Renovations

[Coliz]

"If you don't mind, Luc, I'll continue from here"
"With pleasure".
Hector loosened the knot in his tie and relaxed for a second in the armchair. 'And the first part is gone'.
"In the meantime, I wanted to thank you, Steph, for your trust and you, director, for putting up with and supporting this project so far, somewhat unconsciously. I was already imagining the first question being asked. I can assure you that the system works, it has worked in the past for ships under immense stress, it will work now. However, as Luc mentioned to you earlier, there is only one system that we have not been able to do anything about: the weapons.
This was solved at the time, not without considerable effort on the part of the Council. Now, however, to start hacking into gallics military systems I think is going too far. The Union authorities would already be surprised to see a fully functioning Lucullus, let alone one with operational weapons systems.
Not least because, let's face it, you don't need such functional systems for such a vessel. Even under the best of conditions we are still a sitting duck incapable of offensive action. For defensive ones, we can always rely on escorts and the use of routes within the Core Systems".
"Provided, Director, that you approve of a ship in 'these' conditions".
"Now, assuming you accept, let's talk about other practical things. It's my datapad's turn,' he said with a hint of laughter, retrieving Luc's and handing the others to the hosts.
With a gesture on the screen, a holographic map of Sirius and Gaul appeared on the table.
"More than the funds to refurbish the ship and for the initial hacking part, those are needed for the solutions to the difficulties related to the Lucullus project: contingency" at that moment, with a further gesture some of the systems began to flash red, "and refuelling" and others, in larger numbers, in yellow. "Choose one to start with, director. You will then see that the two are in fact intimately connected"