Liam saw how Elise had done the whole thing, and he nodded in approval. He was impressed that she had caught on to his subtle message — that he wanted to make a statement — without him having to say a single word about it. She had built it exactly the way it had to be built, and the world was reeling because of it.
The livestream had been running for over an hour now, and with every passing second the viewer count continued to explode, climbing by tens and hundreds of thousands at a time, a number that no longer looked like a number so much as a rising tide.
"Liam, the Emperor Class-II Starship has been completed," Alex said. "Have you thought of a name for it? You named the Emperor Class-I Starship Voyager. What are you going to name this one?"
