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"Still no response from them, Commander!"
Sandra Benes turned worriedly to the grim-
faced leader of Moonbase Alpha. It had taken her a
conscious effort to drage her eyes from the big video
screen, upon which, for the past hour, two distantly
sighted blips had gradually grown until they had
come into full focus. A pair of alien spaceships.
Immobile. Silent. Looming closer and closer as the
Moon inexorably drove towards them on its
unalterable, runaway course!
"Koenig to Defensive Area Four!" The
Commander snapped on the comlock device that
could put him instantly in touch with any
department of the Moonbase complex. "Activate
full magnetic opposition. We don't want those ships
piling up on our surface. Heaven only knows what
damage they might do if they're fully fuelled!" |