HMS Dressel

[Archeus]

Mark had finished checking on the day's work at the scout ship hangar and heard his tablet ping. he oped the message and arched an eyebrow.

"Cmdr M'Rega. Prof. Ledoux's project has a lot of material coming in today. See if she needs any help and check on how the project is going.

Office of The Overlord."

The tiger smiled and headed for the docks. The excitement about the Professor's grand project had been building as all sorts of equipment kept coming in.  Leaving the Lair and walking down to the harbor area, he walked up to Archeus and found her among several boxes as more crates were being offloaded. Socks and Razzle were there, and he politely waited for them to finish talking. He then stepped up to the blue tigress.

"Hello Professor, how goes construction? Did you get that stress load problem on the frame joints solved?"

While discussing how the large turbine was to be raised off the ship with a gantry crane, Archeus smiled when she saw the Cmdr approaching. "Top of the the day to you Commander. Why yes after some chemical research of carbonfiber  and composite materials from the southern Islands we found a combination that gave incredible returns." Archeus reached in her briefcase to pull out what looked like a wooden ruler. She handed it to M'Rega. "Here try to break it! Jade gave me this last week. I can't even scratch it with my claws. Incredible stuff!" She exclaimed! Weighs almost nothing too. Her eyes wide with excitement. She was almost giddy of the compound. "It's called Toepler and the the entire ships superstructure will be made out of it. Which reminds me" She reached back in her briefcase. "Here is a blueprint file and a flashdrive of the ships layout. Your office and crew quarters are laid out in there. There is also a maintenance room for on board repairs. Please look this over and let me know if we need to change or add anything. I see this ship being able to go out on long missions and I tried to make a design that all crew members would find engaging."

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As it was his day off Shard Loren was taking a stroll along the pier watching the ships coming in and going out. It was one of his hobbies plus he had his Chirr Renfield on a leash, the bronze colored Chirr enjoying the exorcise. The Arctic fox was humming to himself when he saw Commander M'Rega and Professor Ledoux talking over one of the large crates he'd seen being unloaded and, after hearing way to many rumors in Base Ops about a big project, his curiosity got the better of him. He made his way over and waited until the current conversation had ended.

"Looks like a lot of stuff being brought in. I've been watching for a little while now when I come here on my Days off. So is this something to do with all those rumors I've been hearing?"

He said while looking over at one of the large crates currently being unloaded off of a cargo vessel.

Archeus looked up to see Shard approaching. "Well hello, errr Shard is it?" She asked. "We have been tasked to build a research vessel for exploration of the isles. We are in the early phases of it. This should be quite an endeavor for any and all at the Citadel who wish to participate." As she smiled with enthusiasm.