The Cosmic Spies by J. T. McIntosh

Author:J. T. McIntosh [McIntosh, J. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4405-5955-6
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 1972-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

PART FIVE

FORT PLATO was seething. The executions united the Terrans as nothing else could have done.

Previously there had been many cautious spirits. But the retaliatory executions, in which by a rough Terran estimate about ten guerillas were included and one hundred and ninety entirely innocent people, changed all that.

On the face of it, it didn’t matter much how the Terrans felt about it, for they were now treated as a conquered garrison. When not working or eating they were locked in their rooms. Large-scale plotting was made virtually impossible. The replacement Adamites, who had not known the easy mingling of the first few days, were tough jailers. To them the Terrans were simply dangerous, treacherous enemies.

When individual Terrans got angry and went berserk, a dozen of them rushing a single Adamite, he didn’t shoot to kill. There was no more killing. He stunned them and the offenders were taken off in a tender to the Adamite ship, which no Terran had ever been allowed to see.

This was feared more than being shot on the spot. The Adamites simply refused to say what happened to such offenders. There was no telling if they would ever be seen again.

• • •

When Dr. Miller returned to München there was a message from Miss Heilbron waiting for him.

Dear Dr. Miller,

Please come and see me immediately, in person.

It’s vitally important.

P.T.O.

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