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At the Lunar Fleet Base, a tightly guarded experimental spaceship
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disappears before Commander Buzz Corey and Cadet Happy can inspect it.
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The investigation leads from missing scientists to escaped prisoner Jan
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O'Calmier and then beyond the solar system toward Valkor. From
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ABC Radio's Nestle-sponsored run of Space Patrol, this is Episode 95,
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Super Sensitive Star Drive, first broadcast July 24, 1954. Ed
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Kemmer stars as Commander Corey, with Lynn Osborne as Cadet Happy,
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Lou Houston wrote the script, and Larry Robertson directed. Ladies
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and gentlemen, Space Patrol is ready for departure. Here is
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the original broadcast.
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Space Patrol!
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Space Patrol! My adventure in the wild vast reaches of space.
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Missions of daring in the name of interplanetary justice. Travel
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into the future with Buzz Corey, commander-in-chief of the Space Patrol.
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Commander Corey and Cadet Happy are at the lunar fleet
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base on the Earth's moon. Just inside the north rim
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of the huge atmosphere shell is a large hangar entirely
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surrounded by a high fence of endurium mesh. A command
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car falls to the gate. An armed guard examines the
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credentials of the three men in the car, then salutes.
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The car pulls through the gate and heads toward the hangar.
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Behind its giant door lies one of the most costly
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and carefully guarded secrets that space patrol scientists have ever undertaken.
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Sub the car at this end of the hangar, if
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you will, cadet. Yes, sir. Hey, isn't anyone working around
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here today? Outside of the guard, I mean? No, that's
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at United Planets Day, remember? Oh, sure, the holiday. That's
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why I suggested that today be ideal for a final
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inspection of the ship before the official test. Ready, Mr. Meyer?
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If you don't mind, Commander, before I open that hangar door,
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I'd like to collect my thoughts. Of course. It's been
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three years. Three years of almost constant work. You've had
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a tremendous responsibility, that's certain. Yes, but it must have
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been exciting, building a spaceship with a super-sensitive star drive.
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A ship that can go anywhere in the galaxy. All right, cadet.
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I know you're interested to see it.
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I'll open the hangar door. Commander... Are we going to
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be aboard tomorrow on the first flight? Not on the
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first one, Hap. Mr. Meyerhoff's assistants, Bradley and Scott, will
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be the only ones aboard. Oh. Secretary General's orders, Hap.
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For some reason, he doesn't want us to run the
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risk of disappearing into another dimension. I need some help
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with that door, Mr. Meyerhoff.
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Oh, I'll have it in a minute.
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These electronic logs always give me trouble. Hey, look. Why? Why,
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it's impossible. The hangar is empty. The ship is gone.
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Into the command car, quick. We're going to base headquarters.
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A few moments later, at headquarters of the Lunar Fleet Base,
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Commander Corey questions a thoroughly bewildered guard, then sends Happy
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to communications to space a phone in all planets alert.
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As the last guard salutes and strides out the door,
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Buzz turns to Meyerhoff, who's been sitting motionless, staring into space.
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The guards say nobody entered the gates. Space controls accounted
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for every ship that passed through the space locks. Tomorrow,
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I know this is a blow for you, but you're
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the only one who can help us. Who beside yourself
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knows the combination of that electronic lock? Just Bradley and Scott.
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The guards say nobody came through the gate. Besides, that
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ship couldn't have been removed from the hangar without tearing
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down that fence. And it couldn't blast off in the
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fleet base without going through the space locks. Or could it?
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This star driver operates through a different space-time matrix, doesn't it?
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Now tell me this. Could that ship be put into
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another dimension from a dead standstill? I don't know. It
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would be risky to try. Could it have been an accident?
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Could that hypermagnetic star drive mechanism have cut in by itself? Really,
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I can't say. The old planet's alert. It's going out, sir. Thanks.
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The ship would be halfway to Alpha Centauri by this time.
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Anything on Mr. Meyerhoff's system? No, sir. The base has
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been searched and there's no sign of either Bradley or Scott.
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The guards insist that nobody went through that gate. Anything
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for Terra headquarters, then? Just routines, sir. Except that Professor
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Nicholson has disappeared. Arthur Nicholson, the bacteriologist? Yes, sir. Major
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Robertson has assigned two agents to handle the case. Well,
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we'll rob you of a job. We don't have to
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worry about that. Mr. Meyerhoff, about this star drive. Can
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you tell me if Commander... I don't know what happened.
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I can't explain it. Oh, we're all in the dark, man, huh?
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The Bradley and Scott gone, you're the only man in
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the solar system who can even make an intelligent guess
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about what happened at the star drive. I'm sorry, but
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I don't know how it works. What? You don't? It
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wasn't actually my theory. I followed someone else's blueprint, so
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to speak. That's why I've been so worried. Well, who
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did originate the theory? A man named Janotelmy. He came
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to me three years ago and asked me to work
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with him. I was to take all the credits and
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supervise the actual construction. Where is this General Calmeir now?
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He's in a criminal rehabilitation center on Mars. That means
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he's in suspended animation. Oh, yes, I remember the name.
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Calmeir was convicted of fraud and bribery of public officials.
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He seemed to have an amazing power of persuasion and
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incredible influence over people.
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I can testify to that.
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He's utterly compelling. Even after he was arrested, I continued
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his work, just as though he were still beside me.
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That's based upon the Mars Rehab Center, and find out
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what stage of treatment Calmeer is in. If he's not
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under suspended animation, he can probably help us. Yes, sir.
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While Happy's contacting Mars, Meyerhoff, suppose you'd tell me what
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you know about Jano Calmeer. Commander, I've made contact with
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Mars Rehab Center. It's Dr. Wallace, the assistant superintendent.
