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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: Voyage to Procyon - -Author: Robert Silverberg - -Release Date: April 21, 2021 [eBook #65124] - -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 VOYAGE TO PROCYON *** - - - - - Peter Conroy had been born in deep space and - the starship was the only home he knew. It - was a good reason why he must fight for this-- - - Voyage To Procyon - - By Robert Silverberg - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - June 1958 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -In the deepest level of the mighty _Starship I_, Peter Conroy lay -hidden in a cornfield. Around him waved the tall stalks of ripening -corn; high overhead, near the distant ceiling of the level, blazed the -actinic lights that irradiated the broad field. - -And nearby, Conroy could hear the stealthy footsteps of Bayliss Kent -and his men, searching desperately for him. They _had_ to find him--and -Peter Conroy had to keep from being found. - -Crouching low, he edged forward between the bending stalks. Kent -thought he had Conroy hemmed in, that he had the entrance to the -cornfield guarded. Conroy grinned. He had been brought up in the -Agronomy section; Kent and his men hadn't. It made a difference. - -He looked around carefully, then began moving slowly away from them -on his hands and knees. _If I can only reach the irrigation tube in -time_, he thought. _If_-- - -It had been over fifty years since the _Starship I_ had left Earth. For -more than half a century, the great ship had been headed toward the -star Procyon and the planets around it--habitable planets, detected by -the Lunar telescope. Fifty years, and there was still a hundred years -of flight yet to come before the huge ship reached her destination. - -Conroy and all the others of his generation had been born on the ship, -as had most of their parents before them. The ship, with its vast -farms, its great factories, and its clusters of living centers, was all -the world they knew. - -But Bayliss Kent and his little party of malcontents wanted to change -all that. They wanted to go back to Earth. - -Suddenly, something crackled under Conroy's knee, and he froze. A dry -leaf--nothing more. But had the others heard it? - -He couldn't be sure. The searchers were making quite a bit of noise -themselves, and perhaps they might have thought it was one of their own -group who had made the sound. He decided to risk it, and moved on. - -Just ahead of him was the irrigation tube. Again Conroy called on his -special knowledge of the Agronomy section. This particular acreage of -corn was in the harvest season--almost ready to cut. There wouldn't be -any water in the irrigation tubes now. - -The tube was a little over three feet across and dropped down into the -sub-levels of the ship, where the water-purifiers were. Conroy peered -into the tube's depths for a moment, then lifted up the hinged cover, -lowered himself into the tube, and braced his feet against one side and -his shoulders against the other. - -Closing the cover, then, in total blackness, he began to lower himself -down the tube. Hands, shoulders, feet; hands, shoulders, feet. Over and -over again, as mountain climbers work their way up and down crevasses. - -After several minutes, he was startled by a sudden glow of light from -above. He glanced up. The opening of the tube was nearly a hundred -feet overhead now. He wondered if they would be able to pick him out in -the darkness, this far down the shaft. - -"Can you see him?" called a voice that echoed through the steel tube. -Conroy could see a head silhouetted against the light. - -"It goes straight down, and there's no ladder," came the reply. It was -Bayliss Kent's voice. "I don't see him down there." - -"What kind of tube is this?" the first voice asked. Hal Lester, Kent's -chief henchman. - -"Irrigation, I think." - -"Well, if he _has_ managed to get down it, he's gotten clean away. -Bayliss, I told you we shouldn't have let Conroy know our plans." - -"Never mind that now!" Kent snapped coldly. "Search the cornfield! He -must be here somewhere--and we've got to find him before the local -agronomist comes by on his inspection rounds." - - * * * * * - -There was the sound of the door being lowered, and darkness came again. -Peter Conroy heaved a sigh of relief and continued working his way down -the tube. - -He knew these tubes well. His father was an Agronomist, and, until -Peter had taken up navigation, he had helped his father on the -farmlands. The ship was like a sealed world, a hollow metal planet -five miles in diameter that was carrying its crew through space on the -generations-long voyage to Procyon. - -Or would the starship ever get to Procyon? Was Bayliss Kent going to -succeed in his plan to force the Commander to reverse the ship and -return to Earth? - -Not if they depended on Peter Conroy to navigate for them, they -wouldn't! - -Conroy, working his way down the tube, suddenly felt emptiness as he -lowered one foot. He had come to the end of the vertical tube. Twisting -himself upright, he dropped the remaining six feet into the huge -arterial tube that ran horizontally into this sector of the ship. The -escape