CHAPTER 7

"Attention! Attention! This is Captain Maitland of the rocket cruiser _Orion_ reporting to Captain Strong at Space Academy. Come in, Strong!" High in the Tower of Galileo overlooking Space Academy, the Solar Guard officer, his face showing the strain of the last three-weeks' futile search for Wallace and Simms, flipped on the teleceiver and replied, "Strong here. Go ahead, Maitland." Tom, Astro, Roger, and Commander Walters stood behind Strong and waited tensely for the last report to come in. Maintland's voice cra…