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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: The Ambassador's Pet - -Author: Alexander Blade - -Release Date: May 15, 2021 [eBook #65343] - -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 THE AMBASSADOR'S PET *** - - - - - This diplomat had to be treated with kid - gloves; my orders were clear on that. Trouble - was my instructions from Earth didn't cover-- - - The Ambassador's Pet - - By Alexander Blade - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - October 1957 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -I picked up sealed orders at the Routing Desk of Space Service. They -were addressed to Captain Johnny Martin of the spaceship 13-XV-1, which -is my name and my ship. - -They said: - -_Proceed to Aldebaran VII at once. You are to pick up an Aldebaranian -ambassador and transfer him to Earth for high-level diplomatic talks._ - -_You are to treat him with utmost courtesy. Relations between Earth and -Aldebaran VII are in a very delicate state at this time._ - -_The ambassador informs us he plans to bring a pet with him to Earth._ - -Pets, huh? I snorted a little and folded the orders away in my pocket. -Well, I supposed it came in the line of duty. If they ordered me to -ferry Aldebaranian pets, I'd ferry Aldebaranian pets. All in a day's -work, I told myself. - -I stopped off and had a couple of beers before returning to the ship. -Meersal, my First Officer, was waiting for me. - -"Well? Pick up the orders?" - -I nodded. "Yep. Got 'em right here." I unfolded them and handed them -over to him. - -He ran his eyes over them quizzically. "Hokay," he said. "I guess we go -to Aldebaran, huh?" - -Our instructions came in detail a little while later. We were to hover -over Aldebaran VII and give a special signal; a transfer-tug would come -up to us from the surface and hand the Ambassador and his pet over to -us. Under no conditions were we to land on Aldebaran VII itself; the -natives would regard it as a breach of the truce that currently existed -between their world and ours. - -Okay, I thought. I didn't care. - -I gave the orders to the crew at nightfall and we left Earth a little -past midnight. Meersal had already instructed the astrogator about our -next destination and he had whipped up the course. - -We did some hundred thousand miles on ion-drive and then, safely clear -of the Earth's grav-field, converted over and popped into warp. -Aldebaran lay three weeks ahead of us through hyperspace. - -Earth and Aldebaran had first contact about 10 years before. I didn't -know anything particular about the planet or its people--there are -enough worlds in the galaxy so you don't get to know each type of -alien there is. We had a special cabin ready aboard the ship for the -Aldebaranian ambassador and his pet. Instructions told us to prepare a -special fluorine atmosphere, which meant the Aldebaranians couldn't be -much like us. - -But they had agreed to negotiate a treaty of friendship with Earth and -were sending an ambassador. That was good news, I thought. - -We popped out of warp right on schedule and there was the giant hazy -red sun that was Aldebaran, staring us right in the face. It seemed to -fill the entire sky. - -Our astrogator plotted a course rapidly for Aldebaran VII, which was -then at perihelion and a good ways across the heavens from where we -were. The Aldebaran system is a huge one--31 planets spread out over -six or seven billion miles of space. - -Most of them were dead worlds, though. It was only Aldebaran VII that -had any sort of intelligent life, or so our survey teams reported. - - * * * * * - -It took three days more to get within hailing distance of the seventh -planet. It spun beneath us, a pretty blue-green ball about the size of -Earth. - -We came within about a million miles and set up an orbit as per -instructions. No sooner had we done that than we found ourselves -surrounded by a flock of alien warships. - -I went to the radio room and made contact. - -"State name and object here," I was ordered in a crisp, business-like -voice. - -"I'm Johnny Martin, Captain of the Terran vessel 13-XV-1, with no -hostile intent. We're here to pick up an ambassador from Aldebaran to -Earth, along with his pet." - -I heard some hasty conferring going on and then someone said, "Hold on, -Terran ship. We'll check with the home planet." - -Five tense minutes passed--minutes in which I half expected to be -blown out of the sky by a sudden attack. You never can tell with -aliens. They're likely to do almost anything; their psychologies are -unpredictable in Terran terms--as, I guess, ours are in theirs. - -But finally my receiver crackled and the alien voice said, "Everything -is clear, 13-XV-1. Remain in orbit and ambassador will be transferred -to your ship. Any suspicious move on your part will bring immediate -attack by our defense fleet." - -"Don't worry. I'm not going any place. I'll wait right here." - -I watched in the viewscope as a small ship bellied upward from the -blue-green world below and approached us. They matched velocities with -us, airlock to airlock. - -"Get that fluorine room ready," I ordered my men. "The Ambassador's -coming aboard." - -The two ships hung side by side in space. Of course, there was no -apparent relative motion since we had the same velocity. It was -possible to walk back and forth from their ship to ours. - -"Prepare to receive Ambassador," came the message from the other ship. -"His excellency, Quelf Tharkol, Minister Plenipotenitiary--and his pet." - -"I'm ready," I said. "Our airlock's open." - -Slowly the lock of the other ship slid back and two space-suited -figures appeared--the Ambassador, Quelf Tharkol, and his pet. The -Ambassador was invisible within his spacesuit but he stood upright and -looked to be about the size of a man. I was happy about that; it's -always a lot easier to negotiate with a humanoids-type alien than with -something totally bizarre. - -I chuckled when I saw the space-suited cat--for so I thought of it. -It was cat-size, in a little form-fitting spacesuit, and it scampered -after its master on four legs, space-suited tail wagging behind. It was -sort of a cute little thing, I thought; no wonder its master didn't -care to leave it behind. - -"Everything all set?" I asked. - -"Transfer is completed," said the captain of the other ship. He closed -his lock, and pulled away from us. - -"Close the lock!" I ordered. - -I gestured to a crewman standing by. "Show the Ambassador to his room," -I said. - -When the Ambassador and his pet were in their special fluorinated -stateroom I called them on the special television hookup I had set up -between them. - -They had taken their spacesuits off and were lying sprawled out in -their green murky atmosphere, the Ambassador in his bunk and the pet -in his. I could hardly see into the room over my circuit but I could -see that the Ambassador was very human and that the pet was pretty much -like a cat, except that he had sharp-clawed fingers instead of the soft -little pads a cat has. - -"Everything all right in there?" I asked. - -"Fine, just fine. How long will it take to get to Earth?" - -"About three weeks," I said. "We'll be going into warp any minute." - -"Very well," came the reply. - - * * * * * - -I didn't expect to have many dealings with the Ambassador. I had -been told that he would have his own food supply and naturally he was -confined to his fluorinated stateroom. So we settled down to a pleasant -return trip. - -But on the second day of warp I was awakened from sweet dreams by -Whitey Durbin, the Night Engineer. He shoved me around in my bunk until -I opened one eye and said "Whatsamatter?" - -"It's the cat, Chief!" - -"Cat? What cat? You crazy, Whitey? Lemme go back to sleep." - -But he was obstinate. "The Ambassador's pet. It's out of its room." - -"Huh? But it can't breathe--" - -"It's wearing a spacesuit. And it's wandering all over the ship, -snooping around. I caught it in the drive section and up front with the -charts. I don't like it, Chief." - -"No. Neither do I." I was wide awake all at once. There had been -something fishy about this pet business all along and now I was -suspicious. Suppose the pet were a little smarter than a cat? Suppose -it was snooping around innocently enough--and actually soaking up vital -secret information about the workings of a Terran spaceship? - -But I didn't know what to do. My orders stressed the fact that I had to -handle the Ambassador with kid gloves--but on the other hand, was I -supposed to let that creature roam all over the ship? - -"Get me a hookup with Home Base," I said. "And in the meantime keep an -eye on that cat. Don't let it catch wise but try to follow it around. -And _don't_ stop it from roaming. These aliens may be touchy about the -funniest things." - -I got in touch with Home Base in jig time. Commander Mahoney was the -man I spoke to. - -"How's that Ambassador, Martin?" - -"That's why I'm calling, sir. You see--the Ambassador's pet is creeping -all around the ship. It's sort of a cat but I wonder whether maybe it's -doing a very neat job of spying on us." - -"Have you taken any action yet?" - -"No. I wanted to check with Home Base." - -Mahoney thought for a moment. "I suppose it would be all right to -speak to the Ambassador about this and tactfully request that he keep -the creature in his own quarters. But be _tactful_ about it, Martin. -Remember, we