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Die Metall- und Keramikwände wirkten ein wenig wie Dichtmittel, das in der harten Strahlung des Weltraums langsam spröde wurde.
The metal and ceramic walls had the foggy look of sealant breaking down from the constant radiation of space.
Die Keramikwände waren dreißig Meter dick, und alle technischen Geräte innerhalb der Bucht waren gegen die bekannten Seuchenstämme eigens abgeschirmt.
The ceramic walls were thirty metres thick and every item of machinery inside the bay was hardened against known plague strains.
(Callahan pere war es in seiner Jugend geglückt, eine profitable chemische Lösung zu entwickeln, die in Bessemer-Birnen gekippt werden konnte und deren Risse und Dellen ausbesserte, noch während die Keramikwände heiß waren.) Brian hatte das hübscheste Mädchen seines College-Jahrgangs geheiratet (er fand, das war Robin) und war bald nach dem Examen Geschäftsführer der High Temp Products geworden.
(Callahan père in his youth had profitably developed a compound that could be thrown into Bessemer converters and patch their cracks and ulcers while their ceramic walls were still hot.) Brian had married the prettiest girl in his college class (in his opinion, this was Robin), and soon after graduation he’d become president of High Temp Products.
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