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 Seconds later, his face looked grey and old.
At that moment, the television cameras turned their lenses away from Bell and
focussed on Perry Rhodan.
Millions of people saw the First Administrator in one of the worst moments of
his life.
Rhodan was desperate! Internally, he felt as though he were collapsing. The
desire to shut off the microcom was overpowering but the force of his will to hear
the terrible news to the end was stronger.
Thomas Cardif, lieutenant of the Solar Fleet, stationed on Pluto, had secretly
left the planet with a destroyer.
Thomas Cardif, Perry RhodanтАЩs son, had deserted!
Thomas Cardif, transferred to Pluto for disciplinary reasons, had taken flight
during the battle with the Druufs.
He had let his hate for his father take precedence over all else.
Only a few minutes before, his flight had been noticed on Pluto. Five days
earlier than scheduled by routine, the garrison on Pluto had relieved the crew of
Relay Station 3. It had come out then that with the help of a forged order, Cardif
had deserted in a stolen destroyer.
тАЬDestination of the deserter Lt. Cardif is unknown!тАЭ
These minutes were some of the few in his life in which Perry Rhodan was
unable to act instantly.
First he had lost his wife, Thora. Now he had also lost his son.
Under the name of Thomas Cardif, he had grown up in the care of people who
were not his parents so that he would not suffer the burden of being Perry
RhodanтАЩs son. But when as a newly-minted lieutenant he had learned on Siliko V
who his parents really were, the Arkonide heredity on his motherтАЩs side broke
through and with all the arrogance and pride of an Arkonide he hated his father
from that second on. His love was reserved for his mother alone and even at her
grave he felt only hate for Perry Rhodan.
How he must hate me, thought Rhodan, tiredly and bitterly.
Once more Perry Rhodan realized how lonely it can be to be a man so high
above all others.
He did not know that a bitter smile was playing at his lips.
He did not know that millions of people were now watching him and that those
people were reminded of the day on which Thora was laid to rest in the
mausoleum on the moon.
тАЬPerryтАжтАЭ
Bell had sat down next to him. Allan D. Mercant had replaced him at the
speakerтАЩs stand. Mercant spoke to a breathlessly listening house, just then
requesting that public coverage of the session be temporarily suspended. His
request was not unusual and was well within the limits of parliamentary
procedure. In the following minutes, Mercant would inform the Upper House that
21 representatives had misused their high positions for their personal gain. All 21
MPs were members of the African delegation and were declared opponents of
Rhodan.
Millions of television screens in the Solar System went grey. The Upper House
was voting. It decided to suspend public coverage for as long as it took Allan D.
Mercant as chief of Solar Defence to submit all the incriminating evidence and
subject it to examination for proof of authenticity.
John Marshall leaned forward slightly and whispered into BellтАЩs ear. тАЬThe