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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Crash Beam - -Author: John Barrett - -Release Date: January 11, 2021 [eBook #64265] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CRASH BEAM *** - - - - - Crash Beam - - By JOHN BARRET - - Dan Kearns, sick and shaking, could - already hear them talk: "Yeah, come in on - the Kearns beam--it's a new way to die!" - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Planet Stories Fall 1947. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -It happened so fast that for a minute he just stood there absolutely -incapable of taking it in. One instant the big Earth-Venus rocket -freighter was sizzling through the fog to a perfect landing on the -field below. Then suddenly she dipped, undershot the field and vanished -in a flash and a thundering explosion that shook the observation tower. - -In the dream-like quiet that followed, Dan Kearns heard the faint yells -of the landing crew. He saw the big searchlights switch on, cutting -wide swaths of light through the boiling fog. Tiny white-coated medics -crossed the patches of light, running frantically. Dan sat down in the -chair feeling sick and very tired. Then the door of the tower room -opened and Rawlins, the supervisor, stepped in. - -"All right, Kearns," he said curtly, "you're through. And if anyone -asks me about your ability as an electronics engineer, I'll write out -the blackest recommendation I can think of." - -Dan got up slowly. "How many were killed?" - -"Two!" Rawlins glared. "Two of my best pilots!" - -Dan's shoulders stiffened. "Listen, Rawlins, I'm just as interested as -you in breaking Roehm's monopoly on Earth-Venus rockets." - -"Get out!" - -"I can't get out. Don't forget you have another rocket due in twenty -minutes--a passenger rocket." - -Rawlins' face went pale. "My God! I'd forgotten." He threw up his -hands. "Turn 'em back," he shrieked. "Send 'em back to earth! It's -suicide to land on that guide beam." - -"I can't send them back to Earth," Dan said quietly. "They haven't -enough fuel." - -"Then send 'em to one of Roehm's fields. It's an admission of complete -defeat, but we can't kill 'em." - -Dan swallowed. "You're forgetting that Roehm uses invisible light for -landing--not ultra short waves. Anyway, do you think Roehm would miss -such a chance to crash one of our rockets?" - -Rawlins sat down with a groan. "Where in thunder did I ever get the -idea we could bring in a ship through that magnetic murk on ultra short -waves?" - -Dan lifted his head. "There's nothing the matter with my guide beam. It -brought in the experimental rocket yesterday and magnetic conditions -were even worse." - -"I see." The smile on Rawlins' lined face was cynical. "In other words -you're trying to pass the buck to Stevens, your control-room operator." - -The door of the observation room swung open and a wild-eyed mechanic -burst in. - -"Mr. Rawlins, the control-room is still locked. Stevens is sitting in -front of the table and he won't answer us." - - * * * * * - -Dan tore down the stairs and across the catwalk two steps ahead of -Rawlins. He hammered on the door. Through the thick glass he could see -Stevens hunched over the lighted control table. - -"Stevens! Stevens!" He turned to Rawlins. "We'll have to cut the lock. -Get a torch--and get a doctor!" - -It took a minute with a high torch before they crashed into the room. - -"He's been dead several minutes," the doctor said as he took his hand -from Steven's forehead. - -"I'm sorry, Kearns," Rawlins said. He looked at the doctor. "Well, I -guess that explains everything. He must have lost control just as she -was coming in. What was it? Heart attack?" - -The doctor shook his head. "Some sort of convulsion. Muscles violently -contracted. Funny he didn't fall to the floor. Must have affected the -whole nervous system. Even the eye pupils are down to pin points." He -looked around at Rawlins. "I may be sticking my neck out, sir, but off -hand I'd say Stevens was killed." - -"Killed?" Rawlins blinked at the form in the chair. "But that's -impossible. The door was locked. The room hasn't been disturbed and -there aren't any holes in the glass. Nothing could get in here except -light." - -Dan walked to the big windows. He examined the ledge and the joints. -He came back to the control table and tested the switches. Suddenly he -leaned over Stevens' huddled body and pulled the log book from under -his stiff fingers. - -"Look at this!" - -Scrawled across the pad in big jerky letters were the words "_Purple -light bea_...." The pencil had torn through the sheet in a violent -final contraction. - -Rawlins rubbed his chin. "We don't use any purple beams. It doesn't -make sense." - -"Maybe it does," Dan said. He turned to the doctor. "Wasn't there -some experiments made by a Dr. Aren Linden several years ago on the -injurious effect of