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said. She and Bell had often exchanged rejoinders and squelches but this one caught Bell short for an
answer.

"Threemillion !" he moaned and kept repeating it.

The figure startled Rhodan and disturbed him but he concealed his reaction.Good Lord! he thought.
Over 3 million space ships and yet they’ve let all their accomplishments decay… The whole crew in
the command centre had heard Thora’s remark and showed their astonishment. No doubt they were
thinking it a utopian dream to attempt a conquest of such an incredible empire.

"So what!?" Perry looked straight into Thora’s eyes. She lost her self-assurance under his glance.

Perry was not conceited but just now his memory awakened concerning how he alone had been able to
outwit the mighty positronic brain on Arkon. And yet this robot brain was more powerful than he—a
million times more powerful. The total incalculable might and power of Star Cluster M-13 stood behind
it. This Brain was no decadent bon vivant of an Arkonide. It had drive, a desire for action. But it had
been outwitted by a single individual. That was why Rhodan was merely concerned but not vanquished
by Thora’s statistic.

"No more hyper-transits!" Rhodan’s order was transmitted to every deck of theTitan and into every
sector. He was convinced that Arkon had lost his trail. Those two Empire ships tagging so close behind
were also in a heavy traffic channel and had probably lost him at the third hytrans. "Enter flight program
for the Thatrel System," he also ordered.

Reginald Bell began sulking. "I wish I could figure out why the name of that system gives me the wild
willies. Hey, Perry—who dusted offthat particular corner of the star maps for us?"

"You ought to remember, Reg. It was Thora."

"No, this is the first time you told me who. Anyway, she knows best, I guess. How far is this place from
Arkon?"

"47 light-years. But you should remember all that, Reggy. You were with us when we went through the
star catalogue searching for the Thatrel System. What gives with you, chum?"

"Nothing, Perry, it’s just a funny feeling about that place, that’s all."

"You should take something for it!" Perry spoke in harsher tones than he intended but Bell had upset him
with his foreboding. He had hoped after all these past turbulent days to subside into a period of
relaxation.

The Second Officer in charge of ship EDP positronics and programming announced: "Sir, the flight
program for Thatrel System is in operation and trajectory set for new course. Difference to co-ordinates
is 0.0003. Distance from Honur is 34.62 light-hours at current velocity of 0.76 light…"
 At slightly more than three-fourths speol, theTitan sped toward the obscure Thatrel System. Three
insignificant planets circled a small, pale-red sun there. According to the star catalogue prepared by the
Arkonides, the second world was inhabited but by a degenerated population. Rhodan wondered if the
already degenerated Arkonides were calling these descendants of their race degenerate, what was in
store for them on this planet Honur?