt exactly easy," Rhodan reminded him in a serious tone. "The two cruisers
under his command certainly know their duty but I donтАЩt know how long theyтАЩll be able to keep up flying
mock attack sorties against the Springers. And worse even, how long will it take until this presumably
highly intelligent race will come to realize that we are using nothing but delaying actions against them?"

"Why exactly are they called Springers? They look just the way we do, donтАЩt they?"

"They own no proper home planet but keep springing from one solar system to the next. They are also
known by the name of Traders but I think Springer suits them best because it emphasizes their
rootlessness."

Bell gazed at the videoscreen. The giant planet Jupiter was moving sideways and out of view. Assuming
a speed close to that of light, theStardust