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Chaz Milligen, Captain
LOCATION: Baltimore Shipyard
SUBJECT: Assistance with research project

Hi Jack,

Talking about delays, yeah, as you noticed, we got some as well. We’ve encountered some challenges, including personnel shortages and unexpected incidents, contributing to my workload. I apologize for my delayed response as well.

But besides that, it's good to see some results from the testing. It's a shame about the overload, but luckily, nobody got hurt. We’re covered by insurance for those events, but getting Interspace to cough up the money? That’s like trying to get past an LPI Officer that did not have their coffee and donuts. It's not our problem, so I’m not losing sleep over it.

I can imagine your disappointment about no breakthroughs but hopefully, the next results will show something that will blow us away. I'll share the documents with the rest of our engineers and see what they can find, maybe they will find some clues. I noticed that Ageira is still booked on the drydock terminals, which suggests that research is ongoing. Please feel free to use the facilities as needed, as long as they fit within the budget. If the budget becomes a concern, I can see if we can still allocate some funds for this endeavour.

As for sourcing those engines, I wish I had some recommendations for reputable resellers but sadly i can not realy think of any. I think your best bet would be to see if anyone is willing to acquire these over the neural net, For the right price you never know what someone can bring you.

Chaz out.

**P.S.** Just a gentle reminder to book your time slots for the drydock in advance, as there is high demand.
First, farthest, fearless.

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