*The video feed opens and you can see Cortana standing infront of Wraith*

Well, we finally got it.. it took a while to aquire it but finally it is here. We had to settle in for a deal with Aoi and their representiv Loyola. She asked for a favor maybe in the near future but we don't know what this favor will be about. We hope that it won't be a really uhm let's say big favor but who knows. Enough of that now this is not important for this project.

Anyway, by the other looks it does not look to bad the hull is more or less in an okayish state but we will still have to replace it. I still have to take look closer into the engine somehow it only works with half the thrust so we have to inspect that later on too. Powercore seems to be fine but we still want to replace it with something more powerful, maybe a BNC reactor but that could be very lethal if we take to many hits and we don't know how this will effect thraike and me. We would have to ask melia and ask for its advice. The weapon hardpoints and the very basic electrical systems seem to be working but I will also take a closer look at them. Not that the lifesystems suddenly turn off when we are out there. The scanning and navigation software seems to be heavily outdated and I will have to update them. We will probably atempt to use the same software that we have on our current ship. If that shouldn't work we will exchange the hardware I really don't wanna bother to crack that system for that.

*she lights a ciggarette looking quite happy*

So the next steps will be to set verac on the engine so he can look if he can repair it or if we have to exchange it for a new one that needs to be refitted. Meanwhile, I will start to work on the system updates and if needed hardware exchanges and obviously on the hull. We will probably have to create material list and I will contact some of my friends to see if they can bring us what we need.

For now this is all. We will upload a new log once we made some progress.

Cortana out.

*The video feed opens and you can see cortana looking pretty exhausted*

I always underestimate the work such a project creates. We will probably have to exchange all the electronical systems. It's not to much work but it will take some time that we wanted to spend differently. Anyway, we have to do it otherwise we won't get a ship that is worth flying.

The first thing we have to do, we will need to remove the whole hull so we are left with only the mainframe and with all the main components in it. I need some free workspace to redo all the wiring for all the components, engine etc.

So first of all we will have to exchange the mainboard, the one that was in it seems to have some damaged in-/outputs. I honestly don't want know how it would end if we would leave it in there.

So as we can see, the old mainboard is uhm in the best case let's say oldschool. The new one is so called top of the notch stuff. It should not only be more reliable but it should also give us a much better reaction to certen actions. Like giving thrust or turning rates or the general scanning systems. We will see how it turns out once we test it. We will later upload a 3D scan of the ship so we can create a clear path for all the wires and the new powercore. I will also have to create some new schematics for all the wiring, because I want to have everything as detailed as possible just incase something would go wrong. Which it would if we do it freestyle.

Now for the hull, I honestly don't know what material I should use for it. The old one will be scrapped anyway. I could give it to my friends in the junkers congress and see if they have an idea. Maybe they can repair it for me and upgrade it or create a new one for me we will see. They never let me down when I needed their help with supplies so I hope they wont do it this time. Anyway, the first priority is to exchange all the hardware and...

*Suddenly a deep smoky male voice interupts cortana while she speaks*


Cortana, I think I found one of the problems with the engi...

*Cortana looks angry at the person who just interupted her.*

You do realise that I currently record a Project log? You probably don't. You know what? Why don't you explain it right into the camera? You would safe me a good amount of time if you would upload your own logs and you are probably better with explaining what is wrong with the engine. We will stay back and let you explain everything. You can also tell what materials you need so we can order them for you.

*You can see it clearly how nervous the man gets when he realises that he is being recorded*

Uhm well... Hello my name is uh.. Verac and I'm Cortanas first engineer.

*You can hear how Cortana can't hold her laughter back*

Don't laugh that's the first time that I do something like that! Should I continue now or will you do it?!

Good. Now, so eh we found out that one of the throttle problem has to come from a malfunctioning fuel hose. Replacing it should not be a big problem. We also have to replace some other parts that are in a pretty rough shape and we saw that some of the hardware is heavily damaged but that could have a whole bunch of reasons. So for the materials we will need:

- 2 units of industrial hardware
- 4 units of premium scrap
- 4 units of polymere

I think that's all.

*You are able to see the releave in Veracs face once he spoke the last word.*

See Verac, it wasn't that hard was it? From now on you can enter your progress in here by yourself. We will give you the needed data to login later. So where was I? Ah right. My first priority will be to completly exchange the hardware and the wiring. I should have everything here to start working on it. We will also contact the junkers congress today about the hull if they have any ideas and of course for the delivery. For now this is all.

Cortana out.

Alright, so a little update. The junkers congress agreed to work with us. Now we will have to pack everything and move to the Tarancon Station in Omicron Minor. The only thing we will leave here for now will be the Powercore... well the new one.

So I will inform Verac so he can pack everything up and then we will load everything into our transporters and move as quickly as possible we do not want to draw any attention on us.

We hope that the congress will come up with a good solution for the Hull and that it will go rather quickly.. we will see.

For now this is all. I will upload a new log once we arrived at Tarancon and made some progress.


Cortana out.

Alright, time for a little update. So we work with a Junker called Rob. He seems to know what he is doing and he is doing it quite fast. We shall see how it he is going to solve the issue with the new hull. As long as it keeps me alive I'm fine with it. Furthermore, Verac removed all the cables from the ship and dismantles the Engine. I think he will soon be able to fix it and tinker on it. I'll asume he will be done quickly as he always is.

Now for my part. We made almost all of the schematics. One is left to do, which is the hardpoints for the weapons. Maybe we will do it freestyle afterall I don't really wanna bother with it right now. We will now show all the schematics.

Powercore


Energy Storage


Emergency Light System


Mainboard


Life Support System


Engine


Cockpit


We think that we will be able to do our parts fairly quick. As the whole hull is already stripped down and the wiring shouod maybe take half a day and another five to six hours to connect everything up. I can't tell for sure how long Verac will have to work on the engine but we will see. Shouldn't be too hard either. So it will mainly depend on how long the Junkers need for the new hull. I think once we repaired the engine and renewed all the wiring we will do a test run. Just incase something shouldn't work so we don't have to remove the hull again. I think for now this is all.

Cortana out.

It is going well so far. We managed wire the whole ship up. We had some small issues with the fitting through some parts of the ship. But for the most part it worked out fine. We had just enough wires and cables to fit in everything, but I think next time I will order some more not that we suddenly miss a small amount and have to order again.

Oh yeah, what I forgot. We also used special cabels for the engine and thrusters. Those are called EMF secured cables. What they basicly do is to isolate the copper from the cables against Electromagenticfields. Which basicly makes those powerlines EMP proof.

I will also order some of my pilots out to omicron minor once the ship is ready to conduct some testing. Maybe some test fights and some real ones. Yet I have to inform them so they can already headout here. I want to test the ships to its absolute maximum just to be sure that it holds against most threats. For now this is all.


Cortana out.

I guess it is time to make a new log.

*He shruggs after lighting a ciggar.*

So, it looks pretty good so far. The main issue wasn't only the fuel hose. When we took the engine apart we saw that there were pieces of metal in the thruster itself. We asume that somehow the inner shielding of the exhaustpipe broke and started to block it. It wasn't hard to remove those pieces but oh man was it annoying to repair the inner shielding.

We first had to completly remove the pipes and cut them in half to get good access to it. This itself was pretty annoying. After that we had to plate it with a new layer. If we would have not done that the pipe would have probably molten at some point. After that we obviously wielded it back together and fixed it properly. We also used some shock isolating polymere to prevent it from shacking to hard and getting brittle again.

I will asume that the ship will be finished in a few days, or atleast I hope so.

For now this is all.