He hastened up to the
pirate leader.
"Give me a status report. The ships first."
"The sheathing systems are easy to manufacture, thanks to the ample
supplies from the warehouses. The men are able to put them together
rapidly, even the unskilled workers, since they just need a master
circuit to copy. I have forty men working on these, with the skilled
electricians checking each plate. As you know, we completed work on ten
ships six days ago; they were tested and went out on their assignments.
They have not returned yet. These plates we're working on now are going
on the remaining ships, and we have already finished work on four of
them. That leaves just three to go, including the ship that just joined
the crew yesterday. We should be finished by tomorrow afternoon."
"Good. And the power units?"
"These are far more complicated, sir, so I only have the most skilled
workers assembling these. The same with the propulsion units. They
won't be ready for at least a week, not even one of them. However, once
we get the prototype finished the rest should follow rapidly."
"How long until you have all 85 completed?"
"I should have a good number of the unskilled workers ready for a new
assignment once they have finished with the sheathing plates. Once the
design has been checked by the experts, we can get them cracking on the
power and propulsion units.
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