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Then, swinging his chair around, he gazed out the window. He could see the entire city of Roald spread out before him and the sight filled him with pleasure. With the ownership of the uranium deposit and full control of the colony, mastery of the entire satellite and possibly the star system itself was only one short step away. The door opened and Ed Bush hurried breathlessly into the room.
"But could you tell us if the mission had anything to do with the Roald project?" "Cadet Corbett," replied the officer wearily, "even if I knew I couldn't tell you. It was a special order from Commander Walters' office. Captain Strong blasted off three days ago with a full crew of guardsmen in a rocket cruiser." "And he didn't " began Roger.
As the rumble of the main rockets started again, Tom waited for the ship's descent to be checked, and sudden concern welled up within him as the ship failed to respond. "Thirty-five thousand feet," reported Roger from the radar deck. "Full thrust, Astro," called Tom, anxiously watching the approaching surface of Roald. He checked his instruments again and his heart jumped up into his throat.
But now, finally, the quotas of all the colonies and planets but Luna City on the Moon had been filled. Soon the expedition would blast off for Roald. "Well," said Tom, sipping the last of his tea, "we have a heavy day ahead of us tomorrow. I guess we'd better get back to the Polaris and sack in."
"And when I say force, I mean throwing Vidac and Hardy and his crew out!" "You can't do a thing like that, sir," said Tom. "It would be playing right into their hands. Remember, Vidac and Hardy represent the Solar Alliance here on Roald. If you tried force, you would be charged with rebellion against the Solar Alliance!" "Well," snorted Logan, "what have you got in mind?"
Meanwhile, in his office in the Administration Building, Lieutenant Governor Vidac listened with mounting apprehension to a report from the communications control officer of Roald. "We just received a message from Captain Strong aboard the Solar Guard cruiser Orion requesting landing data here on Roald," the voice crackled impersonally over the teleceiver.
"And you kept giving Hardy wrong information?" asked Strong with a laugh. "Yes!" snorted Professor Sykes with a wry grin. "You see, I knew right away Vidac was doing something funny way back " He paused to sip his tea. "Way back before we landed on Roald."
"I don't know, Jane," said Tom. "But we've certainly got to do something. If we ever stand trial here on Roald " Tom was interrupted by a loud banging on the door, followed by the click of the lock. Then the door was opened and Bush stepped inside. "All right, Logan," said Bush. "Time's up!" "But but," complained Logan, "we've only been here two minutes!" "Time's up, I said," sneered Bush.
There is practically no record of such low temperature, although Captain Scott found that Roald Amundsen in one of his northern journeys encountered something nearly as bad. One cannot wonder that Wilson's party scarcely slept at all, but their outward experiences were nothing to what they put up with at Cape Crozier, which was reached on July 15.
This is probably the only survival of the first monastery founded, it is said, by Roald, Constable of Richmond Castle, in 1152. Building of an extensive character was, therefore, in progress at the same time in these sloping meadows, as on the castle heights, and St. Martin's Priory, close to the town, had not long been completed.
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