A Long Shot

[Horizon]

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Mille offered them a little nod, putting the tablet down. Displayed on the screen there was a likely less-than-legally obtained sketch of another engine block, which he seemed to be tracing parallels to the roughly drawn diagrams of another.

"Well... Where do I start... So, this ship was left to me by an old friend that... Well, didn't leave much of a trail behind as I'm still looking for them. I used to work in Denver in some salvaging shipyards and they're pretty much the one that made me dream about going out to see the stars one day, you know? So..."

Pausing for a moment to take a deep breath, he'd limpy lay his left hand up on the table.

"Not sure if you've ever seen a Claymore but it's similar to the ship you mentioned to me that you had, the Kali. Except it's... Bigger and heavier, but similar in structure. Seems to be one of the first of its generation and I can't quite pinpoint the origin of its engine block... If anything it seems that the block was custom made by Jackson using parts from every house."

"He tuned it to be highly efficient but it was pretty much in almost total disrepair when I first found it, barely able to use Mox pellets without melting down the combustion chamber."

Mille would bring another diagram up on the tablet, showing some schematics from a combustion chamber of Rheinland origin with fuel injectors that matched Kusari A-J design.

"To my understanding you were looking into making the design of your engine more efficient, right? So I think the answer might lie here somewhere. A more robust design would allow you to mount more powerful thrusters on a lighter ship, but you would most likely sacrifice the stability of secondary mounts when you intend to have all that power being pushed to thrusters..."

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