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the history of the Topides."

Al-Khor nodded calmly. He already saw himself participating in the victory parade before the Dictator,
who would decorate him as a hero of the stellar empire.

The cruiser arrived at the 3rd planet and brought Al-Khor to the new headquarters of the reptiles, a
hollowed-out mountain near the equator. The hypercom equipment was already in operation. In less than
2 minutes, Al-Khor established a connection with his home planet. The Commander-in-Chief of the
fighting forces there answered him and requested a full report. Then he promised: "Al-Khor, you can
depend on the fact that the Springers are going to suffer the greatest defeat in their long history. The
Dictator is very pleased with your tactical preparations. Send us the agreed-on signal as soon as the
Springers attack and make sure that we are continuously advised concerning the progress of the battle."

"We will be victorious," said Al-Khor loftily.

There was a moment of silence, followed by the answer: "Youmust be victorious, Al-Khor!"



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The 3rd player at the galactic chess game was called Cekztel, an ancient patriarch of the Mounders who
had received the Supreme Command over the collective fighting forces of the Springers. His massive
figureтАФhe weighed more than 13 hundred poundsтАФwas supported by a special seat in front of the
controls of his ship, from which vantage point he intended to lead the mission.

It was a mission that would signify the end of a planet called Earth.

In effect, Cekztel was now officiating merely as the executive functionary of the operation. The actual
initiator, however, was called Topthor, and so we will concern ourselves principally with him, because it
was he who at one time discovered the Earth and managed to secure its galactic position in the memory
banks of his positronic Nav computer. As Perry Rhodan continued to become an increasingly dangerous
factor the worth of this piece of information increased correspondingly. But finally Topthor had been
forced to surrender it to his own race because his own safety depended upon it. The Springers had
unanimously decided to eliminate Rhodan once and for all. His home planet was to be destroyed.
Topthor provided the key.

This key, however, was not actually effective any longer, because RhodanтАЩs mutants had long since
altered the computer data. Now the so-called Earth circled the star Betelgeuse.

So far, so good.

TopthorтАЩs mighty physique was also supported by a wide seat. The Mounders had lived for a long time
on a planet of very heavy gravitation but in spite of their tremendous bodies they were astonishingly
nimble and agile.

The fleet hovered 12,000 light-years from Betelgeuse in readiness to make the final hypertransition and
make a surprise raid on the Earth, whose defence forces could not have any advance knowledge of the