certain kinds of light on the nervous system?" - -The doctor frowned. "Yes, I think there was, but the experiments were -never completed." - -"That's right. The foundation refused to up his salary, so he went to -work for Roehm." Dan swung around to Rawlins. "It was Linden who helped -work out the invisible light landing system that Roehm uses on his -Venus rocket ports." - -"Seems to me you're jumping to some pretty wild conclusions, Kearns," -Rawlins said slowly. - -Dan looked at him. "Suppose Linden has found the exact wave-length -of the most potent ray. It would be simple for anyone to climb the -framework of one of the buildings and shine that light in here." - -Rawlins straightened up. "I'll search every tower on the field." - -"But you haven't time. That passenger rocket will be here in five -minutes." - -The supervisor sucked in his breath. "What's your idea?" - -"I'll sit at the control table myself. You can do the preliminary -locating in the observation tower." He ran to the door. "Where's the -welder that cut the lock?" - - * * * * * - -The doctor and a medic were carrying out Stevens when he came back a -few seconds later. Dan was slipping on the welder's helmet. - -"Keep everyone away from the control-room level," he said to Rawlins. -"And you better have the crash trucks and the flame quenchers standing -by on the field." - -Rawlins stared at him. "And what happens to you?" - -Dan licked his lips. "I--I don't know. I'm going to try something." - -Rawlins smiled. He reached out his hand. "Good luck, Dan," he said. He -clapped him on the shoulder. - -When they were gone, Dan dropped the helmet over his face. He walked -slowly across the room with his hands in front of him like a blind man. -Finally he lifted up across the room with his hands in front of the -helmet and knocked out the dark glass in the eye slot. Then he slipped -it back on. From one of the drawers in a small desk beside the control -table he lifted out a small rectangular object and slipped it in his -pocket. He seated himself before the control table. - -The dials on the edge of the table glowed dimly. In the center of the -flat top was a large circular graph with white lines that pulsed like -a network of capillaries. He looked across the table through the big -window. Everything except one nearby tower was hidden in swirling mists. - -The speaker at his side clicked on. He heard Rawlins' voice. "I picked -'em up Dan. They're coming in at minimum speed--seventy point two nine -five degrees. I didn't mention the freighter." - -Dan flicked a small switch on the table edge. A straight white line -of light shot out across the graph, then swung slowly back and forth -through an arc of ten degrees like a searching feeler. Suddenly it -steadied and an orange bead appeared at its terminus. Dan watched the -bead travel down the line, across the pulsing capillaries. He reached -out and grasped a small lever sticking out of the table top. As he -pressed the lever to one side, the line moved around the graph like -a pointer, carrying the orange bead with it. He watched it till the -bead reached the center of the graph, and then glanced up through the -window. Above the far end of the field he could discern the dim orange -glow of a rocket's keel jets. - -Suddenly he jerked back his head. A beam of purple light was playing -back and forth across the table. It swept over his gloved hands, across -his arms and chest, and moved upward toward his face. He jumped up, -keeping hold of the lever and studied the angle of the small beam. The -reflection on the dark cloth of his jacket was making him dizzy. He -reached into his pocket.... - -[Illustration: _Suddenly ... a beam of purple light!_] - -From the observation tower Rawlins watched the rocket sweep toward the -field with keel jets blazing. As it reached the strip it seemed to -falter and dip. Rawlins clenched his hands and swore. Then it steadied -and slid in to a perfect landing. - -The intercommunication telaudio flashed on. He saw Dan Kearns' haggard -face under the uplifted welder's helmet. - -"Rawlins. The roof on tower three. Check it right away. I think...." -Kearns' body abruptly went rigid; he fell across the control-room table. - - * * * * * - -Dan Kearns came to on the floor of the control-room with the doctor -working over him. - -"How do you feel?" the doctor asked. - -"Like I've been sitting in an electric chair." - -"You'll be all right," the doctor said. "Compared to Stevens you got a -mild dose." - -Dan looked around him. He saw Rawlins' boots and glanced upward. "Did -you check the tower?" - -"Yep, we found him--dead. Just like Stevens. He was one of Roehm's men -all right. He had a flashlight. We tried it on one of the doc's white -rats." Rawlins shook his head. "Stevens must have gone through hell." -Suddenly he stared down at Dan. "But how...?" - -Dan smiled. He lifted up his gloved hand. 