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Thanks, Anthony.
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Dr. Wallace?
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Yes, Commander.
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I'd like to know what stage of treatment one of
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your patients is in at the present time. The chart
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is right in front of me, Commander. Patient's name, please?
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Jano Calmeir. Commander, Jano Calmeir has disappeared. Disappeared how?
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Sometime during the night.
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You see, he'd completed all the phases of treatment and
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was in the outpatient section for general observation. Well, he
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didn't show up for breakfast.
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We got a little worried.
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Has his escape been reported to Space Patrol? Escape?
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Why, no one would escape when they're cured of criminal
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tendencies and about to be released.
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Calmeer has been reported missing, however, and the search has been... Dr. Wallace,
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he's in an emergency alert immediately. General Calmeer is not
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a missing patient. He's an escaped criminal. Cory out. We
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can rock it first as ship disappears and Bradley and
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Scott and now Calmer. Well, as the doctor said, it
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is incredible that a cured patient would escape. Also incredible
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that a spaceship should vanish from a locked and guarded hangar. Meyerhoff,
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get your gear ready. I'm issuing an all-planets alert for
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General Calmer and then we're blasting off for Mars. I've
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re-computed our vectors, sir. We'll cut rockets on Mars in
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about 14.09 hours. I'd like to increase our acceleration, but
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I don't think Meyerhoff could take it. I'm afraid you're right, Commander.
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This literally is just about my speed. Mr. Meyerhoff, I
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thought you were back aft taking a nap. Oh, I'm
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too keyed up to sleep. Excuse me, sir. Moving object
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in the viewscope. 14 degree heading off starboard. Relative velocity 55,000 VUs.
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Not quite a collision course. Not a meteor, is it?
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Can't tell for sure just yet. No. No, it's decelerating.
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And changing vector slightly. The spaceship. And the pilot undoubtedly
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sees it. From here, it looks like a freighter. Yes,
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and that blunt nose would make it a Class D, probably.
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The way she's acting, she must be in trouble. We'll
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cut a velocity inhaler. That's all we need now is
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to have to stop and play nurse to a limping
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old space bucket. What do you suppose is wrong? Could
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be anything from a faulty air purifier to a shortage
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of fuel. Well, maybe the pilot just wants to borrow
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my comb. Borrow your... Oh, you're joking. Well, it's hard
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to tell what is a joke these days. While you
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were back at it, the commander and I heard about
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a brand new kind of crime over the space phone.
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Some goofy crook is stealing mud. Mud? Plain old Venus mud.
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That wasn't exactly plain mud. It was especially treated topsoil
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on an experimental farm. During the night, about 10,000 cubic
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feet of the stuff was either scooped or sucked up
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by a vacuum pump into a spaceship. The whole cargo
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wouldn't be worth 10 credits. Imagine going to all that
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trouble and expense to steal mud. When it would be
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cheaper to make your own. Hey. Hey, look at that freighter.
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It's sure a battered up old hulk. And it's a
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Jupiter registry. Let's see what his trouble is. Commander Corey
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aboard Terra 5 calling Class B freighter number JF-369. Acknowledged
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by space, a phone, or signal light.
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Freighter JF-369 to Commander Corey.
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Emergency. A small meteor punctured the hull and I can't
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plug it. Why, that's... That's terrible. How many are aboard?
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Just myself.
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I don't have a space suit or I wouldn't have trouble.
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Stand by to join airlocks. We're in a hurry, so
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we'll bring you a space suit. Thanks. I'll get the
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suit out of the locker, Commander. That'll leave you and
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the kid at free to maneuver the ship. Thanks, Byron.
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All right, Hap. Stand by to apply like any other coupler.
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Standing by, sir. Commander, the freighter blew up. That's no explosion.
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The hull is peeling off in sections. That's a false hull.
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Must be shedding it with a repeller, eh? That's right.
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Just clearing the deck so we can join airlocks, Commander.
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Smoking rockets? Look what's underneath. What a ship. It's the
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Star Drive. Well, he wants to join airlocks. Fine, we'll
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hold him fast without any cover, then board him and
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give him a... fight if he wants. Great. Commander, my
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ray gun's gone. And so is yours. I've got them, gentlemen.
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Now you will do as Calmer tells you.
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Bring them aboard the Star Drive, Meyerhoff.
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Commander, you're coming with me to Valkor, 50 light years away.
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And you're never coming back.
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After a secret spaceship with the new star drive disappears
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mysteriously from the lunar fleet base, Buzz and Happy learn
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that the actual inventor, Jano Calmeir, has escaped from a
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criminal rehabilitation center on the planet Mars. The space patrollers
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blast off for the red planet, taking with them a Mr. Meyerhoff,
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the scientist who directed the construction of the interstellar craft.
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They stop to aid a battered freighter, which suddenly sheds
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its false hull, revealing the sleek lines of a missing
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Star Drive ship. Double-crossed by the supposedly honest passenger, Bosley
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and Happy now stand in the control compartment of a
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super-speed ship held at gunpoint by Meyerhoff and Calamir. It's
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good to have you aboard, Corey. I never thought I'd
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have quite so many distinguished and... useful passengers aboard. You'll
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be quite welcome on Valkor. Just where in what is Valkor?
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The main planet of the star Garzik. Fifty light years
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from the solar system. Meyerhoff, I'll watch Corey and the cadet.
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You release the magnetic coupler and blast away from the terrified. Yes, Calvert. Double-crosser.