hatch shouldn't be too far from here. The pipes needed cleaning -after the irrigation period was over and the tubes had entrance ports -for the purpose. Conroy strode down the tube in total darkness, keeping -one hand against the side. He opened the hatch and found himself in one -of the pumping rooms. - -"Halt right there!" a voice said. "You're under arrest!" - -It was one of the pumping room guards, levelling a snub-nosed stun gun -at him. "Who are you? You know it's illegal to be in the irrigation -tubes without authorization." - -"I know," said Conroy. He knew he had no time to make explanations. He -had to get to the Ship's Commander. - -He stepped forward too quickly for the astonished guard to react. His -fist ploughed into the man's chin, and his other arm deflected the -snout of the stun gun just enough to send the neutrino stream over his -left shoulder. The gun clattered to the floor. - -The guard turned, aimed a wild swing. Conroy walked inside the other -man's guard and dropped him with a short punch to the stomach. -Whirling, he grabbed the stun gun and gave the man a brief, numbing -blast. - -Opening the entrance to the tube, he dumped the unconscious guard in, -saluted the disappearing man with grim irony, and slammed the door -closed, jamming the lock. It would be quite some time before the guard -found his way out of the tubes. - -He put the stun gun in his belt and pulled his tunic down over it. Then -he headed for the levitator shaft that would take him up to Officer's -Territory. - - * * * * * - -It was not easy for a young officer to get to see the Captain; the -old man held many lives in his hands, and he was busy most of the -time. But Peter Conroy didn't dare trust his message to one of the -underlings; he had no way of knowing how many of them were already -sympathizers with Bayliss Kent. Undoubtedly, many of the younger -officers were with him. - -Kent's idea was simple. Why should the younger generation spend their -entire lives cooped up on the _Starship I_, he asked? If the ship were -turned around now and full power were applied, they could make it back -to Earth in a little over ten years. That, of course, would use up all -the fuel that would normally be used in the next hundred years--but -what would that matter, if they were back on Earth? - -And Bayliss Kent had also pointed out that there was no possible -danger of a counter-revolution. Once the ship started back, it would -have burned so much fuel that it could only continue on to Earth--it -couldn't try for Procyon again. - -To many of the younger men, it seemed like a good idea. - -But they needed a navigator. The logical one, they had thought, was -Peter Conroy. But Conroy, shocked at the idea of mutiny against the -Captain, had made the mistake of telling Bayliss Kent to his face that -he would have nothing to do with the plot. - -They had been in a Shopping Center at the time. Kent had simply drawn -his gun and marched Conroy to the Agricultural Section. The idea had -been to kill him and bury him in the field. The body wouldn't be found -for at least a year, possibly never. - -Conroy had barely managed to escape with his life. - -And now, he had to get word to the Captain before Bayliss Kent did -anything desperate. - -He walked down the long corridor toward the Captain's Quarters. There -were officers bustling around the corridor, moving from one office to -another; most of them were administrative officers, doing their job of -governing the people of the ship. - -The guard at the door of the Administration Office saluted him and said -nothing as he went inside. He walked over to the appointment desk. - -"I'd like to see the Executive Officer, please," he said. - -He had to see the Exec to get permission to speak with the Captain. He -expected to have to wait quite a while even for the Exec, and so he was -quite surprised when the pretty blonde sergeant told him to go right in. - -"He's in conference," she said, "but he wants you there." - -"Thanks," Conroy said, puzzled. - -He walked into the Exec's mahogany-panelled office--and found himself -staring squarely down the muzzle of Bayliss Kent's pistol. - - * * * * * - -"Well, well--the prodigal returns." Kent's lean face wore an ugly -sneer. "Get your hands above your head, Conroy." - -"How did you get here?" Conroy demanded. "And where's the Exec?" - -Kent shrugged. "How did we get in? Very simple. I told the Exec -I had important news of a mutiny--which I did. The Exec has -been--ah--disposed of." - -"And I suppose you're going to kill me now?" - -"No," Kent said surprisingly. "Things have changed." His eyes narrowed. -"One of my men got a little over-enthusiastic, I'm afraid. The Chief -Navigator has been killed." - -"And you think I'll navigate for you?" - -"You'll have to," Kent said in blunt tones. "You see, we're going to -turn the ship around. If you don't navigate, the ship will never get -back to Earth." He smiled coldly. "Surely, an idealist like yourself -would never allow a shipload of innocent people to drift through space -for all eternity." - -Conroy felt a chill at Bayliss Kent's words. He knew that Kent was -right. He _had_ to do it--unless he could stop Bayliss Kent first. -And it didn't look as though he had much