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| Radium Repeller ray | ||
| Move inbound asteroids aside to keep ships safe. |
| Consulting the detector, I found the space ship located in the general direction of the asteroid’s antipode. Using the reaction equipment, I shot away into space, circling the asteroid in search of the ship. I could conceive of no reason for Rourke’s change of position, and I was a bit anxious. It was not like Rourke to do this without notifying me. Finally, I discovered the ship. It was moving erratically, shifting slowly around the little asteroid at a distance of several miles. I sent out a call — and received no answer. My heart jumped into my throat as I took in the horror of the situation. The space ship was twisted and bent. A ragged hole gaped at me from one side of the derelict. The answer to the tragedy was all too apparent. The radium repeller rays had failed, and a wandering meteor had done the rest.
 ('The Asteroid of Death' by Neil R. Jones) Coming alongside the wreck, I entered the control room through the jagged rent torn in the side. What I had anticipated, I saw. My five comrades lay dead, three of them mangled beyond description. |
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You don't want to fiddle with these:
“You were lucky to be on the asteroid. Rourke and I were tinkering with the radium repeller rays — then oblivion!”
I questioned him in regards to the manner in which the space ship had been wrecked. He proved the truth of my previous theory.
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