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ground, or to the side of a building, and listened in-
tently. He could hear nothing except the pounding of his
own blood,
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The machines were sleeping: they were not even tick-
ing over. Would they ever wake again, and for what pur-
pose? Everything was in perfect condition, as usual. It was
easy to believe that the closing of a single circuit, in some
patient, hidden computer, would bring all this maze back
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When at last they had reached the far side of the city,
they climbed to the top of the surrounding levee and
looked across the southern branch of the Sea. For a long
time Norton stared at the five-hundred-metre cliff that
barred them from almost half of Rama - and, judging
from their telescopic surveys, the most complex and var-
ied half. From this angle, it appeared an ominous, for-
bidding black, and it was easy to think of it as a prison
drawing pencils wall surrounding a whole continent. Nowhere along its
entire circle was there a flight of stairways or any other
means of access.

He wondered how the Ramans reached their southern
land from New York. Probably there was an under-
ground transport system running beneath the Sea, but
they must also have aircraft as well; there were many
open areas here in the city that could be used for landing.
To discover a Raman vehicle would be a major accom-
plishment - especially if -they could learn to operate it.
(Though could any conceivable power-source still be
functioning, after several hundred thousand years?)
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There were numerous structures that had the functional
look of hangars or garages, but they were all smooth and
windowless, as if they had been sprayed with sealant.
Sooner or later, Norton had told himself grimly, we'll be
forced to use explosives, and laser beams. He was deter-
mined to put off this decision to the last possible moment.

His reluctance to use brute force was based partly on
pride, partly on fear. He did not wish to behave like a
technological barbarian, smashing what he could not
understand. After all, he was an uninvited visitor in this
world, and should act accordingly.

As for his fear - perhaps that was too strong ~ word;
apprehension might be better. The Ramans seemed to
drawing pencils have planned for everything; he was not anxious to dis-
cover the precautions they had taken to guard their
property. When he sailed back to the mainland, it would
be with empty hands.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - Dragonfly

Lieutenant James Pak was the most junior officer on
board Endeavour, and this was only his fourth mission
into deep space. He was ambitious, and due for promo-
tion; he had also committed a serious breach of regula-
tions. No wonder, therefore, that he took a long time to
make up his mind.

It would be a gamble; if he lost, he could be in deep
trouble. He could not only be risking his career; he
might even be risking his neck. But if he succeeded, he
would be a hero. What finally convinced him was
drawing pencils neither of these arguments; it was the certainty that, if
he did nothing at all, he would spend the rest of his life
brooding over his lost opportunity. Nevertheless, he was
still hesitant when he asked the Captain for a private
meeting.

What is it this time? Norton asked himself, as he analy-
sed the uncertain expression on the young officer's face.
He remembered his delicate interview with Boris Rod-
rigo; no, it wouldn't be anything like that. Jimmy was
certainly not the religious type; the only interests he had
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ably combined. -

It could hardly be the former, and Norton hoped it
was not the latter. He had encountered most of the prob-
lems that a commanding officer could encounter in this
department - except the classical one o-f an unscheduled
birth during a mission. Though this situation was the
subject of innumerable jokes, it had never happened yet;
of time.

'Well, Jimmy, what is it?'

'I have an idea, Commander. I know how to reach the
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'I'm listening. How do you propose to do it?'

'Er - by flying there.'

'Jimmy, I've had at least five proposals to do that -
more if you count crazy suggestions from Earth. We've
looked into the possibility of adapting our spacesuit pro-
pulsors, but air drag would make them hopelessly ineffici-
ent. They'd run out of fuel before they could go ten kilo-
metres.'

'I know that. But I have the answer.'

Lt Pak's attitude was a curious mixture of complete
confidence and barely suppressed nervousness. Norton
drawing pencils was quite baffled; what was the kid worried about?
Surely he knew his commanding officer well enough to be
certain that no reasonable proposal would be laughed
out of court.

'Well, go on. If it works, I'll see your promotion is retro-
active.'

That little half-promise, half-joke didn't go down as
well as he had hoped. Jimmy gave a rather sickly smile,
made several false starts, then decided on an oblique ap-
proach to the subject.

'You know, Commander, that I was in the Lunar Olym-
pics last year.'

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'It was bad equipment; I know what went wrong. I
have friends on Mars who've been working on it, in
secret. We want to give everyone a surprise.'

'Mars? But I didn't know...'

'Not many people do - the sport's still new there; it's
only been tried in the Xante Sportsdome. But the best
aerodynamicists in the solar system are on Mars; if you
can fly in that atmosphere, you can fly anywhere.

'Now, my idea was that if the Martians could build a
good machine, with all their know-how, it would really
perform on the Moon - where gravity is only half as
strong.'
v 'That seems plausible, but how does it help us?'

Norton was beginning to guess, but he wanted to give
Jimmy plenty of rope.

'Well, I formed a syndicate with some friends in Lowell
City. They've built a fully aerobatic flyer with some re-
finements that no one has ever seen before. In lunar grav-
ity, under the Olympic dome, it should create a sensa-
tion.'

'And win you the gold medal.'

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'I hope so.'

'Let me see if I follow your train of thought correctly.
A sky-bike that could enter the Lunar Olympics, at a
sixth of a gravity, would be even more sensational inside
Rama, with no gravity at all. You could fly it right along
the axis, from the North Pole to the South - and back
again.'

'Yes - easily. The one-way trip would take three hours,
non-stop. But of course you could rest whenever you
wanted to, as long as you kept near the axis.'
'It's -a brilliant idea, and I congratulate you. What a
pity sky-bikes aren't part of regular Space Survey equip-
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Jimmy seemed to have some difficulty in finding words.
He opened his mouth several times, but nothing hap-
pened.

'All right, Jimmy. As a matter of morbid interest, and
purely off the record, how did you smuggle the thing
aboard?'

'Er - "Recreational Stores".'

'Well, you weren't lying. And what about the weight?'

'It's only twenty kilograms.'

'Only! Still, that's not as bad as I thought. In fact, I'm
astonished you can build a bike for that weight.'

'Some have been only fifteen, but they were too fragile
and usually folded up when they made a turn. There's no
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batic.'

'Dragonfly - nice name. So tell me just how you plan to
use her; then I can decide whether a promotion or a
court martial is in order. Or both.'

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - Maiden Flight

Dragonfly was certainly a good name. The long, tapering
wings were almost invisible, except when the light struck
them from certain angles and was refracted into rainbow
hues. It was as if a soap-bubble had been wrapped round
a delicate tracery of aerofoil sections; the envelope en-
dosing the little flyer was an organic film only a few
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the movements of a fifty-kph air flow.

The pilot - who was also the powerplant and the guid-
ance system - sat on a tiny seat at the centre of gravity, in
a semi-reclining position to reduce air resistance. Control
was by a single stick which could be moved backwards
and forwards, right and left; the only 'instrument' was a
piece of weighted ribbon attached to the leading edge, to
show the direction of the relative wind.
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