The Bear and the Dragon.

[Tomtomrawr]

'Deputy Premier,' Jeremy Porter began after he'd finished reaching to the table to gratefully heft a cigar away, 'My scientists have been studying the data Major Xu brought back from Freeport 9 since he returned four days ago. Thus far, they've made no progress.

'If you are determined to turn our warships into combat-factory hybrids, either the XR-1 needs to be the size of the Barge - which I'd recommend against, because that would make it utterly worthless - or we need to fully understand how this Zoner Cargo Capacity technology works. My scientists have told me that unless we want to wait for what they believe would be months, we need to study a ship which has the technology installed. That means studying a Zoner ship.' He puffed on the cigar, blowing out smoke in a frustrated sigh. 'If they wanted us to know the secrets to this technology, they would've offered it already.'

'Even if we managed to make this work, you'd have to send the XR-1s to find resources to make the parts to make the squadrons. This would mean mining the raw ores, and refining them. As the Commandant said - we're already behind schedule.'

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[17:45:39] Wolfs Ghost (Murphy): Tom, you have problems. Go kill yourself.
[19:25:12] Johnny (Jam): Tomtom, I will beat you with a spoon.
[14:22:56] Prarabdh Thakur: KILL HIM WITH A SHEEP.
[17:40:48] Eagle (Junes): Tom should be slapped with a spoon.
[11:32:18] Warspite: Thank you for being so awesome Tom. <3
[18:17:36] Metano: I love you tomtom
[20:06:24] Warspite: I will seriously give you epic head.

Edit: also, Tomtomrawr, fappin' like a boss.