Name: Captain Meallan Dagon
Subject: Fortitude
Evening, gentlemen.
The first Fortitude class battle-cruiser has rolled out of the production lines. With the changes to the machining and fabrication methods, we will be able to crank out four of these babies per year with the war-time logistical plan.
First chassis, BBC-F01D-01 is now being delivered to its crew and has to make some noise in New London. I'll be keeping a close watch on its performance and those that will follow it to find if there are any critical development flaws. Stats and operational manual are following by tight-beam.
The repair and refit operations in the shipyard are at full speed, and the Hellbound was already released yesterday. The Killarn should be up and ready tomorrow, so I would appreciate if there was a crew on stand-by to remove it from my hands by then.
Regards,
Dagon.
Name: Captain Meallan Dagon
Subject: Aland Status
Evening, gentlemen.
Status update on Aland current services:
MacDuff Fleet: Overall 40% strength. Most of its snub and mid-weight assets were burned and we are refitting what can be patched up as we speak. I will order the rotate-out as they are done, but I will need able bodies rotating in to pick the hardware up, so keep the pilots and crews that are cooling their heels nearby.
Fortitude: First one already shipped out as mentioned before, production lines are running at full steam.
OFRR: I'm getting a lot of scrap metal and processed materials. The news is that in front of New London there's a graveyard, and I will need every ton of it if we want to keep this rate. I would suggest you fine folk to secure it ASAP. Tell your T&G boys to start stripping all valuables before anyone non-kosher comes to check. I also need more techs in here, and for that, I need you guys to sign off on more living quarters and the extras that come with it.
Security: All wings are flying and locking the radius around the station. Core already dropped the hint that they are taking this job seriously, and by the looks of it, they are.
Regards,
Dagon.
Name: Captain Meallan Dagon
Subject: Aland Status
Evening, gentlemen.
Is this thing on? Right.
Uh. Still got no word from you regarding my requests for more techs and living quarters, and T&G is silent regarding the stripping of goods and materials from New London. Also, I'm still waiting for your green on granting me a personal workshop. It's on the contract.
Regards,
Dagon.
Name: Captain Meallan Dagon
Subject: Scarborough
Evening, Admiral.
While it looks mighty fine to some, my lilly white ass ain't contracted to whip two shipyards into shape. What's next in this tale of yonder? Want me to start building one from scratch? Because my job ain't done, not by a long shot. Your machining plants have performance issues, be it processual or hardware related. They ain't made to be run at 100% for months on a row. So, I'm designing new processes and protocols and working with what I got in terms of hardware, while I try to get your engineer boys whip out new designs for the plants. Making teams work, because there are prima-donas cropping up whenever I blink. Dealing with poor craftsmanship from whoever built this piece of cr- oh right, miners. Guess they aren't particular to reinforced bulkheads and fifth-level phasic power-grids. And then ten thousand other things. You get the gist. So don't count on me being on Scarborough for extended time.
Scar, for all intents and purposes, is working on down-time. Low metrics supply chain, low needs, zero overload. If you want it cranking out real steel, this is the bottom line mark for me. I want guarantees that after I look at it and initiate the procedures to build, repair and refit Bretonian Military class weaponry and shipcraft, it will get at least 50% of the material needs Aland has. That means over 200.000 tons monthly. Give me that, alongside a small personal request, I'll get Scar running like you need it.
Regards,
Dagon.
Name: Captain Meallan Dagon
Subject: Scarborough
Admiral.
Took a late night train to Newcastle. Eventful, as a scandalous clad xeener lady. We need a solid stable line to the system or this is a dead duck in the water. So, Scar. Pretty as they come. Here's my review and report.
While it has the Ark Royal Fleet around, it's safe as kittens. My thoughts is that the Ark won't always be here. If you're angling at making this a full military manufacturing shipyard, just defense wings won't cut it. Four of your Heavy Calvary groups at least. Full on three Crecy's sided with the gunboat and snub escorts. Alongside with a F&F welcoming control center in Scar proper, to see what's coming, kilometers away. The same deal that's in Aland, to be honest. Inside, that's where the joke is. I managed to get in the main power junction bunkers without my credentials being checked twice over. Like.. what? So yeah. Full on Armed Forces security inside as well. You got a lot of remodeling to do in the security systems.
