Field headquarter of the riverine naval command, port of Aken, briefing room A
Particpants: Major Carstens (C), Fregattenkapit?n Kahlmann(K), Korvettenkapitan Ohnesorg(O)
Classification: Confidential
K: Thank you for completing my convoy earlier than planned. Do we need to look at the background?
O: No, as long as I have my wizards, I am happy
K: So what can they do?
C: Basically the same as the old style wizards, only in real time, continously and in a way that can be interpreted by everybody. And in verifiable reliability.
K: The last feature is the most important.
O: How many special wizard do you need to operate them?
C: One for medium term operation, two for long term operation. Though the operators are not interchangeable. We have, if you will, a primary operator and a supporting operator.
K: We will stay with sailing only during daylight. It is just not worth the risk.
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O: Very well, we have doubts that radar would work on monsters anyway, we will aim manually, especially the new torpedoes, should we need them.
C: You solved that?
K: Yes, we threw money at the problem. Losing a full laser inertial system for each shot hurts, but better that than losing a convoy, let alone blocking the channel. We can drop them into the water laterally that way.
O: We tested them and the ship with the wizards will carry none and the wizards and the device get into an armored chamber above the water line.
K: How many of the devices do we have?
C: Three. You did not hear that from me. I can tell you because it does not matter. The only other primary operator we have is an 18 year old girl who needs a stick to walk.
O: That hurts. I’ll treat your civillians like a fragile irreplacable antique ceramic.
C: Let them work and help. They have no problem with that, just spare the criticism. Oh, and be prepared to meet nerds, civillian nerds.
K: Well, a field command is no fun without complications.