don't want to offend these aliens." - - * * * * * - -It was the middle of the "night" aboard ship, so I didn't think it -would be particularly tactful to call the Ambassador just then. - -I waited until morning, by which time my men reported that the cat had -completed its survey and had promptly returned to the Ambassador's room. - -When the television came on, the Ambassador and his pet were again -reclining leisurely on their bunks. - -"Sorry if I'm disturbing you," I said hesitantly. - -"That's quite all right. What can I do for you?" - -"A matter of shipboard procedure I'd like to point out. It seems last -night your pet left your cabin and explored the ship, or so some of -my men reported. I'd appreciate it if you'd restrain the animal to -quarters from now on. It upsets shipboard routine--and, besides, my -instructions request that I keep the operating sections of the ship -under security wrap." - -There was silence for a moment. I held my breath, hoping I hadn't -said something wrong, some thing that might foul up the delicate -Earth-Aldebaran negotiations in progress. - -Finally came the reply. "I understand fully. I'm sorry about the -exploration trip--it was mere curiosity. It won't be repeated. But -you're mistaken about one thing." - -"What's that?" I asked somewhat puzzledly. - -"My pet remained in the cabin all night. _I_ was the one who explored -the ship." There was a sneer in his voice. - -"You? But--" - -My mouth clammed shut. And then I understood. I couldn't keep the flush -of embarrassment from my face and he saw it over the screen. It seemed -to please him. Pretty damned clever, I thought. Smart psychology for -the aliens to bring a "human" as a pet, putting our diplomats on the -defensive right from the start. The Ambassador must have known what I -was thinking for the sneer grew on his face. - -Then suddenly I grinned. It seemed to surprise him. This, he hadn't -expected. - -"Captain, something strikes you as humorous?" There was uncertainty in -his tone. Plus a little annoyance. - -My grin widened. "Just a little private joke, Ambassador," I said. I -was thinking that this joker was in for a shock. 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Trouble<br /> -was my instructions from Earth didn't cover—</p> - -<h1>The Ambassador's Pet</h1> - -<h2>By Alexander Blade</h2> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy<br /> -October 1957<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>I picked up sealed orders at the Routing Desk of Space Service. They -were addressed to Captain Johnny Martin of the spaceship 13-XV-1, which -is my name and my ship.</p> - -<p>They said:</p> - -<p><i>Proceed to Aldebaran VII at once. You are to pick up an Aldebaranian -ambassador and transfer him to Earth for high-level diplomatic talks.</i></p> - -<p><i>You are to treat him with utmost courtesy. Relations between Earth and -Aldebaran VII are in a very delicate state at this time.</i></p> - -<p><i>The ambassador informs us he plans to bring a pet with him to Earth.</i></p> - -<p>Pets, huh? I snorted a little and folded the orders away in my pocket. -Well, I supposed it came in the line of duty. If they ordered me to -ferry Aldebaranian pets, I'd ferry Aldebaranian pets. All in a day's -work, I told myself.</p> - -<p>I stopped off and had a couple of beers before returning to the ship. -Meersal, my First Officer, was waiting for me.</p> - -<p>"Well? Pick up the orders?"</p> - -<p>I nodded. "Yep. Got 'em right here." I unfolded them and handed them -over to him.</p> - -<p>He ran his eyes over them quizzically. "Hokay," he said. "I guess we go -to Aldebaran, huh?"</p> - -<p>Our instructions came in detail a little while later. We were to hover -over Aldebaran VII and give a special signal; a transfer-tug would come -up to us from the surface and hand the Ambassador and his pet over to -us. Under no conditions were we to land on Aldebaran VII itself; the -natives would regard it as a breach of the truce that currently existed -between their world and ours.</p> - -<p>Okay, I thought. I didn't care.</p> - -<p>I gave the orders to the crew at nightfall and we left Earth a little -past midnight. Meersal had already instructed the astrogator about our -next destination and he had whipped up the course.</p> - -<p>We did some hundred thousand miles on ion-drive and then, safely clear -of the Earth's grav-field, converted over and popped into warp. -Aldebaran lay three weeks ahead of us through hyperspace.</p> - -<p>Earth and Aldebaran had first contact about 10 years before. I didn't -know anything particular about the planet or its people—there are -enough worlds in the galaxy so you don't get to know each type of -alien there is. We had a special cabin ready aboard the ship for the -Aldebaranian ambassador and his pet. Instructions told us to prepare a -special fluorine atmosphere, which meant the Aldebaranians couldn't be -much like us.