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You're being unfair to Meyerhoff, cadet. He can't help cooperating
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with me. By now, it's almost an instinctive reaction. And
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all the time Meyerhoff was building this star drive ship,
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he knew you were going to steal it. No, he
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acted in good faith. His only conscious goal was to
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follow my designs and build a ship that could reach
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the stars. I've released Corey's ship, Calvin. Good. Increase acceleration.
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When we're far out of the solar system, we'll cut
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into star drives. But what makes you think there are
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any planets within the star, Dosek? And this Valkor, how
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do you know it can support life even if it exists?
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Because, Commander.
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Valkor is my home planet. I don't believe it. I
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am a Valkorian. I have mental powers far higher than
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anyone in your solar system. I can persuade and influence
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you lesser beings. As a result, you employ your own
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intelligence and energy to achieve my goals. Yet you think
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you are working through your own free will. I can
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tell you now that you won't get any cooperation from
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Happy and me. No, that's true. That's because our first
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meeting was on a level of force and conflict. If
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you Valkorians are so superior, why are you taking us
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with you? Why do you need us? That's something you
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will learn later. Originally, I had planned to take only
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Meyerhoff and Nicholson, the bacteriologists. Nicholson? You mean he's aboard
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the Star Drive? Yes. In suspended animation. His work will
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begin after we reach Valkor. What work? Valkor is suffering
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from a shortage of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Plant life doesn't grow
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as it should. Consequently, we are faced with an eventual
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food shortage. That's the chief reason I came to your
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solar system, to find beneficial bacteria. And I suppose you
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were successful. Yes. I found the type I was looking
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for on the planet Venus. I scooped up several thousand
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cubic feet of mud containing the bacteria from one of
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your experimental farms. And you abducted Professor Nicholson to develop
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that strain of bacteria. Correct. As a scientist, he should
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be quite happy on Valkor. How did you get the
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Star Drive ship off a lunar fleet base? Meyerhoff's assistants,
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Bradley and Scott, were able to deceive the guards, thanks
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to my influence on their minds. They put the Star
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Drive directly into a higher dimension. And the ship rematerialized
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somewhere else. Yes, out beyond the Neptune orbit. Where are
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Bradley and Scott now? Aboard this ship? No, they're in
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a hospital on Venus. You see, going directly into the
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Star Drive has a disturbing effect upon the mind. But
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don't worry, they'll recover. Kelmir, look at the viewscope. What? Spaceships. Commander,
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they're approaching from all directions. Those are space patrol ships, Kelmir.
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You're surrounded. Meyerhoff, what is our velocity? It's 80,000 mu.
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We'll go into star drive. But we're only traveling a
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small fraction of the speed of light. We're far under
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the safety margin. Remember what happened to Bradley and Scott.
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But they were on the surface of the Earth's moon,
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under a strong gravity pull. We are out in space.
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What difference does that make? Out here, away from a
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large mass, we're under less resistance. When we're suddenly transformed
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into another dimension, we'll black out, but it won't be serious.
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Go on, Meyerhoff. Cut in the star drive. All right, Kilmian.
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Nothing's happening. Just wait. In a few seconds, we'll vanish
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from the fuel of those ships.
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Yes, sir.
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You're too late. When you come to, we'll be in
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another galaxy. Under the force of the star drive, the
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spaceship is in a dimension where time and space as
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we know it have no meaning. The four men lie
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motionless on the deck of the control compartment. Buzz and
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Happy are the first to regain consciousness. The ship is
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completely silent now, and through the viewport, not a single
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star relieves the blackness of space. Gently, Buzz nudges Happy. Happy.
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Calmeer and Meyerhoff are still out. Now's our chance. We'll
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grab their ray guns and wait for them to come in.
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They're coming around. I've got Meyerhoff's guns. Keep an eye
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on them. I'll take care of Calmeer. Let's go with
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the gun, Calmy. Now get us in control and get
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us back to the solar system. That's impossible, Commander. Once
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the star drive is set, it cannot be changed until
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the ship reaches its predetermined destination. When we are near Valcor,
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the ship automatically will cut out a star drive and
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into regular rocket drive. Commander, maybe something's wrong with the ship.
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Everything's so quiet. The star drive makes no sound except
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when it cuts in or out. How long will it
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take us to reach Valcor? In Star Drive, Commander, that
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is a meaningless question. To you, it may seem a
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month or a year. To me, it may appear to
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be a minute or two. It doesn't matter anyway. You
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might as well resign yourself to the fact that you
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will spend the rest of your lives on Valcor. Yeah? Well,
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I'm not... What's that? We're cutting out of the Star Drive.
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That means we're near Valcor. Prepare to black out. This time,
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when Buzz and Happy open their eyes, the ship is
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again silent. But a bright light is pouring in through
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the viewpoints. And standing over them with a ray gun
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is Kalmir. On your feet, gentlemen. And I hope you
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both realize the utility of forcing me to use this weapon.
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So you pulled out of it first this time, Kalmir? Yes.
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Possibly the excitement of my return to Valkor revived me
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so quickly. I don't hear the rockets. And where's that
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light coming from? The light is from Garzik, the star
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that is Valkor's son. And you don't hear the rockets
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because the ship has landed. You mean you came out
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of the star drive right onto Valkor? No, we emerged
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from hyperspace several million D.U.s from the planet. Meyerhoff and
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I brought the ship in. So Meyerhoff's okay now, huh? Yes,
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he's back at checking on Professor Nicholson.
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Valkor calling Caramere. I relieve you of the two spacemen.
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Bring them to the edge of the clearing.
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Valkor out. Hey, who was that? A Valkorian, of course.
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A friend of mine. But he was speaking English. Dargo
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is a scholar. He knows the languages of many universes.
