"I think this is our chance," said Boris as well. The Batak man sat between Ujang and Suzanne. "Our captain is right. Waiting for death to come to us in the next two years—gosh…, this is really, really annoying."
"Hey, are you sure you can change the energy core of those HR-17 robots?" Aldi glanced at Ryan, then at Cinnong. "Both of you?"
Cinnong nodded with great conviction. "Me and Ryan," she said. "Also, Naomi, Yuma, and Boris. We have done this several times," she continued as she looked at everyone. "Utilizing all available resources to get the convenience of living even though it's not as luxurious as the nobles and the Federation. Yeah," she nodded again. "Sometimes we strip down a robot unit for its energy core, sometimes just for a specific spare part that is in the body of the robots—say, a spare part that we can use to upgrade our vehicle."
"That's true," said Naomi too. "Even though this is not an easy thing to do."
