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confirmed. I would like to give only one hint, however: your scientists have determined that time passes
72,000 times more slowly on the aliens' plane. That means that for them, only a few months have gone by
since I arrived on Earth."

Rhodan looked inquiringly at Atlan. The immortal had been on Earth for more than 10,000 years.
What connection was he trying to make? Atlan gave no answer. Not yet.

Rhodan turned again to the 6 men. "Marcel Rous and Fellmer Lloyd have succeeded in constructing
a device that will enable one to penetrate the other time plane without any change in his own rate of time.
In other words, he who enters the aliens' world will live and function just as he did before but will find
that for his surroundings time moves 72000 times more slowly. We have named the device the Lens Field
Generator and constructed the first experimental model. It will be installed in a Gazelle, whose generators
will of course have to be accordingly augmented in supplying power. Besides the Lens Field Generator
we have a second resource at our disposal: we can now positronically predict-with some degree of
certainty-where the approaching time plane will next intersect ours. We suspect that the boundaries of the
2 planes are irregular and overlap in various places. We must find out if our suspicion is justified. You,
gentlemen, will attempt to find out."

The 6 men looked at each other. Rhodan saw no terror in their eyes, only a happy surprise. All of
those men had risked their lives for Rhodan and the Earth before. In the previous decades they had often
found themselves having to fight against a living and very real enemy to defend the Earth. But this time the
enemy was separated from them by a wall of time. However, the wall had holes.

"Lt. Rous will be leader of the expedition," Rhodan continued. "He is the only one among you who
already has had some contact with the enemy. I am assigning the mutant Andr? Noir to the expedition,
since he is a hypno and thus able to force the aliens to his will if necessary. I consider that of utmost
importance, as we may be able to bring a prisoner back into our own time plane. Others taking part in
the expedition are: Fritz Steiner, physicist and chemist; Ivan Ragov, biologist, zoologist and doctor; Fred
Harras, technician and qualified mechanic; and finally, our Afroterranian meteorologist and metallurgist,
Josua. Everyone knows each other, I'm sure. Liftoff is tomorrow with one of our heavy cruisers, which
will take you to the star system in question. That will he all you need to know for now: I have no wish to
spoil a night's leave in Terrania by weighing your minds down with the details. Are there any questions?"

Lt. Marcel Rous, a small, dark, nimble Frenchman, shook his head. He knew that there could be no
questions for whatever was not known now would be revealed soon enough the next day. The other 5
men remained quiet as well.

Rhodan nodded, content, as though he had expected nothing else. "Thank you, gentlemen. We'll see
you at about 10 tomorrow morning, half an hour before liftoff. Lt. Rous, please remain here: the others
may go. And if I may give you a last piece of advice, don't get to bed too late. I don't know if you'll have
time to sleep on the other time plane."

The hypno, Noir, grinned as he went out the door. The other 4 men did not reveal their feelings and
simply left the room. Nights in Terrania were short. They wanted to take advantage of their last one and
of course they hoped that it would not be their very last night ever.

Rhodan waited until the door shut then turned to Rous. "There won't be enough time tomorrow
morning for discussing all the details so I had to ask you to remain here. You, as leader of the expedition,
must be informed of what will happen tomorrow and what you will have to do in case the experiment is
not successful. And that is unfortunately quite possible. Don't forget that the Lens Field Generator has yet