Perry Rhodan (021) The Cosmic Decoy by Perry Rhodan

Author:Perry Rhodan [Perry Rhodan]
Format: epub
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Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2010-01-03T09:00:58+00:00

officer was around.

As Deringhouse went through the transparent security gate to the radio room to perform some operations personally, Rous growled in his charming manner: "Get moving! We don’t need frozen dummies on board. How long do I have to wait till you sit down? The ladies are requested to retire to their cabin. Come on!"

Rous’ bark was worse than his bite. As Milly Orsons walked past him with a devastating look, he stifled some strong albeit wellmeaning language.

Blond Felicita Kergonen demurely walked behind her one-yearolder friend and costudent. The hatch closed again. Rous’ breath sounded like the hissing of a boiler letting off steam. "Damn it," he clenched his teeth with an irate look. "What’s there to snicker at? These aren’t girls, they’re students at the Space Academy, remember that! I insist that they be treated like any other man on board. The girls will have to show what they’ve learned about cosmobacteriology and galactobotany. Cadet Tifflor!"

Tiff winced. Rous, his old tormenter, acted like a real fireeater again. "You take over the weapon control in the first interval. You’re such a hotshot, aren’t you? Don’t fancy the idea that you can slam through the next planet with the K7. Eberhardt and Hifield, you supervise the technosection. The other men to their regular stations. Start in five minutes!"

That was First Sergeant Rous! One had to grin and bear it.

"Hey, you’re still dressed to go to a ball," the darkhaired man sneered. "Man, get your service uniform and be back in 12 seconds flat!"

Tifflor dashed away without seeing Rous’ wide grin. Eberhardt and Hifield went to their swivel chairs next to the two pilot seats.

"Big wheel," Eberhardt muttered. "How did our little boy get here? Did you see a ship land? He’s still carrying that hot blaster in his belt."

"We’re going to get them, too, after the start. Be quiet now!"

Inside the huge body of the K7 its machines began to run. The automatic controls responded to Rous’ guidance much more accurately and with greater dependability than any human could have done. This was a spaceship that had not been built on Earth. The Arkonide supertechnology manifested itself in every little detail. The energy curve of the impulseconverter rose steeply. Eberhardt reported that the energy for the thrust neutralizers was at the required level. The hitherto quiet ship was now bursting with activity.

Rous was in contact with the base commander via v’phone. Behind the protective energy curtain lay the void of space. It was crucial for the start of the K7 to open the energy dome for a fraction of a second at the launching pad.

"Ready for blastoff. Request column field," Rous asked on the video.

Outside the Guppy the fieldprojectors of the Lunar spaceport began to work. A shining column of energy shot upwards joining the curvature of the large dome and enveloping the ship at the same time.

It formed an ample and perfect passage chamber that still amazed the scientists on Terra. On distant

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