Mayday in Tau-31

[Kane]

For weeks, nothing happened. They were so concerned with getting the ship repaired that the bridge was the least of their worries. The research mainframe had been taken abord a military ship to Kansai Research Station, most likely to see what could be salvaged. From there, it dissapeared into Kirshiro's restricted files. Not even the Phantoms had managed to break the codes for those, and they had people dedicated to code-breaking 24/7.

Anyway, at Yukawa, Xizer managed to blend in with the army of techs that worked on the ship, just about 'round-the-clock. Most of it was boring work, replacing bulkheads, rewireing, cutting, fitting new parts, installing an entire new engeneering section... The list went on. The most exciting part was when the reactor was booted up. It was all rad-suits, lights, and more then a little prayer. When it did boot, you would have thought that the GMG just won the 80-years war all over again.

Then, it happened. All of a sudden, with the ship preasurized, Xizer found he had nothing to do.
"Sorry bud." The foreman told him when he asked why there wasn't a work shift that day. "They only let Angel OA clearence techs on now... Top secret work going on now. Don't worry. You still get paied, and you'll have another project coming up soon. That, or you can request a transfer to another research station."
There was only one explenation; They were putting in the final peices, such as the Research Mainframe and perhaps a new AI. They never did take out the AI Access Port...

From the view ports, he could see space swarming with fighters, gunboats, and destroyers. There was even a battleship pulled out from normal duty for this. Dock ports to the Jinsei-Akki were now guarded by military personel in full combat gear, and auto turrets could be seen in the tubes from the air-locks on the Jinsei-Akki. Nobody without propper ID was getting on, and all the Angel OA techs had been shuttled on by a seperate shuttle. They didn't even step onto Yukawa before going to the Jinsei-Akki.

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