Aboard the Khonsu

[Civil Servant]

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The approach to the large blast doors to the jump drive system was met with more and more discretionary whispers between the Platformers. The presence of such a large engine to them brings much judgement to discuss on its operators, the other four soon wandered off to observe individual components of the jump drive and soon left CS alone with Doctor Forbes... Hearing her let out about the issues and processing it all quietly behind his visor. But his visual attention wasn't on the extreme array of half assembled component and hardware or the benevolent engine that occupied this deck... He watched his crew, in his company they pointed, leaned in and gazed at the various advanced equipment and seemingly conversed again with silence... But their bodies spoke with excitement and curiosity, and caution not to touch but enough just to enjoy the sights at a distance as they viewed the various tools of jump space manipulation awaiting their positions.

"I have to give your engineers my admiration for their work, to mobilize such a system so quickly... Although sometimes even when one has learnt to walk in their own void, areas like this present new challenges to their methods. As you said you work with machines, I'd like you to first explain to me the list of issues that you're facing on the fourth ring, we can work with your teams and see where our adaptations would be most effective... I may have to get in touch with a courier from Tennstedt for some sensor hardware that we may be able to gift your ship... I think she would sail into the chaos between the Voids with grace." He was rather focused on that jump system that laid ahead, he didn't break his gaze from the hyperspace drive that laid dormant with intimidating potential. "She is indeed a well balanced ship so any alterations with such powerful equipment with take great effort to synchronize, so your insight would be well appreciated while we conduct our work."

As he finished complimenting her ship, he reached in the inside of his plate carrier, slipping out data-padd from such an oddly small pouch and handing it over to Forbes. It's screen was already displaying a list of directories and documentation regarding Rheinlands local stellar studies and the recent influx of ones relating to investigations about the fallible jump gate network.

"I'll be going over this with Doctor Blackwood as well, but I understand your departments and 'methods' differ from each other. One engineer to another Forbes, I want to see this work and for something you could maintain and understand once I'm no longer around... Doctor Blackwood will be the one responsible for studying the environment the Khonsu traverses within, be it in regular space or Jump space. So here's everything I can do to help you collect that data, what I ask in return is only a bilateral benefit we can take away from this in our own pursuit of traversing through the Void."

The classified information on that tablet had one last folder marked as 'Jump test: Chrono pathfinder', this seemed to be premarked as a favorite-file... The files were your usual engineering document which any engineer could at least take away from its key wording and designs relating to other required ship equipment could easily be screened as sub space navigator, able to adapt and adjust to the heavy interference and disruptive instabilities within 'normal space' with a small array of quantum multiplexors, the shape of this component called for a merge of Rheinland precision engineering and advanced Sinclair-Protocol research with it's flowering half-moon of processors that could be fixed atop the Khonsu as a mounted compact sub-computing module. But what set them apart was the blueprints all came with flavor of respecting it's function and components like a sacred instrument, each named blueprint came with notes by their designer... One excerpt on the left bottom of the page read

"This fabrication guides those through the volatile 'stellar engine', deflecting cosmic interlopers from collapsed rifts and temporal ruptures. May it open ones eyes to the way of the Void. - Cipher"

There was much more on this data padd than one would expect for an opening offer of assistance. Even as absolute awe took over his body within the presence of the hyperspace drive, CS didn't even blink an eye... If he had any behind that visor. "I hope for a fruitful period of cooperation between your teams and mine... You have my thanks to allow us to work on your ship, my people can find peace in this work."

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