The murder was committed ten minutes before the Otarkian ship lifted for the long trip back to the mother-planet. It was discovered ten minutes after blast off. The killer—a great lout of an upper-hillman, signed on the last moment to fill a sudden vacancy—bragged of the kill to his sergeant. Bragged grinning. "He was crouched behind a rock peeking out at the ship. I came behind him—very quiet. I broke his neck and—and did other things. He never knew what happened." The guard was rushed immediat