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.Yan however was oblivious to his entrees he just.it mortified him to see the grand old man like this.They'd triumphed after all! They'd driven the barbarian from their midst, driven him from the system! Together they could control this system's economy.perhaps the sector's! And yet.and yet for some reason Yan seemed to regret that.He'd said one thing, something along the lines of even in victory one can taste the ashes of utter defeat before he'd dismissed Kennet from his presence.He'd made a hash of things, he acknowledged his obvious mistakes.He'd taken too much of a fist approach, now bridges were burnt, now the enemy was aware someone was stalking them.Yan Fu had said repeatedly that the best offense was to turn one's opponent against them, thus undoing them.Yan was a master of the subtle approach, taking years to sometimes achieve a goal.Kennet however freely admitted he didn't have that level of patience even after centuries of trying to achieve it.Without that guiding force, that covering persona Kennet was becoming more and more aware of just how far out on a limb he was.He had to break the rules, break the law in order to stop the dogs though! What else was he supposed to do? Besides, he was a station councilor! Some things could be overlooked, he was after all looking out for the benefit of all not a bunch of would be barbarian misfits!He turned, writhing in the code stream as he tried to figure out what move to try next.*.*.*.*.The team worked on the planned base and yard, starting with their basic slip.It was the same design as the one the admiral had had built a year ago.An octagonal cylinder, 900 meters in diameter, and over 3 kilometers long.It was designed to handle ships of small or medium class.Bulk freighters like the Kiev could fit in her, but they'd be a tight squeeze indeed.Each octagon would be 900 meters away from the others.Each octagon would be made up of truss segments that were also octagons cylinders, these were 4 meters in diameter.The cylinders were 685 meters long and set on a 22.5 degree angle from each other to form the octagon.Within each truss segment wiring, duct work, sensors, communication links, tractors, lights, and data lines were set up.Since they were new and only Petunia had experience the project was slow going, but as the others picked up experience and began to move and act like veteran spacers the project started to start to come together.She'd had 2 all hands on deck shifts to make sure they knew what to do and then reluctantly she'd had Olaf the only other person with space experience stand down with Yuri the Veraxin, and Reggie.They'd come on shift when Petunia's 3 man crew finished their 12 hour shift.They still had a little way to go so she was going to try to make the most of it.They were starting to get a sort of competition going, who could get the most done in a shift.It was a friendly competition, fun, more for bragging rights than for anything else.Still, she had no intention of coming in second.The stationers and corporations were still a problem, they seemed perpetually pissed about the Yard Dog's new plan.That was tough cookies for them.They were finally getting their act together and hopefully some people would take notice.Their first ring was a pain in the ass to get together, but when they were finished they had an octagon ring 900 meters in diameter.Now that they had the skills and the truss factory had a steady supply of processed material they were shooting for one ring a shift, maybe more.“One down, a dozen or so to go,” Petunia said, smiling.She gave her crew a thumbs up as they groaned.“Hey, cheer up, now that we know how to do it the next one should go easier.”“What the hell is this for anyway?” Brock asked, shaking his head.“It's the Slip.It's a scaffold that goes around a ship.Big ass cylinder.We'll hang all sorts of stuff like lights and stuff on the inside, all to help us see.Same deal as that platform Kiara's on,” she pointed to the white platform Kaira was standing on.She was the smallest of their triumvirate and also a rigger.She was finishing up the wiring of the truss.Not that it needed to be done now, but it was all plug and play.She just spliced a cable end with the appropriate attachment and then plugged it in to a socket and then covered it in insulation.We've got to watch it though, right now it's delicate, vulnerably to torsional stress.Too much and she'll snap somewhere and we'll have to fix it
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