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That's why we're holding a closed-door meeting today. Rhodes Island requires your input.

Amiya, please brief Doctor on the details.

Of course.

Here are some documents for you to review.

Rhodes Island has learned from previous assaults, and optimized its internal and external defenses.

Feedback from the Londinium incident suggests that these adjustments have been quite effective.

Even with a large number of personnel dispatched to support Londinium, the remaining Operators still managed to effectively organize and counter small-scale riots, ensuring the landship's safety.

This is the main reason Dr. Kal'tsit is thinking about further enhancing Rhodes Island's defense systems.

When faced with an attack from other landships, our preferred option is to rely on our speed and/or reconnaissance to avoid combat entirely.

However, sometimes combat is unavoidable. In which case we will need our Operators to be prepared for boarding battles on the outer platforms.

The details are clearly outlined in the documentation, Doctor. If you have any further questions, I believe Dr. Kal'tsit will be more than willing to assist you.

What?

No matter how detailed the plan, it still requires a feasibility study.

Personally, I do think it is quite well conceived.

But I need you and Amiya to understand it and provide your own input.

After all, I'm not the one who will be implementing it.

Let me know if there are any aspects of the plan that you do not understand, and I'll explain them.

Very good. I'll arrange the simulations as soon as possible.

Amiya, does Doctor have any free time today?

There are a full slate of meetings scheduled today, only a small open slot right before bedtime, but—

I'll book a meeting then, so we can go over all the materials together, Doctor.

Amiya, I'd like you to attend as well.

Of course.

......

Where's Closure? We notified her of the meeting two hours ago.

Sorry, girls. Didn't see the notification until just now, and I rushed over soon as I could.

So did you need something?

...How is the debugging of the Protocol Simulator going?

You'll have to be more specific. We're working on simulators for the logistics platform, the visitor authentication system, the workshop data center, the warehouse management system—and that's just this week.

(hushed tone) The boarding battle simulator. The latest one.

Oh, that one! Ha! I was working on it when you called—I might even have been done by now if you hadn't.

Can you give Doctor admin rights then?

Uhh... well...

Is there a problem?

Since you said we needed to make the mapping independent of Rhodes Island's existing systems—and keep it high clearance level—there might still be some issues with permission settings.

No worries, though. It'll be ready by tomorrow.

I want to review the current version, then. No doubt there are a few problems we can resolve rather quickly.

With your help? We'll be done in a jiffy!

Wait for me outside the meeting room.

I have some final things to discuss with Doctor, and then I'll join you at the workshop.

Gotcha.

Oh yeah, Doctor! We got a whole bunch of new stuff over at Procurement! Come check it out when you're free!

Amiya, you have some personal business to attend to, yes?

Ah, right, please excuse me.

(hushed tone) The Stronghold Protocol is designed to protect Rhodes Island from outside invaders.

(hushed tone) However, I hope that when you implement it, you will adopt a more... flexible approach to deploying defenses.

(hushed tone) Or rather, please do so.

(hushed tone) After all, enemies do not always come from the outside.