The Galactic Riddle
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THE GALACTIC RIDDLE
by Clark Darlton
THE GALACTIC RIDDLE
by Clark darlton
AN ACE BOOK
ACE PUBLISHING CORPORATION
1120 Avenue of the Americas
New York, N.Y. 10036
PERRY RHODAN: Peacelord of the Universe
Series and characters created and directed by
Karl-Herbert Scheer and Walter Ernsting
ACE BOOKS EDITION
Editor: Donald A Wollheim
Managing Editor: Forrest J Ackerman
Translator: Wendayne Ackerman
Art Director: Charles Volpe
THE GALACTIC RIDDLE
Copyright ©, 1971, by Ace Books
An Ace Book, by arrangement with
Arthur Moewig Verlag.
All Rights Reserved.
Original German Title:
“Das galaktische Rätsel”
Printed in U.S.A
CONTENTS
1/ THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET
page 7
2/ WHO GOES THERE?
page 14
3/ THE LURKING DANGER
page 28
4/ STRANGER IN A STRANGE TUNNEL
page 34
5/ COUNTDOWN TO ETERNITY
page 45
6/ MYSTERY OF THE GLOWING SPHERE
page 52
7/ MENTAL GIANTS
page 59
1/ THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET
The sun was a tiny speck of light, almost lost in the multitude of stars. It was
exactly 27 light-years away.
Sol was replaced now by a mighty glowing ball of incandescence. The blue-
white rays of this unbelievable fire-giant scorched the surface of its inner planets.
But the star Vega had enough planets to afford such a waste. The life zone of the
system reached from the 7th to the 11th planet.
A huge sphere of dull metal moved away from the new sun, beyond the orbit of
the 9th planet, approaching the 10th world of Vega.
The movements of the spacesphere revealed unmistakably that it was a
mechanism manoeuvred by intelligent beings. At first glance, however, one could
have mistaken the great globe for an artificial satellite, perpetually revolving
around the Vegan sun, but the deliberate changes of course and velocity corrected
the first impression. The sphere was the space vehicle of a technically highly
developed race.
The ship measured approximately 3,000 feet in diameter and humans were in
command in its control centre.
Human eyes observed the curved optical screens which were arranged with
such expertise that they revealed every bit of surrounding space. As the electronic
equipment hummed low, sheets of paper automatically recorded graphs. Slowly a
schematic picture was created which held the attention of all present.
“This appears to confirm your assumptions,” one of the men said quietly. He
was standing slightly apart from the rest and his height automatically drew
attention to him. Although outwardly he resembled a human, he came from a far
distant system of stars, the centre of the declining realm of the Arkonides. “What
do you think of it, Perry?”
Perry Rhodan turned around slowly, withdrawing his steady gaze from the
graph.
“We can’t be sure yet if Lossoshér’s information is correct, Khrest, but we’ll
soon know. However, it is also possible that we are on the wrong track.”
Lossoshér, a scientist from the 8th planet of the Vega system, made a hesitant
move. He was the only one aboard the spacesphere whose appearance showed
that he did not come from Earth. His small stocky figure indicated that his home
world was one of far greater gravity. His bulging forehead served to protect his
recessed eyes from the strong rays of the sun. His abundant head of hair served
especially well to shield him from the high intensity of the Vegan sun’s ultraviolet
rays.
“I have only noted an astronomic curiosity,” said the Ferron as if apologizing.
“You asked me about certain things and, I merely tried to help you.”
“Please don’t misunderstand me,” Rhodan responded in a conciliatory tone.
“As you know, we came to this system because we want to find a planet which is
situated in this part of space according to ancient sources. It is supposed to be
circling around Vega as its 10th planet.”
Rhodan cast a glance at the graphing device and saw that it was now tracing
the orbital path of the 39th planet. Vega had 42 planets and there were, therefore,
only a few minutes left before finishing the map of the whole solar system. “As
far as we can determine now, there is no life on the 10th planet. I will go further:
there has never been any life whatsoever on this planet. We are going to try to
solve this contradiction.”
A man stepped forward from the background pushing the two physicians Dr.
Frank Haggard and Dr. Eric Manoli gently aside. His heavyset frame had a round,
almost flat face with nearly colourless faded-blue eyes. His dull reddish hair stood
on end like the bristles of a brush. He ignored the weak protests of the physicians
and planted himself in front of Rhodan.
“My dear commander, is it permitted that a little and insignificant assistant
may voice an opinion? If so, I should like to state that there is no contradiction at
all. The central data bank of the Arkonides mentions the 10th Planet of a system
which is undoubtedly identical with Vega. Further, the data disclose that living
beings who found the secret of cell conservation—and thereby eternal life—had
made it their abode. Since we have now discovered that no animal life exists on
this Planet, the only conclusion can be not that a contradiction is involved but,
there is an error in the file. We are simply in the wrong constellation. Somewhere
between here and Arkon must be another system similar to Vega. I am convinced
of that!”
Rhodan smiled enigmatically. He exchanged a quick glance with Khrest,
winked at Thora, the beautiful Arkonide woman, then nodded to Lossoshér. He
regarded the sheet beneath the automatic drawing instrument which had just now
finished tracing the orbit of the 42nd planet
“I would like to agree with you, Reg, I really would. But there are a few little
matters we have to consider. The Arkonides did not make a mistake 10,000 years
ago. Their record is correct. The planet of eternal life did actually exist in the
Vega system and did indeed revolve around its sun between the 10th and 11th
planets.”
“Then what…”
“Wait a minute, Reggie!” Rhodan admonished his eager friend. “We’ll get to
that right away. Since we have made up our minds to discover this world, we
came to the Vega system. The Ferrons on the eighth planet could not give us any
clues—or maybe they did not want to. Well, they admitted that they had some
visitors 10,000 years ago who were travelling through space and who gave them
matter-transmitters. They also mentioned that this alien race ‘lived longer than the
sun.’ That was all. And all our guesswork is based on that. Yet those hints
together with the details in the Arkonide data bank give us a definite picture. The
home of these immortals is situated in, the Vega constellation. And now, come to
think of it, in the light of two other facts, I should say: their home was here.”
Khrest nodded his head imperceptibly in the background.
“What do you mean?” growled Bell.
“Upon a renewed examination the file record mentions 43 planets, my friend.
You too must have noticed that only 42 bodies are revolving around Vega.
Therefore, we have to be in the wrong solar system. Furthermore, it is supposed to
be the 10th planet. However, we do know that there was never any life there. It
doesn’t add up, does it? We have a discrepancy here. But Lossoshér helped me
with the solution of our problem. He divulged that there is a big gap between the
ninth and 10th planets. His information agrees with the picture outlined by the
automatic graphing Machine.”
He took the sheet of paper out of the machine. The hum of the electronic
mechanism stopped. The radar telescopes were retracted in their housings; they
had scanned all bodies encountered in the constellation, calculated the time of
their revolutions, the distance from the sun and recorded all details. The result
was an accurate map of the Vega system.
“Will all of you, please, closely look at this map. It will answer at least the
question why the right information can be wrong.”
Bell saved himself the trouble of looking at the sketch.
“You don’t think that…?”
“That is just what I mean! One planet is missing in the Vega system!”
The interval between the ninth and 10th planets was great enough to imagine
another planet between them.
“How can you explain that?” asked Khrest. There was a glint in his reddish
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