"Jan, the repairs on your Power Suit appear set to finish much earlier then projected. This is despite that the salvage drones have been unable to do any repairs themselves, it appears when placed together correctly and a burst of energy is applied, the suit begins to repair itself. The Bio-mechanical systems in it appear to be the cause. Attempts to cross-reference this technology with previous systems have failed. No reference to any similar system found."
Cato finished announcing the results in its monotone voice. Piloting a ship meant for a crew of seven alone would be impossible, but having a dedicated AI onboard made it easy. With majority of its personality systems disabled, Cato could make free use of the ship's computer banks and run massive algorithms that would crash other machines in mere seconds. With it, Jan could maneuver the small frigate as if it were merely a fighter.
Jan Alexi paced back and forth in the renovated bridge. She now wore a combat-ready Federation issue uniform, this one black with white trim. The armored panels were just visible beneath the cloth. She twirled the laser pistol around her finger by the trigger guard as she listened to the results.
"So," She began," How much longer until it finishes?"
"Approximately two weeks." Began the machine. "However, some of the armor panels are missing. while there is no known way to rebuild them, it can be speculated that acquiring the raw materials necessary would allow the bio-mechanical systems to full rebuild itself. I am currently analyzing the alloys as we speak."
She sighed. For the remainder of this crisis, her suit was FUBAR. Without it, she wouldn't be anywhere near full combat ability... Unless...
"Cato, is that prototype armor we salvaged form that crashed Federation research vessel combat-ready?"
"Combat ready? No. However, I can bring it out of storage if you wish."
She smiled at the thought of trying out a new toy. It wasn't as good as her Power Suit, but it would serve. "Good, load my neural configuration into its systems and replace the power cells with fresh ones. I'm going to take it for a spin."
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Also, anyone understand this NIDSWrapper thing? I need it to load the drivers for my buddie's computer, but have no idea how to install it in Linux.