Project: Custodian

[Dusk]

recording...
location: valravn citadel, inverness system
current date: 08.06.834
local time: 18:04
detected entities: locksmith

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Project Update I

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Recording begins with bright sparks from a blowtorch. Freud, standing in the hangar next to the "Defender" he is repairing, doesn't bother to turn his head toward the camera or pause in his work.

"So far so good."

Sparks continue to flicker as the man bends the metal to his will. His movements were not even the movements of a specialist accustomed to work, but rather of one for whom such things are as natural as eating or breathing. He did not hesitate for a second, as if obeying an invisible impulse leading him to the only possible result.

"Grand Tectarch Amy West allowed me to develop a plan to acquire the necessary technologies to transfer this matter into the hands of our ordinary technicians. I already have a certain strategy in mind. An old-fashioned one, but it can’t be denied its effectiveness. Suffice it to say, we will simply take what we need from our enemies. Indelicate? Maybe. But with how quickly events are unfolding in Inverness and Ontario, we cannot afford long preparations, infiltrations and elegant plans."

The man, without ceasing to work, looks somewhere to the side, as if lost in thought. His hands continue to move without his supervision.

"I still have not received a response from the Technocracy in response to my request for data they have on the Liberty ships. Quite understandable. I am probably quite insignificant in their eyes and, besides, I am not their direct subordinate. However, I have no doubt that they will eventually deign to help me. Considering how closely our goals coincide, it would simply be illogical to refuse me."

Having finished fiddling with one part of the ship, the man moves on to another, still without directly looking at what he is working with. He could repair this fighter with his eyes closed... Literally.

"Oh, and... This one will soon fly. I will test this prototype personally, of course. And perhaps I’ll keep it for myself if the command allows it. They need to somehow encourage my work, don’t they?"

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end of recording