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of him some day than to exterminate him? In any case neither of these alternatives can be realized at this
moment since Etztak and his friends are shunning this planet because of a terrible disease which doesnтАЩt
exist. ItтАЩll take him quite a while to realize how innocuous this dread epidemic really is."

"What about all the other Springers?" Marshall queried. "There are many clans that keep in constant
touch with each other although they have no other home than their ships. WonтАЩt they come back to
salvage the abandoned technical installations?"

"DonтАЩt forget the quarantine theyтАЩve imposed on this planet!" Rhodan reminded him. "Nobody is allowed
to land on GoszulтАЩs Planet. At least no Springers!" Rhodan chuckled a little. "I wouldnтАЩt know which
Springer would be courageous enough to brave the danger of an unknown pestilence in order to salvage
a few robots, no matter how much theyтАЩre worth!"

"YouтАЩre forgetting the unfinished ship," Bell reminded.

Nobody suspected then that much more than the ship had been overlookedтАФbut destiny would
dramatically remind them at a much later date.



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Pucky was shrewd enough to materialize far enough away from the secret spaceship plant in the
wilderness of the mountains.

He was very fortunate that his blind jump deposited him on a high plain strewn with rocks and a sparse
growth of stunted trees which offered sufficient cover for him in case anybody was around to see him. He
estimated that he was at most one or two miles away from the assembly plant. Since he was too lazy for
running he wanted to cover the distance by carefully calculated jumps.

Looking at Pucky it was easy to understand why he didnтАЩt care much for running. Pucky really looked
like a giant mouse with a flattened beaver tail. His big ears came to a point and were usually standing up.
His rusty-brown fur was smooth and supple. He was but a yard tall and his short feet made him appear
to be awkward. As far as his intelligence was concerned he far surpassed the average human being.

At home in a cold world circling a dying sun he belonged to a telekinetic species but due to the process
of mutation he had also acquired the gift of telepathy and the ability to move by teleportation.

Sitting on his hind feet he surveyed his surroundings with keen eyes. He failed to receive thoughts but
that would hardly have been possible there because robots donтАЩt think like organic beings. Their impulses
couldnтАЩt be picked up, at least not by a telepathic brain.

The sun was beating down on the rocky surface and Pucky, who could stand cold better than heat,
began to sweat. To gain a better view he lifted himself up in the air and motionlessly hovered at a height
of 60 feet where it was also a little cooler.

The hangar was presumably located somewhere to the north. Pucky saw nothing but rugged cliffs and
steep ravines. He wondered why the Springers had chosen to build their ship in this wilderness. It