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But that was not all. Now on alert, patrol vessels of the New Power had discovered
that unknown ships had landed on Venus and then taken off again shortly there-
after. Disturbances in the space-time structure yielded measurements of transitions
which could only have resulted from hyper transits by unknown units. The largest
positronicomputer within the sun system, permanently positioned in the northern
hemisphere jungle on Venus, assumed with well-founded probability factors that
an unknown power from the depths of space had discovered the position of Earth
but was avoiding an open conflict.
After this had been determined, Rhodan alerted his mutant corps, dispatching them
around the entire globe in exhausting tours of duty. To no avail. Even his
extrasensory corps members, some of whom were telepaths, returned empty-
handed.
In Terrania, the capital of the New Power in the midst of the Gobi Desert, they
were at a complete loss. By all indications the various enigmatic events on Earth
could only be accounted for by the presence of foreign agents. But no one could
find them. And if a mutant was unable to find them, one could truthfully admit that
all resources had been exhausted.
But not Perry Rhodan!
He turned the tables. "If Mohammed will not come to the mountain, then the
mountain must go to Mohammed," he figured and proceeded to turn one of his
promising cadets, namely Julian Tifflor, into a suspicious agent of the New Power.
Tifflor was the bait.
And the unknown adversaries nibbled at it.
They overtook his spacecraft K-9, flying under the command of Maj. Deringhouse,
and with a tractor ray skyjacked it to the double sun system, Beta Albireo, 320
light-years away.
Immediate pursuit was taken up by Stardust with two guppies on board and
escorted by the two 200-meter cruisers Terra and Solar System. Still Rhodan was
prudent enough not to overestimate the combat effectiveness of his little fleet. He
could not risk an open attack, keeping a safe distance for the present and merely
observing the situation instead.
The information supplied by the Arkonide Khrest only confirmed his policy.
They had meanwhile learned that they were dealing with the legendary Galactic
Traders: the base location, Beta Albireo, was a sure sign of that. And Khrest was
able to give them an elaborate rundown on the guild.
8000 years ago, by Earth-time reckoning, the Traders, Arkonide descendants,
broke away from the Central Empire. Their unsteady mode of life drove them into
a nomadic existence, although they had developed an independent culture and
technology. While the once so mighty Arkon degenerated more and more, they
found power and wealth in the reaches of the galaxy. Their essentially unmartial
nature did not hinder them from attaining their objectives by any means. One of
these objectives was called Earth.
* * * *
Patience!
Rhodan's demand was a hard trial for all of them, even for him.
Another 12 hours before landing on Terra! So much could happen in that span of
time.
The foreign agents were robots from their own ranks. Reprogrammed robots!
Very little was discussed in the Command Central. Wherever the Chief of the New
Power was present in person, respect instinctively prevailed, even though everyone