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The Naats, inhabitants of the planet Naat, had apparently been chosen to тАШmanтАЩ the spaceships landing
on the port of Naatral although there was great reason to doubt that the 10 foot-high, bubble-headed
giants were capable of understanding the complicated operations of an Arkonide battleship.

The three-eyed Naats, colonial subjects in the immediate sphere of influence of the seat of the Imperium,
the planet Arkon, appeared to represent an ideal interim solution to the problems of the governing giant
robot brainтАФassuming, that is, that a purely mechanical computer had any knowledge of such concepts.
Quite likely the central brain of Arkon тАШthoughtтАЩ along quite different lines.

The Arkonides themselves had become completely useless for such practical services because of the
obvious fact of their degeneration. Therefore the Brain fell back on utilizing alien races whose
unquestioned loyalty rated above mental faculties.

"ItтАЩll be a disaster!" Reginald Bell prophesied gloomily. "TheyтАЩll trample everything down like a herd of
elephants and empty the larder with their first meal!"

"Is that so?" Perry muttered laconically.

Bell frowned. He looked defiantly around, seeking support, but none of the thousand men aboard the
Ganymede were in a very cheerful mood at the moment so the rambunctious redhead stalked off,
muttering under his breath.



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The Command Centre of the second largest battleship in the space arsenal of the New Power, led by
Perry Rhodan, was located 2500 feet above the ground. Only a few days earlier it had appeared that no
power known could resist the abundant energy of the gigantic spacer. This belief was shockingly
shattered when the тАШinvincibleтАЩGanymede encountered an Arkonide robot ship, was captured and
steered by remote control to the fifth world of the Arkon system. As a consequence the newest battleship
of the Earthlings rested immobilized on the wide pads of its telescopic support legs whose hydraulic
power strained to resist the heavy pull of NaatтАЩs gravity. This alien land of deserts exerted 2.8 G.

The landing field of the spaceport, empty for hours, now suddenly became as busy as a hill of ants. It
gave the impression that the Great Empire was again on the verge of dealing a final mighty blow to the
rebellious colonial races.

The mustering of the non-humanoid Naats was a clear sign that the billions of the Arkonide population
were no longer capable of serving in the numerous spaceships as was taken for granted thousands of
years ago.

It had been learned beyond a shadow of a doubt that the amazing new initiative had been taken not by
organic beings but by the greatest robot brain in the known universe.

Perry Rhodan inwardly shuddered as he studied the deployment of the fleet with the aid of his optical
instruments. The line-up of the smallest to the heaviest units was almost legendary.
 They had counted more than 100 battleships of the Imperium class alone, each one of them as