"Hey, how's it going?" Adyr asked as he glided in through the open side door of the hovering hoverjet, slipping into the cabin humming with engines and pale instrument light.
"It's stable. We just launched the fourth missile without any problem," Selina said, a small, contained smile touching her lips as her posture and clipped tone showed the professionalism of a disciplined soldier.
Rhys's gaze tightened. "There is actually a problem. I don't know why, but it looks like transferring nuclear warheads from Earth to here consumes too much energy."
"How much exactly?" Adyr asked. He had already suspected the transfer would be costly, having read the researchers' recent report.
The transfer cost rose in step with an object's material complexity; the more intricate the composition was, the higher the energy burn was.
