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Updated: June 27, 2025
Suddenly there was an explosion aft. The ship lurched and shuddered violently, spinning through space, and as Tom fought the controls, everything went black. The ship drifted helplessly, out of control. "Turn on the lights! Cut in the emergency batteries!" Connel's bull-throated roar carried through the ship as he stood on the power deck with Astro and shouted to Tom on the control deck.
"Leadership carries with it the greatest of all burdens responsibility for other peoples' lives. You, Corbett, as a control-deck cadet, would do well to mark Major Connel's pattern of behavior." "Listen," growled Astro, "if Tom ever turned out to be a rocket buster like Connel I'd I'd " "Don't worry, Astro," Tom said, laughing.
"How much time do we have, Roger?" "Get set down there. Only another ten seconds and Devers will be right on our bow." "On the ball, Tom!" ordered Connel. "Ready, sir." The seconds ticked by slowly. One two three four Beads of sweat appeared on Connel's brow. Astro clenched and unclenched his fists. Hemmingwell closed his eyes calmly and waited.
The four Earthmen, exploring a valley several miles north of the Polaris, had been thrown to the ground when the bomb landed. Connel's reaction was immediate and decisive. "Get into the jet boat! All of you! We've got to get back to the Polaris! If our ship is smashed, we'll spend the rest of our lives fighting this jungle!"
Connel's face clouded in confusion. "I don't understand. How did you three get aboard, anyway?" "It's a long story, sir," said Tom. "Right now, maybe we'd better " Before the cadet could finish, there was a loud crashing and a series of jolting bumps as the ship lurched. "What the blue blazes!" roared Connel, jumping to his feet in alarm. "The projectiles!" exclaimed Roger.
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