Contracts: Part 1
This blowout would likely fry the emergency backup systems and cause a catastrophic failure of the gyromagnetics. after cleanup he replaced everything back exactly as he had found it, down to millimetre precision.
Static Memory Record 77-74656
To see if these exponentially increasing defects would at some point result in catastrophic failure. they watched me with the same morbid fascination that humans seem to get from seeing a train-wreck in slow motion."
The Machine Stops
The computer estimates it will cause catastrophic failure of the cliff walls in approximately two hours." "do you know why?" "no, sir."
Hotel Emperador - Chapter 4: Mr Viennomante
#4 of hotel emperador after a catastrophic failure, xaduardo has to make it up and do something very risky just to earn a slim chance to advance his quest and defeat the clock before its too late for his beloved mentor. hotel emperador chapter 4 - mr.
Tradewind Vs. Accord
It suffered a catastrophic failure, leaving him in a coma from which he awakened with the power to temporarily suppress other's powers as long as he continues talking about reasons why those powers shouldn't be able to work. untamable shrew: shrew.
Starborne - Adrift in a Sea of Stars: Out of the Dark
And now, the projected probability for a catastrophic failure in the reactor's containment is rising alarmingly fast within a five day time horizon. all things considered, i have had little choice but to go along with it.
Diplomacy
Most of his dreams in the years after were about that fateful day, as if his subconscious was unwilling or unable to let him forget his catastrophic failure as a leader.
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act2/Chapter3
The shirt had no sleeves and had been sewn back together too many times to properly tell quite where the original seams had been, and her pants had suffered a catastrophic failure just below the knees and trailed off into a tangle of loose threads.
Collar 14 -- Numbers and 1 Corinthians
I felt my heart thudding heavily in my chest, wondering if this is what it felt like just before a heart attack or some catastrophic failure of the body.
Hindsight (Chapter9, act1, book2)
I didn't expect such a catastrophic failure on your part to happen _again_." "doctor, _please_. krys hasn't spoken to me since then." he received no reply.
Zippy Zipperdale--Moderately Mad Scientist: The Thrid Experiment
Everything seemed to slow down and stop, and the world seemed dark and lonely as she contemplated her catastrophic failure. the werxs scurried about repairing the hole, and the students clambered out, giving zippy angry or bemused looks.
Zero Point: Chapter 19- Desperate Measures
The normal match rounds functioned more or less correctly, yet the added forces placed on the action had ensured a catastrophic failure when firing the hotter, heavier ap rounds.