Horn: Green

IN THE COURSE of the years the Earth has become a giant cargo-handling and shipping center for interstellar trade goods and the Solar Imperium has emerged as a major commercial power.  However, for First Administrator Perry Rhodan and his colleagues the expansion of Terra’s commercial relations has brought up new problems. There is strong competition from the Galactic Traders who are still fighting for their old monopolies, by fair means or foul.  The Springers conceive of a means of discrediting the Earth in galactic trade relationships, or of possibly eliminating Terra entirely as a competitor. Their plan involves the dissemination of Earthly alkaloids through the galaxy—that is, the spread of narcotics such as opium, which has a devastating effect on extraterrestrial organisms.  In spite of intensive efforts on the part of Solar Intelligence, so far it has not been possible to eliminate the interstellar narcotics ring in which unscrupulous Terrans are also active. For Rhodan’s extraterrestrial politics this illegal operation is a very serious matter because after all, this poisonous commodity does have an Earthly origin!  The situation doesn’t look very promising for humanity. An attack by the Akons has just been repulsed and it is feared that the inhabitants of the Blue System will undertake new action against the Earth.  At this time of high tensions an accidental caprice of fortune comes to Perry Rhodan’s aid. The ‘accidental’ factor appears in the ungainly form of greenhorn John Edgar Pincer…  HORN: GREEN!