Ronan ultimately heeded Sergeant Major Chaku's advice and did not use up the few hours of "leave" he had secured at the Third Processing Center. He let the automated production line run on its own. Feeding, processing, and quality inspection were all controlled by Snail, which evaluated all production-line data in real time and promptly sounded an alarm if anything went wrong.
If everything went smoothly, Ronan would only need to give the final confirmation and signature. He could have gone back to his dormitory for a good long sleep.
Sleep was out of the question, but Ronan did need to leave for a while.
Before leaving, of course, he still grabbed Sergeant Major Chaku and went through the entire automated production-line process again. Whenever the production blueprints and corresponding code were involved, Ronan dug into every detail, especially anything related to the Materialization Imprint Plate. He confirmed everything repeatedly, lest something go wrong later when he guided the work on Earth.
At the same time, he made up his mind that if any problem arose on Earth that he could not handle, he would come ask Sergeant Major Chaku for advice.
Having such a mild-mannered, easy-to-talk-to professional and not making proper use of him would be a terrible waste.
Ronan also greeted Lieutenant Meng Xin, who was responsible for coordinating the transport of raw materials for him, before leaving the Third Processing Center. Without delay, he returned directly to the mothership hospital. His purpose was to help Professor Lan Zhu organize the materials from the previous round of heart-to-heart talks and familiarize himself in advance with the personnel for the next round.
That was perfectly normal. After all, this was the project Ronan actually led. Even if he was nominally the deputy, he was still a core member of