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and beaver but comported himself in a completely human manner, although for the most part he chose to
skip the matter of clothing. His rust-brown furry pelt seemed to be fully adequate for his needs.

Rhodan came to a halt when he reached the technicians, who had set up their equipment directly
alongside the deserted Gazelle. The projectors were turned in the same direction that the ruined
generator had been pointing toward. Barring anything unforeseen, an activation of the machine should
now produce the circular ring of light which would form a doorway into the other time dimension.

"Are you ready?" Rhodan inquired of the head engineer as he indicated the complicated apparatus.
"When can we make the first try?"

"As soon as we hook up the main conduits to the power generators on board theDrusus , sir. The
energy-ring generator requires a lot of energy for building up its time-field."

Rhodan nodded and turned around. "IтАЩm going through myself. Pucky and the mutants will accompany
me. Bell will stay behind and take over the command in case anything goes wrongтАж"

"WrongтАж?" inquired Pucky in his sharp, squeaky voice. "What could go wrong?"

"Whatever, PuckyтАФwe have to take the risk," Rhodan explained calmly. "ThatтАЩs what Lt. Rous did and
heтАЩs vanished; but at least we know the reason why. Without a generator there isnтАЩt any way back. But
this equipment here isnтАЩt going to break down. Our technicians will see to that. So weтАЩll be able to return
at any time." He turned once more to the scientists. "When will you be all set?"

"In 1 hour, sir."



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The sun Morag had only moved a short distance and now stood high in the sky. The desert of Tats-Tor
lay deserted and dead under its scorching rays, giving mute testimony to the lifelessness of a world swept
by the curtain of alien time.

Rhodan adjusted the impulse beamer in his belt and took a last look at his companions before starting
the dangerous journey. Beside him Pucky seemed to tremble with impatience but Rhodan sensed his
small friendтАЩs inner apprehension before the unknown. However brave and spirited the little
mouse-beaver might be, the alien time dimension was something he couldnтАЩt quite grasp in its
conceptтАФand so he was instinctively afraid of it.

"We will stay together," said Rhodan while placing his right hand on PuckyтАЩs shoulder. "As soon as we
have climbed through the forcefield window I want you to put out your telepathic tendrils so that we can
trace Lt. Rous as quickly as possible. John Marshall will handle the radio. IтАЩll keep a lookout for any
possible surprises from the unknown enemy but we already know that events occurring behind that time
curtain take about 72,000 times longer to happen. So in that sense we really wonтАЩt have to fear any
enemy action." He gave a sign to the technicians. "We are ready, gentlemen."

Bell stood to one side and strove to maintain an air of indifference. Within him raged a veritable storm of