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Just a minute. How does it happen that he contacts
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you in English? Why not Valkorian? By looking through the viewport,
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I can see we're landed out in the wilderness. There's
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no sign of a city. Yeah, Kelner. How come? I
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thought you had such an advanced civilization. This is of
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no importance. Come. Dargo is waiting. Nicholson will come out
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of suspended animation in about an hour. Meyerhoff, stay here
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on the ship. I'll be right back. Very well. Go on, Corey.
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You too, cadet. Calmeer, what are you going to do
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with them? Turn them over to Dargo. Why do you
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want it all? Oh, it's none of my business, sorry. Gentlemen,
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you are the first human beings from your universe to
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set foot on Valkor. That fellow coming toward us, that's Dargo? Yes.
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You were right, Commander. There's no sign of his city.
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Come here. You've come back with a cargo of valuable
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nitrogen-fixing bacteria. We'll assign us who can show you how
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to use it. You should be landing at your planet's
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capital with bands playing and people cheering. We don't go
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in for such childish displays on Valkor. No? No. Perhaps
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you and Dargo are criminals on your own planet. That
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is not true. But explain why Dargo contacted you in English,
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so no one on Valkor could understand your conversation. Dargo
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will explain. When he is ready, he'll take over now. Dargo,
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here are the spacemen from the solar system. Fine specimen.
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Sevkalo Tazan Abida. Trumoina Kovei. Van. Aknolaru Grisoma. Blan Zultram.
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Salmir has just explained that you think we are criminals. Actually,
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we are patriots fighting against an evil leader. We need
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your help. I don't like your recruiting methods, Dargo. Commander,
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there are two factions here on Valkor. The one in
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power promised to help the people by finding new sources
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of food. They lied. The rulers are confiscating supplies for
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their own selfish needs. If that's true, I'm sorry to
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hear it. So far, your methods don't seem very democratic.
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to me. Yeah, how do we know the people would
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do any better off if your game took over? That
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is not your concern. You are here on Balcor. You
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can't return to your home planet. So you have to
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work for us. What could we do? We don't know
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your language or anything about your planet. But you do
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know how to fight. You could help organize an army.
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You could set up a counter-spy system. You could give
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me that ray gun.
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I'll get Dargo.
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Drop it, Calman. You fool. My men are back there
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in the forest.
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You're not going to get a chance to warn them.
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Come on, Hap. Get back to the ship, quick. Yes, sir. Hey,
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what about Meyerhoff? If he saw what happened... You don't
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take a chance on Meyerhoff or stay here forever. I'll
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go first, Hap. When you're aboard, slam the hatch closed.
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All right, Meyerhoff. Get your hands up and get away
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from those controls. Yes, Commander. Okay, Commander. Rocket drive controls
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are different on this ship. I'll help you, Commander. I
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thought you were working for Calmeer. I don't know what
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came over me. I must have been out.
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Of my mind.
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Commander, Calmeer and his pal are running toward the ship,
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and Dargo is aiming something at us. All right, Meyerhoff.
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If we're on the level, get this ship off the
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ground in a hurry. I'm a little confused. I think
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this is the rocket control here. No, no, that's the
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repeller ray. Leave it on. We're off the ground. Get
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all the altitude you can with the repeller ray, then
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blast off. Dargo is still aiming that thing at us,
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whatever it is. If he shoots the ship down now,
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he won't stand a chance. Does the ship have any
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weapons or any space torpedoes? No, it's unarmed. Oh, wait, Meyerhoff.
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Where's the cargo hatch release? The cargo hatch release? Yes,
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where the mud is stored. Oh, yes.
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Just press this switch and the hatch will open.
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I'm going to shift for the starboard. The repel array control.
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Tell me when we'll ride over Dargo. Oh, great. They
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will dare shoot the ship down when it'll fall on them.
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We're nearly over them, sir.
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Hey, the direct hit. Look at them down there, covered
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with tons of nice gooey mud. Didn't bury them, did it? Oh, no, sir.
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It's spreading out. But they're sure wallowing around. Oh, I've
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got it now, Commander. This is the rocket control. Brace yourselves.
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I'm going to fire rockets. Well? Goodbye, Valkor. The question
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now is whether we can find the solar system. Meyerhoff,
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do you know how to set up the star drive
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for the return trip? Yes. You simply use the reciprocals
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of the hyperspace coordinates that we used to get to Valkor.
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I'm sure glad you're back on our side. I figured
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that Calmer's influence over Meyerhoff was broken right after we
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landed it. Probably it was the shock of going in
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and out of the star drive. This time we'll wait
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till we reach peak velocity with rocket drives before we
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switch over. You and I had better go back and
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see if Professor Nicholson is all right. Yes, sir. I
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wonder if Calmeer and Dargo are still flounding around in
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the mud. Boy, I'll bet they're mad. I should be
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grateful to her for the favor. Favor? Yes. It's all
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cornuted soil containing nitrogen fixing bacteria. And that's what they got.
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That's right. We dumped it right in their laps.
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Join us again next week for another thrilling adventure with
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Space Patrol. High adventure in the wild, vast reaches of space.
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Missions of daring in the name of interplanetary justice. Travel
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into the future with Buzz Corley, Commander-in-Chief of the Space Patrol.
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Thank you. Space Patrol, an original Mike Moser production starring
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Ed Kimmerer as Commander Corey and Lynn Osborne as Cadet Happy,
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was written by Lou Houston, directed by Larry Robertson, Dick
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Dufeld speaking. Join us again next week. This is the United.
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Space Patrol, Episode 95, Super Sensitive Star Drive, has concluded.
