John Maddox Roberts - Space Angel
“Look how close together the levels of the ramp are." "They probably weren't very quick, either," said Achmed. "Everything we've seen move, moves slowly." "Last one down's a landsman." With that, Ham stepped over the edge. The rest followed suit, taking about six seconds to make the drop to the deck. When they landed, they looked about in wonder.
"I think we've found them," said Michelle.
They were standing in another, narrower, corridor, in the biggest room any of them had seen. It seemed to st...retch to infinity in both directions, like the corridor above, but it wasn't confined between walls. Along both sides were racks of glasslike cylinders, stacked almost to the ceiling. At regular intervals, narrow lanes ran at right angles from the main corridor into rows of racks as far as the eye could see.
The cylinders lay on their sides, about one and one-half meters long and two-thirds meter in diameter. One end sprouted a system of wires and tubes, the other was flat and featureless. Inside, beings floated in a clear liquid.MoreLess
"I think we've found them," said Michelle.
They were standing in another, narrower, corridor, in the biggest room any of them had seen. It seemed to st...retch to infinity in both directions, like the corridor above, but it wasn't confined between walls. Along both sides were racks of glasslike cylinders, stacked almost to the ceiling. At regular intervals, narrow lanes ran at right angles from the main corridor into rows of racks as far as the eye could see.
The cylinders lay on their sides, about one and one-half meters long and two-thirds meter in diameter. One end sprouted a system of wires and tubes, the other was flat and featureless. Inside, beings floated in a clear liquid.MoreLess
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