"Odin's" Hammer and Sickle

[Keller]

Why was he hesitating so much? This was clearly good work, in fact the more he pondered it, the more he felt like it was perfect. But then it hit him. All of this, all the technology, the excessive armour plating, it defied the true spirit of his mentor's ship.

"Shave the armour down, remove the automation systems and make the engine control entirely manual, I don't want those childish heat management systems in the way of the Odin pushing itself to its true potential. Technology is a great asset, but also a great weakness, it makes you dependent on it and weak on your own. Neither me nor my ship will be weak, aspirant. I want the surplus power generated by the core diverted to the engine systems, the weaponry requires precision and the ship should exhibit finesse, not brute force. I don't care how seemingly fragile this may make the ship seem, you cannot hurt what you cannot touch."

It seemed like an endless barrage of rather intensive modifications to the already finished framework, but he wasn't asking, Shweik knew any failure to comply or undue wit would be met with swift and brutal punishment.

"And kill that infernal machine. I don't want Artificial Intelligence on my ship."

His last order was almost shocking and came with a snarl, though no inferences could be made about how he looked at the moment, he was most definitely angry, but not with anyone around him, rather himself. He'd overlooked the true spirit of the ship and by extension himself. 'Move with swiftness and with no forgiveness' he recited mentally.

With nothing else to say, he'd wait for his latest orders to be carried out, wanting nothing more than to be done with this petty ordeal, the Odin was a warrior and needed to fly like one, not decorated with the rabble the feeble technocrats so desperately thought was necessary, his angered presence would also perhaps serve as ample motivation, failure and inefficiency were not options.

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"Knowing Humanity - We will be duty, bloody and unavoidable."