It wasn't until the next day at nearly noon that they finally got an official update from Uncle Lu.
[Due to some technical difficulties with the new material production process, we have been unavoidably delayed. Production of the second unit is expected to take at least one more day, though the first unit will soon be ready for its final testing.]
"I knew the old man wasn't reliable. I should have barged in anyhow and made him work." Nico complained when she saw the message.
The researcher beside her gave the angry cyborg a hug. "There's nothing you could do, the problem is with the power system in the Moon Base, you see. Look here, we have been monitoring the energy fluctuations like you asked, and it looks like the material replicator systems keep going into thermal overload.