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Good night and join us again for another journey through
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classic science fiction radio. Follow old-time sci-fi radio for more
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classic science fiction broadcasts.
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At the Lunar Fleet Base, a tightly guarded experimental spaceship
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disappears before Commander Buzz Corey and Cadet Happy can inspect it.
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The investigation leads from missing scientists to escaped prisoner Jan
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O'Calmier and then beyond the solar system toward Valkor. From
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ABC Radio's Nestle-sponsored run of Space Patrol, this is Episode 95,
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Super Sensitive Star Drive, first broadcast July 24, 1954. Ed
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Kemmer stars as Commander Corey, with Lynn Osborne as Cadet Happy,
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Lou Houston wrote the script, and Larry Robertson directed. Ladies
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and gentlemen, Space Patrol is ready for departure. Here is
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the original broadcast.
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Space Patrol!
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Space Patrol! My adventure in the wild vast reaches of space.
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Missions of daring in the name of interplanetary justice. Travel
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into the future with Buzz Corey, commander-in-chief of the Space Patrol.
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Commander Corey and Cadet Happy are at the lunar fleet
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base on the Earth's moon. Just inside the north rim
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of the huge atmosphere shell is a large hangar entirely
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surrounded by a high fence of endurium mesh. A command
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car falls to the gate. An armed guard examines the
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credentials of the three men in the car, then salutes.
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The car pulls through the gate and heads toward the hangar.
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Behind its giant door lies one of the most costly
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and carefully guarded secrets that space patrol scientists have ever undertaken.
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Sub the car at this end of the hangar, if
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you will, cadet. Yes, sir. Hey, isn't anyone working around
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here today? Outside of the guard, I mean? No, that's
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at United Planets Day, remember? Oh, sure, the holiday. That's
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why I suggested that today be ideal for a final
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inspection of the ship before the official test. Ready, Mr. Meyer?
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If you don't mind, Commander, before I open that hangar door,
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I'd like to collect my thoughts. Of course. It's been
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three years. Three years of almost constant work. You've had
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a tremendous responsibility, that's certain. Yes, but it must have
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been exciting, building a spaceship with a super-sensitive star drive.
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A ship that can go anywhere in the galaxy. All right, cadet.
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I know you're interested to see it.
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I'll open the hangar door. Commander... Are we going to
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be aboard tomorrow on the first flight? Not on the
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first one, Hap. Mr. Meyerhoff's assistants, Bradley and Scott, will
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be the only ones aboard. Oh. Secretary General's orders, Hap.
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For some reason, he doesn't want us to run the
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risk of disappearing into another dimension. I need some help
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with that door, Mr. Meyerhoff.
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Oh, I'll have it in a minute.
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These electronic logs always give me trouble. Hey, look. Why? Why,
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it's impossible. The hangar is empty. The ship is gone.
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Into the command car, quick. We're going to base headquarters.
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A few moments later, at headquarters of the Lunar Fleet Base,
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Commander Corey questions a thoroughly bewildered guard, then sends Happy
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to communications to space a phone in all planets alert.
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As the last guard salutes and strides out the door,
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Buzz turns to Meyerhoff, who's been sitting motionless, staring into space.
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The guards say nobody entered the gates. Space controls accounted
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for every ship that passed through the space locks. Tomorrow,
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I know this is a blow for you, but you're
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the only one who can help us. Who beside yourself
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knows the combination of that electronic lock? Just Bradley and Scott.
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The guards say nobody came through the gate. Besides, that
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ship couldn't have been removed from the hangar without tearing
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down that fence. And it couldn't blast off in the
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fleet base without going through the space locks. Or could it?
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This star driver operates through a different space-time matrix, doesn't it?
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Now tell me this. Could that ship be put into
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another dimension from a dead standstill? I don't know. It
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would be risky to try. Could it have been an accident?
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Could that hypermagnetic star drive mechanism have cut in by itself? Really,
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I can't say. The old planet's alert. It's going out, sir. Thanks.
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The ship would be halfway to Alpha Centauri by this time.
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Anything on Mr. Meyerhoff's system? No, sir. The base has
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been searched and there's no sign of either Bradley or Scott.
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The guards insist that nobody went through that gate. Anything
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for Terra headquarters, then? Just routines, sir. Except that Professor
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Nicholson has disappeared. Arthur Nicholson, the bacteriologist? Yes, sir. Major
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Robertson has assigned two agents to handle the case. Well,
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we'll rob you of a job. We don't have to
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worry about that. Mr. Meyerhoff, about this star drive. Can
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you tell me if Commander... I don't know what happened.
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I can't explain it. Oh, we're all in the dark, man, huh?
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The Bradley and Scott gone, you're the only man in
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the solar system who can even make an intelligent guess
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about what happened at the star drive. I'm sorry, but
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I don't know how it works. What? You don't? It
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wasn't actually my theory. I followed someone else's blueprint, so
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to speak. That's why I've been so worried. Well, who
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did originate the theory? A man named Janotelmy. He came
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to me three years ago and asked me to work
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with him. I was to take all the credits and
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supervise the actual construction. Where is this General Calmeir now?
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He's in a criminal rehabilitation center on Mars. That means
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he's in suspended animation. Oh, yes, I remember the name.
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Calmeir was convicted of fraud and bribery of public officials.
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He seemed to have an amazing power of persuasion and
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incredible influence over people.
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I can testify to that.
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He's utterly compelling. Even after he was arrested, I continued
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his work, just as though he were still beside me.
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That's based upon the Mars Rehab Center, and find out
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what stage of treatment Calmeer is in. If he's not
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under suspended animation, he can probably help us. Yes, sir.
