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<speak> The ship <emphasis level="strong">landed</emphasis> in a medley of <emphasis level="strong">noises</emphasis><break strength="weak"/>. There was the far-off <amazon:effect name="whispered">hiss</amazon:effect> of the atmosphere cutting and sliding past the metal of the ship<break strength="strong"/>. There was the steady drone of the conditioners fighting the heat of friction, and the slower rumble of the engines enforcing deceleration<break strength="x-strong"/>. There was the human sound of men and women gathering in the debarkation rooms and the grind of the hoists lifting baggage, mail, and freight to the long axis of the ship, from which they would be later moved along to the unloading platform.<break strength="x-strong"/> Gaal felt the slight jar that indicated the ship no longer had an independent motion of its own. Ship’s gravity had been giving way to planetary gravity for hours. Thousands of passengers had been sitting patiently in the debarkation rooms which swung easily on yielding force-fields to accommodate its orientation to the changing direction of the gravitational forces. Now they were crawling down curving ramps to the large, yawning locks.<break strength="x-strong"/> Gaal’s baggage was minor. He stood at a desk, as it was quickly and expertly taken apart and put together again. His visa was inspected and stamped. He himself paid no attention.<break strength="x-strong"/> This was Trantor! The air seemed a little thicker here, the gravity a bit greater, than on his home planet of Synnax, but he would get used to that. He wondered if he would get used to immensity.<break strength="x-strong"/> Debarkation Building was tremendous. The roof was almost lost in the heights.</speak><break strength="x-strong"/> <break strength="x-strong"/> </speak>