"That's easy. Have one of your engineers remove it." "Can't. Anything they do to remove regeneration also destroys the driver's efficiency." "Efficiency," said Thomas, "is the inverse function of the frequency of drive divided by the number of full-phase poles in the genedyne. Expressed by the quadratic equation in which A equals the number of full-phase poles--" "But we can't get rid of the regeneration!" exploded White. "Look, that driver is as simple as ABC. It has and will be a standard assembly for seven generations past and forward. Now don't tell me--" "I'm telling you that we're burning up our test stands left and right. How long can you take a forty percent regeneration in a hundred kilowatt genedyne?" "Well, not long," admitted Thomas. "You understand the principles involved?" "Not entirely." "I'll explain. The force-fields created by the full-phase poles under the power output from the driver create a nonelectromagnetic field radiation. The intensity of this field is a function of the driver output, derived tertially through the pole system. Now the development of the field radiation creates a space hysteresis that--" "Look," snapped White, "I don't give a care about field theory. It doesn't apply in my job. I merely want to know what to do about the regeneration." "How can you work without understanding the theory?" asked Thomas with a sneer. "How can a musician play a pipe organ without a course in first year physics?" shouted White. "Just tell me what to do!" "Tell 'em to retune the driver to another band." "They aren't certain that the pick-up loop is itself tuned or not." "It is." "Then that means tuning the entire feeder line." "Naturally." "But the feeder line is a silver plated die casting." "Change the dies," said Thomas. "May we charge you for them?" asked White, sweetly. "And also for scrapping the three hundred and seventy thousand parts we have cast already?" "Why get so far ahead?" "Look, Thomas Lionel, we did it because it was cheaper not to tie up the die-caster's shop in weekly driblets rather than get the whole order in a lump. Now--what do we do about regeneration?" "Anybody can clear up regeneration," snapped Lionel. "Good--you show us how. That's what we're retaining you for. Your developments and whatever technical assistance is required." Thomas Lionel looked up, and scanned each face at the big table. "From left to right, can you state your problems?" he asked. "Plating specs on the genedyne." "Problem in suspension during process." "Can plus or minus fifteen percent electrical components be used in place of ten percents?" "We still require the alignment procedure." Thomas held up a hand. "O.K., fellows. Submit your problems in writing and I'll furnish the answers in twenty-four hours." Norden bobbed his head in agreement. "I fear that I shall call for cancellation of contract and the forfeit sum if your answers are not forthcoming."