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While Happy's contacting Mars, Meyerhoff, suppose you'd tell me what
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you know about Jano Calmeer. Commander, I've made contact with
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Mars Rehab Center. It's Dr. Wallace, the assistant superintendent.
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Thanks, Anthony.
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Dr. Wallace?
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Yes, Commander.
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I'd like to know what stage of treatment one of
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your patients is in at the present time. The chart
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is right in front of me, Commander. Patient's name, please?
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Jano Calmeir. Commander, Jano Calmeir has disappeared. Disappeared how?
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Sometime during the night.
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You see, he'd completed all the phases of treatment and
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was in the outpatient section for general observation. Well, he
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didn't show up for breakfast.
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We got a little worried.
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Has his escape been reported to Space Patrol? Escape?
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Why, no one would escape when they're cured of criminal
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tendencies and about to be released.
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Calmeer has been reported missing, however, and the search has been... Dr. Wallace,
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he's in an emergency alert immediately. General Calmeer is not
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a missing patient. He's an escaped criminal. Cory out. We
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can rock it first as ship disappears and Bradley and
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Scott and now Calmer. Well, as the doctor said, it
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is incredible that a cured patient would escape. Also incredible
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that a spaceship should vanish from a locked and guarded hangar. Meyerhoff,
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get your gear ready. I'm issuing an all-planets alert for
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General Calmer and then we're blasting off for Mars. I've
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re-computed our vectors, sir. We'll cut rockets on Mars in
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about 14.09 hours. I'd like to increase our acceleration, but
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I don't think Meyerhoff could take it. I'm afraid you're right, Commander.
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This literally is just about my speed. Mr. Meyerhoff, I
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thought you were back aft taking a nap. Oh, I'm
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too keyed up to sleep. Excuse me, sir. Moving object
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in the viewscope. 14 degree heading off starboard. Relative velocity 55,000 VUs.
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Not quite a collision course. Not a meteor, is it?
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Can't tell for sure just yet. No. No, it's decelerating.
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And changing vector slightly. The spaceship. And the pilot undoubtedly
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sees it. From here, it looks like a freighter. Yes,
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and that blunt nose would make it a Class D, probably.
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The way she's acting, she must be in trouble. We'll
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cut a velocity inhaler. That's all we need now is
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to have to stop and play nurse to a limping
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old space bucket. What do you suppose is wrong? Could
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be anything from a faulty air purifier to a shortage
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of fuel. Well, maybe the pilot just wants to borrow
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my comb. Borrow your... Oh, you're joking. Well, it's hard
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to tell what is a joke these days. While you
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were back at it, the commander and I heard about
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a brand new kind of crime over the space phone.
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Some goofy crook is stealing mud. Mud? Plain old Venus mud.
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That wasn't exactly plain mud. It was especially treated topsoil
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on an experimental farm. During the night, about 10,000 cubic
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feet of the stuff was either scooped or sucked up
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by a vacuum pump into a spaceship. The whole cargo
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wouldn't be worth 10 credits. Imagine going to all that
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trouble and expense to steal mud. When it would be
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cheaper to make your own. Hey. Hey, look at that freighter.
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It's sure a battered up old hulk. And it's a
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Jupiter registry. Let's see what his trouble is. Commander Corey
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aboard Terra 5 calling Class B freighter number JF-369. Acknowledged
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by space, a phone, or signal light.
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Freighter JF-369 to Commander Corey.
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Emergency. A small meteor punctured the hull and I can't
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plug it. Why, that's... That's terrible. How many are aboard?
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Just myself.
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I don't have a space suit or I wouldn't have trouble.
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Stand by to join airlocks. We're in a hurry, so
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we'll bring you a space suit. Thanks. I'll get the
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suit out of the locker, Commander. That'll leave you and
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the kid at free to maneuver the ship. Thanks, Byron.
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All right, Hap. Stand by to apply like any other coupler.
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Standing by, sir. Commander, the freighter blew up. That's no explosion.
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The hull is peeling off in sections. That's a false hull.
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Must be shedding it with a repeller, eh? That's right.
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Just clearing the deck so we can join airlocks, Commander.
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Smoking rockets? Look what's underneath. What a ship. It's the
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Star Drive. Well, he wants to join airlocks. Fine, we'll
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hold him fast without any cover, then board him and
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give him a... fight if he wants. Great. Commander, my
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ray gun's gone. And so is yours. I've got them, gentlemen.
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Now you will do as Calmer tells you.
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Bring them aboard the Star Drive, Meyerhoff.
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Commander, you're coming with me to Valkor, 50 light years away.
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And you're never coming back.
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After a secret spaceship with the new star drive disappears
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mysteriously from the lunar fleet base, Buzz and Happy learn
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that the actual inventor, Jano Calmeir, has escaped from a
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criminal rehabilitation center on the planet Mars. The space patrollers
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blast off for the red planet, taking with them a Mr. Meyerhoff,
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the scientist who directed the construction of the interstellar craft.
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They stop to aid a battered freighter, which suddenly sheds
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its false hull, revealing the sleek lines of a missing
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Star Drive ship. Double-crossed by the supposedly honest passenger, Bosley
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and Happy now stand in the control compartment of a
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super-speed ship held at gunpoint by Meyerhoff and Calamir. It's
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good to have you aboard, Corey. I never thought I'd
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have quite so many distinguished and... useful passengers aboard. You'll
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be quite welcome on Valkor. Just where in what is Valkor?
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The main planet of the star Garzik. Fifty light years
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from the solar system. Meyerhoff, I'll watch Corey and the cadet.
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You release the magnetic coupler and blast away from the terrified. Yes, Calvert. Double-crosser.
