"Difficult."
Jade answered with complete honesty.
It was not a matter of intelligence, but of experience.
Most professional starship personnel had begun studying at renowned universities—or even high schools—across the galaxy. They also got hands-on practice with cosmic warships. After years of study, they still had to intern aboard ships before becoming reliable crew members.
There was no such environment now. Crash training basically meant picking veterans from the logistics department and hoping they could apply what they knew elsewhere.
"Exactly! Because it's difficult, my dolls need to handle part of the shipboard work. And those dolls must be reliable! Compared to ordinary dolls, androids are a better choice."
Herta's argument was sound, and she also admitted that dolls were indeed something of a shortcut—well, dolls used for slacking off were made through slacking off. Nothing wrong with that.
"All right. I'll send the biomaterials to your laboratory as soon as possible."
Since Herta's reasoning was sound, Jade did not argue with her.
"By the way, how is the defensive base coming along?"
"Everything is going well. I replicated the energy cannons from Firefly's armor and modified them into the main defensive guns... They were, after all, a civilization that fought the remnants of the Swarm to the very end. Although their tech tree was ultimately 'assimilated' by the Swarm, there are still things worth adopting."
As Herta answered, she glanced at the two people emerging eagerly from behind the curtain.
"Oh, right, there's no one inside now—"
"Please don't change the subject so quickly, Ms. Herta."
Miss Fu Hua, B-Rank Valkyrie
"I'm back!"
"How was it? Did you find a solution?"
As soon as Fu Hua returned, Cheng Lingshuang immediately gathered around her, while Shi Bao looked rather uninterested.
"...Unfortunately, no."
Fu Hua shook her head. "I'm afraid Ruan