" Perry Rhodan Special Edition - In the Centre of the Galaxy" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

For this, Pucky decided, there was no time, however. тАЬStop it!тАЭ he hollered at
Ooch, who shrank back immediately.
Wullewull fell from the ceiling and landed safely on all fours. Luckily just
beside Biggy. As if nothing had happened, he took up the activity that Ooch had
so cruelly interrupted. Biggy began to purr contentedly.
тАЬThe major has reported another Silver Arrow,тАЭ Pucky continued. тАЬThat must
mean weтАЩre getting closer to the home base of the aliensтАФwhich we want to find.
We know their race only through their ships and their robots. Remember what you
promised me before we started out and donтАЩt forget it. You all came on board with
me of your own free will. Ooch, you havenтАЩt forgotten that, I hope?тАЭ
Ooch rolled up his eyes and tried to look innocent.
тАЬGood,тАЭ Pucky grinned and nodded to Iltu. тАЬIтАЩm going to central control now.
Iltu will stay with you. If thereтАЩs the least sign of mischief, sheтАЩll only have to
send a thought-impulse and I will come. And thenтАж understand?тАЭ
Majestically drawing himself up to his full height, Pucky marched to the door,
opened it telekinetically and strolled out onto the hallway. Behind him, the door
closed upon itself again.
Ooch sighed. His incisor gleamed. тАЬHeтАЩs goneтАж As for you, Wullewull!тАЭ
Iltu and Wullewull acted at the same time. Their telekinetic thought streams
gripped the infuriated lover and chained him to the bed. The other mousebeavers
howled with glee and danced through the cabin.
Only Biggy went up to the ignominiously defeated one, sat herself beside him
and took his hand. тАЬYouтАЩre not jealous, are you?тАЭ she inquired innocently.
Ooch turned up his eyes before he closed them to give the impression of sleep.
Many problems, he thought to himself, are best solved in just this way.

* * * *

On the way to central control, Pucky reviewed again recent events in his mind.
How had it all happened?
In the past hundred years the ships of Terra in their ever-wider interstellar
roamings in space had always been reporting, on their way back to Earth,
sightings of curious flying objects. These they had met in the deeps of space. They
were slender, spindle-like craft with linear propulsionтАФor at least with a
propulsion that enabled them to fly millions of times the speed of light. They
avoided every attempt to contact them. But they did not attack, either. They
simply swept away from their pursuers and vanished into the crowd of stars,
mostly in the centre of the Milky Way.
No wonder, then, that the Terranians thought their home planet was in this
region of the galaxy theyтАЩd always before steered clear of.
First signs pointed to mysterious vessels manned by robots. They must have
had orders to avoid every contact with another race otherwise their constant flight
would have been inexplicable.
One day, some time during the 24th century, a Terranian explorer cruiser was
destroyed by one such Silver Arrow, as they called the unidentified ships.
At least, so it had to be assumed.
The cruiser had sent a hyperradio message, reporting that it was pursuing a
Silver Arrow. Then the connection was suddenly cut off. The explorer never
returned to Earth and was presumed lost.
TerraтАЩs ships were all equipped with good protective shields and so were