Steve shrugged. He snapped the master switch and turned the function
switch to _test_. He checked the meters, wondering whether they were
standardized and reading correctly. But he had no need to concern
himself about such a refinement; the servo bridge that balanced the
stress of warp against the pressure of normal space and integrated it
so that the total volume of warped space remained essentially constant
was obviously haywire. Instead of operating with a steady thrust
of power--operating on test by balancing the power from a standard
electric cell against a standard resistance load--the servo bridge was
oscillating.