Building a Future

[Atreides2]

Aeryn was checking his files and he was very interested in what the Dragons proposed, overlooking the plans of the former Colonies of Borneo, smiling already at his view of the planet , a multicultural place for all those that inhabit the Tau, those that are allies of the Republic of course.

He was looking at the wall, with his mind already gone in the future when he was introduced to the Dragon representative and Profesor Nerva.

Good, finally is happening he thought ........


Meanwhile, Ryo Kase was still back on Coronado, trying to coordinate the efforts on Yuma and Pecos... He kept looking at the numbers and the plans that are running in front of him and he realize that for a moment, two projects are important. Making a decision, he called one of his secretary and requested to speak with Frank Valerii and Felix Cornelius.

A few minutes passed and Felix appeared on his screen and he kept quiet for a few seconds as the Minister was running something.

"Ah, greetings Frank, I just didn't realized that you are already connected.Listen, first of all, I heard that ARA gave you enough experienced miners now, trained by the IMG. Good. Now we need to put them to work."

He coughed and a sip of water "Sorry, I manage to catch a cold that is killing me and let's say that my throat is not an ally either. Here is the new plan that I came up for our project 'Scattering Ore' . We made a grand scheme first, but I had another idea. Listen, before you say anything let me finish, yes? Ok. We currently have 8 Celestra class vessels designed to be dismantled and another 27 needing extensive repairs. I am thinking to retrofit those 8 Celestra to act as Command and Control Centre for the Drones, working on shift basis. As for the 27 ships to be redefined as nothing more then walking silos where the drones deposit their cargo and go back for mining. I think we can take 5 or 6 more ships from ISE and design them to hold Drones for transport to site. Your people will be the one controlling the drones and thus we make sure that we have a grab and run operation, with no static bases. We have already the mining droids delivered by the IMG but I need your opinion... Will contact the Hephaestus to announce them of the change of plan and will need to have a talk with Felix Manufacturing to create special racks"

He stopped and looked at Frank "What you think?"

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