The imminent return of the Spirit of Bentheim energized the Golden Skull Alliance.
The Glory Seekers, the Crossers, the Adelaides and the Boojays had long expressed their impatience about their continued stay in Davute.
Many of them had become inspired by the expeditionary fleet's past successes. Dreams of rending apart alien warships and plundering hundreds of kilograms of phasewater enthralled many ambitious people.
It had been too long since the expeditionary fleet last fought a thrilling battle!
Though Ves became slightly more distracted by all of the activities related to the expanded fleet's departure from Davute, he still spent most of his time on fleshing out the Dawn Star Project.
The Larkinson Biotech Institute reported that the organic components for the Carmine System were already growing as best as could be expected under the current conditions.
Ves found it quite annoying to work around the limitations of biotechnology.
