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<pre wrap=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">(Deneb V - </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Hammond Researc</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">h </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> - Professor Chems Kitt and Jae Hammond - 1100)</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
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It had been two weeks since Kitt had left the Academy to take over his position at Hammond Research. A whirlwind time indeed. With the help of Carirr Vikas, his assistant provided by Jae Hammond, he had been able to get a team of scientists and engineers together. Money had not seemed to be an object, and the labs were already outfitted with state of the art equipment.
</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">He had one team working on disassembling the different items that Hammon had brought in. He didn't know the origins, only that they were old. Very old. Representing some very advanced technologies. The team had been going slow, but it was clear that these devices were much more efficient at the energy storage and use than used in any of the Federation systems he was familiar with. If they can understand and can reverse engineer this power system, they will be able to build power units the third the size of the current ones.
A second team was trying to understand the computer coding that Jae had provided. That was slower going, and they had brought in some computer linguists to assist.
The door to his office opened, and Vikas stepped in. "Professor. Ms. Hammon has arrived."
"Excellent, thank you Carirr. Please show her in and bring refreshments."
"As you say, Professor."
Jae breezed into the office, "My dear Chems, how are you doing? It's been ages."
Chems stepped out behind his desk to great Jae. "I am well Jae. Thank you for asking. Please, take a seat. Carirr will be in with refreshments shortly."
Jae sat down in the offered chair, across from Chems.
"She is very efficient, thank you for sending her to me," Kitt said
Jae nodded. "I knew getting this operation off the ground would require someone with her skills," she replied. ~And to keep me posted on everything. Her real job~ she thought to herself.
"I bring some more goodies for your team. They are being brought down by shuttle as we speak. Tell me of your progress. I know it's only been a short time."
Carirr came in with a tray of finger food and a pitcher of a local juice. She poured two glasses and left discretely.
"It is going quite well. We will soon be probing these power supplies in more detail. Our initial information suggests a 3 fold increase in power storage per unit volume."
Jae feigned ignorance, and let the Bollian talk. She would have her second team review the data and what KItt said to make sure everything was on the level. One didn't get to her position by trusting just one expert.
After some time, "Well Professor. That is very interesting. Thank you for the update. I will be in town, as it were, for a few days. Perhaps we can go out in a less formal setting and discuss this in more detail."
"That would be nice," he replied.
"Excellent," she said as she stood. "I'll mention it to Carirr and let her make the necessary arrangements."
As she left the office, she stopped to talk to Carirr. The woman took notes about the dinner and passed a data crystal to her employer.
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