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Updated: June 27, 2025
The two Federation cruisers were still holding course along with the asteroid, the Connie cruiser between them. Within an hour, Rip and Santos, both in false good health, thanks to medical magic, were on their way back to the asteroid in a ball-bat boat. The remaining time passed quickly. The sun receded. The Planeteers corrected course.
I have to get my men decontaminated." Inside the decontamination chamber, the Planeteers took off their masks and faced Rip with admiring grins. For a moment he grinned back, feeling pretty good. He had held his own with the spacemen, and he sensed that his men liked him. "All right," he said briskly. "Strip down and get into the showers."
At the first sign of a landing party, they would blast in and take to the cave, using the rocket launcher as a defense. The supplies began to arrive. The Planeteers towed them two crates at a time in a steady line of hurrying men. Kemp’s torch sent an incandescent knife three feet into the metal at each cut. He was rapidly slicing out a cave.
Otherwise they couldn't live on it. Rip knew that they had only one means of stopping the spin. That was to use the tubes of rocket fuel left over from correcting the course. They had three tubes left, but he didn't know if that was enough to do the job. Moving rapidly, he and Santos caught up to Koa and the Planeteers.
The rest of Rip’s Planeteers had resumed duties on the space platform. He saw them frequently because they made a point of dropping in whenever they were near the hospital area. Koa looked out at the asteroid. "I sort of hate to see that rock cut up.
Equipment sealed in the stern next to the rocket tube supplied light, heat, and air. It was a simple but necessary arrangement. Without it, the Planeteers could not have eaten. There was no air lock for the compartment.
Rip got aboard the nearest landing boat, his head spinning. O’Brine had made a mistake of some kind. The landing boats, loaded with Planeteers and Connies, lifted from the asteroid to the cruiser. They slid smoothly into the air locks and settled. The massive lock doors slid closed and lights flickered on. Rip waited, trying to keep consciousness from slipping away.
Then, when they're pretty well satisfied that all is quiet, we'll show up." Rip grinned at his Planeteers. "We can have a real, old-fashioned surprise party." Koa slid the safety catch from his pistol. "With fireworks," he added. Repel Invaders! The snapper-boats came out of the darkness of space, leaving a glowing trail of fire. They were not graceful.
Trouble with them is, they all wanted to be Planeteers and couldn’t pass the intelligence tests." He winked, then hurried to the air lock. Spacemen worked quickly to clear the deck of the new supplies, stowing them in a near-by workroom. Within five minutes the engine control room was clear. The safety officer signaled and the radiation warning sounded. Taking off!
I’ll assign a pilot to bring number five back to the ship after you’ve landed." "Thank you." Rip would have been surprised at the deputy’s quick assent if Commander O’Brine hadn’t shown him that the spacemen were ready to do anything possible to aid the Planeteers.
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