chance. There were five men -against him. - -"What are you going to do?" Conroy asked. "Lock up the main officers?" - -"I'm afraid we'll have to kill them," Kent said flatly. - -"But why? Once you turn the ship around and start back, there won't be -anything they can do." - -"Not to the ship," said Kent. "But they could have us killed anyway. -And, after all, the main reason for this mutiny is to make sure that we -see Earth before we die." - -Kent signalled to two of the men. "Take him back and lock him up in the -cell. Watch him while the rest of us finish the job." - -He gestured behind himself. The Executive Officer was the -law-enforcement officer aboard the ship, and behind his office the -detention cells were located. - -Conroy felt the two men grab his arms and push him through the open -door into a cell. - -One of his captors pressed a vibro-key against the locking plate, and -the magnetic field came on, clamping the door tight against the frame. - -"That ought to hold you," the man said hoarsely, and with his companion -returned to the Exec Officer's cabin, leaving Conroy alone. - -Conroy sat down heavily on the metal bench along the side of the -cell and strained his ears for voices from without. He couldn't hear -anything. Evidently Kent and his henchmen had set about their mutinous -work. - -Conroy scowled. He knew what he was up against personally. They would -lock him in the Navigation Observatory for the next ten years, keeping -him prisoner while he guided the _Starship I_ back to Earth. In all -probability, they would shoot him as soon as he was no longer needed as -navigator. It would be, he thought, better to die now. But if he did, -there would be no one to navigate the ship--and once the fuel gave out, -all people aboard would be forever lost. - -Of course, it might be possible to figure a way out in ten years. And -even if he didn't, he could leave a message in the navigation log for -the officials on Earth to decode. But what good would that do, really? -If this expedition failed to reach Procyon, a century of human effort -would have been wasted. - -Conroy decided he'd have to take his chances now. This was the time to -act. - - * * * * * - -He had one asset: the stun gun. They hadn't bothered to search him, and -so he had been left with one weapon, of sorts. - -The trouble with a stun gun was that it wasn't deadly. He couldn't -simply point it at the guard who had the vibro-key and force his way -out. All the guard had to do was to refuse to hand the key over. If -Conroy stunned him, he wouldn't be any better off than before. He had -to think up some alternate plan. - -He doubled over, clutching at his stomach--and still grasping the stun -gun in his hand. "_Ohhh!_" - -The guard came over to the door of the cell and peered downward -suspiciously. "Don't pull any phony sickness with me, Conroy. I'm not -going to come into that cell." - -Conroy hadn't expected him to. Only a fool would fall for that ancient -gambit--but it served Conroy's purpose to have the guard come close to -the door. - -With one smooth motion, he pulled out the stunner and fired. The guard -looked astonished for a bare instant, then dropped senseless. - -Quickly, Conroy ran over, put his arm through the bars, took the key, -and applied it to the plate. As the field shut off, he heard a voice. - -"Hey! What's going on down there?" - -Conroy swore silently. It was the other guard! - -He straightened up and surreptitiously pocketed the vibro-key, -remaining inside the cell with the door open. He waited for the other -guard to approach. - -"What happened here?" the guard said, running up with a drawn pistol. - -"I didn't do anything," Conroy said. "He just keeled over like that." -He shrugged innocently. - -The second guard frowned and reholstered his pistol in order to bend -over his fallen companion. That was just what Conroy had been waiting -for. He jerked up the stun gun and fired. - -And nothing happened. - -The gun's charge was gone! - -"Hey!" At the sound of the click, the second guard snapped his head up -and went for his gun. - -Conroy hurled the useless stunner straight between the bars of the -cell. The butt of the gun struck the guard between the eyes, and he -dropped to the floor on top of his companion. - -Acting quickly, Conroy threw open the door of the cell and scooped up -the ray pistols of the two guards. Then, shoving them both within the -cell, he locked them in with the vibro-key. He smiled. So far, so good. -He turned to run back toward the Exec's office. - -There was no one there. He eased the outer door, gun in hand. -Everything looked normal enough, in the outer office. Hiding the ray -pistol in his tunic, he strode boldly out. - -The blonde at the desk said: "Why, yes, sir. The Captain and the other -main officers left here several minutes ago." - -"Was anyone with them?" - -"Ah--yes, there was," she said. "Lieutenant Bayliss Kent and some other -junior officers." - -Conroy nodded. That was as expected. "Did they say where they were -going?" - -"There seems to be something wrong with the atomic furnace at Number -Nineteen Thrust Tube. I heard them say they were going down to check -it." - -"Thanks." - -He had no time to call anyone, no time to explain. He had