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recruit members of various intelligent races into a band to oppose 2 mystery men. The latter, men with
supranatural abilities, turned out to be members of your Mutant Corps, sir: 2 rebels."

Although it did not show on his face, Rhodan’s interest had clearly increased. "Tell me more!"

"The rebels are Nomo Yatuhin, a weak telepath, and Gregor Tropnow, a hypno. They both felt
themselves short-changed because they had not been given the life-prolonging cell-renewal treatment on
the planet Wanderer. On Volat, they founded a resistance movement against the Earth. Together with
Springers and other subjects of the Arkonide Imperium, they planned to betray and attack Terra
whenever the opportunity arose."

"My own men…" murmured Rhodan, still shocked. He appeared as though he did not want to believe it.
Bell remained grimly silent.

"There will always be traitors," said Markus philosophically. "They discovered Sikeron and killed him
before he could pass what he knew on to the Earth. Now it looks like they got Fellmer Lloyd too. In any
case, I couldn’t find any sign of life from him. The last message he sent went something like this:3 alarm
alert! Yatuhin and Tropnow are traitors. Attack on the Earth planned! 3 alarm alert!

"So what became of him?" Rhodan asked.

"No one knows. He disappeared along with the girl Kuri. The natives didn’t kill them, that much is
certain. The natives had been helping them all along, you know."

Rhodan remained silent for several minutes. The others were quiet, too, in order not to disturb him.
Being telepathic, Noir and Pucky could follow the deliberations in his mind as he was making no effort to
shield them.

Finally he spoke. "Is theLotus ready for takeoff, Capt. Markus? Good. Noir, Pucky and I are flying
with you and we’re leaving today."

The ensuing silence lasted only a second before Bell indignantly exclaimed: "What about me? You’re
certainly not going without me, are you.

"I’m afraid so," Rhodan told him calmly. "Who would look after things here for me if not you?"

"And to think you spent all day yesterday telling me what a wonderful and important job you have,
Reggie!" said Pucky, grinning maliciously with his incisor tooth. "So what good’s your high rank if all it
does is stick you behind a desk whenever there’s some excitement? Well, at least you’ll be safe sitting
here. The Chief and Noir and I can take care of this little business out in space by ourselves."

"I won’t have to listen to speeches by the hired help while you’re gone, that’s some consolation,"
muttered Bell. Just to be safe, he held on tightly to the table’s edge but the mousebeaver did not attempt
to use his telekinetic power against him.

Pucky suddenly sprang into Rhodan’s lap and looked soulfully into his eyes, chirping: "I’m going away
now, Chief. I have to get something before we take off for Volat. See you later…"

Before Rhodan could say anything, Pucky had disappeared. No one knew what he went to find.