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One instant the big Earth-Venus rocket -freighter was sizzling through the fog to a perfect landing on the -field below. Then suddenly she dipped, undershot the field and vanished -in a flash and a thundering explosion that shook the observation tower.</p> - -<p>In the dream-like quiet that followed, Dan Kearns heard the faint yells -of the landing crew. He saw the big searchlights switch on, cutting -wide swaths of light through the boiling fog. Tiny white-coated medics -crossed the patches of light, running frantically. Dan sat down in the -chair feeling sick and very tired. Then the door of the tower room -opened and Rawlins, the supervisor, stepped in.</p> - -<p>"All right, Kearns," he said curtly, "you're through. And if anyone -asks me about your ability as an electronics engineer, I'll write out -the blackest recommendation I can think of."</p> - -<p>Dan got up slowly. "How many were killed?"</p> - -<p>"Two!" Rawlins glared. "Two of my best pilots!"</p> - -<p>Dan's shoulders stiffened. "Listen, Rawlins, I'm just as interested as -you in breaking Roehm's monopoly on Earth-Venus rockets."</p> - -<p>"Get out!"</p> - -<p>"I can't get out. Don't forget you have another rocket due in twenty -minutes—a passenger rocket."</p> - -<p>Rawlins' face went pale. "My God! I'd forgotten." He threw up his -hands. "Turn 'em back," he shrieked. "Send 'em back to earth! It's -suicide to land on that guide beam."</p> - -<p>"I can't send them back to Earth," Dan said quietly. "They haven't -enough fuel."</p> - -<p>"Then send 'em to one of Roehm's fields. It's an admission of complete -defeat, but we can't kill 'em."</p> - -<p>Dan swallowed. "You're forgetting that Roehm uses invisible light for -landing—not ultra short waves. Anyway, do you think Roehm would miss -such a chance to crash one of our rockets?"</p> - -<p>Rawlins sat down with a groan. "Where in thunder did I ever get the -idea we could bring in a ship through that magnetic murk on ultra short -waves?"</p> - -<p>Dan lifted his head. "There's nothing the matter with my guide beam. It -brought in the experimental rocket yesterday and magnetic conditions -were even worse."</p> - -<p>"I see." The smile on Rawlins' lined face was cynical. "In other words -you're trying to pass the buck to Stevens, your control-room operator."</p> - -<p>The door of the observation room swung open and a wild-eyed mechanic -burst in.</p> - -<p>"Mr. Rawlins, the control-room is still locked. Stevens is sitting in -front of the table and he won't answer us."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Dan tore down the stairs and across the catwalk two steps ahead of -Rawlins. He hammered on the door. Through the thick glass he could see -Stevens hunched over the lighted control table.</p> - -<p>"Stevens! Stevens!" He turned to Rawlins. "We'll have to cut the lock. -Get a torch—and get a doctor!"</p> - -<p>It took a minute with a high torch before they crashed into the room.</p> - -<p>"He's been dead several minutes," the doctor said as he took his hand -from Steven's forehead.</p> - -<p>"I'm sorry, Kearns," Rawlins said. He looked at the doctor. "Well, I -guess that explains everything. He must have lost control just as she -was coming in. What was it? Heart attack?"</p> - -<p>The doctor shook his head. "Some sort of convulsion. Muscles violently -contracted. Funny he didn't fall to the floor. Must have affected the -whole nervous system. Even the eye pupils are down to pin points." He -looked around at Rawlins. "I may be sticking my neck out, sir, but off -hand I'd say Stevens was killed."</p> - -<p>"Killed?" Rawlins blinked at the form in the chair. "But that's -impossible. The door was locked. The room hasn't been disturbed and -there aren't any holes in the glass. Nothing could get in here except -light."</p> - -<p>Dan walked to the big windows. He examined the ledge and the joints. -He came back to the control table and tested the switches. Suddenly he -leaned over Stevens' huddled body and pulled the log book from under -his stiff fingers.</p> - -<p>"Look at this!"</p> - -<p>Scrawled across the pad in big jerky letters were the words "<i>Purple -light bea</i>...." The pencil had torn through the sheet in a violent -final contraction.</p> - -<p>Rawlins rubbed his chin. "We don't use any purple beams. It doesn't -make sense."</p> - -<p>"Maybe it does," Dan said. He turned to the doctor. "Wasn't there -some experiments made by a Dr. Aren Linden several years ago on the -injurious effect of certain kinds of light on the nervous system?"</p> - -<p>The doctor frowned. "Yes, I think there was, but the experiments were -never completed."</p> - -<p>"That's right. The foundation refused to up his salary, so he went to -work for Roehm." Dan swung around to Rawlins. "It was Linden who helped -work out the invisible light landing system that Roehm uses on his -Venus rocket ports."