filing, drilling, bolting.

You had to order Tania to sit down, unarmed in a closed room and give you an oath to let you finish and not to damage Alice.

She was as furious of being stuck down there thand she was happy to know that her squad was alive (as happy or alive as is possible in a Grey cellblock.)

The good part was that the ship was deserted but still had power. The cellblock was designed to keep occupants alive for months or years as the grey scientist would sometimes forget about some test subjects for that long.

You hope that there had been no time to work on them before the crew died.

The other good new is that the repairs to go and board that ship were easier and faster than those necessary to fly home.

You decided to approach the barge with only 2 of the 3 conduits and without embarking the boat on it. (Someone would sail back with it loaded with pieces that you'll remove to make it lighter.)

You went back two days earlier to the barge and with the help of power armored Tania you stripped it of anything non fonctional or useless to you.

As you, Alice and the Triplets were doing work in 5 places at once you checked the ship for load and found an overweight of over 150 kg in one locked compartment.

You discoverer another full suit of power armor, a spare brand new one without even regimental markings.

The idea of the triplets wearing it was hilarious (unless you stuffed all three of them in it at once.) and Alice had no need of it.

You then spent the next days being drilled by Tania on how to use it. (Only stopping to drill her as apparently teaching me how to fight to tescue her squad made her really excited.)

The flight to the Gorgon was an easy one, you went on it with Xian.

The other two took the boat with Alice and Tania.

They ran to their room the second they rejoined. (You gave them the unused cabin and Tania the one used by Smith and Williams, Alive was living with you in yours.)

Alice painted a gorgon head on the chest of the suit of armor and the ophidian Ouroboros sigil of the circle snake.

No need to repair the hypercore, long range com, long term life support, main propulsion. The repairs to launch operation Ragnarock (Valkyr folklore about going to take fallen warriors for a final battle) were nearly done in one week.

You slept maybe 2 hours a night and ate while working, fed by Alice.

You convinced Tania on a two day last delay. You wanted to repair some safeties and finish puting the boarding socket taken from the barge on one of your ship docking points and you insisted that everyone got a full day to rest, sleep , feed and have fun before going for it. No need of doing all that if the pilot fell asleep aproaching the ship.

She agreed and after a quick shower alone (Alice usually so helpful was occupied.) You went back to the mess room.

On the table there was a feast. Some rations, roasr meats, fruits raw and cooked in many ways, even icecream (you had an idea were the fresh milk to do it came from).

On a pile of matresses on the floor were laying 5 gorgeous naked women. Each covered her tits and pussies in various fruit pieces, sauces, juices or creams.

"Want an appetizer before the main course , Captain?" They said all at once.