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You're being unfair to Meyerhoff, cadet. He can't help cooperating
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with me. By now, it's almost an instinctive reaction. And
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all the time Meyerhoff was building this star drive ship,
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he knew you were going to steal it. No, he
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acted in good faith. His only conscious goal was to
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follow my designs and build a ship that could reach
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the stars. I've released Corey's ship, Calvin. Good. Increase acceleration.
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When we're far out of the solar system, we'll cut
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into star drives. But what makes you think there are
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any planets within the star, Dosek? And this Valkor, how
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do you know it can support life even if it exists?
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Because, Commander.
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Valkor is my home planet. I don't believe it. I
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am a Valkorian. I have mental powers far higher than
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anyone in your solar system. I can persuade and influence
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you lesser beings. As a result, you employ your own
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intelligence and energy to achieve my goals. Yet you think
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you are working through your own free will. I can
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tell you now that you won't get any cooperation from
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Happy and me. No, that's true. That's because our first
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meeting was on a level of force and conflict. If
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you Valkorians are so superior, why are you taking us
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with you? Why do you need us? That's something you
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will learn later. Originally, I had planned to take only
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Meyerhoff and Nicholson, the bacteriologists. Nicholson? You mean he's aboard
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the Star Drive? Yes. In suspended animation. His work will
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begin after we reach Valkor. What work? Valkor is suffering
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from a shortage of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Plant life doesn't grow
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as it should. Consequently, we are faced with an eventual
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food shortage. That's the chief reason I came to your
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solar system, to find beneficial bacteria. And I suppose you
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were successful. Yes. I found the type I was looking
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for on the planet Venus. I scooped up several thousand
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cubic feet of mud containing the bacteria from one of
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your experimental farms. And you abducted Professor Nicholson to develop
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that strain of bacteria. Correct. As a scientist, he should
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be quite happy on Valkor. How did you get the
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Star Drive ship off a lunar fleet base? Meyerhoff's assistants,
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Bradley and Scott, were able to deceive the guards, thanks
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to my influence on their minds. They put the Star
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Drive directly into a higher dimension. And the ship rematerialized
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somewhere else. Yes, out beyond the Neptune orbit. Where are
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Bradley and Scott now? Aboard this ship? No, they're in
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a hospital on Venus. You see, going directly into the
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Star Drive has a disturbing effect upon the mind. But
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don't worry, they'll recover. Kelmir, look at the viewscope. What? Spaceships. Commander,
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they're approaching from all directions. Those are space patrol ships, Kelmir.
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You're surrounded. Meyerhoff, what is our velocity? It's 80,000 mu.
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We'll go into star drive. But we're only traveling a
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small fraction of the speed of light. We're far under
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the safety margin. Remember what happened to Bradley and Scott.
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But they were on the surface of the Earth's moon,
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under a strong gravity pull. We are out in space.
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What difference does that make? Out here, away from a
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large mass, we're under less resistance. When we're suddenly transformed
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into another dimension, we'll black out, but it won't be serious.
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Go on, Meyerhoff. Cut in the star drive. All right, Kilmian.
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Nothing's happening. Just wait. In a few seconds, we'll vanish
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from the fuel of those ships.
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Yes, sir.
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You're too late. When you come to, we'll be in
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another galaxy. Under the force of the star drive, the
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spaceship is in a dimension where time and space as
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we know it have no meaning. The four men lie
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motionless on the deck of the control compartment. Buzz and
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Happy are the first to regain consciousness. The ship is
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completely silent now, and through the viewport, not a single
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star relieves the blackness of space. Gently, Buzz nudges Happy. Happy.
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Calmeer and Meyerhoff are still out. Now's our chance. We'll
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grab their ray guns and wait for them to come in.
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They're coming around. I've got Meyerhoff's guns. Keep an eye
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on them. I'll take care of Calmeer. Let's go with
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the gun, Calmy. Now get us in control and get
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us back to the solar system. That's impossible, Commander. Once
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the star drive is set, it cannot be changed until
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the ship reaches its predetermined destination. When we are near Valcor,
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the ship automatically will cut out a star drive and
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into regular rocket drive. Commander, maybe something's wrong with the ship.
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Everything's so quiet. The star drive makes no sound except
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when it cuts in or out. How long will it
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take us to reach Valcor? In Star Drive, Commander, that
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is a meaningless question. To you, it may seem a
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month or a year. To me, it may appear to
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be a minute or two. It doesn't matter anyway. You
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might as well resign yourself to the fact that you
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will spend the rest of your lives on Valcor. Yeah? Well,
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I'm not... What's that? We're cutting out of the Star Drive.
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That means we're near Valcor. Prepare to black out. This time,
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when Buzz and Happy open their eyes, the ship is
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again silent. But a bright light is pouring in through
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the viewpoints. And standing over them with a ray gun
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is Kalmir. On your feet, gentlemen. And I hope you
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both realize the utility of forcing me to use this weapon.
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So you pulled out of it first this time, Kalmir? Yes.
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Possibly the excitement of my return to Valkor revived me
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so quickly. I don't hear the rockets. And where's that
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light coming from? The light is from Garzik, the star
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that is Valkor's son. And you don't hear the rockets
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because the ship has landed. You mean you came out
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of the star drive right onto Valkor? No, we emerged
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from hyperspace several million D.U.s from the planet. Meyerhoff and
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I brought the ship in. So Meyerhoff's okay now, huh? Yes,
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he's back at checking on Professor Nicholson.
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Valkor calling Caramere. I relieve you of the two spacemen.
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Bring them to the edge of the clearing.
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Valkor out. Hey, who was that? A Valkorian, of course.
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A friend of mine. But he was speaking English. Dargo
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is a scholar. He knows the languages of many universes.
