Title 1: Unternehmen Stardust / 1a, Enterprise Stardust
Theme: Origin, Earth Unification
Timeline: 1971
Location: Earth, Moon
Races: Arkonides, Humanoid
Star Systems: Solar System
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Synopsis:A four man flight to the moon crash lands due to robotic interference of stranded Arkonide research cruiser, headed by Thora and Khrest of the ruling Zoltral family. The Actron Expedition is on a mission to find the Planet of Eternal life. Khrest is ill and they form a shaky alliance to assist each other. Rhodan returns with Khrest in the Stardust. He lands in the Gobi Desert to establish himself as a neutral power in an attempt to prevent a global nuclear war.
Title 2: Die dritte Macht / 1b, The Third Power
Theme: Earth Unification
Timeline: 1971
Location: Earth
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Synopsis: A global alliance is formed under Mercant to defeat Rhodan. The first attempt fails when Klein defects to Rhodan. Dr. Haggard joins to cure Khrest. Clark Fletcher is killed under interrogation. Global nuclear war is averted by Thora's power.
Title 3: Die strahlende Kuppel / 2a, The Radiant Dome
Theme: Earth Unification
Timeline: 1971
Location: Earth, Moon
Ships: Stardust II - Human, rocket, crew 4
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Synopsis: Khrest is cured of leukemia. Three sympathetic agents purposefully fail in attempt at biological penetration of the dome. Mercant plans to destroy the cruiser stranded on the moon using the Stardust II and is successful, although Thora escapes in the auxiliary vessel. The Arkonides are stranded on earth. (Klein referred to as Captain)
Title 4: Götterdämmerung / 2b, Twilight of the Gods
Theme: Earth Unification
Timeline: 1971
Location: Earth
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Synopsis: The dome is enlarged by the auxiliary craft, now named the Good Hope. The first mutants are introduced. The world powers attempt to explode a hydrogen bomb underneath dome via a tunnel. Tako Kakuta foils the attempt by warning Rhodan. Mercant visits Anne Sloane. John Marshall, Tako Kakuta join Perry along with Li and Kosnow. Perry and Reg use the indoctrinator to absorb all Arkonide knowledge.
Title 5: Atom-Alarm / 3a, Galactic Alarm
Theme: Earth Unification
Timeline: 1971
Location: Earth, Moon
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Synopsis: Tako attempts secret negotiations for materials. Perry and Reg finish hypnotraining. While on the moon salvaging materials from demolished cruiser they discover that an automatic distress call has been sent to Myra IV the nearest Arkonide robot base.
Rhodan penetrates Mercant's base and advises him of imminent attack. The three world powers agree to cooperate with Rhodan. All are surprised as rebellious Fantan ship arrives. A surprise attack on the moon destroys the superior ship. The world powers then agree to lift the embargo on the Third Power. Rhodan mentions his romantic feelings for Thora.
Title 6: Das Mutanten-Korps / 3b, The Mutant Corps
Theme: Earth Unification, Mutant Corps, Mind Snatchers
Timeline: 1971
Location Earth, Moon
Races: Mind Snatchers (MS) Non-Humanoid
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Synopsis: The Third Power is fully recognized and must purchase the land from the Asiatic Federation at enormous prices, founding Galacto City. They facilitate Homer Adams' release from prison. Adams forms the General Cosmic Corporation, and causes a minor stock market depression. The Third Power makes a killing. Eleven new mutants are forcefully recruited and trained. All decide to stay. Tako Kakuta, Ras Tschubai, Ernst Ellert and Anne Sloane agree to join as well. The Secret Mutant Corps is founded with John Marshall as the leader. Instead of further Fantan ships, a Mind Snatcher ship is found near the moon and one of Mercant's faithful gets possessed. Tako destroys the ship by teleporting a bomb inside it.
Title 7: Invasion aus dem All / 4a Invasion from Space
Theme: Earth Unification, Mutant Corps, Mind Snatchers, Venus Base
Timeline: 1971
Location: Earth, Venus
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Synopsis: Rhodan scouts Venus as a possible base of action off Earth. Betty Touffry kills her father in self-defense while he is possessed by the Mind Snatchers. Ellert visits Betty in the future when she is already a member of the Mutant Corps. The Mind Snatcher invasion begins again from their base in the Himalayas. The Mutant Corps use combined talents to trace their mindstreams back to base when they evacuate a human body. The plan is successful but Ellert's body is apparently killed and his temporal being is hurled through space and time. Perry builds an underground chamber to house his body, which is in a state of limbo.
