"You asked for it." Leo sighs. "Getting in won't be the hard part. Getting out will. I've reviewed your sensor logs from when you journeyed in with McCool and Captain Ito of the Eventide. The area around the central pylons is littered with debris. It seems the closer you get to those pylons, the more thick it becomes. I haven't seen the raw data on where the Dreamscape is located, but if it is closer to the middle, it's going to be hell getting out of there alive. Even if it's outside of the pylons range, the sheer amount of foreign objects floating around are going to play hell on the engines and thrusters--of which are no doubt clogged with Dark Matter residue from it's three year stay in Alberta--not to mention the lack of shielding the ship will have. All those pieces of metal are going to be tearing into an already weakened and damaged hull plating.
"Even beyond that, we have to hope to whatever deity you pray to that it makes a jump back into Sirius proper with all the damage that has been done to the ship from the impact in Beta and from the further degradation of the superstructures strength during it's internment in Alberta's radiation fields. Then there is the flight back here and the fact that Ikarus lacks a long term drydock for repairs."
Leo clears his throat before continuing.
"Now, I can read your mind. I'm not trying to be a doomsayer. However, if it comes right down to it and we can't get it out. It's best to pull the goodies off the ship, stash them on whatever we bring in and haul ass out, leaving the ship proper behind.
"As to solutions to what I've already said, we can do a cleaning of the stabilization thrusters and engines as best we can while we're there--but that will take extensive time to do right. That should give us more of a chance of navigating the debris field. So long as we're not close to the pylons and don't get holed from the various weapons systems there, that should give us a better chance. As to piloting it through the rifts around the outside of the system, that will depend on the A.B.A.D.D.O.N. sub-mind. If it determines that the superstructure of the ship is too weak to make the jump, we fall back to taking parts off and bailing. Finally, if it can make a jump through a rift without any major damage, it should--should--make it back to Ikarus provided that we have support craft to be on site to ensure that if we lose engines, life-support, etc., that we have a means of recovery.
"I'm good at what I do, but I'm no magic man. I'll prop up the ship with spit, duct tape, super glue, and gum...but we might have to make the difficult choice to leave her in the graveyard with all those other ships there."
Leo takes another swig of his flask while eyeing Brad for his response.