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Just a minute. How does it happen that he contacts
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you in English? Why not Valkorian? By looking through the viewport,
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I can see we're landed out in the wilderness. There's
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no sign of a city. Yeah, Kelner. How come? I
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thought you had such an advanced civilization. This is of
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no importance. Come. Dargo is waiting. Nicholson will come out
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of suspended animation in about an hour. Meyerhoff, stay here
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on the ship. I'll be right back. Very well. Go on, Corey.
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You too, cadet. Calmeer, what are you going to do
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with them? Turn them over to Dargo. Why do you
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want it all? Oh, it's none of my business, sorry. Gentlemen,
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you are the first human beings from your universe to
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set foot on Valkor. That fellow coming toward us, that's Dargo? Yes.
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You were right, Commander. There's no sign of his city.
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Come here. You've come back with a cargo of valuable
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nitrogen-fixing bacteria. We'll assign us who can show you how
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to use it. You should be landing at your planet's
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capital with bands playing and people cheering. We don't go
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in for such childish displays on Valkor. No? No. Perhaps
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you and Dargo are criminals on your own planet. That
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is not true. But explain why Dargo contacted you in English,
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so no one on Valkor could understand your conversation. Dargo
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will explain. When he is ready, he'll take over now. Dargo,
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here are the spacemen from the solar system. Fine specimen.
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Sevkalo Tazan Abida. Trumoina Kovei. Van. Aknolaru Grisoma. Blan Zultram.
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Salmir has just explained that you think we are criminals. Actually,
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we are patriots fighting against an evil leader. We need
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your help. I don't like your recruiting methods, Dargo. Commander,
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there are two factions here on Valkor. The one in
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power promised to help the people by finding new sources
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of food. They lied. The rulers are confiscating supplies for
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their own selfish needs. If that's true, I'm sorry to
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hear it. So far, your methods don't seem very democratic.
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to me. Yeah, how do we know the people would
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do any better off if your game took over? That
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is not your concern. You are here on Balcor. You
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can't return to your home planet. So you have to
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work for us. What could we do? We don't know
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your language or anything about your planet. But you do
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know how to fight. You could help organize an army.
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You could set up a counter-spy system. You could give
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me that ray gun.
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I'll get Dargo.
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Drop it, Calman. You fool. My men are back there
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in the forest.
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You're not going to get a chance to warn them.
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Come on, Hap. Get back to the ship, quick. Yes, sir. Hey,
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what about Meyerhoff? If he saw what happened... You don't
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take a chance on Meyerhoff or stay here forever. I'll
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go first, Hap. When you're aboard, slam the hatch closed.
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All right, Meyerhoff. Get your hands up and get away
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from those controls. Yes, Commander. Okay, Commander. Rocket drive controls
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are different on this ship. I'll help you, Commander. I
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thought you were working for Calmeer. I don't know what
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came over me. I must have been out.
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Of my mind.
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Commander, Calmeer and his pal are running toward the ship,
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and Dargo is aiming something at us. All right, Meyerhoff.
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If we're on the level, get this ship off the
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ground in a hurry. I'm a little confused. I think
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this is the rocket control here. No, no, that's the
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repeller ray. Leave it on. We're off the ground. Get
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all the altitude you can with the repeller ray, then
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blast off. Dargo is still aiming that thing at us,
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whatever it is. If he shoots the ship down now,
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he won't stand a chance. Does the ship have any
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weapons or any space torpedoes? No, it's unarmed. Oh, wait, Meyerhoff.
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Where's the cargo hatch release? The cargo hatch release? Yes,
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where the mud is stored. Oh, yes.
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Just press this switch and the hatch will open.
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I'm going to shift for the starboard. The repel array control.
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Tell me when we'll ride over Dargo. Oh, great. They
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will dare shoot the ship down when it'll fall on them.
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We're nearly over them, sir.
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Hey, the direct hit. Look at them down there, covered
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with tons of nice gooey mud. Didn't bury them, did it? Oh, no, sir.
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It's spreading out. But they're sure wallowing around. Oh, I've
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got it now, Commander. This is the rocket control. Brace yourselves.
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I'm going to fire rockets. Well? Goodbye, Valkor. The question
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now is whether we can find the solar system. Meyerhoff,
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do you know how to set up the star drive
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for the return trip? Yes. You simply use the reciprocals
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of the hyperspace coordinates that we used to get to Valkor.
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I'm sure glad you're back on our side. I figured
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that Calmer's influence over Meyerhoff was broken right after we
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landed it. Probably it was the shock of going in
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and out of the star drive. This time we'll wait
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till we reach peak velocity with rocket drives before we
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switch over. You and I had better go back and
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see if Professor Nicholson is all right. Yes, sir. I
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wonder if Calmeer and Dargo are still flounding around in
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the mud. Boy, I'll bet they're mad. I should be
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grateful to her for the favor. Favor? Yes. It's all
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cornuted soil containing nitrogen fixing bacteria. And that's what they got.
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That's right. We dumped it right in their laps.
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Join us again next week for another thrilling adventure with
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Space Patrol. High adventure in the wild, vast reaches of space.
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Missions of daring in the name of interplanetary justice. Travel
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into the future with Buzz Corley, Commander-in-Chief of the Space Patrol.
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Thank you. Space Patrol, an original Mike Moser production starring
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Ed Kimmerer as Commander Corey and Lynn Osborne as Cadet Happy,
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was written by Lou Houston, directed by Larry Robertson, Dick
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Dufeld speaking. Join us again next week. This is the United.
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Space Patrol, Episode 95, Super Sensitive Star Drive, has concluded.
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