Title 8: Die Venusbasis / 4b, Base on Venus
Theme: Earth Unification, Mutant Corps, Venus Base
Timeline: 1971
Location: Moon, Venus
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Synopsis: Freyt, Deringhouse, and Nyssen under orders from the World Government make one last attempt to salvage items from the destroyed moon cruiser. This fails and they eventually are convinced to join Perry. On landing on Venus they are attacked, but survive to enter the Arkonide outpost manned by the Commander (a large positronic brain) and his associated robots. This outpost has been defunct for 8,000 years. The original Arkonide colony was destroyed at Atlantis. The Commander nominates Perry as the successor to the control of its power, since his mind is indistinguishable from an Arkonide.
Title 9: Hilfe für die Erde / Atlan-1, The Wasp Men Attack
Theme: Earth Unification, Mutant Corps, Mind Snatchers, Venus Base
Timeline: 1971
Location: Earth, Venus
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Synopsis: The Mind Snatchers attack New York. The invasion is thwarted by John Marshall and Reg pinpointing a Chicago kingpin as one. The positronic brain scans the captured Mind Snatchers and assists in the development of a Mind Snatcher detector. The mutants are sent to Venus for their final training.
Title 10: Raumschlacht im Wega-Sektor / 5a, Space Battle in Vega Sector
Theme: Ferron-Topide War, The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Vega - Rofus #9
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Synopsis: Several hundred hyperspace transitions are detected 27 light years away in the system Vega. The Good Hope makes its first hyperspace transition to find itself enmeshed in attack by the Topides on the Ferrons of the Vega System. The Good Hope begins to help the Ferrons against their better judgment, and when a Topide controlled Arkonide Battleship appears it severely damages the Good Hope. The Thort of Ferron offers the use of the unusual matter transmitters in a scheme to capture the Battleship.
Title 11: Mutanten in Einsatz / 5b Mutants in Action
Theme: Ferron-Topide War, The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Vega - Ferrol #8
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Synopsis: Rhodan and his Mutants are stranded on Rofus after being crippled in the Good Hope. They utilize the strange matter transmitters to capture the battleship on Ferron. They cripple the Topide fleet entrenched on Ferrol, negotiate the removal of a transmitter with the Thort, and head back to Earth for reinforcements.
Title 12: Das Geheimnis der Zeitgruft / 6, Secret of the Time Vault
Theme: Ferron-Topide War, The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Vega - Ferrol #8
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Synopsis: Perry returns to Earth with the newly obtained battleship, renamed the Stardust II, to pick up trained troops. The mutants are used to scare off the Topides without resorting to war which would jeopardize their new ship. The Topides retreat but establish a base at the fortieth planet. Perry also cajoles the Thort into giving information about the secret Time Vault which is shielded with a fifth dimensional lock that the Ferrons have never been able to break. The mutants are successful in breaking through the barrier and obtaining the gold Infinity Box which holds some clues to finding the key to eternal life. A base is established on Ferrol to begin trade negotiations with them.
Title 13: Die Festung der sechs Monde / 7, Fortress of the Six Moons
Theme: Ferron-Topide War, The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Vega - #40
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Synopsis: Deringhouse and Sgt. Rous are shot down while on patrol of the 6 moons of the 40th planet. Rhodan negotiates a trade treaty with the Ferrons. The Topides are fooled by an elaborate scheme into thinking the Arkonide fleet under Rhodan is coming from the system of Capella, to destroy the Fortress. With the mutants and the Ferron double agent Chaktor, they successfully force the fleet to fly there and abandon the base. However, Khrest has secretly programmed the coordinates as the center of the Capella sun, and the Topides are destroyed.
Title 14, Das galaktische Rätsel 8, The Galactic Riddle
Theme: The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Vega - #10, #12, #13
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Synopsis: The search to solve the mystery of the Time Vault continues. Lossosher is given permission to search the existing planets for the missing 10th planet. With Sgt. Groll they discover a false lead on a moon of the 13th planet and discover then kill a stranded Topide. The positronic brain determines how to open the time vault and they find a broken transmitter. Again the brain programs a robot to fix it and a team of mutants with Perry and Bell, travel to an arena of tests. Betty Touffry is the key individual and they succeed in gaining the next clue. The positronic brain works several weeks on it and still cannot decode the message.
Theme: The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Earth, Venus, Ferrol
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Synopsis: The Stardust II returns to Venus and Earth to use the positronic brain to decipher the galactic riddle. The quest for Eternal Life continues as a team of Perry's followers are taken back 10,000 years in Ferron history to meet Kerlon the Arkonide who first discovers them and the matter transmitters during his quest. Khrest convinces Kerlon that he has already scouted this planet and that the true path leads to Earth. The clue that Kerlon has is a tube which he cannot open and Ras Tschubai takes it when he drops it. Kerlon eventually moves onto Venus and establishes the Arkonide Base there, but he loses the trail. The next clue tells Perry to await a massive structural disturbance which will come 'soon', and that all ensuing tests will offer no help and could be fatal. Khrest and Thora begin to have second thoughts and want to abandon the search.
