"Wait... we're getting into manufacturing now?" Nene asked, looking rather skeptical.
"Sure are," Jeph admitted, pulling up a file on his PDA, and handing it over. "Just imagine what we can do with our mining equipment refit to run using these."
Nene looked over the data, at first skeptically, and then with a very manic looking smile gradually replacing the raised eyebrow. "Wow. Oh. Wow. We could lighten the tools, and remove the tethers for the more powerful stuff."
"Very much so. I figure we can set up a small little factory here, erect a new dome, the whole nine yards, and start turning these things out. With enough excess capacity we can sell to most of the rest of the Jovian operations around us." He smirked a little. "As soon as I get an idea of how well the manufacturing will work, I'll see if I can also sell further out."
"And it's purely hard, outside of the manufacturing equipment?"
"It sure is. If we get to making these soon enough, maybe we can even supply to Stellvia." Jeph smiled a little more eagerly. "Either straight parts, or set up to be retrofit to existing tools and systems. Not that I expect it to supplant our main business, but it never hurts to diversify."
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
"Sure are," Jeph admitted, pulling up a file on his PDA, and handing it over. "Just imagine what we can do with our mining equipment refit to run using these."
Nene looked over the data, at first skeptically, and then with a very manic looking smile gradually replacing the raised eyebrow. "Wow. Oh. Wow. We could lighten the tools, and remove the tethers for the more powerful stuff."
"Very much so. I figure we can set up a small little factory here, erect a new dome, the whole nine yards, and start turning these things out. With enough excess capacity we can sell to most of the rest of the Jovian operations around us." He smirked a little. "As soon as I get an idea of how well the manufacturing will work, I'll see if I can also sell further out."
"And it's purely hard, outside of the manufacturing equipment?"
"It sure is. If we get to making these soon enough, maybe we can even supply to Stellvia." Jeph smiled a little more eagerly. "Either straight parts, or set up to be retrofit to existing tools and systems. Not that I expect it to supplant our main business, but it never hurts to diversify."
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor