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Updated: June 13, 2025
If I'm not successful, then open up and blast us back to Mars!" "Roger, wait!" shouted Tom. "What's going on? What're you doing on that ship?" "I can't talk now," answered Roger. "Loring and Mason are on the ship with me. Remember ten minutes and if I don't contact you, then open fire!" Roger flipped off the teleceiver.
"Yeah, I know how important it is to you, but I can be burned to a cinder if I make one false move. You'll just have to wait until I find an opening somewhere. Good-by!" Barret switched off the teleceiver set and stepped out of the booth to face the muzzle of Astro's blaster. "Stand where you are!" growled the big cadet. "What, why you " Barret clamped his mouth shut.
Watching the teleceiver screen that gave him a view of the spaceport astern of the ship, Tom called into the intercom, "One thousand feet to touchdown. Cut braking rockets. Main drive full!" The thunderous blast of the rockets was his answer, building up into roaring violence.
"How far out is he?" asked Vidac, suddenly growing pale. "He should arrive within four hours." "All right," said Vidac, regaining his composure. "Give him all the information he needs." "What about the instrument disturbance?" "Tell him everything." "Yes, sir," replied the control officer, and the teleceiver screen went blank.
But with that teleceiver conversation I overheard and all the rest well, I just don't get it," he concluded lamely. "You'll get it in the neck if you don't watch out," said Roger. "Here comes Spike and he doesn't like to see us loafing!" The two cadets worked steadily for ten minutes, and when the guard finally walked away, they paused to watch the big ship again.
"Yes, sir," replied Tom, walking slowly to the teleceiver. "I'm sorry I can't remember where I saw that man." "Forget it," Connel said gruffly. "It'll come to you again sometime." He paused and then added as gently as he could, "Sorry I blasted you like that."
No matter where the unit placed in the manuals, it just couldn't stay together. It was customary for all Earthworm cadets to gather in the main recreation hall to wait for the results of the manuals which would be announced on the huge teleceiver screen.
But if they had known anything about it, reasoned Vidac, it would have been claimed for the Solar Alliance. No, Vidac shook his head. He's not here to investigate the uranium, he's here either to check on the cadets or make a routine inspection of the colony. And if it's the former, he'd give Strong enough proof to bury the cadets on a prison rock for life. Vidac turned to the teleceiver.
Tom sat in front of the control panel, strapped himself into the acceleration chair, and began checking the dials and gauges. Satisfied everything was in order, he fastened his eyes to the sweeping red second hand on the solar clock. The teleceiver screen brought a sharp picture of the surrounding base of the spaceship, and he saw that it was all clear. The second hand reached the ten-second mark.
"If Captain Strong is thinking about putting those passengers back aboard, I think you'd better tell him about the radiation. I haven't been able to flush it all out yet. And since we only have three lead-lined suits...." He left the statement unfinished. "I get you, Astro," replied Tom. He turned back to the teleceiver and faced Strong. "Astro says the ship is still hot from radiation, sir.
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