Title 16: Die Geister von Gol / 10, The Ghosts of Gol
Theme: The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Vega - Gol #14
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Synopsis: The structural disturbance finally comes and leads them to the 14th planet of Vega, the tremendous methane-ammonia planet they nickname Gol. In the pursuit for the next clue, semi-intelligent ghost-like beings from the fourth dimension who gobble up energy like food are a constant threat. After finding the tower with another large transmitter in it. Anne Sloane activates it and transports the three separate parties including the Stardust II to an unrecognizable area of space.
Title 17: Planet der sterbenden Sonne / 11, Planet of the Dying Sun
Theme: The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Vagabond
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Synopsis: The Unknown continues to test Rhodan by leading them to a planet of "minds of a higher order". On a dying planet they name Vagabond, the meet up with two unusual races. One is the race of mouse-beavers whose telekinetic abilities manifest themselves only during the daytime. Their playful nature causes accident after accident as they manipulate various complex machinery with their minds. The second is the remains of an extremely old (45,000 years) race. The semi-robotic remains have organic life inside, and are filled with hatred. Without utilizing the full talents of the mutants or the Stardust II, Rhodan manages to find the next clue with only the talents of Fellmer Lloyd and his usual ingenuity. Inside the cave of the mousebeavers, they find a complete miniature replica of the galaxy with the hopeful location of the location of the planet of eternal life. They return to Vega, hoping to explore the remains of this civilization at some time in the future.
Title 18: Die Rebellen von Tuglan / 12, The Rebels of Tuglan
Theme: The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Laton - Tuglan (between #8 and #31)
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Synopsis: The stowaway Mousebeaver causes the Stardust II to hyperjump to the system of Tuglan, who are rebelling from the Arkonide empire. This transition story introduces M.B. or Emby the mousebeaver who saves Rhodan's life and squashes the rebellion through means of his extensive parapsychic abilities. With some hypno-training he learns to speak, and at the story's conclusion he is dubbed Pucky. The ship leaves for Vega to continue the trail towards the Immortal Being.
Title 19: Der Unsterbliche / 13, The Immortal Unknown
Theme: The search for the Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1974
Location: Vega, Wanderer
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Synopsis: As the Stardust II returns to Vega, they find that the Unknown has set another wheel in motion by causing the sun to go Nova. Perry must choose between continuing the search and removing the Ferrons. They must traverse a path through the sun's outer envelope to sync up with Wanderer (the invisible planet's new name). When they arrive they cannot spot it. IT puts them through several more tests while stressing the Stardust II and crew as much as possible. Khrest and Thora are rejected by IT, and Perry undergoes cell conservation and chooses Bell as the only other person. He is warned that he must return every 62 years and be able to find Wanderer on his own each time or he will not be rejuvenated. They return to Vega to find the nova has subsided. The end of the first phase of the establishment of Perry's goal is completed.
Title 20: Venus in Gefahr / 14, Venus in Danger
Theme: Earth Unification
Timeline: 1979
Location: Earth, Venus
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Synopsis: They return to Earth (finally) only to find 5 years have elapsed, even though only one month has gone by for the Stardust. The Eastern Bloc has decided to attempt to break out of the United Earth and invade the Base on Venus. Perry must suppress this rapidly since he only has several days in which to feed Wanderer's trajectory into the main Positronic Brain. His error in programming the brain's defenses causes them to be unable to enter as well. They succeed in crippling all the Eastern Bloc ships and the men are stranded on Venus. Tako Kakuta penetrates the brain's screen and they program Wanderer's coordinates in successfully. Finally, it is time to return home to Earth.
Title 21: Der Atomkrieg findet nicht statt / Atlan-2, Menace of Atomigeddon
Theme: Earth Unification
Timeline: 1979
Location: Earth
Synopsis: After his return to Earth Perry continues his efforts to unify the world into a single government. The Eastern Bloc creates significant trouble and Deringhouse plays a lead role on a mission through the U.S.S.R. to disarm their revolution. The mission is successful although Perry has a long way to go to settle the political situation on Earth. Galacto City is renamed Terrania.
Title 22: Thoras Flucht / 15, Escape to Venus
Theme: Venus Base
Timeline: 1981
Location: Earth, Venus
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Synopsis: On the day of the 10th anniversary of Perry's landing on the moon, Thora's patience on his promises runs out. She hijacks one of three new prototype destroyers. Rhodan follow in another one. Both are shot down by the Positronic Brain because neither are programmed to have the newly established response sequence codes. Various factions remaining from the Eastern Bloc fiasco are still infighting. Thora is 'held captive' by General Tomisenkow, while Rhodan, Marshall and Okura are shifting between groups. In the meantime, the positronic brain has initiated Secret Barrier X, which prevents Bell from entering Venus' atmosphere in one of the guppies. It is up to Rhodan to successfully penetrate the jungle, and to do this he begins a plan to contact the telepathic seals.
Title 23: Geheimschaltung X / 16, Secret Barrier X
Theme: Venus Base
Timeline: 1981
Location: Venus
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Synopsis: Tako cannot penetrate the barrier. Bell is locked out. Thora passes from group to group as Rhodan, Marshall and Okura continue to head towards the brain.
Title 24: Im Dschungel der Urwelt / 17, The Venus Trap
Theme: Venus Base
Timeline: 1981
Location: Venus
Synopsis: Rhodan, Marshall and Okura finally make it in. The Russian troops acknowledge that they wish to stay on Venus and not interfere with Rhodan's outpost.
Title 25: Der Overhead / 18, The Mutant Master
Theme: Evil Mutants
Timeline: 1981
Location: Earth
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Synopsis: Several unexplained events occur in Terrania just before Perry returns from Venus. A nuclear explosion wipes out a plant and 3 of the new Destroyers are stolen under mysterious circumstances. Two new heavy cruisers are under construction. A flashback to five years previous shows Clifford Monterny subjugating his first recruit, Ted McMurray. While Perry attempts to track them down, Elmer Bradley swindles Homer Adams into a $4 billion dollar loss for GCC, however even this is not enough to severely damage the New Power. Several other intrigues occur, of which the most important is the kidnapping of Khrest. Perry is unable to capture Monterny, but does foil his plans. He sends Betty Touffry to New York to protect Adams and Thora begins to show signs of affection for Perry. The nuclear explosion is still unexplained and causes Perry significant concern.
Title 26: Duell der Mutanten / 19, Mutant vs. Mutant
Theme: Evil Mutants
Timeline: 1981
Location: Earth
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Synopsis: Cadets Tifflor and Eberhardt are attacked by one of the stolen destroyers. They put it out of action, and capture a minor mutant with a weak talent, photographic memory. The mutant commits suicide on a hypnotic command from Monterny. This demonstrates to everyone how powerful he really is. The guppy K-5 has a prominent role. Other attempts continue both in Terrania and New York against Adams. Finally Fellmer Lloyd catches Tatjana Michalowna who is working for Monterny based on her naive political views. She is also the only mutant whom he cannot control. After realizing she has been duped she leads Rhodan to his headquarters in Salt Lake City. A battle ensues where all the mutants are captured except Monterny and his hole card mutant. Tifflor, following in destroyer Z-82, almost succeeds in tracking him as he escapes, but is duped into attacking the Stardust. Pucky succeeds in nullifying the Z-82 destroyer, but Monterny does escape. Rhodan gives the world powers an ultimatum to form a united world government within one year or he will enforce it himself.
Title 27: Im Banne des Hypno / 20, The Thrall of Hypno
Theme: Evil Mutants, Earth Unification
Timeline: 1981
Location: Earth, Mars
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Synopsis: Deringhouse is captured by the Mutant Master on Mars, along with the Good Hope VII while attempting to find his hidden base. Ivan Goratschin fireballs several destroyers as well. Bell and Rhodan continue negotiations for a world government, which Deringhouse interrupts as he attacks Terrania. Ivan begins to destroy locations both inside and outside the energy dome. Suddenly, Deringhouse pulls back and the Mutant Corps goes into action. Pucky, Betty Touffry and André Noir, begin to work on the GH VII crew, Ivan and Deringhouse. Bell and the Mutants eventually attack the Mars base, but he has already fled in a last attempt to hide. Leaving a false track towards Jupiter, he hides in the Asteroid Belt. Tatjana and Pucky put him out of action.
Title 28: Der kosmische Lockvogel / 20, The Cosmic Decoy
Theme: Springers
Timeline: 1982
Location: Vega
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Synopsis: The K1 and several destroyers have disappeared en route to Vega. Julian Tifflor is called upon to handle a secret mission to reveal the enemy. He is sent out with a special telepathic transmitter made on Wanderer. The transmitter has a range up to two light years. The Springers are introduced. Jean Pierre Mouselet, a chief assistant of Monterney, was rescued after the Supermutant sent out a call for help. The Springer's are Galactic Traders related to the Arkonides that have become more powerful as the Empire continues to collapse. They operate in clans. The Mounders clan is the mercenary military force which is called in when military assistance is needed. Perry uses Tifflor and the K-7 guppy as bait, then brings the Stardust II and two new heavy cruisers, Terra and Solar System, into play. Several attempts by Deringhouse and Tifflor to escape prove fruitless.
Title 29: Die Flotte der Springer / 22, The Fleet of the Springers
Theme: Springers
Timeline: 1982
Location: Beta-Albiero - Snowman #2
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Synopsis: Perry's attempt to identify the enemy with Tifflor as the bait almost backfires. Orglans keeps squeezing Tifflor to get him to reveal something he does not know, the location of the Planet of Eternal Life. As the fleet of three ships comes into action, the K-7 breaks off from the Springers. A fleet of 30 Springer ships arrive, but are scared off by decisive action from the Terrans. During this action, Deringhouse orders Tiff, Eberhardt, Hifield and the two women to escape in a destroyer. They are crippled by the enemy and crash land on the Iceworld (nicknamed Snowman). As everyone backs off traps are set for Perry, but they fail. Orglans continues to track Tiff who holes up, aided by his robot RB-013.
