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Two days later, Ash had a much better appreciation of alien technology. Kella’s freighter might not be as shiny and new as the Gliese 581 had been, but it was far more complex and ingenious. He also had a great new respect for Kella’s technical and mechanical skills.
Upgrading a freighter that could travel at speeds humans only dreamed about, with an effective weapons and defense system, was a lot different than rebuilding the 1969 Boss 429 Mustang that he bought while in high school. He and Josh spent most of their high school years working on the damn thing. They pooled every dime they earned to put it back together.
Glancing around the engine room of the freighter, he couldn’t imagine how much it must have cost to buy and rebuild this thing. They were on their final section for re
