Cal smiled crookedly. "Your forethought's appreciated but I think it'll have to be narrowed down as much as possible. I think when it comes to ships improvements are probably the better way to go. We just don't have the means nor the manpower to build a better one from scratch."

He tilted his head again. "You haven't been to Agra Ten yet, have you? From what we can tell there's no shielding system. I'm sure the Agrii would have put it to use if they'd had the means, but then again I'm not sure how well it would help."