Title 30: Tifflor, der Partisan / 23, Peril On Ice Planet
Theme: Springers
Timeline: 1982
Location: Beta-Albiero - Snowman, Venus
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Synopsis: Etztak is finally called in and two separate fleets arrive of over 150 ships. Bell runs Pucky into Snowman, who proceeds to assist Tiff and harass both the Springers. Pucky discovers that Etztak is ready to destroy Snowman completely rather than let other Springers arrive to spoil their potential find and that they have been using robots to spy on the New Power locations. Perry leaves to attempt a return to Wanderer to arm the Stardust with superior weapons, stopping at Venus first to find its current location. The ships Terra and Solar System are left to oversee the situation. While hiding out, Pucky detects some thought patterns that appear to be hibernating.
Title 31: Der Kaiser von New York / Atlan-3, Robot Threat - New York
Theme: Earth Unification
Timeline: 1982
Location: Earth, Titan
Synopsis: As they arrive back in the solar system, they must sidetrack to Earth after Freyt informs them that the robots are on the move. Their first attempt to deactivate them appears successful, but is not. As Rhodan gets control of the New Power robots, utilizing Arkonide Transport suits and the Mutant Corps, particularly Ivan the 'Igniter', things go out of control in all the GCC locations. Combining with Mercant's Special Forces, Rhodan's groups split up and conquer a series of robot forces setting themselves up as independent Emperors. A captured robot leads Rhodan to their control location on Saturn's moon Titan. The missing Guppy and Destroyers are located and eliminated en route to Venus, and the base is wiped out as well.
Title 32: Ausflug in die Unendlichkeit / 24, Infinity Flight
Theme: Springers, Planet of Eternal Life
Timeline: 1982
Location: Wanderer, Barkon
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Synopsis: The Mounders, another Springer clan, are tracking Perry as he hyperjumps to Wanderer. This clan was alerted by communications between Orglans and Etztak. Perry arrives on Wanderer, asking for a new 'ultimate' weapon to beat the Springers. While there he experiences time travel, being sent 250,000 light years to distant Barkon. This solar system has been traveling for over 1 million years away from the Milky Way after having seeded the galaxy with humanoid races. Perry arrives at a time when they are converting their planet into a spaceship to return to the galaxy. Perry and IT alter history by correcting a minor error which would have caused them to fail and get caught in the supernova of their sun. On Barkon, he spends 10 weeks reviewing their visual history, learning many secrets of the origins of mankind. They consider themselves the progenitors of the humanoid form, they invented Interkosmo, and after being saved they will someday save the universe when the intelligent races realize they cannot cross the abyss between the galaxies. Having obtained 2 tele- (matter) transmitters, he clobbers 5 of Topthor's 8 ships, but lets the others go. Topthor warns Etztak and Orglans. IT shows Perry that he has very little time remaining to put the Springers to rest.
Title 33: Eiswelt in Flammen / 25, Snowman in Flames
Theme: Springers
Timeline: 1982
Location Beta-Albiero - Snowman
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Synopsis: Using the newly obtained tele-transmitters, Perry attacks Etztak at Snowman and Topthor at Earth. Pucky discovers the "Semi-Sleepers" a race of sentient and telepathic flowers. Etztak orders Orglans to destroy Snowman using a nuclear fire device. The semi-sleepers request that Pucky punish the Springers for annhilating their world. Orglans and his crew are destroyed. The earth team barely escapes carrying 50 flowers back to earth.
Title 34: Levtan, der Verräter / 26, Cosmic Traitor
Theme: Springers
Timeline: 1982
Location: 221 Tatlira - Goszul's Planet #2
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Synopsis: Levtan, an outcast Springer, is used as a pawn to infiltrate the Great Conclave of over 2000 Springers headed by Goszul. Kitai Ishibashi, John Marshall, Tama Yokida, and Tako Kakuta go along on the LEV XIV. The conference eventually gets broken up by the four mutants (another bomb), but they get shot down trying to escape. Perry backs off as all the Springers leave.
Title 35: Im Land der Götter / 27, Planet of the Gods
Theme: Springers
Timeline: 1982
Location: 221 Tatlira - Gorr #2
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Synopsis: Pucky boards the Frer LXXII scout ship which heads back to Goszuls Planet (Gorr). The 5 mutants move from place to place while hiding, disrupting the Springers until Perry can save them. Several Gorr assist them and they discover an underground with a single telepath. The Gorr are Arkonide settlers who did not advance (with a little help from the Springers).
