" Perry Rhodan 0042 - (34) SOS Spaceship Titan" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

"Is that supposed to be the end of message, Khrest?" he asked tensely.

Khrest was thoroughly familiar with the Arkonide positronic equipment and was able to state with
assurance, "That is all, Perry. There might be some trivialities concerning old time-tables but if anything of
importance were contained in memory it would have been code-keyed for register selection."

"But—" Rhodan protested, "a ban of all spacer traffic and no mention of the reason why? Apparently
this ‘Death Valley’, as Bell calls it, is suspected of harbouring some kind of danger…" He broke off,
suddenly recalling that 15,000 years ago the Arkonides were merely classifying as ‘dangerous’ an
imminent nova explosion!

"Come on, Khrest—let’s go!" Rhodan stormed from the library, again followed by Khrest. The way
back took only 6 minutes, with Khrest somewhat out of breath.

Rhodan called for a mobilization of all specialists on board. He thundered orders through the ship-wide
P.A. system.

"Clear interceptor Gazelle for immediate takeoff!"

"Complete atmospheric analysis!"

"Send out robot sounders for core-samplings… use Arkonide programming and specifications."

"Make full scan of magnetic fields and planetary radiation. I want everything absolutely complete,
re-evaluated and double-checked! Send all results immediately to Command Centre, when and as
available!"

Then Rhodan buzzed Bell in his quarters. Bell was sleeping, as evidenced by snoring worthy of a tyrex
that fed back over the P.A. But nobody laughed.

"Bell! To Command Central, on the double!"

"Coming!"

"I’m declaring an emergency Condition 2 for theTitan !"

Sirens started throughout the ship, but in the undulating pattern that signified it wasnot a Condition 1.

From the hangar: "Gazelle clear for lock launch!"

"Roger, Gazelle—and away!"

Khrest was filled with admiration for Rhodan. He didn’t forget a thing. He worked with the precision of
a positronicon—perhaps even more effectively. He was a man of Earth. Khrest had learned what that
meant and it touched him with a certain sense of envy, thinking of the decadence of his own people. Now
here he sat next to the man who was preparing to conquer the Empire for Earthlings.

The next report hit the speakers: "Probes in action… all areas covered!"
Rhodan confirmed and barked new orders into the mike.