THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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out?airboats, troop carriers, and freight-scows. They could see enemy
missiles approaching in Zareff's front screen; counter-missiles got most
of them, and a couple of pilotless recon-cars were sacrificed. The
/Lester Dawes/ blasted more missiles as they crossed the top of the
mountain range. Then Zareff's car was circling in and entering at one of
the ship's open cargo-ports. Zareff and Anse Dawes got out.

"Gunboats are only half an hour behind," Zareff said.[Pg 77] "Get some
screens on to them, Anse; you know the combinations. Now let's see what
kind of a mess we're in here."

It was almost a miracle, the way the tottering old man Conn had seen on
the dock at Litchfield when he had arrived from Terra had been rejuvenated.

The rest of the reinforcements arrived slowly, sending missiles and
counter-missiles out ahead of them. Zareff began worrying about the
supply; the enemy didn't seem to be running short. By 1300?Conn noted