to move -fast if he was going to save the Captain and the others. Somehow, the -thought of Kent's murdering the Captain was inconceivable. The old man -had been on the ship half a century; he was the last survivor of the -original crew, and was as much a part of the great starship by now as -the drive engines and the navigator's turret. - -Conroy could see the whole fiendish plan. Bayliss Kent had forced the -ship's officers down to Number Nineteen Thrust Tube, one of the huge -projectors that drove the mighty ship through space. All Kent needed to -do would be to kill them with ray pistols and claim that something had -gone wrong with the atomic furnace. It would be impossible to disprove. - -And then Bayliss Kent would be Captain. - -Unless Peter Conroy could stop him. - -He raced through the gleaming, twisting corridors of the giant ship, -running frantically down and down toward Number Nineteen Thrust Tube. -He pushed his way past surprised crew members, circled into the lower -levels of the ship, made his way through the network of passageways -that led to the blast tubes. Finally he reached Power Section. - -The guard at the door was one of Kent's men. He looked up, startled, as -Conroy appeared. - -"Where are you--?" - -Before the man could do anything, Conroy cut him down with a shot from -his ray pistol. This was war--civil war--and there was no time for -subtlety. - -He stepped over the body and flung open the door of Number Nineteen. - - * * * * * - -He took in the situation in a glance. The Staff Officers, including the -Captain, were lined up against one wall, and four of Kent's men were -aiming their ray pistols. - -Kent was saying: "Ready--aim--" - -But the last word never was uttered. Kent was beginning to form it when -Conroy got both his guns out and started to fire. - -His first bolt smashed down the nearest executioner; a fraction of a -second later, the man next to him dropped. Their attention deflected -from the victims to Conroy, the other two and Kent whirled to face the -newcomer. - -Two more bolts blasted out--the first dropping one of the remaining -gunmen, the second singeing Bayliss Kent's shoulder. Conroy hit the -floor as a buzzing blaster bolt from the third man ripped over his head -and splattered into the wall behind him. - -Firing from the floor, he put a bolt through Kent's remaining man--a -moment after the gunman had raked the officers with his blaster. Some -of them were dead; Conroy had no way of telling which ones. He had a -more urgent problem. - -Bayliss Kent was coming toward him--and the blaster needed recharging. - -There was no time to perform the operation. He hurled the dead pistol -at Kent's midsection and plunged after it. Kent met him head on. Even -with a numbed shoulder, Bayliss Kent was a formidable antagonist. His -big fists pounded into Conroy's stomach, driving him back against the -blaster-seared wall. He felt heat radiating through his uniform, then -pushed away and stepped forward. - -His fist travelled in a short arc and crashed into the already-singed -shoulder of the other man. Kent roared in pain, and Conroy mercilessly -drove a fist into his stomach, sending him spinning dizzily backward. -Conroy followed with a final punch and Kent cracked heavily against the -metal wall of the unit and slumped to the floor. - -Conroy looked around. The mopping-up operation was complete. - -As for the ship's officers, the wide-beam blaster had done its job -well. Three of the men were shapeless corpses leaning against the wall, -and two of the others were badly wounded. And one of these two was the -age-bent figure of the Captain. The old man was still alive. Conroy -knelt at his side. - -"Captain! Captain Conroy!" Peter shouted. - -The old man opened his eyes. "Hello, son. That was a beautiful job you -did." - -"But I was too late!" - -The old captain shook his head. "No. I didn't have much time, anyway. -I'm a very old man now." He raised himself on one elbow. "Who else is -left?" - -Conroy glanced around. "Supply Officer, Power Officer, Maintenance -Officer," he said. "And you." - -"I don't count," the dying captain said. "You'll be able to scratch me -from the list soon." He frowned. "No Exec? No Navigator?" The Captain -leaned back and closed his weary eyes for a moment, then opened them -again. "It looks like it's up to you," he said. His veined, aged hand -went up to his collar and removed the golden starcluster of his rank. -He handed it to Peter. - -"Carry on--Captain Conroy." - -He closed his eyes in death. Conroy stood up slowly, tears in his eyes, -the golden cluster gripped tightly in his hand. The ship would continue -on to Procyon now. - -"I will, Grandfather. I will." - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VOYAGE TO PROCYON *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part -of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm -concept and trademark. 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It<br /> -was a good reason why he must fight for this—</p> - -<h1>Voyage To Procyon</h1> - -<h2>By Robert Silverberg</h2> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy<br /> -June 1958<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>In the deepest level of the mighty <i>Starship I</i>, Peter Conroy lay -hidden in a cornfield. Around him waved the tall stalks of ripening -corn; high overhead, near the distant ceiling of the level, blazed the -actinic lights that irradiated the broad field.