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He
ticked
them
off
on
thick
fingers
:
"
A
hundred
thousand
for
us
if
there
is
no
solution
and
we
can
tell
them
the
missing
factors
.
Two
hundred
thousand
if
there
is
a
solution
,
plus
costs
of
construction
of
the
machine
involved
,
plus
quarter
interest
in
all
profits
derived
therefrom
.
The
problem
concerns
the
development
of
an
interstellar
engine
-
"
Robertson
frowned
and
his
lean
figure
stiffened
,
"
Despite
the
fact
that
they
have
a
thinking
machine
of
their
own
.
Right
?
"
"
Exactly
what
makes
the
whole
proposition
a
foul
ball
,
chief
.
Levver
,
take
it
from
there
.
"
Abe
Levver
looked
up
from
the
far
end
of
the
conference
table
and
smoothed
his
stubbled
chin
with
a
faint
rasping
sound
.
He
smiled
:
"
It
's
this
way
,
sir
.
Consolidated
had
a
thinking
machine
.
It
's
broken
.
"
"
What
?
"
Robertson
half
rose
.
"
That
's
right
.
Brokenl
It
's
kaput
.
Nobody
knows
why
,
but
I
got
hold
of
some
pretty
interesting
guesses
--
like
,
for
instance
,
that
they
asked
it
to
give
them
an
interstellar
engine
with
the
same
set
of
information
they
came
to
us
with
,
and
that
it
cracked
their
machine
wide
open
.
It
's
scrap
--
just
scrap
now
.
"
"
You
get
it
,
chief
?
"
The
general
manager
was
wildly
jubilant
.
"
You
get
it
?
There
is
n't
any
industrial
research
group
of
any
size
that
is
n't
trying
to
develop
a
space-warp
engine
,
and
Consolidated
and
U.
S.
Robots
have
the
lead
on
the
field
with
our
super
robot-brains
.
Now
that
they
've
managed
to
foul
theirs
up
,
we
have
a
clear
field
.
That
's
the
nub
,
the
...
uh
...
motivation
.
It
will
take
them
six
years
at
least
to
build
another
and
they
're
sunk
,
unless
they
can
break
ours
,
too
,
with
the
same
problem
.
"
The
president
of
U.
S.
Robots
bulged
his
eyes
,
"
Why
,
the
dirty
rats
-
"
