The Rebel Faction

The Supreme Inquisitor felt out of place for the first time in many, many years. He sat, in a uniform of power, at the head of a large table, the view of a massive shipyard complex to one side and a pleasing mural to another. With him sat the bext engineers and architects of the Jutraalian Empire. His mind was tactical, and he could see the needs therein. He proposed many ideas, some considered a waste, and others inspired. But these were the men who brought dreams to reality.

In truth, the Viscount felt....outclassed.

The presence of Lord Admiral Zen, a fellow naval officer, lessened the oddity. He was brilliant scientifically beyond anything the Viscount could ever hope to attin, but in uniform they were peers.

And for that, the Grand Admiral thanked the Emperor.

“ Any comments, Viscount?" Zen asked.

The Grand Admiral stood and moved to the wall-sized holoprojector the Lord Admiral was standing near.

" Yes. I would suggest reducing the size of the primary launch bay. Though this will reduce fighter capacity to three squadrons at best, if a battle around them comes to a point where its three squadrons are needed, then the self destruct has already been set. The additional room could be used to house a power converted from the ionization reactor to the gravity well generators, increasing their efficiency.

" Weapons could as well be reduced, allowing greater power feed to the generator domes.

" In addition, twenty domes would be redunant. Creating an interdiction sphere is our hope, but we can make gravity only so dense. Six or eight Immobilizer-class domes should do the job sufficiently. At full power, they would create a sphere, what, the size of a large system?"

Some nodded, some took notes, and some continued their rampant sketching, oblivious to what was being said.

" Crew quarters should as well be concentrated and lighting kept to a minimum, all of course to save energy for the domes. That said, the primary reactor chambers could be gravity free, so the internal reactor has to feed less power to the artificial projection system."

" Admiral?"

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Thousands of workers took to the job of gutting the massive cruisers. To be honest there was actually a lot of decks and rooms within the ships and as space was beginning to open up, the fearsome destroyers were becoming even more awesome.

Gravity wells had been shipped in from interdictors that were being scrapped-- yet they hadn't arrived quite yet. Hopefully the rest of the operation should remain on schedule to get these defensive units out to the lines.

Lord Admiral Zen looked out and about at the space surronding the ships. It was littered with debris and garbage-- quite a discouraging site. Should anyone just hop insystem one would think that a battle had just occured.