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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 Incomplete Theft - -Author: Ralph Burke - -Release Date: June 21, 2021 [eBook #65659] - -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 INCOMPLETE THEFT *** - - - - - The Incomplete Theft - - By Ralph Burke - - Stealing a new space ship principle from - Earth seemed like an easy enough task for the - alien. But how does one deliver a principle? - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - February 1957 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -Torlyn Khy smiled grimly to himself as he thought of the approaching -completion of the new Earth spaceship. Thus far, his disguise had -completely fooled the Earthmen; they didn't even begin to suspect -that a Valdorian spy was among the engineers who were building the -_Skyjumper_. - -High above the spacefield it loomed, a great sphere of metal that -housed the new teleportation drive. Torlyn Khy looked up at its -impressive bulk. Unlike the common type of spaceship, which had a top -speed of ten thousand lights, the new drive could take the ship from -Earth to any point in the galaxy in a fraction of a microsecond. If it -were successful, Earth would win the war against Valdor in a matter of -months. - -_And if not--_ - -John Mitchell, the Chief Engineer of Sahara Spaceport, said: "She's a -beauty, isn't she, Pete?" - -Torlyn Khy, in his disguise as Earthman "Peter Blane," smiled and said, -"Yes. She's a real beauty. When will she be finished?" - -"This afternoon," Mitchell said. "The boys are tightening the last -bolts and putting in the final wiring now. The job's just about over, -Pete." - -_Good!_ thought Torlyn. _I'll be able to take it tonight._ To be able -to bring both the spaceship's plans and the ship itself back to Valdor -would be a major feat. It would result in a fine promotion. - -The ship was entirely different from any other vessel ever built. The -hyperkinetic generator in its center generated a spherical force field -around the ship which projected it to wherever it had been aimed for. - -It was simple to operate; all the pilot had to do was set up the -co-ordinates of his target, turn on the hyperkinetic generator, and -press the activator button. The generator itself did the rest. The -field enclosed the ship, and instantaneously the ship was a hundred or -a thousand light-years away. - - * * * * * - -That evening, Torlyn Khy stepped out of his room and strolled over -toward the spaceship. It was surrounded by guards, and it was bathed -in the blaze of a battery of searchlights, but that did not bother -the Valdorian. Earthmen were such stupid fools! It would be a blessing -for them if the Valdorians took them over and showed them how to run -their lives efficiently. On Valdor, everyone had a job and he did it. -He obeyed his superiors without asking questions, and the society, -therefore, was efficient. - -But these Earthmen! Such a lax, sloppy, inefficient society! They -needed more regimentation, more precision. They needed to learn to obey -orders. And they _would_ learn--after the Valdorian victory. - -"Evening, Mr. Mitchell." - -"Good evening, Captain. Nice night, isn't it?" - -Torlyn Khy looked around warily and saw the lean, spare figure of -John Mitchell standing some distance away. He was talking to a man -in a military uniform, one of the guards posted on the project. The -Valdorian ducked away; he didn't care to be seen. Not tonight, of all -nights. - -He walked all around the spaceship, studying it carefully from all -angles, keeping well out of sight of the guards that surrounded it. - -The ship appeared to be ready to go; all he had to do was get inside -and take off. Simple. Very simple, Torlyn Khy thought. The greatest -victories are always simple. - -The ship was supposed to be lifted above the atmosphere on her jets -before the hyperkinetic generator was used, but the generator could, in -an emergency, be used on the ground. Torlyn Khy smiled. As far as he -was concerned, this _would_ be an emergency. The Earthmen, he thought -pleasantly, would feel very foolish when their greatest ship simply -vanished from under their noses. - -After making a thorough reconnaissance of the area, the Valdorian -decided he was ready. He switched on the tiny power pack at his waist, -and the invisibility belt he was wearing was energized. If anyone had -been watching the shadows where Torlyn Khy was standing, they would -have seen a faint blue glow as the Valdorian faded slowly from sight. - -Then, boldly, the alien strode toward the _Skyjumper_. Nothing stood in -the way of success now. - - * * * * * - -He walked directly across the well-lighted safety area, and the guards -paid not the slightest attention. - -At the airlock door, he paused to take stock of the situation. He had -to move fast now. The success of the whole mission depended on timing -from here on out. The guards, naturally, would see the airlock door -swing open; they would know something was wrong. It would take them, he -estimated, about four minutes to bring up heavy armament to blast the -door open. - -Moistening his lips nervously, he decided to correct the estimate. -_Better make it three minutes for safety's sake_, he thought. - -In that time, he would have to warm up the generator and punch the -co-ordinates for the planet Valdor into the big guiding computer. Doing -that would require, say, two minutes--giving him a minute's leeway. -Good! - -He waited until the guards all seemed to be looking away from the -airlock door. Then he pressed the lock. The door swung open, and Torlyn -Khy stepped quickly inside. - -There was a shout from one of the guards below, but they were too late -to do anything; the Valdorian had the airlock door closed before they -could see what had happened. He turned the master switch on the inside -of the door, which locked the door against any outside interference. - -He grinned sardonically. The fool Earthmen would have a devil of a time -doing anything now! - -The next thing was to switch off his invisibility belt. It was -difficult to do delicate work if you couldn't see your own arms and -fingers, and punching co-ordinates into a computer was a delicate job. - -He turned toward the inner door--and, at that moment, the door opened! -An Earthman stepped out, an engineer named Harris who had apparently -been making some last-minute adjustments on the ship. - -"Oh, hello, Blaine," Harris said. "I--" - -Without a word, the Valdorian leaped forward, taking the Earthman by -surprise. He slammed his fist into Harris' abdomen, and he doubled up -in pain. - -Torlyn Khy jumped back as the Earthman's foot suddenly sliced toward -him. The toe of the engineer's foot hit him stingingly alongside the -jaw, but the Valdorian managed to grasp the foot and twist. - -Then he bent and picked Harris up, and knocked him down again with a -crashing blow to the chin. - -He left the unconscious Earthman on the floor, locking him inside the -airlock. He would be no trouble there. - -The real trouble was that the fight had delayed his timing; it must -have taken all of a minute, and in a split-second operation such as -this an interval of a minute could be fatal. Without wasting any more -time, he got moving. His jaw hurt where the Earthman had slugged him, -and his fingers felt stiff. - -He ran down the corridor to the control room. The big automatic -computer was ready to go. Torlyn Khy switched it on, waited for a -moment, and then hastily began punching co-ordinates into the computer. -He had to hurry; the Earthmen might blast their way into the ship at -any moment. Still, he dared not make an error; if he did, the ship -might end up a thousand light-years from where it was supposed to -materialize--perhaps in the heart of a sun. - -There was perspiration dripping from his brow by the time he was -finished. He turned on the hyperkinetic generator and waited for it to -warm up. Still there was no sound from the airlock. - -A red indicator light on the control panel came on, telling him that -the generator was ready. With a triumphant smile, Torlyn Khy reached -out and pressed the activator stud. - - * * * * * - -Outside the ship, the guards watched the airlock door. - -"I wonder why Dr. Harris did that?" said a lieutenant. - -"Who knows?" a sergeant replied. - -They had seen the airlock open and close, but knowing that Harris was -still inside, they had thought little of it. Still, it was odd. - -The airlock door swung open again. Harris stepped out, looking dazed. -The lieutenant ran toward him, and quickly the engineer explained what -had happened. - -"You mean he's inside there? We've got to stop him!" - -"It's too late," Harris said. "He didn't know that I was doing some -adjusting inside there. Go ahead and look." - -The lieutenant went to the inner door of the airlock and peered in. The -whole inside of the ship was gone, vanished as though it had never been. - -"I had just made a slight adjustment of the generator." Harris said -quietly. "The power field was cut down, so the projector field was -smaller. I'm afraid our spy simply projected the inside of the -spaceship out into the interstellar vacuum and left the hull behind." - -He shook his head grimly. "Poor devil. He'll have quite a surprise in -store for him--unless he can live without air!" - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE INCOMPLETE THEFT *** - -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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But how does one deliver a principle?