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everything to reestablish communications.

X minus 10! Capt. Jim Markus’ hand was at the switch which disconnected all functions of theLotus
from the positronic brain.

He still believed and hoped that Ralph Sikeron would call again in the final seconds before the transition.

However the radio centre announced at X minus 4: "The transmitter on Volat is silent."

Finally Jim Markus lost all hope. The machines of the spacesphere roared and the commander received
the go sign from one section after the other and all control lamps turned green. TheLotus was ready to
jump into hyperspace and flee!



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TheLotus was back in the Solar system after 3 transitions through hyperspace.

As the ship crossed Pluto’s orbit, it was contacted by the automatic station on Pluto which permitted
passage after checking the identification signal and it continued racing toward Earth at 0.6 SPEOL.

Mars emerged at Theta 56° 17 green and Venus stood in opposition. The stations on the moons of
Jupiter and Saturn registered the light cruiser and then the space control on Mars took over, reporting the
arrival to Terrania, Perry Rhodan’s capital in the Gobi Desert which served as a springboard into the
Galaxy.

TheLotus was rushed through for the landing. Capt. Markus handed over the control of the ship to the
First Officer for the touchdown manoeuvre. Perry Rhodan had already been notified why theLotus had
returned and that Capt. Markus wished to talk with the Chief.

Markus stood at the hatch, waiting for it to open, when the radio centre sent him the message: "Perry
Rhodan is at present on Venus. He has been advised of your return and requests you to make your
report to Reggie."

To call Perry Rhodan’s deputy Reginald Bell simply Reggie was not meant to be degrading him. Bell had
seen to it himself that most people called him Reggie, so that few even knew his full name. The power
Reginald Bell exercised as Rhodan’s deputy never went to his head and he always remained human,
showing frailties and strength which perhaps were the reasons that made him so popular.

TheLotus had touched down between heavy cruisers, spaceships of the Imperium class, destroyers and
lesser armed merchant ships.

A car sent by Reginald Bell sped Jim Markus across the huge spaceport, passed through the electronic
barrier surrounding the government district of Terrania and cam; to a halt before a high-rise building 10
minutes after the Commander of theLotus had landed.

Everybody whom Markus had to pass on his way to get to Perry Rhodan’s deputy was already