| Shortly, the silence was broken by the whine of motors, as the endgate of the shuttle swung open, folding itself against the frozen ground with a low-pitched metallic clang. |
| The ruins of endgate church may be seen out of the town, but the inhabitants Fine gothic church. |
| They stood on the endgate of their shuttle craft, breathing the new planet's cold night air. |
| A few minutes after the last endgate closed, all six shuttles silently rose in unison from the meadow. |
| Its massive aft endgate was open to lay flat on the frozen ground. |
