With the Jump Gate supplies staged on Erie, the next phase of the YBR operation is slowly coming into play. Due to DSE assets previously focused on the Ontario system and various internal projects, only infrequent caretaker flights have actually passed through Kansas. With Ontario definitively out of commission for further salvaging efforts and the new aura of secrecy about the gate restoration there, internal money-making efforts have moved in a previously unthinkable direction. Decried by shareholders as a "wild rogue chase", the reclamation of resources left behind by the war with the Insurgency is now becoming a more attractive investment opportunity.
In tandem with ongoing efforts to relocate the Bering gate construction site, a new survey operation has been developed to reassess the nature of the Kansas system. While caretaker vessels have confirmed that both the Kansas and Vespucci jump holes are stable, their inability to deviate from a defined path has severely limited additional mapping efforts. With the vagaries of Sirian gravitometric paths and the general lack of hard data about the war, previously employed charts of the system are next to useless for future construction plans.
Never afraid of making use of local interest, DSE shareholders have voted to expand the contract to certain non-Libertonian elements who may have an interest in providing survey data. Security contracts and insurance premiums have already taken a toll on allocated budget numbers, as possible hostile elements within Kansas are yet to be definitively outlined. George Rolf has made an internal announcement to all DSE employees that "We ain't going in there blind, and turning on the lights will cost us time and money. I expect that all employees continue in their duties, while makin' use of the available contracts to get this thing done before we start buildin' the gate. It's time we fully mapped this quadlin' country."
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