[Gaelio is right, she realises. SUPERBIA is offering all of this, and she's in contract now, there's no real reason not to take it. None except her own feelings of unworthiness, which she knows better than to share with another competitor, not even a friendly one. On the Tradelines, people with Ari's level of experience don't get offered their choice of ships. They don't even get offered command of other people's spare ships.
Except that as strange as it might be, Ari is in command now. SUPERBIA wants it that way. So the real question is - what would Captain Kavarai do? Ari thinks fondly of her old captain, and the four years she'd spent on his ship. And he'd have been delighted by this, and taken every opportunity, even if he'd be troubled over going privateer, just as Ari had been before she realised it was better for her career than the alternatives.]
Then I suppose I shouldn't pass up the opportunity. [She grins at Gaelio, much as if he'd just given her permission to do it.] It's true, the engines take up a lot of space. Engineering is always the largest department on our ships. It's possible to build a ship that's compact but heavily armed, though. You have to be careful about balancing the weight, and with your storage capacity - for fuel, and food and supplies for your crew. Although it seems that there's the possibility to have a crew primarily composed of robots. That's efficient, but it might get lonely out in the black that way.
[She's probably rambling, but her enthusiasm can't be faulted. If he wants to see what she actually designs, he might have to be patient.]
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Except that as strange as it might be, Ari is in command now. SUPERBIA wants it that way. So the real question is - what would Captain Kavarai do? Ari thinks fondly of her old captain, and the four years she'd spent on his ship. And he'd have been delighted by this, and taken every opportunity, even if he'd be troubled over going privateer, just as Ari had been before she realised it was better for her career than the alternatives.]
Then I suppose I shouldn't pass up the opportunity. [She grins at Gaelio, much as if he'd just given her permission to do it.] It's true, the engines take up a lot of space. Engineering is always the largest department on our ships. It's possible to build a ship that's compact but heavily armed, though. You have to be careful about balancing the weight, and with your storage capacity - for fuel, and food and supplies for your crew. Although it seems that there's the possibility to have a crew primarily composed of robots. That's efficient, but it might get lonely out in the black that way.
[She's probably rambling, but her enthusiasm can't be faulted. If he wants to see what she actually designs, he might have to be patient.]