429. Prepare for launch (1)

It would take an estimated twenty-two weeks before the Mice Raft was ready for launch (by Ermine’s calculations). Remian set a schedule for half a year, a full 26 weeks, to allow slack for unexpected situations.

The project was divided into four stages. The first stage would be design and testing for the critical systems such as life support, power, plumbing, accessways, internal support structure, outer hull, and a Lynxmouse Passenger Module with the equivalent of fifty Lynxmice recliner chairs with safety harnesses. Later stages involved building the components, assembling the structure and finally, launching Sorrel II’s first spacecraft (or more accurately, letting Zor’khan-dras haul it off into the skies).

At the same time there were supporting processes running in the background consistently. One was gathering materials. Most of it came directly from the Dragon Empire, and almost everything else could be bought from Deutero, but there were parts that were best b