Title 36: Die Seuche des Vergessens 28, The Plague of Oblivion
Theme: Springers
Timeline: 1982
Location: 221 Tatlira - Gorr #2
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Synopsis: The underground are convinced to endure a plague to scare off the Springers. The remaining Springers are infected including Etztak. Perry lands to finalize the revolution.
Title 37: Ein Planet spielt verrückt / 29, A World Gone Mad
Theme: Springers
Timeline: 1982
Location: 221 Tatlira - Gorr #2
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Synopsis: Enzally foils an attempt to escape in a secret battleship by the 13 remaining Springer governors. Topthor returns to recapture the battleship. The Springer scientist Borator and 100 robots are knocked out by Pucky and Tako as the 3 human ships hide underground and under water. Topthor is systematically convinced that the disease is real and departs leaving the battleship for the taking. Sgt. Harnahan is sent out in a destroyer to spy on Topthor and discovers a mysterious sphere on a moon of the 4th planet. The sphere is 5 million years old, exists in a vacuum, is telepathic, and travels through space after acquiring enough energy. It can also observe any spot in the universe, but can communicate up to 200 light years. It will need about 1000 years to move on. It agrees to assist in exchange for energy. It indicates that Perry and the sphere will meet again.
Title 38: Vorstoß nach Arkon / 30, To Arkon!
Theme Arkon Timeline 1984 Location Arkon - Naatral #5 Races Naats Non-Humanoid, Arkonide colony, Motuners Arkonide enemy Star Systems Arkon 34,000 light years from Earth, ?? planets (Center of Globular Cluster M-13) Ships Ganymede Springer Battleship, 2500 x 600 cylinder, crew ?, 2 Gazelles, 27 destroyers Gazelle Class Scout 90 x 50 foot disc, crew 10 Characters Novaal - Naat, Sergh of Teffron Arkonide Governor of Naatral Ghorn Arkonide Sergh's assistant Synopsis The Ganymede with the transmitter and structural compensator heads for Arkon using 5 jumps. The last jump lands them into a large battle (over 3,000 ships) between Arkonides and the Motuners. Arkon inexplicably does not contact Perry for some time, eventually responding with a battleship commanded by Naats. They are captured and immobilized beneath energy fields on Naatral. Rhodan, Bell, and Tako negotiate with Sergh the Arkonide representative on Naatral, but Arkon has been taken over by the Positronic Brain and the Zoltral family is no longer in power. The negotiations are inconclusive.
Title 39: Die Welt der drei Planeten / 31, Realm of the Tri-Planets
Theme: Arkon
Timeline: 1984
Location: Arkon 1 (Crystal World) #2, Arkon 2 (Armory, Brain) #3, Arkon
3 - (Trade, Industry, Agriculture) #4
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Synopsis: Using the teletransmitter a Gazelle escapes Naatral with a force of 53, mostly mutants. They travel to the Arkonide homeworld, the Crystal Planet. Orcast XXI is now the "puppet" regent heading the 128 member Galactic Council. Although, Orcast is sympathetic, he is powerless and directs them to Admiral Kenos an Arkonide who still has the drive. The Admiral devises a plan to recruit the small force onto a battleship. Posing as Zoltral elite guard units from the colony Zeklon V under Thora's command they arrive at Arkon 3. They find the planet undergoing massive production with 50 Imperium Class battleships and 2 Universe Class battleships. They are assigned to one of the new large ships and proceed to steal it (renamed Titan), leaving the Gazelle behind. With the Titan's assistance the Ganymede also escapes.
Title 40: Aktion gegen Unbekannt / 32, Challenge of the Unknown
Theme; Arkon
Timeline: 1984
Location: Voga - Zalit #4
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Synopsis: A powerful tractor beam dragging the Titan to Arkon is nullified by Sengu, Pucky and Anne Sloane. The Zalites decide to negotiate with Perry without the "Regents" knowledge. The Mooffs who appear to be harmless although possessing limited telepathic and suggestive, turn out to be controlling most of Zalit with an eventual goal of overturning the Regent. The Zarlt Demensor deposed the previous one. Pucky and Tama Yokida proceed to kill as many Mooffs as possible by destroying their glass containers of methane but find out they are controlled by someone else. All the Mooffs are terminated but more keep arriving. The underground begins to grow, but Perry short circuits an attempt at killing the Zarlt by Rogal.