</p> - -<p>And nearby, Conroy could hear the stealthy footsteps of Bayliss Kent -and his men, searching desperately for him. They <i>had</i> to find him—and -Peter Conroy had to keep from being found.</p> - -<p>Crouching low, he edged forward between the bending stalks. Kent -thought he had Conroy hemmed in, that he had the entrance to the -cornfield guarded. Conroy grinned. He had been brought up in the -Agronomy section; Kent and his men hadn't. It made a difference.</p> - -<p>He looked around carefully, then began moving slowly away from them -on his hands and knees. <i>If I can only reach the irrigation tube in -time</i>, he thought. <i>If</i>—</p> - -<p>It had been over fifty years since the <i>Starship I</i> had left Earth. For -more than half a century, the great ship had been headed toward the -star Procyon and the planets around it—habitable planets, detected by -the Lunar telescope. Fifty years, and there was still a hundred years -of flight yet to come before the huge ship reached her destination.</p> - -<p>Conroy and all the others of his generation had been born on the ship, -as had most of their parents before them. The ship, with its vast -farms, its great factories, and its clusters of living centers, was all -the world they knew.</p> - -<p>But Bayliss Kent and his little party of malcontents wanted to change - -<!-- Autogenerated TOC. Modify or delete as required. --> - - -<!-- End Autogenerated TOC. --> - - -all that. They wanted to go back to Earth.</p> - -<p>Suddenly, something crackled under Conroy's knee, and he froze. A dry -leaf—nothing more. But had the others heard it?</p> - -<p>He couldn't be sure. The searchers were making quite a bit of noise -themselves, and perhaps they might have thought it was one of their own -group who had made the sound. He decided to risk it, and moved on.</p> - -<p>Just ahead of him was the irrigation tube. Again Conroy called on his -special knowledge of the Agronomy section. This particular acreage of -corn was in the harvest season—almost ready to cut. There wouldn't be -any water in the irrigation tubes now.</p> - -<p>The tube was a little over three feet across and dropped down into the -sub-levels of the ship, where the water-purifiers were. Conroy peered -into the tube's depths for a moment, then lifted up the hinged cover, -lowered himself into the tube, and braced his feet against one side and -his shoulders against the other.</p> - -<p>Closing the cover, then, in total blackness, he began to lower himself -down the tube. Hands, shoulders, feet; hands, shoulders, feet. Over and -over again, as mountain climbers work their way up and down crevasses.</p> - -<p>After several minutes, he was startled by a sudden glow of light from -above. He glanced up. The opening of the tube was nearly a hundred -feet overhead now. He wondered if they would be able to pick him out in -the darkness, this far down the shaft.</p> - -<p>"Can you see him?" called a voice that echoed through the steel tube. -Conroy could see a head silhouetted against the light.</p> - -<p>"It goes straight down, and there's no ladder," came the reply. It was -Bayliss Kent's voice. "I don't see him down there."</p> - -<p>"What kind of tube is this?" the first voice asked. Hal Lester, Kent's -chief henchman.</p> - -<p>"Irrigation, I think."</p> - -<p>"Well, if he <i>has</i> managed to get down it, he's gotten clean away. -Bayliss, I told you we shouldn't have let Conroy know our plans."</p> - -<p>"Never mind that now!" Kent snapped coldly. "Search the cornfield! He -must be here somewhere—and we've got to find him before the local -agronomist comes by on his inspection rounds."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>There was the sound of the door being lowered, and darkness came again. -Peter Conroy heaved a sigh of relief and continued working his way down -the tube.</p> - -<p>He knew these tubes well. His father was an Agronomist, and, until -Peter had taken up navigation, he had helped his father on the -farmlands. The ship was like a sealed world, a hollow metal planet -five miles in diameter that was carrying its crew through space on the -generations-long voyage to Procyon.</p> - -<p>Or would the starship ever get to Procyon? Was Bayliss Kent going to -succeed in his plan to force the Commander to reverse the ship and -return to Earth?</p> - -<p>Not if they depended on Peter Conroy to navigate for them, they -wouldn't!</p> - -<p>Conroy, working his way down the tube, suddenly felt emptiness as he -lowered one foot. He had come to the end of the vertical tube. Twisting -himself upright, he dropped the remaining six feet into the huge -arterial tube that ran horizontally into this sector of the ship. The -escape hatch shouldn't be too far from here. The pipes needed cleaning -after the irrigation period was over and the tubes had entrance ports -for the purpose. Conroy strode down the tube in total darkness, keeping -one hand against the side. He opened the hatch and found himself in one -of the pumping rooms.