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Updated: May 23, 2025
Then the Lieutenant said, "I think we can make a landing now, Major." "Fine. Take a scooter down first, and carry a guy line." They unstrapped, and changed into pressure suits. In the airlock they waited until the Lieutenant had touched the scooter down. Then Major Briarton nodded, and they clamped their belts to the guy line. One by one they leaped down toward the rock.
He'd have been in Sun Lake City an hour ago ... but the urgency of the message had driven caution from his mind. A summons from the Mars Coordinator of the U.N. Interplanetary Council was the same as an order ... but there was more to Tom's haste than that. There was only one reason that Major Briarton would be calling him in to Sun Lake City, and that reason meant trouble. Something was wrong.
He turned to Johnny. "We haven't much time. With this thing, we could tear this ship apart, leave them so confused they'll never know what broke loose. And if we could get that gun back to Major Briarton, he'd have to listen to us, and get the U.N. Patrol into the search...." They had been so intent on their talking that they did not hear the footsteps in the corridor until the door swung open.
Major Briarton shook his head helplessly. "If a man is determined to mine a claim all by himself out there, he can find a dozen different ways to wiggle out of the regulations." "But Dad would never be that stupid," Greg said. "If he was alone when it happened, who found him?" "A routine U.N. Patrol ship.
For a moment, Major Briarton just stared at him. Then he was on his feet, shaking his head as he came around the desk. "Tom, use your head," he said. "It's as much of a shock to me as it is to you, but you can't afford to jump to false conclusions...." Tom Hunter looked up bitterly. "He's dead, isn't he?" "Yes, he's dead. He must have died the instant of the explosion...."
Then the Map Control officer ... much more alert when he saw Major Briarton ... brought an armload of films up and loaded them into the projector. They stared at the screen, and saw the two pinpoints of light where one was now. "What was the date of this?" the Major asked sharply. "Two days before Dad died," Tom said. "There's quite a distance between them there ... but watch.
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