As Meier brought out the last folder that wasn't classified Rykov merely raised an eyebrow for a brief moment before he listened to what the other man had to say about this one.
"Using the Scrap Collected from the Debris Field. We plan to build docking rings and a Mooring Fixture for Volgograd. It would make the Planetary approach much easier ans safer for our men. The question is if you can do it or not."
Well...The Vice-Premier didn't do things by halves it seemed, a Docking Ring was quite the undertaking for the Coalition's Engineering Corps and Volgograd Industrial to perform. Rykov gave a shallow nod but it seemed alittle strained as if he was about to comment on something painful.
"We can do it, however the field will simply not be enough, a Docking Ring is notoriously difficult for anyone to build without the expertise, but we CAN do it...We will however need some specialized materials and components, such as that used in the construction of our own stations, to simulate the Elevator Software, perhaps we could cannibalize the Docking Protocals used onboard one of our station's computers but it would need serious debugging by our Computer Programmers, not to mention we would have to write whole-new safety protocols so that there arn't any accidents such as the Orbital Elevator failing mid-transference to the surface..." he mused, running a hand through his short brown hair as he tried to figure out the logistics of such an operation, the Coalition had always relied upon STORM Gunboats and specialized transports to go to-and-from the surface...An Orbital Docking Ring would negate the need for specialized craft and allow an ease of transfer of materials to and from Volgograd...
"There is another issue, due to a lack of experience in such an operation, it would likely take months if not acouple years for a Docking Ring to have even basic functionality, your looking at a long-term project Vice-Premier." he warned while resting in his chair.