</p> - -<p>"Halt right there!" a voice said. "You're under arrest!"</p> - -<p>It was one of the pumping room guards, levelling a snub-nosed stun gun -at him. "Who are you? You know it's illegal to be in the irrigation -tubes without authorization."</p> - -<p>"I know," said Conroy. He knew he had no time to make explanations. He -had to get to the Ship's Commander.</p> - -<p>He stepped forward too quickly for the astonished guard to react. His -fist ploughed into the man's chin, and his other arm deflected the -snout of the stun gun just enough to send the neutrino stream over his -left shoulder. The gun clattered to the floor.</p> - -<p>The guard turned, aimed a wild swing. Conroy walked inside the other -man's guard and dropped him with a short punch to the stomach. -Whirling, he grabbed the stun gun and gave the man a brief, numbing -blast.</p> - -<p>Opening the entrance to the tube, he dumped the unconscious guard in, -saluted the disappearing man with grim irony, and slammed the door -closed, jamming the lock. It would be quite some time before the guard -found his way out of the tubes.</p> - -<p>He put the stun gun in his belt and pulled his tunic down over it. Then -he headed for the levitator shaft that would take him up to Officer's -Territory.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It was not easy for a young officer to get to see the Captain; the -old man held many lives in his hands, and he was busy most of the -time. But Peter Conroy didn't dare trust his message to one of the -underlings; he had no way of knowing how many of them were already -sympathizers with Bayliss Kent. Undoubtedly, many of the younger -officers were with him.</p> - -<p>Kent's idea was simple. Why should the younger generation spend their -entire lives cooped up on the <i>Starship I</i>, he asked? If the ship were -turned around now and full power were applied, they could make it back -to Earth in a little over ten years. That, of course, would use up all -the fuel that would normally be used in the next hundred years—but -what would that matter, if they were back on Earth?</p> - -<p>And Bayliss Kent had also pointed out that there was no possible -danger of a counter-revolution. Once the ship started back, it would -have burned so much fuel that it could only continue on to Earth—it -couldn't try for Procyon again.</p> - -<p>To many of the younger men, it seemed like a good idea.</p> - -<p>But they needed a navigator. The logical one, they had thought, was -Peter Conroy. But Conroy, shocked at the idea of mutiny against the -Captain, had made the mistake of telling Bayliss Kent to his face that -he would have nothing to do with the plot.</p> - -<p>They had been in a Shopping Center at the time. Kent had simply drawn -his gun and marched Conroy to the Agricultural Section. The idea had -been to kill him and bury him in the field. The body wouldn't be found -for at least a year, possibly never.</p> - -<p>Conroy had barely managed to escape with his life.</p> - -<p>And now, he had to get word to the Captain before Bayliss Kent did -anything desperate.</p> - -<p>He walked down the long corridor toward the Captain's Quarters. There -were officers bustling around the corridor, moving from one office to -another; most of them were administrative officers, doing their job of -governing the people of the ship.</p> - -<p>The guard at the door of the Administration Office saluted him and said -nothing as he went inside. He walked over to the appointment desk.</p> - -<p>"I'd like to see the Executive Officer, please," he said.</p> - -<p>He had to see the Exec to get permission to speak with the Captain. He -expected to have to wait quite a while even for the Exec, and so he was -quite surprised when the pretty blonde sergeant told him to go right in.</p> - -<p>"He's in conference," she said, "but he wants you there."</p> - -<p>"Thanks," Conroy said, puzzled.</p> - -<p>He walked into the Exec's mahogany-panelled office—and found himself -staring squarely down the muzzle of Bayliss Kent's pistol.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"Well, well—the prodigal returns." Kent's lean face wore an ugly -sneer. "Get your hands above your head, Conroy."</p> - -<p>"How did you get here?" Conroy demanded. "And where's the Exec?"</p> - -<p>Kent shrugged. "How did we get in? Very simple. I told the Exec -I had important news of a mutiny—which I did. The Exec has -been—ah—disposed of."</p> - -<p>"And I suppose you're going to kill me now?"</p> - -<p>"No," Kent said surprisingly. "Things have changed." His eyes narrowed. -"One of my men got a little over-enthusiastic, I'm afraid. The Chief -Navigator has been killed."</p> - -<p>"And you think I'll navigate for you?"</p> - -<p>"You'll have to," Kent said in blunt tones. "You see, we're going to -turn the ship around. If you don't navigate, the ship will never get -back to Earth." He smiled coldly. "Surely, an idealist like yourself -would never allow a shipload of innocent people to drift through space -for all eternity."</p> - -<p>Conroy felt a chill at Bayliss Kent's words. He knew that Kent was -right. He <i>had</i> to do it—unless he could stop Bayliss Kent first. -And it didn't look as though he had much chance. There were five men -against him.