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  • From the cluster of tubes along the big ship's centerline came a faint rumbling growl, more felt than heard, as the mass-driver launching electromagnets activated.

    Angelmass Zahn, Timothy 2001

  • "That's when she transferred me out of her office, to the mass-driver complex."

    Empire Builders Bova, Ben 1993

  • Over the years, however, a small, makeshift, rugged community grew around the mass-driver facility.

    Empire Builders Bova, Ben 1993

  • Except for the long straight track of the electric catapult itself, the mass-driver complex was underground, a warren of interconnected shelters and tunnels.

    Empire Builders Bova, Ben 1993

  • Electric mass-driver catapults to beat Royal Navy cuts?

    Latest Articles 2010

  • Electric mass-driver catapults to beat Royal Navy cuts?

    Latest Articles 2010

  • However, according to reports, the test mass-driver installation suffered serious damage earlier this year in a mishap blamed on a "software malfunction".

    Latest Articles Theregister.co.uk 2010

  • 4 8FN OVA The original planners of the Alphonsus complex assumed that workers at the mass-driver facility would be quartered in the city and commute to their jobs via the cable-car system that crossed the ringwall.

    Empire Builders Bova, Ben 1993

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