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But, Bell was wound up and wouldnтАЩt let Rhodan finish. "Perry," he said gravely, "we didnтАЩt exactly go
to Wanderer for pleasure, but because the Springers pose such a serious threat to us. If the Springers
decide to make a concerted attack on us with all their firepower it will mean the end of us.It has wilfully
refused us admittance to Wanderer. And you donтАЩt call that unfunny, Perry?"

Perry Rhodan was extremely disappointed and dismayed, a condition in which his men never saw him.
He had not yet been able to devise a method of stemming the peril of the Galactic traders. He looked
past Bell, who watched him expectantly. Bell knew full well that his friend only fried to disguise his
disenchantment and helplessness.

"Good heavens, Perry," Bell muttered, "I donтАЩt know you the way youтАЩre acting now!"

Rhodan ignored his remark as he replied, "Ittrusts in our ability more than we do ourselvesтАФit can be
the only explanation, Reggie. Remember how toughIt made it for us on our way toIts planet? You and I
still have to learn something aboutIts sense of humour.It didnтАЩt let us enter and refused to acknowledge
our presence becauseIt had no intention of handing over more tele-transmitters to us. It seems to beIts
opinion that we should defend ourselves against the Springers with the means, currently at our
disposalтАж"

"If thatтАЩs humour I can no longer appreciate a joke!" Bell replied disgustedly. "TheStardust has only two
tele-transmittersтАФthatтАЩs the grand total. What do you think will happen to theStardust if their friends the
Mounders assault us with their overwhelming force? TheStardust will be no more, not to mention the
cruisersTerra andSolar System , and the Earth will be an enslaved colony of the traders."

Bell saw a gleam in his friendтАЩs eyes and a grim smile on his lips as Rhodan stretched himself vigorously,
beginning to feel a little better.

"YouтАЩre absolutely right," Rhodan replied. "If the Springers deploy the Mounders in a determined effort,
all will lost. Now if this isnтАЩt a terrific joke!It trusts us to beat off the Galactic traders and the Mounders
to boot!"

Disheartened again, Bell sank back in his chair. "Is that all youтАЩve got to say, Perry?" he moaned,
completely deflated.

"Yes, Reggie, for the moment anyway. Thanks for being such a good friend and giving me a poke in the
ribs at the right time!"

"WhoтАжme? When did I do that?" He looked so flabbergasted that Rhodan told him with a broad grin:
"You donтАЩt look so smart!"

"IтАЩd give a fortune for a hint on how to grapple with the calamities ahead," Bell snarled angrily and then
fell silent.



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 Terrania, the capital of the New Power in the Gobi Desert and seat of the Terrestrial World
Government, awaited the arrival of the two cruisersSolar System andTerra . After the structure
disturbances due to the transition through hyperspace, the ships had contacted Terrania via hypercom
and now received instructions how to traverse the force-field above Terrania.