"So, what did you think of the new warp drive design? With these few small changes, we should be able to make Cutters that can take the punishment." Uncle Lu explained later that week at a meeting with Max and a select group of influential Reaver leaders.
"Impressive, but looking at the materials list, it won't come cheap or easy. Everything we need is in this star system though, which is a good start." A Reaver Admiral nodded, looking over the lists.
"Can you retrofit an older ship to that sort of speed? Or even Warp 7 to outrun the border patrols?" Another asked hopefully.
"We ran the calculations, and with an upgraded shield, plus a modified structural support field, it would take roughly three million man-hours of labor to retrofit a ship the size of Terminus to sustain that sort of speed.