Perry Rhodan 0121 by (113a-114a) Heritage of the Lizard People

Author:(113a-114a) Heritage of the Lizard People [People, Heritage of the Lizard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-12-30T02:00:42.846000+00:00

Pucky!

The mousebeaver failed to answer the telepathic call of Betty Toufry. He had left Ras and Tako behind in the power plant compartment after he had severed the cable leading from the Command Centre to the propulsion assembly. He searched numerous rooms and corridors till he finally reached an almost circular room in the nose of the ship, half of which was occupied by a huge metallic structure. It looked rather plain and unimpressive compared to the steering controls and vast array of instruments built into Terrestrial or Arkonide spaceships. However this did not deter Pucky from concluding that he was in the Command Centre of the harvestship.

The metal block did not react in a visible manner. Pucky took his time to study it cautiously. It certainly did not look like the guiding robot, assuming it was that. The functional parts were concealed by a protective metal plate which Pucky could not penetrate with his eyes. But he had other ways of investigating the inside of the automaton: telekinetic inspection!

With his mental rays Pucky was able to scan invisible objects as satisfactorily as though, touching them with his fingers. Thus he obtained a concrete shape of the invisible contents in the enclosure which confirmed his tentative conclusions. He stood before Rabotax 3, the robot commander of the ship. Pucky! Betty called again from the Sirius .

What is it?

The ship doesn’t respond to our signal. You must try to immobilize the ship to keep it from eluding us.

Oh, blast! Pucky blurted. Did the transmitter conk out again? It didn’t occur to him at the moment that the failure of the ship to react to the command could be due to the break in the cable. We must leave it up to you. Don’t let us down!

I understand, thank you.

Then he added: Please don’t disturb me now. I’ll try to establish contact with the robot. Betty withdrew and Pucky turned his full attention to the colossus of steel again. The more he inspected the intricate components the less he could doubt that it was the brain guiding the ship. But how could he communicate with the robot? Did it understand a language? Could it read thoughts? Or did it only follow electronic or positronic impulses?

All of a sudden a thought-wave interrupted his reflection of these questions Pucky! Help us—quickly!

The machines…

It was Ras! He seemed to be in terrible danger. Pucky was puzzled why he didn’t extricate himself with a teleporter jump. Was he unable to do it?

Pucky pulled himself together, concentrated his mind and jumped into the room where he had left Ras and Tako. When he materialized again, he noticed at once that something was amiss. He was suddenly overcome by a feebleness which caused him to slump to the floor. He had trouble recognizing Ras, who lay crumpled on the floor next to some metallic figure that was about the size of a big man and moved around. Tako was lying motionlessly in a corner.

Pucky was still able to think but he no longer received any impulses from the others.

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