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Updated: May 24, 2025
The line pressed forward to Cadet Herbert, who was now waiting at the bottom of the slidestairs, a mesh belt that spiraled upward in a narrow well to the upper stories of the building. Speaking into an audioscriber, a machine that transmitted his spoken words into typescript, he repeated the names of the candidates as they passed.
Behind him, his secretary was busy transcribing the conversational exchange on his audioscriber. "What would you require to locate the base?" asked Walters. "I haven't worked out the details yet," said Connel, "but a small expedition into the jungle would be better than sending a regiment of guardsmen, or a fleet of ships." "Do you have any idea where the base might be?" Sykes suddenly spoke up.
"Well," sighed Roger, "with the confession Jeff got from Winters on the audioscriber, I guess we can consider the first civil disorder of the star satellite of Roald finished. Peace and harmony will reign. And speaking of harmony, Jane, would you like to take a walk in the starlight?" "I'm sorry, Roger," answered Jane, blushing prettily, "but I've already been invited." Roger's face fell.
Later, when Tom, Roger and Astro had taken a shower and dressed in fresh uniforms, Strong came in with an audioscriber and the three cadets gave the full version of their adventure for the official report back to the Academy. When they had finished, Strong told them of his efforts to find them. "We knew you were in trouble right away," said Strong, "and we tracked you on radar.
So far nothing concrete has happened." He shook his head. "I'm afraid if I put what happened down on an audioscriber that it'll look as though we've suddenly become cry-babies!" "I'm ready to quit!" said Roger. "Grab a freighter and blast outta here. A whole year with this guy! There's no telling what he's liable to do!" Tom leaned over the table and stared at the bulkhead in front of him.
Climbing into the craft, he picked up the audioscriber microphone and recorded a brief message. Removing the threadlike tape from the machine, he returned to the house and left it on the spool of the audioscribe-replay machine near the front door.
"Cadet Candidate Tom Corbett," announced Tom, and Herbert repeated it into the audioscriber. "Cadet Candidate Astro!" The big Venusian stepped forward. "What's the rest of it, Mister?" inquired Herbert. "That's all. Just Astro." "No other names?" "No, sir," replied Astro. "You see " "You don't say 'sir' to a senior cadet, Mister. And we're not interested in why you have only one name!"
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