Project: Yorktown - Communications

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Liberty Navy 46th Fleet
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Sender ID: Lieutenant Commander Luisa Chiavallati

Recipient ID: Fleet Admiral Martin Kemp-Smith CC: Admiralty, RDI, Merchant Marine

Subject: RE: Project: Yorktown

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Fleet Admiral,

Apologies for a severe delay with a new progress report on project Yorktown. Progress is being made: a plan has been devised on how to proceed with reconstruction of repossessed vessel and the first stage has been proceeding apace: outer plating around the reactor compartment has been deconstructed and power chains properly severed to be easily reconnected when a new reactor is put in place of the old strained core. It is worth mentioning that her old reactor is unuseable and best course of action is promptly take it apart.

However, work has been significantly delayed by the lack fo donor reactor, and constructing a new one would take unreasonably long, hence my proposition to approach the issue is as follows: repurpose the reactor from an Atlantis-class assault carrier with active service time not exceeding 50% of estimated total, for Yorktown to later undergo a scheduled maintenance and get a proper replacement. It's no doubt a temporary decision, but one we will have to settle with if we are to see her set to the skies on shorter notice.

On that note, Fleet Admiral, I must petition your assistance in securing the suitable replacement of one of the Assault Carriers nearing it's scheduled maintenance time or recalled for such at present. I've taken liberty to analyse valid candidates and will direct the list as a separate private message to your neural net address for consideration.

In the meantime, I have been dedidacted to securing storage space and calculating the logistical needs of the project; a few spacious storage bays on Juneau are now designated for supplies coming to cover these needs, and the manifest to put her back to action would be as follows:

• 50.000 ablative armor plating - subject to months of fighting without proper maintenance, a lot of outer plating requires urgent replacement. Beside that, reactor compartment plating needs to be reconstructed from scratch.
  
• 15.000 hull panels - for skeleton reconstruction of inner plating surrounding reactor compartment.
  
• 10.000 energy field equipment - to faciliate proper energy distribution from the newly installed reactor.
  
• 5.000 nanocapacitors - for temporary energy storage, supporting the energy field equipment in power distribution.
  
• 5.000 superconductors - to reconnect ship power lines and replace dysfunctional ones across the ship.
  

It would be smart to outsource some shipping to trusted contractors to ease the strain on Merchant Marine, whose assistance will be petitioned for the project in limited capacity.

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Luisa Chiavallati
Lieutenant Commander
Liberty Navy 46th Fleet