</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy<br /> -February 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>Torlyn Khy smiled grimly to himself as he thought of the approaching -completion of the new Earth spaceship. Thus far, his disguise had -completely fooled the Earthmen; they didn't even begin to suspect -that a Valdorian spy was among the engineers who were building the -<i>Skyjumper</i>.</p> - -<p>High above the spacefield it loomed, a great sphere of metal that -housed the new teleportation drive. Torlyn Khy looked up at its -impressive bulk. Unlike the common type of spaceship, which had a top -speed of ten thousand lights, the new drive could take the ship from -Earth to any point in the galaxy in a fraction of a microsecond. If it -were successful, Earth would win the war against Valdor in a matter of -months.</p> - -<p><i>And if not—</i></p> - -<p>John Mitchell, the Chief Engineer of Sahara Spaceport, said: "She's a -beauty, isn't she, Pete?"</p> - -<p>Torlyn Khy, in his disguise as Earthman "Peter Blane," smiled and said, -"Yes. She's a real beauty. When will she be finished?"</p> - -<p>"This afternoon," Mitchell said. "The boys are tightening the last -bolts and putting in the final wiring now. The job's just about over, -Pete."</p> - -<p><i>Good!</i> thought Torlyn. <i>I'll be able to take it tonight.</i> To be able -to bring both the spaceship's plans and the ship itself back to Valdor -would be a major feat. It would result in a fine promotion.</p> - -<p>The ship was entirely different from any other vessel ever built. The -hyperkinetic generator in its center generated a spherical force field -around the ship which projected it to wherever it had been aimed for.</p> - -<p>It was simple to operate; all the pilot had to do was set up the -co-ordinates of his target, turn on the hyperkinetic generator, and -press the activator button. The generator itself did the rest. The -field enclosed the ship, and instantaneously the ship was a hundred or -a thousand light-years away.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>That evening, Torlyn Khy stepped out of his room and strolled over -toward the spaceship. It was surrounded by guards, and it was bathed -in the blaze of a battery of searchlights, but that did not bother -the Valdorian. Earthmen were such stupid fools! It would be a blessing -for them if the Valdorians took them over and showed them how to run -their lives efficiently. On Valdor, everyone had a job and he did it. -He obeyed his superiors without asking questions, and the society, -therefore, was efficient.</p> - -<p>But these Earthmen! Such a lax, sloppy, inefficient society! They -needed more regimentation, more precision. They needed to learn to obey -orders. And they <i>would</i> learn—after the Valdorian victory.</p> - -<p>"Evening, Mr. Mitchell."</p> - -<p>"Good evening, Captain. Nice night, isn't it?"</p> - -<p>Torlyn Khy looked around warily and saw the lean, spare figure of -John Mitchell standing some distance away. He was talking to a man -in a military uniform, one of the guards posted on the project. The -Valdorian ducked away; he didn't care to be seen. Not tonight, of all -nights.</p> - -<p>He walked all around the spaceship, studying it carefully from all -angles, keeping well out of sight of the guards that surrounded it.</p> - -<p>The ship appeared to be ready to go; all he had to do was get inside -and take off. Simple. Very simple, Torlyn Khy thought. The greatest -victories are always simple.</p> - -<p>The ship was supposed to be lifted above the atmosphere on her jets -before the hyperkinetic generator was used, but the generator could, in -an emergency, be used on the ground. Torlyn Khy smiled. As far as he -was concerned, this <i>would</i> be an emergency. The Earthmen, he thought -pleasantly, would feel very foolish when their greatest ship simply -vanished from under their noses.</p> - -<p>After making a thorough reconnaissance of the area, the Valdorian -decided he was ready. He switched on the tiny power pack at his waist, -and the invisibility belt he was wearing was energized. If anyone had -been watching the shadows where Torlyn Khy was standing, they would -have seen a faint blue glow as the Valdorian faded slowly from sight.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Then, boldly, the alien strode toward the <i>Skyjumper</i>. Nothing stood in -the way of success now.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He walked directly across the well-lighted safety area, and the guards -paid not the slightest attention.