" Perry Rhodan 0121 - (113a-114a) Heritage of the Lizard People" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

discover suitable planets, the Seedship with the spores as a cargo and the Harvestship, which has so far
eluded us. We have already been able to find the scout and the planter and disposed of them. Now we
are awaiting the arrival of the harvester. It should return to the Azgola system, provided we succeeded in
operating the abandoned switch station on Mechanica in the correct manner and have transmitted the
appropriate radio signals."

Rhodan paused once more. He knew that his men were waiting for his orders to start on their missions
but the time had not yet come. "The lizards, who probably died out thousands of years ago, have created
a gigantic civilization of robots. Those 3 ships were part of their heritage. The 2 most important ones have
now been disabled and the danger of further epidemics eliminated but we also have to capture the
harvestship in order to undo the damage they have caused. What happens to be good for one is not
beneficial to one and all. The lizards sustained themselves with the spores of lichen whose seeds were
sowed on planets with warm climates by the planting ship. The lichen grows quickly and requires no care.
It blooms virtually without interruption and emits spores of microscopical size which are neither
poisonous nor harmful as such: Their nutritional value is beyond belief. Breathing these spores provides
extremely efficient nutrition but the deposition of fat within a few days is so excessive as to cause obesity
which in the long run proves to be fatal. Nobody is able to resist this excess of fat as long as they must
breathe. For this reason our scientists have picked the simple name of тАШfat-mossтАЩ for this exotic plant."

Noticing that one of his commanders grimaced slightly, Rhodan raised his voice. "I realize that the
gentlemen of the officer corps never had to fight a case of overfeeding in our history but this most
incredible thing has now happened. We were forced to evacuate the 2 million inhabitants from the Azgola
planet. The Azgons had become so fat that they could hardly move. We had no other choice than
evacuation because we are still in the dark about the harvesting method of the extinct lizards. Presumably
the moss is sensitive to cold temperatures and is destroyed below 10┬░C. However Azgola has a
subtropical climate where the blubbery lichen proliferates and canтАЩt be weeded out. Of course it would
be feasible to accomplish this now that the planet has been evacuated but it would mean that we canтАЩt
use Azgola as a trap for the harvest- ship. This could cause the loss of Arkon 2 because the team of
scientists who was assigned to study the lichen was so careless as to infest Arkon with the spores. The
first effects are already visible. Vast stretches of the industrial planetтАЩs land are already covered by the
moss and the Arkonides living there are beginning to get fat."

"Will it be necessary to evacuate Arkon 2?" Claudrin inquired in a booming voice.

"That is impossible," Rhodan shook his head. "Arkon 2 is much too important for the stellar empire of
Atlan. Besides it could not be avoided that the spores of the fat-moss would be spread wherever they
go. As useful as this plant is, it can turn into a scourge if it is not controlled. And we do not yet know how
to control its deleterious defects. Nor do we know as yet how to harvest the spores and use them to best
advantage. We can learn this only from the missing harvestship and thatтАЩs why we are here and waiting.
Furthermore, let me tell you a little more about the planet Mechanica. We located it by using the
calculations of ArkonтАЩs robot Brain that evaluated the radio impulses of the 2 spaceships we have
captured. It is an arid and cold planet and the robot civilization created by the lizards still existsтАФat least
partly. We called the harvestship from the central station on the planet. The ship is waiting somewhere in
space for orders which planet to visit next. We gave it the co├╢rdinates of Azgola. As soon as the
harvestship arrives, the central station at Mechanica must be destroyed. This will be your job, Claudrin!
You will stay on Arkon 3 till I give you the order to proceed."
"IтАЩll be ready, sir," Col. Jefe Claudrin replied from a distance of more than 8000 light-years.

Rhodan continued: "We also found a clue on Mechanica how the lizards got their food and how the
spores of the blubber moss can be adapted for human consumption in the future. Artificial suns were