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correct in his statement. There was really no basis for a celebration. Like a silent spectre conjured up by
the recent Aras incident, Terra itself came once more into the focal point. The Arasalso were Galactic
Traders and the Galactic Traders were and still remained one of the EarthтАЩs most threatening dangers.

Topthor the Mounder knew the location of the Solar System; the mammoth brain on Arkon did not
know it! Within Star Cluster M-13 alone were several thousand Springer ships, each one a fortress in its
own right. And what did Earth have to match against this power?

Nothing!

It was Perry RhodanтАЩs strong point that he did not overestimate himself. And it was his greatest concern
that very shortly the Springers might fly a massive attack against Terra, the тАШPlanet of UnrestтАЩ, and turn it
into a sun, leaving it to die in atomic fire.

For this reason he wanted to fly back to Earth along with theGanymede . His representation to the
robot brain to the effect that theTitan was not adequately manned was a flimsy cover-up from the start.
The great automation was too shrewd to be fooled in such a primitive manner. Rhodan knew that the
Brain was looking for any opportunity to discover the exact co├╢rdinates of Earth, by means of a
hypertransition of theTitan and theGanymede . What the robot brain did not know and could not know
was the fact that both theTitan and theGanymede were equipped with hypersensor compensators,
developed by the Galactic Traders, which made any tracking of a transition jump impossible.

Bell attempted to dispel the mood of apprehension. He said angrily, "So letтАЩs get with it and do what we
have to, so those star gypsies wonтАЩt be celebrating either! Want me to set up the first transition, Perry?"

Perry Rhodan nodded his head.




2/ RHODANтАЩS RUSE



The green-skinned, massive face of Talamon grinned at Perry Rhodan through the view screen. A few
minutes before, Rhodan had announced himself over the MoundersтАЩ hyperspace frequency. Now the
mighty space battleship poked itself out of the cosmic darkness and slowly locked its velocity to that of
theTitan .

"IтАЩm coming over, Perry Rhodan!" Talamon announced after a brief greeting. Then his image faded from
the screen. On board theTal VI , the connection had been shut off.

Rhodan called theGanymede over shipтАЩs radio com. "Hold preparations for transition in abeyance," he
ordered. "But keep all calculations available."

Then he looked at Bell. "Tell John Marshall and Pucky to get in here."

In the same moment the air in front of Rhodan flickered and out of it emerged the mouse-beaver. He
grinned happily with his single incisor tooth and prepared to make himself comfortable in PerryтАЩs lap.