Falls es nicht von Anfang an sabotiert worden war, erforderte es mühselige, fachmännische Arbeit, all die Sperrkreise einzubauen, die eine Übernahme ermöglichten.
Unless the system were perverted to begin with, it took expert, tedious effort to insert all the traps that would make a grab possible.
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