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make it easier for him to outsmart it later."
"Why donтАЩt we beat him to the punch," suggested Bell. He grinned confidently. "LetтАЩs tip the ZarltтАЩs
hand. Then the robot brain will be our friend and maybe itтАЩll make us a present of this stolen ship."

"I canтАЩt see it quite your way but something like it," admitted Rhodan. "But donтАЩt letтАЩs forget that the
Mooffs are behind the Zarlt and behind the Mooffs again are hiding some unknown entities. To find the
latter is our true mission." He paused for a few instants but before Bell could manage to put in a word,
Rhodan continued: "In my opinion it will be best to solve this task step by step. And the first step is: the
Zarlt! We should approach this problem from the inside, though. John Marshall has established contact
with the leader of the underground movement, a former admiral named Zernif. WeтАЩll lend him our support
in his plans."

"And what are those plans?"

"To avenge the murder of the old Zarlt and to install his rightful successor."

Bell glanced up. "Does the new Zarlt acknowledge the rule of the robot brain over the Arkonide
Empire?"

"Yes, he does, because there is no better solution available at present. The Arkonides are no longer
capable of ruling an empire with a diameter of nearly 230 light-years."

"That means weтАЩll be helping the Brain?"

Rhodan stared at the wall. "Yes." He spoke softly and with an undertone of resignation.



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Perry RhodanтАЩs Mutant Corps constituted the greatest mental power bloc in the known sector of the
Milky WayтАЩs margin. Through the constant pollution of EarthтАЩs atmosphere in the past decades
considerable changes had been caused in the brain structure of some people who had been born during
and after that time. These changes made them mutants. Whether these acquired traits were inheritable
had not yet been determined.

The mutants were of 2 types: positive and negative. It depended on the political use made of their special
talents which group they fell into: all the members of RhodanтАЩs Mutant Corps, naturally, were of the
positive variety, numbering among them telepaths, radiopaths, teleporters, seers, hypno-suggestors,
frequency detectors and telekins. One of the mutants was even capable of releasing atomic explosions
over great distances by the sheer power of his will.

The telepath John Marshall was the official head of the Mutant Corps. Originally a native of Australia
and now a citizen of the New Power, he had always been a champion of the unification of Earth. Now
since this goal had been achieved and Earth was no longer divided by squabbling factions, Marshall
accompanied Rhodan on his flight to Arkon.

MarshallтАЩs Mutant Corp had gone with him. Pucky, the little mouse-beaver, was of course a member of