</p> - -<p>At the airlock door, he paused to take stock of the situation. He had -to move fast now. The success of the whole mission depended on timing -from here on out. The guards, naturally, would see the airlock door -swing open; they would know something was wrong. It would take them, he -estimated, about four minutes to bring up heavy armament to blast the -door open.</p> - -<p>Moistening his lips nervously, he decided to correct the estimate. -<i>Better make it three minutes for safety's sake</i>, he thought.</p> - -<p>In that time, he would have to warm up the generator and punch the -co-ordinates for the planet Valdor into the big guiding computer. Doing -that would require, say, two minutes—giving him a minute's leeway. -Good!</p> - -<p>He waited until the guards all seemed to be looking away from the -airlock door. Then he pressed the lock. The door swung open, and Torlyn -Khy stepped quickly inside.</p> - -<p>There was a shout from one of the guards below, but they were too late -to do anything; the Valdorian had the airlock door closed before they -could see what had happened. He turned the master switch on the inside -of the door, which locked the door against any outside interference.</p> - -<p>He grinned sardonically. The fool Earthmen would have a devil of a time -doing anything now!</p> - -<p>The next thing was to switch off his invisibility belt. It was -difficult to do delicate work if you couldn't see your own arms and -fingers, and punching co-ordinates into a computer was a delicate job.</p> - -<p>He turned toward the inner door—and, at that moment, the door opened! -An Earthman stepped out, an engineer named Harris who had apparently -been making some last-minute adjustments on the ship.</p> - -<p>"Oh, hello, Blaine," Harris said. "I—"</p> - -<p>Without a word, the Valdorian leaped forward, taking the Earthman by -surprise. He slammed his fist into Harris' abdomen, and he doubled up -in pain.</p> - -<p>Torlyn Khy jumped back as the Earthman's foot suddenly sliced toward -him. The toe of the engineer's foot hit him stingingly alongside the -jaw, but the Valdorian managed to grasp the foot and twist.</p> - -<p>Then he bent and picked Harris up, and knocked him down again with a -crashing blow to the chin.</p> - -<p>He left the unconscious Earthman on the floor, locking him inside the -airlock. He would be no trouble there.</p> - -<p>The real trouble was that the fight had delayed his timing; it must -have taken all of a minute, and in a split-second operation such as -this an interval of a minute could be fatal. Without wasting any more -time, he got moving. His jaw hurt where the Earthman had slugged him, -and his fingers felt stiff.</p> - -<p>He ran down the corridor to the control room. The big automatic -computer was ready to go. Torlyn Khy switched it on, waited for a -moment, and then hastily began punching co-ordinates into the computer. -He had to hurry; the Earthmen might blast their way into the ship at -any moment. Still, he dared not make an error; if he did, the ship -might end up a thousand light-years from where it was supposed to -materialize—perhaps in the heart of a sun.</p> - -<p>There was perspiration dripping from his brow by the time he was -finished. He turned on the hyperkinetic generator and waited for it to -warm up. Still there was no sound from the airlock.</p> - -<p>A red indicator light on the control panel came on, telling him that -the generator was ready. With a triumphant smile, Torlyn Khy reached -out and pressed the activator stud.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Outside the ship, the guards watched the airlock door.</p> - -<p>"I wonder why Dr. Harris did that?" said a lieutenant.</p> - -<p>"Who knows?" a sergeant replied.</p> - -<p>They had seen the airlock open and close, but knowing that Harris was -still inside, they had thought little of it. Still, it was odd.</p> - -<p>The airlock door swung open again. Harris stepped out, looking dazed. -The lieutenant ran toward him, and quickly the engineer explained what -had happened.</p> - -<p>"You mean he's inside there? We've got to stop him!"</p> - -<p>"It's too late," Harris said. "He didn't know that I was doing some -adjusting inside there. Go ahead and look."</p> - -<p>The lieutenant went to the inner door of the airlock and peered in. The -whole inside of the ship was gone, vanished as though it had never been.</p> - -<p>"I had just made a slight adjustment of the generator." Harris said -quietly. "The power field was cut down, so the projector field was -smaller. I'm afraid our spy simply projected the inside of the -spaceship out into the interstellar vacuum and left the hull behind."</p> - -<p>He shook his head grimly. "Poor devil. 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