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

likely to be so careless. Tiff looked around. He could read the same surprise
in the faces of the others. One of them inquired: "Acceleration? Why does the
Orla accelerate?" Tiff started to whistle the song again. He saw from the
look in their eyes that they began to understand. The Orla racing away with
the K-7 and nobody knew why. Now was the time to strike! Tiff leaped forward
and clamped both arms around the big neck of the guard. The force of his rush
carried him out into the corridor but Tiff braced his feet firmly and quickly
pulled the husky Springer through the open door back into the messhall. The
guard went limp and Tiff let him drop. "Watch him!" Tiff shouted. And the
five cadets who were assigned to guard the defeated Springers took the
motionless guard into their custody. Hifield and two other cadets overwhelmed
the second guard. Meanwhile Honnap had become suspicious. He approached with
clacking boots. Tiff and Eberhardt lunged toward him together. Honnap's
thermo-gun was useless. He was unable to raise the long barrel fast enough. A
wild shot hissed through the wide corridor but a moment later Honnap lay
unconscious on the floor. "Four to go!" Tiff panted. "Let's make a dash for
the command centre!" None of the four other guards were in sight. A throng of
cadets stormed down the main corridor. .... "The ship!" Ornafer shouted in
desperation. "It got loose!" At first Orlgans didn't get what he meant. The
ship? The ship got loose? Then he glanced to the side at the observation
screen. The little sphere of the captured enemy ship had disappeared, not
completely disappeared in as much as it was still visible as a little speck in
space. Yet it was separated from the Orla. Orlgans started to swear. He felt
the urge to pursue the escaping spaceship and to capture it again. However
there was still the faintly shimmering spot on the front screen showing the
large hostile ship whose disintegrator shot had missed the Orla by only a few
hundred feet. There was the greater danger, Orlgans decided. He didn't know
how his captives had succeeded in gaining their freedom but this was at the
moment of secondary importance. The faint point of light made by the Arkonide
cruiser had reached its minimum and was now approaching the Orla
anew. "What's taking our warships so long?" Orlgans groaned. "The second time
around they're bound to improve their aim." .... Major Nyssen hadn't the
slightest intention of hitting the Orla. Now that the K-7 had detached itself
from the tubular Springer vehicle he was only concerned with keeping the
Springers off balance till he had corralled them in a gravitation field in the
same manner as the Springers had fettered the K-7 previously. Nyssen was
convinced that the strange ship was far weaker than the Solar System. It had
failed to return their fire when the Solar System passed by. Need there be
further proof? Nyssen gave orders to switch all energy reserves to the
gravitation generator. All observers on the Solar System were on the lookout
for any other adversaries, but none were found. The Solar System, the alien
ship and the K-7 were alone in this sector of space. Nyssen buzzed his
opponent a second time from a distance of a couple of hundred miles and let go
a salvo of shots that were deliberately off the mark. It gave him satisfaction
that the other ship began to make evasive manoeuvres as a result. It curved
widely and increased its acceleration. Nyssen turned the Solar System around
for a third attack on the foe. And as both ships were approaching each other
he gave the instructions: "Grav ready for capture!" .... "We got away!" Tiff
shouted happily. The K-7 was equipped with acceleration absorbers which not
only neutralized the thrust applied for the hasty flight from the Orla but