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Rhodan shrugged his shoulders. "Nobody asked us," he observed. "Besides, so far we run little risk. It’s
not likely that one of their ships will stumble on us."

The pause lasted surprisingly long. Rhodan began to think that the 78 units the adversary had brought in
were all he planned to use for the imminent battle. Then the transturbulence started again.

This time the Springers came from a different direction and the mean distance of the transitioning ships
was around 38 light-years. There was no doubt that it was a second group of hostile ships but Rhodan
didn’t know what their connection with the first one was.

The young officer counted 90 new transitions. Now they had to contend with 168 fighting ships!

Rhodan observed grimly, "They’re not satisfied with halfway measures! They’ve mustered almost six
times as many ships as on the first try."

Bell twisted his face into a broad grin. "They’ve got respect for us!" he asserted.

Rhodan gave no answer. For awhile he just stared silently. Suddenly he spun around and looked Bell in
the eyes. "You’ve to get out there, Bell!" he said tersely.

Bell was not surprised. "I thought so," he replied. "Because of Tifflor, isn’t it?" Then he smiled and
boasted with obvious pride: "You couldn’t have found a better man!"

"Because of Tifflor—andthe approaching enemy," Rhodan added. "We must have information on the
spot in order to find out what the intentions of the Springers are."

"Okay. And how do we proceed?"

Rhodan was ready with a plan. He answered without hesitation: "I’ll give you Lieutenant Everson and the
K-6. The K-6 will hytrans to reach the target area. As soon as the transition’s completed you’ll leave the
ship in a destroyer. The robot storage room contains everything Tifflor and his men will need. Pucky will
accompany you…"

"Pucky!" Bell groaned.

"…and transfer the provisions by teleportation to the surface of the planet. Pucky must be given strict
instructions that the job from the time of leaving the K-6 to the moment he jumps offcannot take more
than half a minute. All you have left to do is return on the shortest way.

"In the destroyer?" Bell snapped.

"Right! Everson and the K-6 will transback the minute you leave. We can’t afford to risk any more
Guppies."

"I get the impression," Bell said slowly with a sad smile, "you want to get rid of me. But I suppose there
is no other way."

Rhodan made a wry face.
"I’ve racked my brains for the last half hour but I couldn’t come up with anything better."