36xxxx 109 Instruments Have Failed

Captain Tex Bradford and Jerry Hall are certainly in an exciting spot now. Two of the Euclidean scientists, Kios, the master builder, and Thales, the chief electrician of the underwater city, have taken Jerry and Tex for a test run in one of the rocket-propelled airships of the Euclidean.

All has been going very smoothly, with nothing worse than amazement happening to our friends. But now, a new note has crept into the proceeding. There is a disturbance on the radiograph. Someone is on their course.

The beam signal from Euclidea is not interrupted. Therefore, another aircraft of some type must be in the air, ahead of them and above them. But that's impossible. There are delicate instruments, don't register the presence of any other plane.

Let's see what the scientists can do about this. Oh, gee, what are you gonna do about it? There seems little to do at the moment. But if someone is on this course, isn't there danger of our running into them?

There is the pleasant possibility of our doing that. Pleasant possibility? Running into another airship 40,000 feet in the air and going 800 miles an hour? Captain Badfett. Yes? Is there any type of aircraft in your world which might be cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet over this location in the South Pacific Ocean?

Not a chance. We will continue to climb steadily. Don't forget G47's orders. He said not to go over 50,000 feet and not to get more than 100 miles from the position of Euclidean. We do not require your assistance, Hall.

The orders were clear to us. Sure, he was only thinking about making G47 angry. He's bad enough at any time. Silence. your beam is fading out. It's going now. And what does that mean? I am not sure.