" Perry Rhodan 0041 - (33) The Giant's Partner" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

could not quite buy the idea that hundreds of intelligent races were dependent on the logical decisions of
a robot.

For these reasons it had seemed at first reasonable to him that the Zarlt of Zalit should seek to destroy
the Brain and take over the government of the Empire himself. But then the Mooffs had come upon the
scene. At first it was believed that they were the principal string-pullers behind the events. They
dominated the ZalitesтАЩ minds and provoked them to revolution against Arkon. And then even that
deduction proved to be erroneous. The Mooffs functioned under the orders, or pressure of unknown
entities, who intended by this means to harvest the fruits of revolt. Aside from all this, it was revealed that
the Zarlt was an assassin and a tyrant who would have become a criminal even without any suggestive
assistance from the Mooffs.

Rhodan now perceived his opportunity to prove to the robot brain of Arkon that he stood on the side of
the Empire and did not intend to add to his troubles. He had arrived at this point in his deliberations when
Bell broke the silence.

"The communications centre is buzzing, Perry. You want to look-see or should I goтАж?"

"Thanks. You stick with the screens. IтАЩm on my way."

The communications centre was in an adjacent section.

"WhatтАЩs up?"

One of the Com officers handed Rhodan a dispatch. "A message from Major Deringhouse. Hyperspace
transmission."

Major Deringhouse! Rhodan took the dispatch without reading it immediately. He returned to the
command centre, where Bell looked at him expectantly. Deringhouse commanded the spacefleet of Earth
and stood in battle readiness. Nevertheless, the robot brain could have learned from the Springers the
planet of RhodanтАЩs origin. And if this were the case, the Earth would be in the greatest danger. A single
robot ship using Arkonide gravitation bombsтАФcould convert the Solar System into a radioactive cloud.

Then again, the Earth was 34,000 light-years awayтАж

Against the danger of source detection, Deringhouse had sent the hyperspace message from an arbitrary
point in the Milky Way.

Bell asked, "Well?"

Rhodan looked at the dispatch. He read it aloud: "To Perry Rhodan, Arkon Sector. Re your inquiry
Springer leak. Venusian positronic brain fed all available data. Computation gives 99.08% certainty
Springers have not revealed Earth position to Arkon. Lots of luck. Here all quiet and set. Deringhouse."

Bell gave an audible sigh of relief. "So the good old Earth is still with us! A lot of times you can forget
that sheтАЩs an eternity away. Light takes 34,000 years to get from here to there."

Rhodan interrupted him. "No lectures just now, please. That message is no guarantee EarthтАЩs out of
danger indefinitely. On the contrary! The robot brain on Arkon is searching for us. If the Zarlt gets tired
of our game, he can reveal our location. So in one stroke he can demonstrate his loyalty to the Brain and