It has been weeks. Damned weeks. 4 of them, a damned month! She is still furious. Her opinion of the Jekkops house is about at sewer rat level, and she has been... making her opinions known. To everyone.

  I had dragged her back to her destroyer, and I had kept her there, while nodding, making polite sounds of agreement, or just staying in the shadows as she had her month long melt down.

  When I asked just why she was so pissed, she was not hesitant to start a tirade. Apparently, the Jekkops had fucked house Berekel over a time or two, they were "INEPT RETARDED INBRED MONKEYS", and so on. It was... an experience.

  As I guarded my furious charge, I decided to mess with ships. Both playing that fun game against others and Anibeli in her calmest moments, and in designing ships.

  I found the latter calming. It allowed creativity my creativity to flow. It reminded me of making things with stone really. How I miss that passtime...

  But, I digress. What I did, was basically commandeer one of the holo tables, and begin passing about with things. While not suited to what I was doing, the table worked.

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  For example, I was messing with a Cobra class hull. The structure has multiple rather useless sections on its superstructure, which I removed. I flattened the bottom of the ship for better firing angles.

  I moved its secondary engines closer to the hull and put them more forward on the hull. I kept the rear wing section, and thickened it. I put 3 single use torpedo tubes in said wings, leaving the rest bare.

  I moved its primary weapons battery to the ventral area just behind the fore. I removed the fore torpedo tubes, and added another weapons battery amidship. I tweaked the guns for longer range and better reload, giving better viability in combat.

  The forward wings I changed by lowering them, and angling them down. I put in tertiary thrusters at the wings base for better thrust and top speed. I thickened the armor by 10 percent, giving it better survivability. The prow though, I thickened by an additional 20 percent.

  I looked at the new ship I made. "Hmmm. A viable ship... very good burst damage at close range... Hmmm. The upgraded guns and armor though, and the unchanged flak complement... Usable. But very very different from contemporary designs. But, it is ment for a different warfare style then contemporary escorts..." I mutter.

  I nod. It is good. "Rapter class Heavy Destroyer. A good pounce, then hit and runs." I peer at my new ship. It had issues. I knew that.

  While armor was good, better shields would be preferable. But with that comes a high power draw. So, better evasion via engines and survivability by armor were the best bet.

  Ship design. It's about compromise. Money, manpower, and time. But, it was good. No new systems, just heavy tweaking. I saved it, and went to find Anibeli. I wanted her opinion on the matter.

  I had watched the fight between this ship and the frigates. And I found that this ship solved a few issues.