On the main bridge of the Herschel, Schlafenberg enjoys his front view at the construction scaffold, various working machines including conveyor belts, robotic arms and workers in biosuits. Constant, but sometimes changing pattern of loud engulfs the cruiser, now half-empty of the usual crew, because of the work ongoing in the front parts of it.
Karl picks his communicator, presses a button and says: "This is Admiral Schlafenberg to Chefingenieur Stahl" No reply interrupts the background loud for several seconds. "Computer, locate Gerhard Stahl" Almost entirely green hologram of the Herschel pops up, only point which is not green is not anyone else than Herr Stahl desired by the Flottillenadmiral. Being on the secondary bridge right above the construcion site, he's not responding even after a volley of more callings. Annoyed Schlafenberg decides to check out the situation personally.
He enters the secondary bridge, which usually serves as an observation post or occasionally as a ship bar. Instead of star navigation maps, trajectory holograms and other tools for space navigation, the room is full of small tools and workers coming from the construction site for Stahl's orders and back. Hologram of the construction site showing everything important, even individual people, fills half of the room space. "Herr Stahl, I've been calling for you for the last ten minutes. Care to explain what's going on?" Stahl's serious look underlines even more serious response he throws at Karl "Entschuldigung Herr Admiral, you wanted the work to be fast. There are just too many people attempting to contact me. Pardon me, but frankly, would you be able to answer three calls in five seconds?" Head engineer pauses himself and takes breath. "This is why I wasn't responding. I decided that the work coordination would be more efficient if people were comming for instructions via the elevator, just two or three storeys, instead of bothering me with every malicious problems.. like broken forceps of whatever. Now I am taking care just of the important matters, Herr Admiral" Karl listens to Stahl's excuses and after few unusually silent seconds, even for a construction site, he says: "And what's the status of the work?" Stahl points at the big hologram, examining the work to Karl with quite calm, but tired words after several hours of coordinations and concers about, as he said, malicious problems. "This forward communication array will be replaced with the laser drill. You can see the scaffold around it and construction arms slowly removing the armour plates around the array. I have to admit, that your cruiser has very thick armour, sir. Corridor will be later lead directly into the cargo bay. Work goes as planned, as you wanted" Karl turns around and before he walks away, says: "I will come at the start of your next shift, if Herr Enfield don't manage to be present yet. Auf Wiedersehen!"
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