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chambers? Cloaking would be nice, but not absolutely required. It’ll have to interface with the Marines’ armor computer in real time.”
    Ced winced, “That’s gonna be the kicker; the on-board computer in Marine armor simply isn’t powerful enough for the functions you’re talking about, Eric. It was purpose designed and built with no room left for expansion of any kind.”
    “That doesn’t seem right, why on earth would someone design it not to be upgraded… wait, it’s Veranorian, isn’t it?” I asked.
    Ced nodded. “Yeah, it is. We’ve been so busy with getting the ships and the base computer systems upgraded, no one’s had the time to think about the Marines yet.”
    There was no way in hell I was going to let that stand. “Sarah, would you please let my family know I won’t be home tonight as an extremely urgent project has to be addressed right away. Then secure the schematics and a copy of the suit code for the Marine armor for me. Ced, can you build that probe or not?”
    “Yeah, I can build it Eric, but like I said, it wouldn’t talk to the armor computer,” Ced replied, looking confused at my earlier orders to Sarah.
    “It will when I get done with it!” I said smiling at the now surprised looking Marines. “Captain, I need to know exactly how much time I have to get this ready.”
    “Unless something major changes between now and then, we’ll be on the shuttle at oh-seven-hundred tomorrow morning,” the Captain replied. “Do you really think you can upgrade our armor that fast?”
    “I don’t actually know Captain, but I’m sure as hell going to try. I will be redesigning the computer and control systems in the armor, but that’s going to take longer than we have, so this might just be a band-aid fix for this battle. I’m thinking an external, add-on module that will use the comms for now.
    “But, before I forget again what about shields?” I finished.
    “What about them?” Ced asked.
    “Why don’t the Marines have them in their armor?” I said.
    “Size, power and computing power. Where are we going to put a shield generator on the suit? What good would it do? Particle weapons would go right through it. Not to mention the power requirements for a shield generator,” Ced replied naming the problems.
    “If I understood the theory correctly, particle weapons shouldn’t be able to penetrate a warp field would they?” I asked.
    “Are you planning on giving the marines hyperspace travel without a ship?” Ced teased.
    “Nope, just trying to keep them alive. It doesn’t have to be a full blown hyperspace jump, Ced, just a small, weak warp field that would absorb the particle energy into hyperspace,” I explained.
    “That wouldn’t work, the point of origin would have to be inside the field…” Ced replied but his mind was clearly engaged now.
    “What if you inverted the field?” I asked.
    “No, that would only…” he paused trying to think it through.
    “Force any high velocity impact into hyperspace?” I asked.
    “It can’t be that simple!” Ced replied grabbing his panel and beginning the calculations for the shield idea.
    “Don’t forget those probes, Ced. We’ll need those before they launch tomorrow,” I said.
    “No problem, how many do you want?” Ced asked.
    Thinking about what I had to do, I made a guess. “I don’t think I could make more than five or six control units by then so I’d say about ten of them?”
    “I’ll have them ready in about an hour,” he said absently. “I think we can actually do this, but it’s going to take a much more powerful computer unit in the armor, not to mention an upgraded power unit.”
    “I’ll give you a call sometime tomorrow and we can work out the details Ced. Now set your panel aside and finish eating, or Sarge is going to steal your pizza,” I said grinning at the woman.
    “No doubt! That was excellent!” she said pouring herself another beer. “And this is the perfect drink for it too, what