</p> - -<p>"Seems to me you're jumping to some pretty wild conclusions, Kearns," -Rawlins said slowly.</p> - -<p>Dan looked at him. "Suppose Linden has found the exact wave-length -of the most potent ray. It would be simple for anyone to climb the -framework of one of the buildings and shine that light in here."</p> - -<p>Rawlins straightened up. "I'll search every tower on the field."</p> - -<p>"But you haven't time. That passenger rocket will be here in five -minutes."</p> - -<p>The supervisor sucked in his breath. "What's your idea?"</p> - -<p>"I'll sit at the control table myself. You can do the preliminary -locating in the observation tower." He ran to the door. "Where's the -welder that cut the lock?"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The doctor and a medic were carrying out Stevens when he came back a -few seconds later. Dan was slipping on the welder's helmet.</p> - -<p>"Keep everyone away from the control-room level," he said to Rawlins. -"And you better have the crash trucks and the flame quenchers standing -by on the field."</p> - -<p>Rawlins stared at him. "And what happens to you?"</p> - -<p>Dan licked his lips. "I—I don't know. I'm going to try something."</p> - -<p>Rawlins smiled. He reached out his hand. "Good luck, Dan," he said. He -clapped him on the shoulder.</p> - -<p>When they were gone, Dan dropped the helmet over his face. He walked -slowly across the room with his hands in front of him like a blind man. -Finally he lifted up across the room with his hands in front of the -helmet and knocked out the dark glass in the eye slot. Then he slipped -it back on. From one of the drawers in a small desk beside the control -table he lifted out a small rectangular object and slipped it in his -pocket. He seated himself before the control table.</p> - -<p>The dials on the edge of the table glowed dimly. In the center of the -flat top was a large circular graph with white lines that pulsed like -a network of capillaries. He looked across the table through the big -window. Everything except one nearby tower was hidden in swirling mists.</p> - -<p>The speaker at his side clicked on. He heard Rawlins' voice. "I picked -'em up Dan. They're coming in at minimum speed—seventy point two nine -five degrees. I didn't mention the freighter."</p> - -<p>Dan flicked a small switch on the table edge. A straight white line -of light shot out across the graph, then swung slowly back and forth -through an arc of ten degrees like a searching feeler. Suddenly it -steadied and an orange bead appeared at its terminus. Dan watched the -bead travel down the line, across the pulsing capillaries. He reached -out and grasped a small lever sticking out of the table top. As he -pressed the lever to one side, the line moved around the graph like -a pointer, carrying the orange bead with it. He watched it till the -bead reached the center of the graph, and then glanced up through the -window. Above the far end of the field he could discern the dim orange -glow of a rocket's keel jets.</p> - -<p>Suddenly he jerked back his head. A beam of purple light was playing -back and forth across the table. It swept over his gloved hands, across -his arms and chest, and moved upward toward his face. He jumped up, -keeping hold of the lever and studied the angle of the small beam. The -reflection on the dark cloth of his jacket was making him dizzy. He -reached into his pocket....</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> - <div class="caption"> - <p><i>Suddenly ... a beam of purple light!</i></p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>From the observation tower Rawlins watched the rocket sweep toward the -field with keel jets blazing. As it reached the strip it seemed to -falter and dip. Rawlins clenched his hands and swore. Then it steadied -and slid in to a perfect landing.</p> - -<p>The intercommunication telaudio flashed on. He saw Dan Kearns' haggard -face under the uplifted welder's helmet.</p> - -<p>"Rawlins. The roof on tower three. Check it right away. I think...." -Kearns' body abruptly went rigid; he fell across the control-room table.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Dan Kearns came to on the floor of the control-room with the doctor -working over him.</p> - -<p>"How do you feel?" the doctor asked.</p> - -<p>"Like I've been sitting in an electric chair."</p> - -<p>"You'll be all right," the doctor said. "Compared to Stevens you got a -mild dose."</p> - -<p>Dan looked around him. He saw Rawlins' boots and glanced upward. "Did -you check the tower?"</p> - -<p>"Yep, we found him—dead. Just like Stevens. He was one of Roehm's men -all right. He had a flashlight. We tried it on one of the doc's white -rats." Rawlins shook his head. "Stevens must have gone through hell." -Suddenly he stared down at Dan. "But how...?"</p> - -<p>Dan smiled. He lifted up his gloved hand. 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