Encryption:DAEDALUS-THETA-7XZ Origin: Project Daedalus Subject: Close to finish line Message bulk:
Three long years have passed. The Insurgency is a distant memory, we have more or less forgotten this vessel ever belonged to the symbol of Liberty Navy's fractured wounds. We have remained on the dark side of planet Midway for a solid year, trying to understand the vessel, we ran deep space experiments. Eventually, it was time to return home.
We snuck to Willard itself, and extensive work began on dismantling the Insurgency technology. We have focused on completely replacing the reactors and Insurgency engines, gutting what was left, while what interested us - the experimental centrifuge sections remained, the main reason for keeping the vessel in the first place.
This was a success, you can barely tell the vessel was ever propelled by the reactors constructed in makeshift Vespucci conditions by our enemies all those years ago - the vessel has a very distinct Liberty trail, loaded with the latest experimental technology our Willard engineers and scientists could muster.
Not ready yet
Although the propulsion has been completely replaced with our technology, the vessel is by no means ready yet for its intended purpose - deep space missions and experiments, that may take years at a time without maintenance. For this, we will require massive amounts of armour, radiation shielding and supplies.
We have to recruit external suppliers and will use either California Minor or the Concorde as a proxy, under the front of regular supplies we can then move to Willard to proceed with the work before the first long-distance mission.