I heard that the Jokers attempt to blow up Malta failed, Rikard contemplated, My bomb, he smiled chillingly, will work all too well.
He set the scalpel down and moved to clean his hands in the simple metal sink, I can do something with Anti-matter, I am sure, that will go undetected by sensors and still cause a little bit of a stir. What do you know of Jumpholes? They can be remarkably unstable, I could rig the anti-matter to force one open and you get an explosion of hyperspatial energies that will rip apart anything in a ten K radius think Zero-point energy you literally divide everything around the new hole by Zero
X laughed quite loudly, still looking at the Nomad remains.
"We open 'Jumpholes' as a standard method of long-range transport back home, and even an unstable one has a chance of pulling someone through without killing them... Though I do like your idea."
X lifts his data-pad off his belt, looking it over.
"This one is more of a... Base or planetside device, I have the plans for one here. Though we could make it a rupture bomb. Frankly I just want to kill something, the usage I will leave for you to decide."
Rikard moved to dry his hands, looking again at the Commander, Ill be more than happy to work on this. Rikard smiled, I wouldnt worry, Ill give you a bomb more than capable of eradicating something big, he set the small towel down, I enjoy this kind of work.
"How about we target something unexpected? Those foolish Colonial's who are always up to no good? Or maybe we could do something about that eyesore the luxury Liner Hawaii?"
"The IMG freeport," Rikard slipped on his tunic, coming to sit down as well. "The annoying one, down in Hudson... or Bering or something..." He paused, "Or was it Magellan?"
"Freeport Four! I know that one... Seems viable..."
X stopped for a moment to think...
"It's in Magellan, but we must also think of more targets. I have plenty of cores, but if we don't set one off right they'll be able to reverse-engineer it."
"Ahhh," Rikard holds up a finger, dashing across the deck and yanking a cloth off of a big crate, patting the Ageira marked box... "Ever try to reverse engineer gatelane parts? Just not possible because of one of these... they completely destroy any thing and anyone around if tampered with."
He grinned, "if we get our hands on a shipment of Ageira parts... maybe on that damnable route up to Kusari... then I can use the crates as casings for your bombs..."
X's face lit up at the idea.
"Perfect! Problem is, the crates will have parts in them... And the crates would blow up - should we try to insert something..."
X sat back, thinking very carefully.
"If you ever get to the cargo-hold, have a look around for something of similar design, I may have something of the same use floating about."
X chuckles.
"I believe you mean, 'liberating' the shipment."
X sits back again, yawning loudly.
"Anyway, I think you should start working, I can help if need be. Plans are in your folder and the antimatter core is in a protective case over there... Well, two cases."