Base On Venus

Freyt, Deringhouse, and Nyssen under orders from the World Government make one last attempt to salvage items from the destroyed moon cruiser. This fails and they eventually are convinced to join Perry. On landing on Venus they are attacked, but survive to enter the Arkonide outpost manned by the Commander (a large positronic brain) and his associated robots. This outpost has been defunct for 8,000 years. The original Arkonide colony was destroyed at Atlantis. The Commander nominates Perry as the successor to the control of its power, since his mind is indistinguishable from an Arkonide.