Freeport 10's Research Deck: Commonwealth Research and Development Wing.

[The_Normal_Anomaly]

Datapad still in hand, he skims over the reply, with a bit of a laugh and a frown.

Oh seriously? This man . . . I know he needs to sleep, but . . . seriously? I suppose at least he can keep his verbose nonsense in check when sleep deprived.

The Doctor pauses for a moment, considering what the appropriate tact would be to reply to his boss. The temptation to write some "verbose nonsense" did cross his mind, however a more sane response was decided upon.

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Sender: Doctor Devious
To: Achille Augustin Nadeau
Re: Remember that first thing I said I would do for you?

Fine, I hope this message suites your needs better.

I had proposed to make you a gift for hiring me. We bantered about what it should be. You were indecisive. I have produced for you a tool of self-defense to compliment your then project of a personal shield generator.

Even most high end blasters are remarkably underpowered, usually owing to their targets not having enough physical or energy shielding to prevent waveform-penetration, particle dispersion, or thermal dispersion capable of defending the subject. It is clear though that this sort of minimalist approach to the craft is not adequate for a personal defense situation, in which energy-shields and effective physical barriers become more likely.

Put simply, I have done to small arms what the Fury class did to the Helios class of Zoner-desigend photon arms. And I am offering you one as a gift.

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As he finishes the message, he sets a small script to send the message in six hours. Exactly.