"Mr. Hawking, this is the spaceship we built for you. It was primarily designed and constructed by my granddaughter, Nora."
Ryder the 20th pointed at the sleek, silver spaceship ahead of them and introduced it with a broad smile.
Mr. Hawking gave it a cursory glance and nodded.
"I'm very satisfied. Thank you."
He did not particularly care what the spaceship looked like. After all, he was not planning to rely on it for combat in space; it was merely meant to keep up appearances.
Still, the spaceship was indeed well made. At the very least, it looked pretty cool.
"Nora, come introduce the ship to Mr. Hawking."
Ryder the 20th beckoned Nora over to Mr. Hawking, then gave her a meaningful look.
"He really is quite handsome."
Nora looked him over, then smiled and performed a Zenn-La greeting.
"I'm Nora. I'll now introduce some of this spaceship's functions."
So she's that 36G.
Mr. Hawking recognized at once that Ryder the 20th's granddaughter was the woman he had run into in the changing room earlier.
Fortunately, he had erased her memory in time. Otherwise, this would have been rather awkward.
"Then I'll have to trouble you."
Nora, still dressed in formal attire, led Mr. Hawking into the spaceship and began introducing its features one by one.
"Because this spaceship uses the special metal you provided, its defenses are extremely strong. It can withstand energy cannon fire from ordinary warships. As for offensive weaponry, none was installed, as per your request.
"The central hall contains a Super Gravity device, currently capable of reaching up to one thousand five hundred times normal gravity.
"We have also stored the most comprehensive records of jump points currently available in the universe, as well as relevant intelligence on every planet, in the ship's computer.
"Lastly,