“Zavyalov looked around the office with doubt - contrary to expectations, there was no special machinery in the assembly area. A ceramic ball about a meter in diameter, to which ran a finger-thick heel of hoses, and four flat-panel monitors. Three monitors showed some kind of graphs, on the fourth, largest, the schematic flowers of the screensaver periodically bloomed. In addition, a huge panoramic screen covering the entire wall was mounted opposite the windows...”