THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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down. They got the prisoners into them, the combat-effective men in one
and the women and children in the other. At the top, he took over the
remaining jeep, getting Jacquemont, his daughter, and the two
contragravityship officers in with him.

"Up to the top," Jacquemont said. "Take the middle passage, and turn
right at the next intersection."

As they approached the section where the pirates stored their loot, the
sound of guns and explosions grew louder, and they began picking up
radio and screen signals, all of which were scrambled and
incomprehensible. The pirates, in different positions, talking among
themselves. With all that, it ought to be safe to use their own
communication equipment; nobody would notice it.[Pg 83]

The treasure room looked like a giant pack rat's nest. Cases and crates
of merchandise, bales, boxes, barrels. Machinery. Household and