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silence; then George dropped the bombshell, “However, if we can get a sample of that material and combine the elements in it with what we currently use, it would be a thousand times stronger than that grain of sand.”
    The participants were struck silent. Finally Dolly said, “I don’t see how you reached that conclusion, George?”
    “Does everyone remember what happened to our nuclear reactors when we used the materials from the Alliance; our power went up more than a hundred times. We then used the materials from the Jenze shoulder weapon and once more our power went up a hundred times. If we can get the elements from one of the reactors on a Jenze Battleship and combine it with what we have...”
    Chris said, “Our ships would only have to be twice as large as a Jukebox Class ship.”
    “Boy, you’re good. It would actually have to be three times larger due to the much larger reactors. If you wanted to double the power by having four reactors, it would end up being about 1,800 feet long.”
    Chris looked at Jillian, “We have to go.” She nodded.
    Dolly looked at George, “So what are you going to do in the meantime?”
    “We are going to start building ships 1,800 feet long with space for the newer high powered reactors. If we don’t find the power source we’ll just have to attack each of the Blue Ships with a squadron of our new ships. We’ll just have to outnumber them in every confrontation and we know they have at least two million of the giant ships. There is no way we can build ships a hundred and twenty miles long.”
    “We’ll leave shortly.”
    Dolly said, “You will not be going alone.”
    “What are you talking about?”
    “You will have the Ninja updated with our new software and weapons. You will also take two Sailors with you to fly it.”
    “No one else knows how to fly the Ninja!”
    “Jillian, that’s exactly why I can’t allow you or Chris to take it into a dangerous situation. Don’t you realize that if we lost either one of you we would lose the technology that created the two ships that can view time? It would be like sending George out into danger. Would you do it?”
    Chris looked at Jillian and slowly shook his head, “If we aren’t going to fly the Ninja, who is?”
    Dolly looked at Arvolo, “The best pilot we have in the Navy. He will also have the best Weapons Officer in the Fleet with him.”
    Arvolo said, “I thought we no longer needed Weapons Officers.”
    “You might have to actually control the weapons manually to avoid damaging the very thing we need to find, Captain. We can’t just turn on automatic weapons and hope we don’t destroy that material.”
    “Who is this Officer?”
    Dolly picked up a sheet of paper and read, “Isadore Rosillo.”
    Arvolo tilted his head, “Is she Cuban?”
    “She was born in Cuba.”
    Arvolo tilted his head, “Then she would have to be good.”
    Dolly turned back to Chris and Jillian, “You will train the two of them on how to operate and fly the Ninja. If it has to be used, they will fly it. You will also start training a team of engineers on your inventions.”
    Arnold said, “The President agrees with this and has issued direct orders that the two of you not place yourselves in harm’s way unless you have thoroughly trained someone else that can replace you and build another Ninja. Have either of you trained anyone else?”
    “No Sir. We’ll abide by the orders.”
    Dolly saw Jeff staring at her and she looked away quickly. Darn him. She said, “George start building your ships and we’ll go looking for a power source.”
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    The Messenger knew this would probably be his last trip to the Leader’s Chamber. He had only brought bad news and was amazed they had allowed him to live this long. Bad News Messengers were always eliminated. This was going to be the trip that ended his life. He accepted it and knew his long life had been good and he had few regrets. He entered the Chamber and the First Leader