// SUBJECT: Station Inspection




Vermok Station Log – Marcus Ketterin

Docked at Vermok today aboard my Hegemon Miner, holds filled with fresh Heavy Water.

Never liked letting others carry the weight of work meant for my own hands. Some things you don’t delegate, not if you want them done right.

The station… held up better than expected. Good shape. Better than good, actually. My old friend kept things running, just like I taught him. Systems stable, production lines active, no major faults. That’s worth more than any report.

We’re getting closer now.

The new Weapons Component Foundry is running hot, been pushing output hard lately. Took a walk up the access stairways myself, checked the lines, the welds, the stress points. Still remember the early failures. Good to see those days are behind us.

Liberty’s going to need what we’re building. Everyone feels it, even if nobody says it out loud. War… or something close to it. Maybe it breaks, maybe someone signs a last-second treaty to save face. Doesn’t matter much in the end.

We’ve all seen how that goes.

No war ever left a winner. Just different people counting what they lost.

For now, we keep working.

First step is securing stable supply for Liberty. After that… we push further. Expand, reinforce, build something that lasts longer than the next crisis.

It won’t be quick. Never is.

But we’ll get there.

We always do.