To build one, we'd have to cannibalize about two-thirds of the ship's electronic gear, and then unship the main drive to juice it.
9 seconds sound clip from the Forbidden Planet (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:28:23 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Two years or more away from my work here.
- Tell me, just what is involved in your making contact with Earth base?
- Well, fundamentally, it's a question of crude power.
- How to short-circuit the continuum on a five- or six-parsec level.
- Of course, a transmitter of that sort isn't exactly standard equipment.
- Just to construct a bunker to house a core would take about 10 days.
- Disabled here for 10 days and nights?
- Tell me, would 2-inch lead shielding do as well?
- It'd be better if we were carrying 100 square yards of the stuff.
- I'll have Robby run it off for you and you'll get it not later than tomorrow noon.
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