ALJ Chpt 41

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==Chapter 41 - A Long Journey==
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26 March 2786
Morgan's Holdfast (Tortuga Dominion)
The rechristened SLS Blazing Star, Monolith Class Jumpship, materialized at the Nadir Jump Point and started detaching the Dropships it had carried. A single Dictator, two Czar, three Triumph, one Titan, one Mammoth and one Pentagon Dropship. Only the Pentagon Dropship remained behind to protect the Monolith Jumpship while the others began the four day trip to the planet. Even though there was no obvious hostiles in the system, Major Jameson was taking no chances and had his troops ready for a fight when they landed. All twenty four Thunderbolt TDR-5Sb was loaded and ready for a fight. Colonel Tanaka had not been happy about losing what he called his wall of steel. The Mammoth was loaded with 120 Million worth of food, supplies, building materials and a few luxury goods for the locals.
What he really wanted was the SLDF prefabricated buildings used for temporary bases and he had mentioned that to Lieutenant General Mitchell who had then passed it off to his father Gerald Mitchell to locate. They even had semi portable fusion reactors to provide power. They came in every conceivable size, from small platoon sized barracks to large warehouses and even temporary Mech hanger sized. He had thought it was funny that Lieutenant General Mitchell had seemed embarrassed when he had brought it up.
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Mackolla (Federated Suns)
"How could I have been so stupid and forget those prefabricated buildings? We should have been buying those long ago just for use here on Mackolla. Pop, I want them, all sizes, hell the production license and everything we need to make them ourselves. I am not even concerned with the cost. The fighting is about to get much worse and there is going to be a wave of refugees heading this way, since the fighting is going to be centered on the Terran Hegemony. We need to be prepared for that or it will overwhelm what Mackolla can produce quickly." Lieutenant General Samuel Mitchell said
"You had much bigger things to worry about and no real S4 to make sure it got packed, but I know Buhallin Military Products made them for the SLDF. Main factory was on Dieron and was destroyed in 2776. A smaller factory on New Stevens survived that was setup to take over the non combat vehicle manufacturing so the main plant could expand, and they are on the ropes financially. Only reason I know is because they were on my wish list to purchase when we get the funds from the Snowden sale. You use the Turhan, which they cannot build anymore, but by dammit they have the license for it. You said cost is no concern, well for a mere 480 Million it can all be ours." Gerald Mitchell replied
"Damn, that will put a huge dent in our operational funds. But we need that stuff, but it out. I will transfer the funds to your account. Tell them to pack up everything and get out here, move all the employees too. I want every bit of it as quick as we can get it out here before the damned war cuts everything off. It will not be long before the Houses start seizing everything they can lay their hands on." Lieutenant General Mitchell said still silently cursing himself for being so stupid.
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