THE COSMIC COMPUTER

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result we did."

They let a ladder down the hole and descended?Conn and his father, Kurt
Fawzi, Jerry Rivas, then Shanlee and his two guards, then others?until a
score of them were crowded in the room at the bottom, their flashlights
illuminating the circular chamber, revealing ceiling-high metal
cabinets, banks of button- and dial-studded control panels, big
keyboards. It was Shanlee who found the lights and put them on.

"Powered from the central plant, down below," he said.[Pg 182] "The main
cables are disguised as the grounding-outlet. If this thing had been on
when you put on the power, you'd have had an awful lot of power going
nowhere, apparently."

Rodney Maxwell was disappointed. "I know this stuff looks awfully
complex, but I'd have expected there to be more of it."