Title 41: Der Partner des Giganten / 33, The Giants Partner
Theme: Arkon
Timeline: 1984
Location: Voga - Zalit #4
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Synopsis: Rogal fails in another assassination attempt under the command of underground leader Admiral Zernif. Demensor threatens Perry. Perry decides to contact the Regent and once again uses the transmitter to escape Zalit. The Regent agrees to loan the Titan to Perry until he can resolve the situation on Zalit. The Zarlt lays a trap for Perry. The revolution and Mutant Corps go into action. Marshall, Bell, and Rhodan are captured, and telepathically attacked by a dozen Mooffs. Pucky, Ishibashi, and Sengu save them, while the revolution succeeds. Admiral Zernif is pronounced Zarlt. The Mooffs are captured and 3 are placed on the Titan. The Regent acknowledges his new partnership with Rhodan, who is permitted to keep the Titan. The Regent asks him to continue his search for the real leaders behind the Mooffs. Khrest and Thora are the "official" commanders of the Titan. Thora and Perry's romance continues to heat up.
Title 42: Raumschiff TITAN funkt SOS / 34, SOS : Spaceship Titan!
Theme: Arkon, Aras
Timeline: 1984
Location: Thatrel - Honur #2
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Synopsis: The Ganymede returns to Earth for manpower and a new structural compensator for the Titan. The Titan heads for Honur to lose the Regent for a while and lay low. Thatrel was an Arkonide colony that died out and was declared off limits. The "nonues", little fuzzy bears (tribble-like, although this story predates Star Trek by eight years), infect almost the entire crew with the fatal laughing disease. Only Perry, Khrest, Pucky, Tiff, and Sengu avoid infection. They find a cemetery of spaceships at the south pole. Pucky is found to be immune to the animal disease. The enemy arrives in a robot ship. Pucky frees the Titans robots, and the 5 take command, pursued by numerous robot ships. The Ganymede arrives back in the nick of time to save the day, but the infected crew is dying.
Title 43: Rauschgifthändler der Galaxis / 35, Beware the Microbots
Theme: Arkon, Aras
Timeline: 1984
Location: Honur
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Synopsis: The plague is identified as man made. After the 800 new crew are trained the Titan returns to Honur. The three reconnaissance Gazelles are brought down by powerful tractors, and Tiff's 4 all purpose vehicles run into Nathan who agrees to lead them to "the Gods". Both groups are lead into a trap where they are attacked by small insect-like robots who are infected with the disease. Tiff, O'Keefe, and Halligan escape and find the Aras hideout. In the hideout they escape again while Perry and 500 troops attack. Tiff attempts to prevent the Aras from escaping in a ship, and is successful in stopping 3 of the 4. Nathan, the final Ara, is shot down by the Ganymede. Khrest identifies the Aras conclusively. Perry must now look for them to find a cure.
Title 44: Der Mensch und das Monster / 36, Man and Monster
Theme: Arkon, Aras
Timeline: 1984
Location: Honur, Arkon2, Mooff - Mooff #6
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Synopsis: The ill crew, including all the mutants, are put to sleep. Perry seeks help from the Regent but no cure is available. He is coerced into heading for Mooff #6 before Admiral Vetron destroys it. On Mooff a telepathic warning requests that they leave. On this methane based planet the Titan is attacked by Mooffs and Opera Singers (super strong, almost no brains, short jump teleporters). After close combat they discover an Ara base/dome. Trorth warns them again, but Pucky and the old teleporter / bomb trick takes out their shields and the invasion proceeds. Several Aras are captured but for naught. This group does not have the cure, although they were responsible for the attempted empire coup using the Mooffs on Zalit. But the medical world Aralon is mentioned and becomes the next target. Trorth explains that the Mooffs on Zalit were captured children used by the Aras. They make peace with Perry and 50 of them sign on to the Titan.
Title 45: Seuchenherd Aralon / 37, Epidemic Center : Aralon
Theme: Arkon, Aras, Springers
Timeline: 1984
Location: Arkon, Kesnar - Aralon #4
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Synopsis: Aralon's location is confirmed by the Regent. Tifflor becomes the 'Cosmic Decoy' for a second time. Tiff and Sengu bring Thora to be cured, while maintaining that they are traitors and that Tiff wants to marry Thora. Although the Aras cure Thora, they hold them all hostages. Pucky is instrumental in saving them, but allows Themos to die against Perry's orders. The Mounders are called in by Borat and surround the planet. After the rescue team makes it way back to the Titan, OR-775 nullifies the Mounders. Perry then negotiates a treaty with Talamon, who was not aware of the illegal Ara activities. Talamon becomes the first Springer friend. The Aras accept Perry's terms reluctantly.