The bones are there for the big guns. The Ark being here helped the Bowex boys to build and alter the yards into a proper service struts. The automatic high stress arms got to be built still, because the ones it has only manages to move 100 ton plates, and don't have the necessary precision. They ring it to the hull by hand here and that's wasted man hours. Its gonna be pricy, but its worth the work in the long term. Also, the biggest ones are only 'Kirk sized. Not Invincible size. So if we want to spit out dreads out of here, start thinking that we are going to spend cash in getting a bigger yard slot built.
Was pleasantly surprised. Again, the time the Ark is here allowed the plant managers to request and get their hands on solid machining platforms. Bretonian built. I'm slightly envious, 'cause I got Rheinland ones running in Aland, and they can't crank out this much processed alloy at this speed. Though, they don't have much work here, so inspections are in order. Manufacturing however is trailing behind. They need BMM's HUGO's IX in here if they are to keep up with a 100% military running production. They are cracking out enough alloys for a civilian op, no doubt, but they are suffering from cut off supply lines.
This is huge. If we melted all the scrap we have around Aland and sent it here, they would still have room for more. Guess that's civilian manufacturing and expedition for you. There's also a dedicated logistical center in here that makes me giddy. They can run three hundred ops per hour. Three frickin' hundred. And this shit is here collecting dust, behind the lines. One of their automated lines can ship off 100 tons per hour to a manufacturing plant, just like that. One of their lines. Let that sink in.
They aren't military, but they are kosher. They've been doing repairs and refits to the Ark in the last year, and they know their way around your ladies. But you need a strong influx of people in here to deal with the numbers we are wanting. At least 300 more engineers and techs, and that includes all the amenities. Security as well.
All in all, the Scar is semi-ready to go full military production. All it needs is the necessities I have detailed up there and a dedicated and secure supply line. If we started today, I would expect a full running op in three months.
So.. About that small, personal request...
Regards,
Dagon.
Name: Captain Meallan Dagon
Subject: DT Fuel
Admiral
Here's a brush up on.. DT Fuel.
As you know, its only produced in Rheinland, as a.. secondary gimmick to H-Fuel, if anything. Good stuff though. Can run an engine for more time per ton than your regular H-Fuel, while having low emissions. Manufacturing process is documented, but still way different from the norm. Adapting your standard H-Fuel or MOX fusion engines like the PTE's or XV's series is shooting yourself in the foot, because you'll waste money and time adapting something that ain't built for it. You need a new design to make it work at 100%, because the tech requirements that it needs to function is a complete overhaul to fusion chambers, protective shunts, etc. Even the dispersion vectors within the chambers are different, alongside materials.
With that said, developing a whole new series of engines to function on DT means that the source needs to be able to cope with the needs, meaning Gran Canaria, Sydney or whatnot will have to be industrialized to withstand the requirements of fueling a whole House. One thing is making one single engine for a rich kid that spends a ton of the stuff per year, another thing is making over 7 different versions of an engine and fueling all the ships in the House. While I do have insights on several different designs of engines due to my past works, to make it happen in proper time, I have to drop everything I have in hands at the moment. Aland, Invincible, etc.
Up to you.
In the meantime, I can kick-start contacts with the Rheinlanders to see if they let me have a looksee at their plants, and well, to drop the possibility of a bigger market. Corporation suits always like the prospect of more money.
Regards,
Dagon.
Name: Captain Meallan Dagon
Subject: DT Fuel
Admiral.
I initiated contacts with Kruger. They ain't keen on letting me take a peek at their manufacturing facility, but for the rest they are interested. Namely having more engines running on DT. They also inquired on getting their hands on more deuterium. I'll leave that in your hands to kick it to whoever deals with that.
As for the engine project itself, I already ordered 5000 tons of the stuff so I actually have fuel to make trials. One workshop has been put aside in Aland and I'll take personal charge on that, if you still want me to. Again, you want me on that project, I got to drop everything else if we want these engines out and running in this lifetime.
Oh, and if they agree with the order, I'll need permits to fly in the stuff. Rhein and Bret permits.
Regards,
Dagon.