Australis...

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Later on... it struck me. I wanted to inform the Rheinland authorities that we salvaged one of their precious Battleships. They were doing just that for quite a while now, with all their new Battleships popping up in Rheinland. So, they would at best pay me some money, and confiscate the ship...



I cannot... allow that... to happen.




The Battleship had it`s guns. Perfect. Now, the propulsion was ready. One step remained: to power it. Shielding it was a luxury we didn`t had. The secondary command deck S will do just fine, so we won`t focus on repairing those decks. We`ll have to leave them to open space.



I contacted some outcasts, for a fusion core. It came at a hefty price of 100.000.000 Sirius Credits. I would`ve preferred not to give away that sum, but it was required to make my dream come true. I delivered it personally, from Malta, to the building site, 40 clicks upwards from Sigma 13 Jump Hole in New Berlin. That`s where the secret assembly operation was taking place. Right under their noses.



There was a problem though. It is a Rheinland Battleship after all. Even if it looks like a rock orbiting the star, and nobody cares about it, since it`s one from another few billions in the same area, there was a high possibility that it will be detected when it`s power core will start powering the ship. Damnit. We had to move fast.



Journal entry #1447 - status complete.