The Last Days of Lemuria by Thomas Ziegler

Author:Thomas Ziegler [Ziegler, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction
Publisher: Perry Rhodan digital
Published: 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00

13

As the KOLOSCH-I shot up along the steep rock walls of the ravine, Levian Paronn could still see with his mind's eye the Beast in the red battlesuit and how it gestured excitedly instead of opening fire on the landing craft. He had never before encountered such a reaction on the part of the enemy. It was atypical and completely inexplicable.

"What's the evaluation?" he asked Merlon Velsath.

His scientific assistant bent over the terminal of the ship's computer and entered commands with hectic movements. On the monitor could be seen a graphic depiction of the recordings of what the exterior microphones had picked up in the last few minutes.

"I'm sorry," Velsath finally said and leaned back, frustrated. "The turbojets caused massive interference with the audio recording. I can't filter out the Beast's words."

Paronn pursed his lips in disappointment. Somehow he had hoped that the acoustic recording would shed some light on the mystery. The Beast had called something to them as it pointed first to the east and the atom fire and then to the west. Paronn's instinct told him that it had been important, but his reason assured him otherwise. It had probably only been threats.

Even so, he ordered: "Transmit the audio record to the KOLOSCH. Maybe the ship's positronic can do more with the recording."

Velsath nodded and carried out the order.

The KOLOSCH-I left beneath it the ravine in which the Beast was imprisoned in a cave. It headed once more towards the nearby city, followed closely by the KOLOSCH-IV. Levian Paronn chewed thoughtfully on his lower lip. He looked out through the glassteel cockpit into the night, at the reddish glow that made the entire horizon shimmer like blood.

He was still preoccupied by the Beast's strange behavior.

Why would it draw their attention to the atom fire, which was slowly but inexorably eating away at this planet? And why had it then pointed to the west? There was only a long mountain range that reached to the coast of the northern continent.

Still feeling uneasy, he shook his head as though to shake away the bothersome thoughts, and took a look at the detection monitor. Only the light point representing the KOLOSCH could be seen, wheeling in a geostationary orbit above the city. The squadron's other heavy cruisers and the Beast ships had left the Torbu system.

That was one ray of hope, anyway.

The plan to lure the Beasts away from Torbutan had ultimately worked. Now he could only hope that the cruisers would destroy the enemy ships without any great losses of their own.

Paronn also hoped that they would be successful in locating the Suen Project's secret base. Perhaps the city's inhabitants could help them with that.

Suddenly the com unit sounded. Velsath switched it to Receive. On the small communications console monitor appeared the haggard, tired face of an old woman with snow-white hair and wrinkled skin. Paronn leaned expectantly towards the vidscreen.

"Halaton kher lemuu onsa," the woman murmured, pronouncing the traditional Lemurian greeting. "I am Delaine Hogh, technician second-class and interim commander of the Suen research station on Torbutan.

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