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	High above the Trigan frontier, a flight of
	speedy fighting-craft of the Trigan Air Fleet.

	
	
	Here
	they
	come !

	
	Heading straight for the heartland of the Trigan Empire,
	a massed formation of Caton bombing-craft. It was the
	twentieth such sortie in three days.

	
	
	Prepare to
	open fire if
	they cross
	the frontier !

	
	Janno, the Emperor's nephew,
	led the fighting-craft.

	
	
	
	
	This is a new form of
	warfare—a war of 
	nerves ! Will they come
	on, or will they turn
	away ? One false move
	on my part, and I could
	start a shooting war !

	
	Janno edged his craft close to the nearest Caton, so
	close that he could see the grinning gunner in his pod.

	
	
	Are you going
	to open fire
	on me or not, you
	grinning animal ?

	
	On the very forbidden edge of the frontier, the bombing
	formation turned away—as they had turned nineteen
	times before. Janno heaved a sigh of relief.

	
	
	Aaaah !—
	Thank the
	stars !

This installment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 777 on 4 December 1976.