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Updated: May 17, 2025
"One of these days I'll break you in two, Manning. I'll close that fast-talking mouth of yours for good!" Astro's voice was a low growl. Roger stood near the window port and appeared to have forgotten the incident. The light shining in from the hallway darkened, and Tom turned to see three blue-clad senior cadets arranged in a row just inside the door. "Congratulations, gentlemen.
Start looking. If they're not here, it may mean he's still alive." It was Tom who had thought of looking for Astro's weapons. Refusing to believe that his unit mate had been killed, the curly-haired cadet was examining the torn jungle suit when the idea occurred to him.
"Don't we have any arms aboard at all, sir?" asked Tom. "Small arms, like paralo-ray pistols and paralo-ray rifles. Plus four atomic war heads for emergency use," replied Strong. Seeing a puzzled expression cross Astro's face, the Solar Guard officer continued, "You haven't studied armament yet, Astro, but paralo rays are the only weapons used by law-enforcement agencies in the Solar Alliance.
Astro's most outstanding improvement on the original design was what he termed "adjustment rockets," placing single rockets that could be individually controlled on all four sides, so that the operator of the giant jet barge could jockey into perfect position anywhere. The machine quickly demonstrated it could move anything, anywhere.
But here Corbett wraps the whole thing up before we can get our pencils sharpened." "Better stuff cotton in Corbett's ears before he hears all this," rasped Roger Manning over the intercom. "Or his head'll be too big to go through the hatch." "Quiet, Manning," came Astro's voice from the power deck. "Your mouth alone is bigger than Tom's head'll ever be."
"Glad to know you, boys," said Jenledge, "and particularly you, Cadet Astro. I've heard about your handiness with the thrust buckets on the cruisers. What do you think of our layout?" The officer turned and waved his hand to indicate the power-deck equipment. "This is just about the finest the most terrif " The officer smiled at Astro's inability to describe his feelings.
The three freshmen cadets backed out of the way, glancing fearfully at the giant Venusian. Astro's strength was awesome when seen for the first time. "Lemme go, you blasted space ape!" bellowed Roger, between fits of laughter. "Say uncle, Manning!" roared Astro. "Promise you won't call me names again, or by the stars, I'll tickle you until you shake yourself apart!"
"Get that Venusian on the power deck to give me a three-second shot on the starboard rocket, if he can find the right handles!" "I heard that, Manning!" roared Astro's voice on the intercom. "Another crack like that and I'll make you get out and push this baby around!" "You execute that order and do it blasted quick!" Major Connel's voice exploded over the intercom.
"It's been tested before." "Still room for improvement, though," commented Alfie. "I'll improve your head," barked Astro, "if you don't close that big mouth! How do you like that, Tom? We get rid of one space-gassing Romeo and now we get one even worse!" Astro's reference to Roger made Tom draw a quick breath.
Astro's warning came too late. While Tom and Roger sprang to help their unit mate, Vidac slipped up on the other side and fired quickly and accurately with a paralo-ray gun. Tom and Roger were frozen just as they were about to pull Bush from Astro's back. Vidac swung the ray gun around toward Astro. "See that, big boy?" He laughed.
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