Project "Protector"

[Dartes]

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Last weeks were crazy, between mounting for the first time the prototypes on a very odd ship, to the construction of the Colony Vessel. So last few days I took some liberty to remain on Ames and take a small break from everything; but it doesn't mean that I won't be working.
While I was doing some routine checks within our database, I couldn't help but to notice the blueprints of the "Mender" Repair Vessel, a very interesting ship by itself that it proves very efficient when needed. But then I started wandering if I could improve anything to it, or even change something.So I made a copy on my pad of the blueprints, internal and external ones, then I went back in my office, where I sit down and start studying it very closely.

The ship's design is a very simple and compact, a ship build with some cargo storage enough to contain the minimum necessary for the few men crew , for the repair tools and a bit of fueling reserves.
The ship needs to be controlled by three pilots at maximum, but even one able pilot can do it safely and make it work at it's best capacity.
The Mender uses two exhaust channels for the propulsion system , namely the civilian propulsion system, the CE-Ta Mk I , a very low cost but very efficient on the civilian market engine.
It can mount three Transport Class turret, which is a very interesting feature to the ship itself, or better rather unique for a vessel that size.
The power supply of the vessel is safe to say it's more than enough for what's needed while using it, as it has no special power draining tools or weaponry.
In the end there are the two mounts on the Mender, the two specialized mechanical arms. One is the mechanical arm which can be mounted the AI-3492 "Sparky" Nanotool Upgrade, which is a specialized tool that gives the possibility to the Rpeair Ship to basically "spray" the nanobots on the surface they are needed, so it can assure that they are slowly reconstructing the damaged parts, while the other tool is a focused laser beam generator that, depending on the intensity and the power given to it, it can either weld together metal or either cut through them.
After this brief, let's call it description of it, I started thinking on how to make and improve it, in any other way, out of the box thinking, and then it hit me. If we have this vessel that can repair other vessels, what if we develop something that can increase its protection, like something to boost the energy fields generators, known as shield generator. I really need to think about it. Maybe if I grab this pad and start playing around with the blueprints maybe I can get to something...