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It was the most difficult decision Perry Rhodan had ever been forced to make--"Gentlemen,
after due deliberation I find it necessary to declare a state of emergency and to place the
Solar Imperium under a full military alert." Every one of his highest-ranking officers had to
agree with his decision, even though they would soon have to face the most powerful force
in the galaxy--the Regent. Each man knew what the end result would be … the destruction of
Earth!




THE PSYCHO DUEL


1/ IMPERIAL IMPASSE



ASSAULT TROOPS!

When Salor Henno, the Greater Imperium’s representative on Zalit, looked through the side window of
his office, he could see the assault troops of the rebels who were making a breach in the barricades with
the help of 2 combat robots. With him in the office were one modern robot and three Zalite officials. As
for the latter there was no doubt where their sympathies lay and Henno didn’t dare turn his back on
them.

"Set the building on fire!" came a loud yell from outside.

Henno was a chubby man with small eyes and short legs. He nodded to the robot. "It would be better if
you took these three out of here," he ordered. "They might suddenly get an idea to attack me."

The walking fighter machine silently opened the door and then raised its weapon arms threateningly.
Henno noted the flash of angry defiance in the Zalites’ eyes, but they controlled themselves and went out
of the room without a word.

"Guard the door!" Henno added.

He looked below again where the resistance of his guard troops was weakening rapidly. The clamour
and tumult of the battle was indescribable. The rebels’ 2 robots seemed to be programmed by the Devil
himself. In spite of their obvious vintage of design they continued to press forward ahead of their masters,
their outer surfaces battered and dulled by the scuffings of battle. behind them came the Zalites who
hurled themselves with deafening yells at the barriers and tore them down. It was a hodgepodge army
equipped with a hodgepodge of arms and with only one thing in common: their greatest and most fervent
desire was to kill Henno and take over the ruling power of Zalit.

At the moment it looked very much as if they were about to get their wish. Henno stepped to his desk
and obtained his service weapon from a lower drawer. He weighed it reflectively in his hand and then
shoved it into his belt. When he came back to the window he saw a lone figure standing on top of the
broken barricade. The man held a rock in his hand and carefully aimed it at the lower windows of the
building. Henno used the butt of his weapon to break the window pane in front of him. The clattering of
the glass could not be heard above the din of the fighting. A dark blue pillar of smoke was rising a few