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TO CAPT Thiessen, LCDR E.Kermit
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FROM CMDR Caspius
SUBJ. Urgent Construction Project |
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Captain and Lieutenant Commander,
My evaluation of LCDR E.Kermit's plan is that it is ambitious, but not impractical. If we are able quickly to find a primary hull that we can transport and use, the entire process can be completed within the remaining time.
As you know, because of their size and specificity, we do not ordinarily keep on hand an already-fabricated Excelsior-class primary hull (one of the most basic structures still in the standard fabrication guidelines). The normal fabrication process from components to completed structure for an Excelsior-class primary hull can take up to or more than a year in construction dock. So, as LCDR E.Kermit suggests, salvage or scrap is our only practicable solution if we intend to utilise a primary hull in our fabrication process.
I have conducted some preliminary investigations as to salvage and scrap locations following nearby engagements. Two in particular seem especially promising. In both cases, the salvage yards have not completed a full inventory of their recently-acquired salvage, so it is unknown whether they have recently acquired any primary hulls or not. Both could have older stock for our use. The options are:
- Starfleet Command ordered the recovery of many major components, including partial hulls that were taken away under tow. An indeterminate number (perhaps as few as three or as many as twelve) such salvaged vehicle structures are being stored at the
Queldem F-219 Surplus Depot, which is approximately twenty hours away at Warp 6 (forty hours round trip). The salvage yard is Starfleet contracted, so any material there can be acquired with an official requisition order issued by Captain Thiessen. The shipyard is administered by Commander Wuczya Neide, Salvage Quartermaster.
- Following the Starfleet rescue and recovery process, other independent salvage crews moved in to take possession of abandoned ship debris, including hull components. The nearest, and conveniently one of the largest, is a Ferengi operation called
Daimon Bup's Stargoing Sundries owned and operated by the titular Daimon Bup. It is located at regional coordinate D-319/b, in empty space, and is approximately seven hours away at Warp 6 (fourteen hours round trip). Because it is not an official Starfleet salvage yard, any materiale there will likely require negotiation. I have dealt with Daimon Bup before, and having taken delivery of two crates of Slug-O-Cola on my order for two crates of exotic alcoholic beverages, I hasten to add the advice
caveat emptor.
Given the time constraints, and the need to tow any primary hull discovered, it is unlikely that we can afford to pursue both avenues of investigation. With that said, these are the two options I judged best likely to succeed: others exist, but I deem them less likely to offer success.
I have already drafted and issued requisition requests here in Operations, so the requested materiale is available for LCDR E.Kermit's immediate use. Our entire supply of stembolts (many of which were on station prior to my arrival and assignment to Ops) is available for use. In fact, despite my attempts to utilise the stem bolts in our construction procedures, more are often fabricated during the processes, leaving us with a net gain in self-sealing stembolt supply. Therefore I do heartily entreat LCDR E.Kermit to only use pre-fabricated self-sealing stem bolts during the construction process, insofar as that is possible. If we continue to create more than we use, we will eventually need to construct a second station solely for the purpose of self-sealing stem bolt storage. And, quite frankly, we already have enough to do.
//SIGNED//
Commander Caspius
Executive Officer, Deep Space 13