</p> - -<p>"What are you going to do?" Conroy asked. "Lock up the main officers?"</p> - -<p>"I'm afraid we'll have to kill them," Kent said flatly.</p> - -<p>"But why? Once you turn the ship around and start back, there won't be -anything they can do."</p> - -<p>"Not to the ship," said Kent. "But they could have us killed anyway. -And, after all, the main reason for this mutiny is to make sure that we -see Earth before we die."</p> - -<p>Kent signalled to two of the men. "Take him back and lock him up in the -cell. Watch him while the rest of us finish the job."</p> - -<p>He gestured behind himself. The Executive Officer was the -law-enforcement officer aboard the ship, and behind his office the -detention cells were located.</p> - -<p>Conroy felt the two men grab his arms and push him through the open -door into a cell.</p> - -<p>One of his captors pressed a vibro-key against the locking plate, and -the magnetic field came on, clamping the door tight against the frame.</p> - -<p>"That ought to hold you," the man said hoarsely, and with his companion -returned to the Exec Officer's cabin, leaving Conroy alone.</p> - -<p>Conroy sat down heavily on the metal bench along the side of the -cell and strained his ears for voices from without. He couldn't hear -anything. Evidently Kent and his henchmen had set about their mutinous -work.</p> - -<p>Conroy scowled. He knew what he was up against personally. They would -lock him in the Navigation Observatory for the next ten years, keeping -him prisoner while he guided the <i>Starship I</i> back to Earth. In all -probability, they would shoot him as soon as he was no longer needed as -navigator. It would be, he thought, better to die now. But if he did, -there would be no one to navigate the ship—and once the fuel gave out, -all people aboard would be forever lost.</p> - -<p>Of course, it might be possible to figure a way out in ten years. And -even if he didn't, he could leave a message in the navigation log for -the officials on Earth to decode. But what good would that do, really? -If this expedition failed to reach Procyon, a century of human effort -would have been wasted.</p> - -<p>Conroy decided he'd have to take his chances now. This was the time to -act.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He had one asset: the stun gun. They hadn't bothered to search him, and -so he had been left with one weapon, of sorts.</p> - -<p>The trouble with a stun gun was that it wasn't deadly. He couldn't -simply point it at the guard who had the vibro-key and force his way -out. All the guard had to do was to refuse to hand the key over. If -Conroy stunned him, he wouldn't be any better off than before. He had -to think up some alternate plan.</p> - -<p>He doubled over, clutching at his stomach—and still grasping the stun -gun in his hand. "<i>Ohhh!</i>"</p> - -<p>The guard came over to the door of the cell and peered downward -suspiciously. "Don't pull any phony sickness with me, Conroy. I'm not -going to come into that cell."</p> - -<p>Conroy hadn't expected him to. Only a fool would fall for that ancient -gambit—but it served Conroy's purpose to have the guard come close to -the door.</p> - -<p>With one smooth motion, he pulled out the stunner and fired. The guard -looked astonished for a bare instant, then dropped senseless.</p> - -<p>Quickly, Conroy ran over, put his arm through the bars, took the key, -and applied it to the plate. As the field shut off, he heard a voice.</p> - -<p>"Hey! What's going on down there?"</p> - -<p>Conroy swore silently. It was the other guard!</p> - -<p>He straightened up and surreptitiously pocketed the vibro-key, -remaining inside the cell with the door open. He waited for the other -guard to approach.</p> - -<p>"What happened here?" the guard said, running up with a drawn pistol.</p> - -<p>"I didn't do anything," Conroy said. "He just keeled over like that." -He shrugged innocently.</p> - -<p>The second guard frowned and reholstered his pistol in order to bend -over his fallen companion. That was just what Conroy had been waiting -for. He jerked up the stun gun and fired.</p> - -<p>And nothing happened.</p> - -<p>The gun's charge was gone!</p> - -<p>"Hey!" At the sound of the click, the second guard snapped his head up -and went for his gun.</p> - -<p>Conroy hurled the useless stunner straight between the bars of the -cell. The butt of the gun struck the guard between the eyes, and he -dropped to the floor on top of his companion.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Acting quickly, Conroy threw open the door of the cell and scooped up -the ray pistols of the two guards. Then, shoving them both within the -cell, he locked them in with the vibro-key. He smiled. So far, so good. -He turned to run back toward the Exec's office.</p> - -<p>There was no one there. He eased the outer door, gun in hand. -Everything looked normal enough, in the outer office. Hiding the ray -pistol in his tunic, he strode boldly out.</p> - -<p>The blonde at the desk said: "Why, yes, sir. The Captain and the other -main officers left here several minutes ago."</p> - -<p>"Was anyone with them?"</p> - -<p>"Ah—yes, there was," she said. "Lieutenant Bayliss Kent and some other -junior officers."