Chapter 1078: A New Danger
After arriving in the new land that Leon named Artorion, Leon’s attention was taken almost entirely by coordinating clearance and construction efforts with scouting and mapping endeavors. It was imperative that they establish shelter, security, and sources of food as soon as they could, but they also had to know what was around them to properly prepare for whatever they may face. Additionally, most of the arks were still damaged from the jump, and returning them to full functionality was another priority competing for resources.
It was to that last priority that Leon had Nestor focus, letting him give it less of his attention. After a week, even with many of the arks remaining in the air, Nestor met with Leon to give him his report on the damage.
In short, much of the worst damage was to the smaller arks—mostly the frigates and destroyers. While they only lost two frigates and one destroyer in the jump, Leon could see that was a lucky outcome given how damaged some of them had become. The giants and Thundermen had done an admirable job keeping the arks flying even as they approached a month since the jump, but their ability to keep the arks running was starting to fall short.
“I’ve had to ground three frigates until more serious repairs can be made,” Nestor reported as Leon scanned through the stacks of paper that the dead man had prepared. “All of the other new arks need repairs, but those three run too great a risk of falling out of the sky when they fly. Better not to risk it.”
“I’ll take your word for it,” Leon replied, looking up from the reports. “How difficult will this be to fix?”
“Remarkably so,” Nestor quickly answered. “As you might find explained in my reports, we’re going to have to wait until some proper arkyards have been built.”
Leon scowled. “That’ll be a while. Several months at least.”
“We need that arkyard,” Nestor insisted.
“We also need farms and roofs over our heads.” Leon sighed and leaned back in his seat, his eyes momentarily drawn to the projected window on the wall of the fairly small room. His portable villa wasn’t particularly large or opulent, but it was comfortable and secure enough that Leon insisted the rest of his people see to their own accommodations rather than using their time on a palace.