Base Secreta

*Base Secreta* (Secret Base), issue #374 in the *La Conquista del Espacio* (The Conquest of Space) series, published by Editorial Bruguera in October 1977. The story, by A. Thorkent, follows Captain Walt Lang of the starship *Gades*, tasked with evacuating human colonists from the planet Drole amid escalating tensions. Lang meets with Drole's Regent, an alien ruler of the Drolite race, who grants departure permits but expresses confidence in Drole's military superiority over the neighboring planet Rucer. Tensions between the two worlds have erupted into formal war declarations. Lang must evacuate Earth's citizens while following a prescribed flight path that avoids Rucer's territory. A mysterious passenger named Tugh Mesh requests an audience with Lang before departure, hinting at complications ahead in this space-opera narrative of interplanetary conflict and diplomatic intrigue.