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By win I mean force us to let them attack Ortol. They can't really attack us; artificial space is a perfect defense." Arcot's molecular ray apprized the Thessians of his presence. Their screen flared up once more. Arcot was driving straight toward their ship as they turned. He snapped the relux screens in front of his eyes an instant before the enemy cosmics reached his ship.
The Thessians got a third ray into position for operation, and opened up. Almost at once the tubes heated terrifically. In an instant they would give way. Arcot threw his ship into space, and let the tubes cool under the water jacket. Morey reported the coils ready as soon as he came out of space. Arcot cut in the new set of eyes, and put up his molecular ray screen again.
I don't know what made me do that, I'm sure. I never imagined anything like that dragon thing how did " His keen eyes fixed themselves suddenly on Zezdon Fentes, and their tremendous hypnotic power beat down the resistance of the Ortolian's trained mind. Arcot's mind opened for the others the thoughts of Zezdon Fentes. He had acted as a medium between the minds of the Thessians, and Arcot.
Knowing their cause was lost, hopeless in the knowledge that nothing known to them could battle that enormous force concentrated in one ship, the Thought, the Thessians had but one aim now, to do all the damage in their power before leaving.
The Thessians never had to protect against moleculars here, and didn't have them up hence the destruction wrought. We can't take our screen down, and we can't use our most deadly weapon with it up. If we had a big outfit, we might throw a screen around the whole ship, and sail right in. But we haven't. "We can't stand ten seconds against that fleet.
Arcot slanted toward it, and the approaching ship grew like an expanding rubber balloon. A ray of intense, blindingly brilliant light flashed out, and a gout of light appeared in the center of the city. A huge flame, bright blue, shot heavenward in roaring heat. Seeing that a strange ship had arrived was enough for the Thessians, and they turned, and drove at Arcot instantly.
But one of the ray-feeds had been destroyed, and they had three more in action, as well as their most important weapon, artificial matter. Wade threw on the time field, and started the emergency lead burner working to recharge the coils that the Thessians were constantly draining.
The incoming colonial transports had been met at the outposts of the system, and rayed out of existence at once failures, and bringing danger at their heels. Besides there was no room for them on Thett without Thessians being crowded uncomfortably. As their battleships arrived they were conducted to one of the satellites, and each man was "fumigated," lest he bring disease to the mother planet.
The meter before them, which had not registered previously, was registering now, and had moved over to three. Three sols and was still climbing. It stopped when ten were reached. Ten times the energy of our sun was pouring into that condensation, and it solidified quickly. The Thessians had seen the danger now.
They cannot cross to other worlds, save in small ships driven solely by fire, which the Thessians have called a 'hopelessly inefficient and laughably awkward thing to ride in." "Rockets," grinned Morey. "Our first ship was part rocket." Zezdon Fentes smiled. "But that is all. We have brought you warning, and our plea. Can you help us?" "We cannot answer that. The Interplanetary Council must act.
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