 Why do the police believe the analogue computer can defeat Lane?
Raging , Trooper Lane hovered three thousand feet above Tammany Square. The humming paragrav-paks embedded beneath his shoulder blades held him motionless above Newyork's three administrative towers. Two black paragrav-boats whirred along the translucent underside of Newyork's anti-missile force-shield, the Shell. Lane dropped lightly to the floor, inside the room, in battle-crouch. Lane is an insane killer. A built-in electronic brain controls his reflexes—" "At ease with that jazz," said Lane, and a sheathed finger snapped out. The force-bomb "exploded"—swelled or inflated, really, but with the speed of a blast. It shaded the view from his window and re-entered the tower wall just below.
 The analogue computer is much larger and more powerful than the cybrain.
 The police are fooling themselves. The analogue computer cannot hope to compete with the cybrain.  The analogue computer is much larger and more powerful than the cybrain.  The cybrains are an extension of the analogue computer.  The cybrains do not have the advanced processor the analogue computer does.