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together 4 years ago. He’s a pretty wild go-getter. He always carries an out-dated weapon around with
him. I think he even has a name for the thing."

"Granny," commented Fellman incidentally, but once more it was a demonstration of how well informed
he was about everything.

"That’s right, sir!" exclaimed Suwari, surprised. "It probably means grenade."

"Get going with the transition coördinates for Zalit right away," ordered the Commodore. "let’s not come
out too close to the system. Just make it the usual distance. Meanwhile we’ll make contact with Tate on
the hypercom. He has his own code call and also he has his own remote unit that can pick up from his
main receiver so that he can replay whatever’s come in, even when he’s not at home. He should know
that we’re coming."

Radio messages were sent out from theTroy to the other ships. In the case of the Terran vessels the
various commanders received their instructions directly whereas there was no one on board the robot
warships to register orders—other than lifeless positronic machines.

About an hour later the task force went into transition. Wayne Tate had been advised and the agent had
assured them that he would join Henno as soon as the spaceships emerged from hyperspace. As soon as
the pains of dematerialisation had subsided, Fellman got back on the hypercom to talk to Tate again.

"Hold on a few minutes yet, Lt. Tate. After a briefing with the squadron staff I’ll he issuing the final
operation orders."

"Very well, sir," answered the agent.

Fellman turned to Suwari. "Notify the robots that we’re moving in on Zalit," he said. "After our briefing,
tell them to be ready."

Like every officer of the Solar Fleet, Fellman knew that the robotships, of the Arkonides were not as
manoeuvrable as the Terran units. One reason for this was the lack of a human crew but probably the
main reason was the need for the robot vessels to always double-check with the positronic Regent on
Arkon 3.

Suwari went into the Com Room to give MacDanies the necessary instructions. However, the African
came back very quickly. Fellman was in the process of studying a surface chart of Zalit but he interrupted
his work when he sensed Suwari’s uneasiness.

The Commodore’s heavy brows came together. "What’s the matter?" he asked.

"Sir, they don’t answer!" exclaimed the First Officer, obviously confused.

Fellman’s expression hardly changed. He shoved the map back into the chart rack of the Nav desk and
stared openly at Suwari. "I don’t quite understand," he said calmly.

"The robotships haven’t answered—they won’t confirm the orders to move against Zalit!" said Suwari
swiftly. "MacDanies tried everything. They must have received our messages but they don’t respond."

"But that’s impossible!" Fellman retorted. "Sparks!" he shouted at the open Com Room. "Is something