Et Infernus Rependit

[Spectre]

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Dreadnought Ravager, Vespucci system
-------Day 12

-----When work finally began, the ship itself seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. After a decade of inactivity, a solid ten years without the hand to act, work was beginning on her. The infrastructure set in place a year ago was certainly coming into use, as work slowly began on each coil, each rod, each superconductor as the ship's engine nacell was refitted, reshaped, retooled into order.

-----Applied to the ship with absolute precision, the experience of these engineers was being proven here. While none had ever truly worked on ship of this dimension, the experience with Maltese-based platforms certainly gave them an edge over the Legion, each rivet fastened in with such grace that it was impressive to see after a decade's wait.

-----Tuned, calibrated, and soon enough welded into place, the ship's degraded, neglected, outdated reactor and engine cells were slowly filed out, making way for the new age of engineering potential. What was set in was a sight to behold. The glowing amber waves of the ship's new reactor, powered down for the maintenance, leaving the ship in a state of auxiliary defense.
-----They did say the ship would likely be vulnerable for the duration of the refit.




*click*
-----"All hands, make way for reactor test fire.."
-----Engineering was abuzz once the last of the Maltese engineering team had made their way out of the sealed main sector of the ship's reactor. The work had taken at least a few days, leaving each man and woman still a volatile mess. Reactor fluid, coolant, among other things.. They sure didn't smell well, at least to the rest of the crew.
-----"Reactor isolation complete. Firing in three.. two.. one..!"

-----All eyes were on the anomaly. The activation left many stunned, some with literally zero breath in their lungs, and a great many proud of their accomplishment. The hum rang soundly, the new coils running smoothly, the supercells affording the reactor a very generous heat dispersion bank. In short, it was running, far better than ever before.
-----"Power is clocked at 427.89 yottawatts of energy.. and running stable.. casing looks normal, supercells containing.. I think we have it."
-----One of the engineers looked over the dispersion from the ship's reactor. It truly was a sight to behold, baking out more power than a small star, yet contained within the shell of a small reactor core. Such was among the same technologies that made their way into Maltese warships, and now after a decade in waiting the Ravager was comparable to her sister ships once more.

-----A loud wurr hummed from the reactor as power generation was decreased, the cells running at a far more manageable rate, lights coming back on shipwide as the power distribution systems took control.
-----"I think we've got a winner.." one of the Ensigns said, chuckling.