" Perry Rhodan 0029 - (22) Fleet of the Springers" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

K-7 to the enemy when it was attacked by the Springers in the path of Pluto.
He had offered rather ineffectual resistance. The weapons of the K-7
outclassed those of the Springers' merchant ships. Why didn't he put up more
of a fight? He could easily have won the battle. Tiff would have liked to ask
Deringhouse this question personally. He conceded that Deringhouse must have
had reasons of his own and he was afraid to bare a secret if he asked the
Major within earshot of the intercom. Mildred and Felicita waited in their
cabins till the appointed time had come. They acted as if they met
accidentally in the hallway, chatted for awhile loud enough so that they could
be overheard on the intercom about what to do next and decided to have a
little talk with the two guards in front of the command centre. The command
centre was two floors down and they took the elevator. Tiff saw them pass by
the open door of the mess-hall and gave Eberhardt a sign. Eberhardt caught it
at once and passed it on. Tiff left the mess-hall. Eberhardt, Hifield and the
other three cadets followed him two minutes later. Tiff didn't go directly to
the command centre. First he went down to the bottom of the spherical ship,
making it appear as if he were looking for something or other. When he assumed
that the girls had finished the first part of their job, he floated up again
in the antigrav-elevator and reached the main corridor about 15 feet from the
hatch of the command centre and close below the receiver of an intercom set.
However he was sure that this particular set was not used for surveillance as
the two guards were responsible for watching what was going on there. The
guards were gone. He could bear some soft giggling coming from the recess of a
side-corridor. The girls were doing their work. Tiff whistled the signal. The
answer came from farther behind in the main corridor where Eberhardt and his
men were posted. Tiff hesitated no longer. With seven or eight quick steps he
stood before the command centre batch and let it slide open. Impatiently he
waited till the crack was big enough for him to slip through. The light flared
up as he entered the large round room but Tiff turned it off at once, pushing
the override button. Simultaneously he closed the hatch-door switch. The heavy
plate of Arkon steel returned with a suction noise into its
fitting. Breathing easier again, Tiff turned on the light, looked around and
went to work. .... Rhodan held the microphone close to himself. "You've got
the toughest assignment, Nyssen," he said seriously. "I'll give you the word
as soon as the telepaths have located Tifflor. You may presume that
Beta-Albireo has also a planetary system-most double stars do. "We know
nothing about the armament of the alien ship. It may be more powerful than
your cruiser. Don't do anything rash. Your sole task is to distract the aliens
to enable the crew of the K-7 to gain their freedom somehow. "The rest will
be handled by McClears and myself. Please confirm!" Major Nyssen, Commander
of the Solar System, confirmed the order by repeating it almost word for
word. "Right," Rhodan concluded. "We'll go through transition in exactly 14
minutes. According to my calculations the transition will end about two
light-years from Beta-Albireo. "Attention, everybody! First stage alert
effective immediately for all battle stations and observation
posts!" .... Ornafer laughed. Ornafer always laughed when he faced an
unusual situation. He was taken by surprise and a little scared. The
structure-sensor registered a new transition-stronger than the previous one
because it was closer. Only about two light-years away. Orlgans was not in
the Command Centre. Ornafer called him up and reported to him. "Alert the