</p> - -<p>But they had agreed to negotiate a treaty of friendship with Earth and -were sending an ambassador. That was good news, I thought.</p> - -<p>We popped out of warp right on schedule and there was the giant hazy -red sun that was Aldebaran, staring us right in the face. It seemed to -fill the entire sky.</p> - -<p>Our astrogator plotted a course rapidly for Aldebaran VII, which was -then at perihelion and a good ways across the heavens from where we -were. The Aldebaran system is a huge one—31 planets spread out over -six or seven billion miles of space.</p> - -<p>Most of them were dead worlds, though. It was only Aldebaran VII that -had any sort of intelligent life, or so our survey teams reported.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It took three days more to get within hailing distance of the seventh -planet. It spun beneath us, a pretty blue-green ball about the size of -Earth.</p> - -<p>We came within about a million miles and set up an orbit as per -instructions. No sooner had we done that than we found ourselves -surrounded by a flock of alien warships.</p> - -<p>I went to the radio room and made contact.</p> - -<p>"State name and object here," I was ordered in a crisp, business-like -voice.</p> - -<p>"I'm Johnny Martin, Captain of the Terran vessel 13-XV-1, with no -hostile intent. We're here to pick up an ambassador from Aldebaran to -Earth, along with his pet."</p> - -<p>I heard some hasty conferring going on and then someone said, "Hold on, -Terran ship. We'll check with the home planet."</p> - -<p>Five tense minutes passed—minutes in which I half expected to be -blown out of the sky by a sudden attack. You never can tell with -aliens. They're likely to do almost anything; their psychologies are -unpredictable in Terran terms—as, I guess, ours are in theirs.</p> - -<p>But finally my receiver crackled and the alien voice said, "Everything -is clear, 13-XV-1. Remain in orbit and ambassador will be transferred -to your ship. Any suspicious move on your part will bring immediate -attack by our defense fleet."</p> - -<p>"Don't worry. I'm not going any place. I'll wait right here."</p> - -<p>I watched in the viewscope as a small ship bellied upward from the -blue-green world below and approached us. They matched velocities with -us, airlock to airlock.</p> - -<p>"Get that fluorine room ready," I ordered my men. "The Ambassador's -coming aboard."</p> - -<p>The two ships hung side by side in space. Of course, there was no -apparent relative motion since we had the same velocity. It was -possible to walk back and forth from their ship to ours.</p> - -<p>"Prepare to receive Ambassador," came the message from the other ship. -"His excellency, Quelf Tharkol, Minister Plenipotenitiary—and his pet."</p> - -<p>"I'm ready," I said. "Our airlock's open."</p> - -<p>Slowly the lock of the other ship slid back and two space-suited -figures appeared—the Ambassador, Quelf Tharkol, and his pet. The -Ambassador was invisible within his spacesuit but he stood upright and -looked to be about the size of a man. I was happy about that; it's -always a lot easier to negotiate with a humanoids-type alien than with -something totally bizarre.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>I chuckled when I saw the space-suited cat—for so I thought of it. -It was cat-size, in a little form-fitting spacesuit, and it scampered -after its master on four legs, space-suited tail wagging behind. It was -sort of a cute little thing, I thought; no wonder its master didn't -care to leave it behind.</p> - -<p>"Everything all set?" I asked.</p> - -<p>"Transfer is completed," said the captain of the other ship. He closed -his lock, and pulled away from us.</p> - -<p>"Close the lock!" I ordered.</p> - -<p>I gestured to a crewman standing by. "Show the Ambassador to his room," -I said.</p> - -<p>When the Ambassador and his pet were in their special fluorinated -stateroom I called them on the special television hookup I had set up -between them.</p> - -<p>They had taken their spacesuits off and were lying sprawled out in -their green murky atmosphere, the Ambassador in his bunk and the pet -in his. I could hardly see into the room over my circuit but I could -see that the Ambassador was very human and that the pet was pretty much -like a cat, except that he had sharp-clawed fingers instead of the soft -little pads a cat has.</p> - -<p>"Everything all right in there?" I asked.</p> - -<p>"Fine, just fine. How long will it take to get to Earth?"</p> - -<p>"About three weeks," I said. "We'll be going into warp any minute."