and delivered into the right hands . We are now running at full capacity once more .”
“ Not a problem , Captain ,” a commanding voice said . “ It is your ship we intrude upon here . She is very well maintained and we expect nothing less of you .” Jackal nodded . “ We know that your system is being completely improved by the Ten Project already , but we would like to observe what the Ten is capable of ,” the Federation General said .
“ Of course , sir ,” Jackal said , beaming with pride . “ Ten , would you be able to run the data analyses and show what you do on the main control screens please ?”
“ One , Zero , One , Zero . Yes , Captain ,” Ten said , beeping . “ Starting Data Protocol 10 . Showing system run through .” The main control screens flickered on and data processed virtually across all the screens in front of them . Ten began to talk through what it did as a program , starting with a formal introduction and working its way round each of the parts of the ship . Ten explained how it had the potential to improve everything on the vessel . Ten then began to explain its steps to quarantine and destroy viruses , as that seemed particularly relevant .
“ Impressive , Jackal . Impressive . I ’ m glad we decided to run the test on this ship . I particularly didn ’ t fancy a repeat of the Ifrigis . Nasty business that was ,” the General said .
“ The Ifrigis ?” Wolf said . “ Wait ... it was a prototype version of this that sent it to its doom ?” The general nodded . “ The Ifrigis had not been properly upgraded to handle Ten ’ s capabilities and we lost an entire ship and its crew ,” the General replied . “ Having to tell the families of those who worked on it was hard . We lost many good people that day .” Jackal nodded . “ You knew of this , Jackal ? How come
How come myself and Lynx weren ’ t informed ?” Wolf asked , surprised .
“ There was no need to ,” Jackal said . “ I ’ m the lead on research and exploration and was charged with this task , which I had to work with the General and Federation on . Where you both are tactical and warfare , it did not require your input , especially as the Ifrigis was a mid-class research ship .”
Wolf looked hurt , but nodded his head slowly . They turned their attention back to the screens that displayed data from Lou ’ s virus .
“ One , Zero , One , Zero . Captain , would you like this sent to another droid to help with analytics ?” Ten asked .
“ Yes , please send it to G-E-N-2-9-9-0- 1-0-3-4-5-2-1-0 ,” Jackal replied .
The General pulled his droid out when it pinged and nodded once at Jackal in thanks . “ May I ask your thoughts , ladies and gentlemen ?”
There was an agreement that seeing Ten successfully implemented was a sight to behold and that they would be interested in rolling it out across both the Hawk-290 ’ s and their larger Exelcis-380 marine ships . This surprised Jackal .
“ Good people of the Federation , the current specifications of the Exelcis-380 ships do not match what I have here . They will only sink like the Ifrigis did ,” she said .
“ The Exelcis-380 ’ s upgrades have been neglected for far too long . We must upgrade them ,” the General agreed , nodding . “ I assume you will be doing the same with the Chimera , Captain ?”
Jackal nodded . “ I shall , and I will be using Ten to make the upgrades as efficient as possible . I would also like to suggest a gradual rollout as I will need to train the captains of both the Hawks and Exelcis ’ s on how Ten operates . However , we need to