Fiorella de Marco, MNS Amalfi

[Fiorella de Marco]

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FINAL TOUCHES

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While my crew and I were recovering on the planet Malta after several long weeks of hardship in the Dark Matter Storm, the technicians and engineers at Valletta Shipyards were in the meantime carrying out a thorough inspection, diagnosis and repair of my destroyer.

At the shipyards, they again carefully removed the plating from the Amalfi and inspected the internal structure. Microcracks were found in the plating handles caused by the ship's unbalance, so at Valletta they evaluated our measured data from the test flight and made the appropriate adjustments to the plating itself, the ship's ballast and replaced the cracked plating handles.

Several of our experts also took advantage of the two months off to perform a complete diagnostic and debug of our robotic network. Although their result is still somewhat far from our theoretical assumptions, the robots now require an estimated one-third of the supervision they used to and in several tests they were able to correctly detect a fault or damage 87% of the time.

The most significant change to my ship was a significant upgrade to its weapon configuration. After evaluation from simulated tests, we decided to order a removal of one of our multi-purpose turrets and replace it with a third pulse cannon. The most significant change, however, was the complete dismantling of our 'Repeaters' and replacing them with more powerful 'Blasters' based on captured Gallic technology.
The actual replacement of the guns was complicated beyond our expectations and instead of a simple refit as the engineers had to work on it for a whole month, including a complete replacement of the gun bed and its redesign for the installation of the 'Blasters'.

My crew and I could not even recognize our Amalfi after the new year. The ship's operation was now quieter and smoother, the subtle vibrations were only noticeable when the boosters were fired, and my ship's combat capability had increased due to the new weapons systems, my ship's balancing, and the improved coordination of the robotic network.

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IN CONCLUSION

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• 2x 'Repeater' and 1x Cruiser turrets removed, 1x 'Pulse' cannon and 2x 'Blaster' turrets installed.
  
• Armor plating and mounts refurbished and ship has been carefully balanced.
  
• Troubleshooting of the robotics network, level of automation increased to 82% and robots are capable of applying the right solution by themselves in 87% of cases.
  
• Minor tweak in ship's interior and readjustment of several interior compartments for better ergonomics.
  
• 4x BW Series X 'Dagger' interceptors have been loaded into our hangar bay for further testing, scouting and vessel's protection.
  

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Fiorella Arianna de Marco | As Dawn Mayflower
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