ADS: Like A Phoenix

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The Eyrie-type frigate was an uncommon sight in Sirius. Built off of the framework of the Ibis-class light carrier, itself a derivative of the Oasis-class passenger liner, its interior structure was quite a bit rougher than its parent models. Personal quarters were reduced to just an exterior arc around the fore of the ship. At the inside of the arc, and just aft of it, all of the passenger support features were relocated. Recreation, medical, and dining were rather condensed compared to the original Oasis blueprints - any semblance of luxury was largely gone. There was enough for comfort, but this was a worker's ship, not a vacation craft.

The expanded armories and maintenance bays of the Ibis were further retooled, converting the Eyrie into a factory ship. Certain specialized production is easier in the reduced gravity available aboard a starship, and this also allows for production enroute to a delivery and the production of specialized parts as needed for small craft maintenance.

ADSV Fort Resolution was a rather new ship before the void-exile, but the limited resources put more strain on her than Director Jones would want to admit. What supplies they had were reserved for the smaller craft; vessels like Fort Resolution could power through minor issues, maybe isolate a deck if something bad happened. The same sort of issue on a Voyager or Bayonet would just kill the pilot if left unchecked, and that would leave the vagrant fleet with reduced defenses in the event of a Gallic decapitation strike.

But she was still, it must be remembered, a factory ship. It didn't matter what broke as long as they could source the materials to fix it. And indeed, within mere weeks of returning to civilized, or at least inhabited space, almost every issue was fixed.

Frankly, Ken Matsuda had no business being the one overseeing maintenance here, at least in his own opinion. He wasn't a mechanic. He wasn't even an Aquila employee. But given that his previous command, Headlong Flight, was mothballed and would probably be scrapped for materials, he didn't really have anything better to do. EL-series generator parts were almost impossible to source this far from Liberty, and Aquila would have to reverse-engineer the entire ship's power grid in order to reproduce the generator adequately. An inefficient use of manpower, in the current situation.

Besides, Alice Whittington was busy running transports, and Jones himself was overseeing... something involving a Taurus, Ken wasn't too familiar with the details. Someone had to do it.

But all "it" seemed to be was making sure everyone had the equipment they needed and staying out of the way. Aquila's engineers were clearly highly motivated and clearly experts in their field. Ken was basically just watching and making sure they took breaks when they needed to.

There seemed to be some floorplan flow issues, though - unnecessary walls mostly serving to get in the way. He'd have to remember to bring that up when he saw Jones.