"That's supposed to be classified information."
"Such a device is new in the cosmos," Bram said. "Only a protoplasmic brain is known to produce a null-lag excitation state."
Tremaine frowned. "Bram, this Repellor focuses what I'll call thought waves for want of a better term. It uses an interference effect to damp out the Niss harmonic generator. What if we poured more power to the Repellor?"
"No. The power of the mind cannot be amplified—"
"I don't mean amplification; I mean an additional source. I have a hyperwave receiver here. With a little rewiring, it'll act as a transmitter. Can we tie it in?"
Bram shook his head. "Would that I were a technician," he said. "I know only what is required to operate the device."
"Let me take a look," Tremaine said. "Maybe I can figure it out."
"Take care. Without it, we fall before the Niss."
"I'll be careful." Tremaine went to the machine, examined it, tracing leads, identifying components.
"This seems clear enough," he said. "These would be powerful magnets here; they give a sort of pinch effect. And these are refracting-field coils. Simple, and brilliant. With this idea, we could beam hyperwave—"