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Doctor Frederick Rodebush sat at the control panel of Triplanetary's newly reconstructed super-ship; one finger poised over a small black button. Facing the unknown though the physicist was, yet he grinned whimsically at his friend.
"Something, whatever it is, is about to occur. The Boise is about to take off. Ready, Cleve?"