Perry Rhodan 035- Beware the Microbots by Kurt Mahr

Author:Kurt Mahr [Mahr, Kurt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

5/ INSECTS EXTRAORDINARY

The attack on theTitan began in the middle of the night. It didn’t take the ship by surprise since the crew had nothing else to do after the ship landed the second time on Honur but to keep their eyes open.

Moreover the attack was carried out in such a peculiar fashion that the outcome of the battle couldn’t be doubted for a minute. Vast hordes of robots emerged from the valleys, the shores of the lake and from the plain on the observation screens of the Command Centre and marched toward the ship.

Perry Rhodan was present in the Command Centre at the time. He allowed the robots to advance until they revealed their true intentions by loosing a salvo of shots from a type of impulse-beamer.

The protective screens of theTitan absorbed the barrage without difficulty. Disintegrator shots from the ship’s heavy cannons tore a wide swath through the rows of robots and blew clouds of whirling metal dust over the lake.

The hostile machines scattered but continued their unrelenting bombardment. Without interruption the white-hot energy rays hissed against the invisible defence shield, going up in a puff with colourful light-effects.

The crews in the artillery stations of theTitan had to change to precision firing after their massive hail of fire had wiped out half the robots. The total number of robots was estimated at 8000. They were of the same type that had launched an attack from a spaceship the first time. theTitan had landed on Honur.

Perry Rhodan directed the fight from the Command Centre. The mass of robots melted away. They came nowhere nearer to the defence shield of theTitan than 300 feet. A few machines that had ventured too close went up in flames in the field of the screen.

Not a single robot moved after two hours of battle.

Now the men aboard theTitan tried to surmise the purpose of the attack. They had no reason to assume that their opponent was so misinformed as to believe he could defeat theTitan with 8 or 10 thousand such robots.

The receivers which had been in constant operation during the battle had automatically recorded the answer. The communication officer picked up the printed telecom message sent from the amphicarplanes: "Commando team Chaney-Tifflor ambushed by unknown enemies Position…"

It was followed by a few data by which the little valley basin in the mountains could be exactly located. The message further stated that Lt. Tifflor had sent the alarm call.

Apparently the assault on theTitan by the robots had served no other purpose than to divert their attention from the search team in the mountains.

A few minutes later the men stationed at the carplanes had received a second message: "Don’t worry about us! we’re fine. Life is so beautiful!"

This message was transmitted word for word to theTitan and spread panic in the Command Centre. Everybody rushed to his station to perform the operation necessary for the instant start they expected Rhodan to order.

However Rhodan did nothing of the sort. With a faint smile he admonished his men to stay calm.

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