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Now the optical system picked it up from midship. On an auxiliary screen to FreytтАЩs left, a cylindrical
spaceship was brought into piercingly sharp focus. In the same moment the ship was identified. Lt. Feller
announced: "TheTAL 153 тАж!"

The bellowing of alarms drowned out everything else on the ship. Meanwhile the hypertran-sensor
trackers crowed their own alarm. Out of the void from hyperspace 3 ships had emerged in dangerous
proximity to theGanymede .

"ThatтАЩs all we needed now," observed Col. Freyt calmly. But then came his orders. "Inform the Chief!"
That was for Corn Control. "Defensive fire with all weapons if we are attacked!" This order rang out at
all battle stations. Simultaneously the gun ports opened up.

TheGanymede was ready for battle.

But who were these 3 spacers which had emerged out of a hypertransition and now held their courses
locked to that of the battleship?

"Springer ships!" The message shot through simultaneously from Tracking and from Optical Observation.

Freyt shouted into a microphone for radio transmission: "TAL 153must get out of here at once!"

"Transition!" rasped Lt. DreyfussтАЩ voice from Hyper Sensor Tracking. "TAL 153in hyperjump!"

From station Dora-8 came the cool voice of the Fire Control Officer. "Attack from Green 45!" Battle
station Dora-8 was located where the curve of stern fin #1 harmoniously joined the shipтАЩs hull.

In the machine rooms of the battleship the turbines howled to a higher pitch; thousands of connections
were changed, cut, or activated; the final converters began to roar; and the power stations provided all
battle positions with an excess of energy.

Dora-8 fired for 3 secondsтАЩ duration.

"Our optical system is good!" Freyt praised the men who sat amidship and accomplished the skilful feat
of making the 3 cylindrical vessels visible on the special screen. The gunnery crew at Dora-8 also drew
praise. The propulsion section of one of the 3 Springer ships disappeared. It had taken a full half-second
of the powerful disintegrator beams.

"New transition!" panted Lt. Dreyfuss and his surprise increased as he added, "The TAL 153 has come
backтАж!"

A high-decibel announcement thundered out of the Com Control. "Pulse-code message from the153!
Deciphered text follows!"

Now at last Col. Freyt was beginning to perceive why the fighter ship from TalamonтАЩs fleet had returned
and was taking part in the battle: This ship from the clan of the Mounders was attacking theGanymede !
Three powerful disintegrator beams were aimed at FreytтАЩs battleship but all 3 bolts of destruction missed
and didnтАЩt so much as touch the strong defence screens of the 2500-foot spacer.
The fire crew at battle stations cursed bitterly in their rage. Had their curses been weapons they wouldnтАЩt
have left a hair on either Talamon or his clan.