The Florians: Daedalus Mission, Book One
Language: English
Pages: 202
ISBN: 1434435423
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They call them the "rat-catchers." They're the crew of the spaceship Daedalus, which an economically destitute Earth has dispatched on a mission to re-establish contact with its far-flung, long-lost space colonies. Alex Alexander, ship's biologist, must help solve the mysteries of human and alien ecosystems that he encounters light-years from home. The planet Floria initially appears to be one of the few Earth colonies that's actually prospered since its initial settlement. But underneath the surface of the society, the "Planners" keep a strict, repressive rule over the Florians, while the police are apparently attempting to assert their own authority. But is either group actually what they seem? Daedalus Mission, Book One.
Die Maahks (Perry Rhodan Silberbände, Band 23; Die Meister der Insel, Band 3)
Der Robotregent (Perry Rhodan Silberbände, Band 6; Die Dritte Macht, Band 6)
Die Terra-Patrouille (Perry Rhodan Silberbände, Band 91; Die Aphilie, Band 11)
Die Cyber-Brutzellen (Perry Rhodan Silberbände, Band 120; Die Kosmische Hanse, Band 2)
The Smoke Ring (The State, Book 3)
Wir sind wahres Leben (Perry Rhodan Neo, Band 120; Die Posbis, Band 10)
isn’t necessarily inconsequential. The giantism which is universal here seems normal to you, but very strange to me. It sometimes takes an outsider’s judgment to expose and analyze problems before they become acute. There are questions which need answers before we can tell whether you have problems or not. How many people are there in the colony...?” I had been meaning to go on and pose more simple questions, but I stopped as I saw him react to that one. His face didn’t change as much as Jason’s
the soul of diplomacy. There was a pause while both Vulgan and Jason looked at one another, each running possibilities quickly through, his mind. It was awkward and there seemed, to judge by their faces, not the slightest hope of resolution. I was desperately afraid that despite the Planners this situation might ultimately lead to violence. Violence arises out of frustration, and both these men seemed very frustrated. Why on Earth, I wondered, apologizing to myself for the inaptness of the
the conditions of deprivation. That’s quite some trick. The plants here are more highly developed than the plants on Earth, in terms of efficiency and organization of form, but this is something else.” “It’s only a matter of size,” she complained. “There’s no only about it,” I corrected her. “The matter of size is the heart of the problem. I wonder how they work the trick.” “What about the reports on the original survey?” she asked. “And the work that was done on the Florian plants brought
asked quietly. “A better world. Floria. A world where the cruel and bloody history of Earth might not be repeated. We need Floria, and we need it the way that the Planners are trying to shape it, not the way that Jason thinks he runs it or the way that Ellerich wants to take it over. We need a Utopian dream, however far from fulfillment. As an advertisement. As a lure. To get space travel going again as a successful political concern.” “We can’t use Floria as a lure,” I said slowly. “They won’t
To what extent had that idealism been eroded and repressed by the kind of cynical detachment which came so easy to us, the invaders from Earth? How powerful, I wondered, are time and circumstance? There was no way of knowing. We were at the mercy of the unpredictable, with only Rondo’s faith to guide us. Faith, I knew, can be a very unsatisfactory guide. Ask any of its victims. “For some time,” said Rondo, “we have anticipated this moment of rebellion. We had not expected it so soon; perhaps,
