THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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it was powered from the central power plant, wherever that was. There
was a plug socket beside it, with the required voltage marked over it.
They used an extension line from a power unit on one of the lifters to
get it open, and did the same with the inner door; when it was open,
they passed into a dim room that stretched away ahead of them and on
either side.

It looked like a freight-shipping room; there were a few[Pg 110] piles
of boxes and cases here and there, and a litter of packing material
everywhere. A long counter-desk, and a bank of robo-clerks behind it.
According to the air-analyzer, the oxygen content inside was safely
high. They all pulled off their fishbowl helmets and slung them.

"Well, we can bunk inside here tonight," somebody said. "It won't be so
crowded here."

"We'll bunk here after we find the power plant and get the ventilator