</p> - -<p>Conroy nodded. That was as expected. "Did they say where they were -going?"</p> - -<p>"There seems to be something wrong with the atomic furnace at Number -Nineteen Thrust Tube. I heard them say they were going down to check -it."</p> - -<p>"Thanks."</p> - -<p>He had no time to call anyone, no time to explain. He had to move -fast if he was going to save the Captain and the others. Somehow, the -thought of Kent's murdering the Captain was inconceivable. The old man -had been on the ship half a century; he was the last survivor of the -original crew, and was as much a part of the great starship by now as -the drive engines and the navigator's turret.</p> - -<p>Conroy could see the whole fiendish plan. Bayliss Kent had forced the -ship's officers down to Number Nineteen Thrust Tube, one of the huge -projectors that drove the mighty ship through space. All Kent needed to -do would be to kill them with ray pistols and claim that something had -gone wrong with the atomic furnace. It would be impossible to disprove.</p> - -<p>And then Bayliss Kent would be Captain.</p> - -<p>Unless Peter Conroy could stop him.</p> - -<p>He raced through the gleaming, twisting corridors of the giant ship, -running frantically down and down toward Number Nineteen Thrust Tube. -He pushed his way past surprised crew members, circled into the lower -levels of the ship, made his way through the network of passageways -that led to the blast tubes. Finally he reached Power Section.</p> - -<p>The guard at the door was one of Kent's men. He looked up, startled, as -Conroy appeared.</p> - -<p>"Where are you—?"</p> - -<p>Before the man could do anything, Conroy cut him down with a shot from -his ray pistol. This was war—civil war—and there was no time for -subtlety.</p> - -<p>He stepped over the body and flung open the door of Number Nineteen.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He took in the situation in a glance. The Staff Officers, including the -Captain, were lined up against one wall, and four of Kent's men were -aiming their ray pistols.</p> - -<p>Kent was saying: "Ready—aim—"</p> - -<p>But the last word never was uttered. Kent was beginning to form it when -Conroy got both his guns out and started to fire.</p> - -<p>His first bolt smashed down the nearest executioner; a fraction of a -second later, the man next to him dropped. Their attention deflected -from the victims to Conroy, the other two and Kent whirled to face the -newcomer.</p> - -<p>Two more bolts blasted out—the first dropping one of the remaining -gunmen, the second singeing Bayliss Kent's shoulder. Conroy hit the -floor as a buzzing blaster bolt from the third man ripped over his head -and splattered into the wall behind him.</p> - -<p>Firing from the floor, he put a bolt through Kent's remaining man—a -moment after the gunman had raked the officers with his blaster. Some -of them were dead; Conroy had no way of telling which ones. He had a -more urgent problem.</p> - -<p>Bayliss Kent was coming toward him—and the blaster needed recharging.</p> - -<p>There was no time to perform the operation. He hurled the dead pistol -at Kent's midsection and plunged after it. Kent met him head on. Even -with a numbed shoulder, Bayliss Kent was a formidable antagonist. His -big fists pounded into Conroy's stomach, driving him back against the -blaster-seared wall. He felt heat radiating through his uniform, then -pushed away and stepped forward.</p> - -<p>His fist travelled in a short arc and crashed into the already-singed -shoulder of the other man. Kent roared in pain, and Conroy mercilessly -drove a fist into his stomach, sending him spinning dizzily backward. -Conroy followed with a final punch and Kent cracked heavily against the -metal wall of the unit and slumped to the floor.</p> - -<p>Conroy looked around. The mopping-up operation was complete.</p> - -<p>As for the ship's officers, the wide-beam blaster had done its job -well. Three of the men were shapeless corpses leaning against the wall, -and two of the others were badly wounded. And one of these two was the -age-bent figure of the Captain. The old man was still alive. Conroy -knelt at his side.</p> - -<p>"Captain! Captain Conroy!" Peter shouted.</p> - -<p>The old man opened his eyes. "Hello, son. That was a beautiful job you -did."</p> - -<p>"But I was too late!"</p> - -<p>The old captain shook his head. "No. I didn't have much time, anyway. -I'm a very old man now." He raised himself on one elbow. "Who else is -left?"</p> - -<p>Conroy glanced around. "Supply Officer, Power Officer, Maintenance -Officer," he said. "And you."</p> - -<p>"I don't count," the dying captain said. "You'll be able to scratch me -from the list soon." He frowned. "No Exec? No Navigator?" The Captain -leaned back and closed his weary eyes for a moment, then opened them -again. "It looks like it's up to you," he said. His veined, aged hand -went up to his collar and removed the golden starcluster of his rank. -He handed it to Peter.</p> - -<p>"Carry on—Captain Conroy."</p> - -<p>He closed his eyes in death. Conroy stood up slowly, tears in his eyes, -the golden cluster gripped tightly in his hand. The ship would continue -on to Procyon now.</p> - -<p>"I will, Grandfather. 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