Jan Walker felt the bitter chill of the thin air as he and his comrades emerged from the flier and trooped toward the offices. Dozens of shining new Rissmans, Tarks and Kalbers were parked on its north end, and near them rose the metalloy barracks and office buildings. ON THE frozen black plain stretched a big spaceport, rimmed by krypton lamps. Jan Walker and his comrades knew that, and looked tensely down at the place where they had to make good. Only the finest pilots could perform the hazardous duty of testing new ships. Suicide Station, notorious as the destroyer of men and ships! Located on the dark Cold Side of little Mercury, this was the place where space ships turned out by the big factories in the Twilight Zone of Mercury were given exhaustive tests before being pronounced safe. The Saturnian eased his controls and nodded downward. Anxious to pass the grueling tests that would make them or break them as Rocketeers, they felt their eagerness chilled by the cold shadow of mystery. Walker and his comrades looked at each other a little blankly. Why, there’s been nothing in the tele-news about it! Scores of new ships disappearing? Jan Walker blurted puzzledly. Suddenly they just find themselves floating in space, with their ship gone. Fellows here at Suicide Station take a new ship out for its speed and endurance tests. Ships vanishing? repeated Ilo, Walker’s Venusian comrade. I’m talking about the way ships have been vanishing here. That’s tough enough, but that’s just the ordinary risk for a Rocketeer. I’m not talking about the test piloting, declared the pilot. We know a good many Rocketeers are killed in this test pilot work, Walker admitted earnestly. You wouldn’t be so anxious to get to Suicide Station if you knew the trouble waiting for you there, the Saturnian grunted. Tumbled black mountains and frozen black plains seamed by vast cracks stretched in the bitter darkness under the stars.Īren’t we almost there? Jan Walker asked the lanky pilot. Beneath was the forbidding, savage Cold Side of Mercury, an eternally dark landscape that never saw the Sun. They had just passed their final examinations, and they were looking as eagerly as Walker through the windows of the speeding rocket-flier. Jan Walker’s four young companions-a Martian, a Venusian and two Mercurians-all wore the emblem. It was the emblem of the Rocketeer, the highest rating any space pilot could attain. Please contact your sales representative for complete details.THE tall, bronzed young Earthman proudly touched the silver comet-emblem on the breast of his gray space jacket. Photos are images only and should not be relied upon to confirm applicable features. This is not an offering where prohibited by law. Toll Brothers Mortgage Company: NMLS #18154 ( click here for licensing info. Buyer must submit a loan application to TBMC, complete a Rate Lock Agreement, and close by October 31, 2022. on all loan programs and for qualified buyers only. Incentive only available through Toll Brothers Mortgage Company (TBMC). Promotion valid for new buyers that sign an Agreement of Sale on or after Jand close by October 31, 2022. ††Offers, incentives, and seller contributions, if any, vary by community and are subject to certain terms, conditions, and restrictions. Please contact your sales representative for complete details. Toll Brothers Mortgage Company: NMLS #18154 ( click here for add'l licensing info. Buyer must submit a loan application to TBMC and complete a Rate Lock Agreement prior to rate lock. For qualified buyers only, other programs avail. Primary residences only and excludes condos. Funds are limited and may no longer be avail. Financing provided by Toll Brothers Mortgage Company (TBMC). Offer valid for Quick Move-In buyers that sign an Agreement of Sale on or after Jand close by September 15, 2022. * † Offers, incentives, and seller contributions, if any, vary by community and are subject to certain terms, conditions, and restrictions.
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