Title 46: Geschäfte mit Arkon -Stahl / 38, Project : Earthsave
Theme: Arkon, Aras, Springers
Timeline: 1974
Location: Arkon, Unidentified A, Unidentified B - Exsar #6, Gonom - Gom
#1 - Laros 18th moon
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Synopsis: Perry returns to Arkon requesting a leave to return to Earth. This effort is somewhat sidetracked as the clans proposition Talamon who then contacts Perry. They negotiate a deal for the large amounts of Arkon T-Steel on Honur. Talamon commits to defending Earth with his 218 ships. Meanwhile, the Aras are still plotting under the plan of Gegul. The plan calls for having the next conclave of Springer and Mounder Patriarchs on the moon Laros in the Gonom System. Laros is a secret biological research station under the control of Keklos. Keklos is experimenting in several areas; synthetic "bio-men"; eternal life; and a new secret weapon made from the Basic Material from Gom. The Bio-Men are able to be intermediate transmitters for this material. The Ganymede returns to Earth, while the Titan remains behind and Talamon's fleet goes into hiding in an unnamed system 8,000 light years from Arkon. Gegul's plan to infect a Springer home world that will not participate in the conclave backfires as the Titan heads for Exsar where Tiff goes into action. The public announcement of the Ara treachery forces them to send medical assistance and seals Gegul's fate. The Titan then proceeds to Laros, independently of Talamon. Talamon convinces Topthor to go in on the T-Steel deal, while a team of 8 mutants (Marshall, Yokida, Sengu, Tschubai, Kakuta, Touffry, Goratschin, Ishibashi) and Bell, lead the mission. First they alter the location of Earth in Topthor's positronic computer (Orion - Betelgeuse, 272 light years closer to Arkon), then they manipulate the conclave as before. The mission is not completely successful as the "unknown entity" attacks the mutants forcing a pullout. The Gazelle almost escapes but is telekinetically pulled to Gom. Perry must pull out and leave them stranded. On Earth a structural compensator is installed in the Solar System.
Title 47: Gom antwortet nicht / 39, The Silence of Gom
Theme: Arkon, Aras, Springers
Timeline 1984
Location: Gonom - Gom
Races: Goms - Non-Humanoid, combine into intelligent Super Gom
Synopsis: Bell and the eight mutants are attacked by a Super-Gom which destroys the Gazelle and captures four of them. They find a man-made cave. The Aras control the Goms and Super-Goms through the Bio-Men who continually battle the team. John and Betty eventually make contact with a Super-Gom and determine that the can sway them away from the Aras. With its assistance they find each of the missing mutants on the way to the surface, but the Goms keep altering their loyalty. Ivan eventually recovers to facilitate their escape. After the Springers leave Laros, Perry arrives in the Titan to recover his troops. Talamon notifies Perry that the attack of Earth is on. They head back to plan the strategy of the defense of Betelgeuse.
Title 48: Rotes Auge Beteigeuze / 40, The Red Eye of Betelguese
Theme: Arkon, Aras, Springer
Timeline: 1984
Location: Earth, Betelgeuse - #3, Akvo - #4
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Synopsis: McClears (Terra) and Deringhouse (Centurion) take their ships and 10 mutants to simulate the defense of earth at Betelgeuse. Perry, Bell and Pucky are to remain behind, but Pucky stows away. Planet 3 has no life forms and is the disguised target earth. Planet 4 is a water world which they name Akvomondo (Akvo). On the fourth planet a base is discovered of the old enemies of the Ferrons and Earth, the Topides. Their homeworld is 543 light years away from this outpost and 815 from Earth. The Centurion is captured, so Tiff and McClears head out in a Gazelle which is also captured. They pose as Springers who are a leading force to conquering this world. Ataka (in his first real appearance) makes contact with the Akvons who assist them in their escape. As always, Pucky is critical as well, along with Marshall and Noir. The Centurion is freed. Al-Khor disagrees with Wor-Loek and kills him. He contacts the great dictator to agrees to send a battle fleet to protect them against the Springers.
Title 49: Die Erde stirbt / 41, The Earth Dies
Theme: Arkon, Aras, Springers
Timeline: 1984
Location: Betelgeuse - #3, #4
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Synopsis: The Topides reinforce Betelgeuse with 400 ships under Al-Khor and move off to the 3rd planet to mislead the Springers. The Springers are gathering a force of 800 ships under Cekztel commanded by Topthor. Talamon holds his 200 ships in reserver for Perry should he need them. Topthor immediately realizes the deception and head for Akvon, but the battle rages as the Topides begin to fall. Ber-Ka trails Topthor to Akvon as they cripple each other. They temporarily team up hoping to find a means of communicating with the combat forces. When they do they both attempt to kill each other but Topthor wins. As he is informing Cekztel of the deception Pucky puts him out of action. Bernda is sent out to find Topthor but only finds the enemy troops joined together under Gatzek, and Topthor dead. Deringhouse destroys the troops but Gatzek and Bernda survive. As the battle rages, the dictator send an additional 200 ships to keep the action going, but it is not enough. The Titan and the two heavy cruisers make multiple appearances but purposefully do not swing the tide in the Topides favor. Cekztel sends out the Arkon bomb to planet 3 and destroys it. Perry realizes that this is not enough and stages the destruction of the Titan and himself using the talents of the teleporters. This convinces the Springers, Mounders, Aras, and the Regent that Earth has been destroyed.
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