</p> - -<p>"Very well," came the reply.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>I didn't expect to have many dealings with the Ambassador. I had -been told that he would have his own food supply and naturally he was -confined to his fluorinated stateroom. So we settled down to a pleasant -return trip.</p> - -<p>But on the second day of warp I was awakened from sweet dreams by -Whitey Durbin, the Night Engineer. He shoved me around in my bunk until -I opened one eye and said "Whatsamatter?"</p> - -<p>"It's the cat, Chief!"</p> - -<p>"Cat? What cat? You crazy, Whitey? Lemme go back to sleep."</p> - -<p>But he was obstinate. "The Ambassador's pet. It's out of its room."</p> - -<p>"Huh? But it can't breathe—"</p> - -<p>"It's wearing a spacesuit. And it's wandering all over the ship, -snooping around. I caught it in the drive section and up front with the -charts. I don't like it, Chief."</p> - -<p>"No. Neither do I." I was wide awake all at once. There had been -something fishy about this pet business all along and now I was -suspicious. Suppose the pet were a little smarter than a cat? Suppose -it was snooping around innocently enough—and actually soaking up vital -secret information about the workings of a Terran spaceship?</p> - -<p>But I didn't know what to do. My orders stressed the fact that I had to -handle the Ambassador with kid gloves—but on the other hand, was I -supposed to let that creature roam all over the ship?</p> - -<p>"Get me a hookup with Home Base," I said. "And in the meantime keep an -eye on that cat. Don't let it catch wise but try to follow it around. -And <i>don't</i> stop it from roaming. These aliens may be touchy about the -funniest things."</p> - -<p>I got in touch with Home Base in jig time. Commander Mahoney was the -man I spoke to.</p> - -<p>"How's that Ambassador, Martin?"</p> - -<p>"That's why I'm calling, sir. You see—the Ambassador's pet is creeping -all around the ship. It's sort of a cat but I wonder whether maybe it's -doing a very neat job of spying on us."</p> - -<p>"Have you taken any action yet?"</p> - -<p>"No. I wanted to check with Home Base."</p> - -<p>Mahoney thought for a moment. "I suppose it would be all right to -speak to the Ambassador about this and tactfully request that he keep -the creature in his own quarters. But be <i>tactful</i> about it, Martin. -Remember, we don't want to offend these aliens."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It was the middle of the "night" aboard ship, so I didn't think it -would be particularly tactful to call the Ambassador just then.</p> - -<p>I waited until morning, by which time my men reported that the cat had -completed its survey and had promptly returned to the Ambassador's room.</p> - -<p>When the television came on, the Ambassador and his pet were again -reclining leisurely on their bunks.</p> - -<p>"Sorry if I'm disturbing you," I said hesitantly.</p> - -<p>"That's quite all right. What can I do for you?"</p> - -<p>"A matter of shipboard procedure I'd like to point out. It seems last -night your pet left your cabin and explored the ship, or so some of -my men reported. I'd appreciate it if you'd restrain the animal to -quarters from now on. It upsets shipboard routine—and, besides, my -instructions request that I keep the operating sections of the ship -under security wrap."</p> - -<p>There was silence for a moment. I held my breath, hoping I hadn't -said something wrong, some thing that might foul up the delicate -Earth-Aldebaran negotiations in progress.</p> - -<p>Finally came the reply. "I understand fully. I'm sorry about the -exploration trip—it was mere curiosity. It won't be repeated. But -you're mistaken about one thing."</p> - -<p>"What's that?" I asked somewhat puzzledly.</p> - -<p>"My pet remained in the cabin all night. <i>I</i> was the one who explored -the ship." There was a sneer in his voice.</p> - -<p>"You? But—"</p> - -<p>My mouth clammed shut. And then I understood. I couldn't keep the flush -of embarrassment from my face and he saw it over the screen. It seemed -to please him. Pretty damned clever, I thought. Smart psychology for -the aliens to bring a "human" as a pet, putting our diplomats on the -defensive right from the start. The Ambassador must have known what I -was thinking for the sneer grew on his face.</p> - -<p>Then suddenly I grinned. It seemed to surprise him. This, he hadn't -expected.</p> - -<p>"Captain, something strikes you as humorous?" There was uncertainty in -his tone. Plus a little annoyance.</p> - -<p>My grin widened. "Just a little private joke, Ambassador," I said. I -was thinking that this joker was in for a shock. 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