"Ah, I see," Israfil replied.  Deciding to change the subject, "S-so, do you know which cogs are yours?"

"I'm pretty sure mine is the small, peacock-colored one," Tera replied.

As they conversed, the group made their way further towards the rear of the ship, ending up in the Tachyon Harp Chamber.  The room was about two stories high and incredibly wide.  Even though it was called the Tachyon Harp Chamber, it housed more than just the hyperdrive, the Chamber was basically Engineering HQ since the main power core was also housed here, as well as access to the main thrusters.  The group could only go as far as a viewing partition separated from the chamber with a large bay window and access-card-locked doors.  Unless you were an engineer, technician, or scientist, you couldn't go past this point except in cases of emergency.  A few of the people inside who walked past the window gave a friendly wave to the group; the Chamber was a common spot to visit for people who came onto the ship for the first time.

Tera looked at her watch, then asked the group, "Are you guys hungry?"  As a Quantum, Tera had multiple options when it came to replenishing energy, she could hook up to a designated Quantum recharge station, but she was also designed to be so lifelike that she could also extract energy from the breakdown of organic compounds.  Her reserves were still well within operational parameters; she asked out of consideration for her biological companions.

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Blythe found herself in the Cadmus Reactor Bay.  It was located just behind the hangar.  There was a small human-sized door for people to get in and out of the room, but there were also massive doors with rails running through them to accommodate the transport frames that moved cogs in and out of the chamber.  As she entered, the light slowly dimmed on so as not to cause pain to the eyes, and even at full capacity, it had a soft, warm glow.  Some people said that Dr. Stern was a madman, while some said that he had stumbled upon some alien source of technology.  The Stern Algorithm and the Cadmus Reactor together formed Dr. Stern's Magnum Opus, a system that could take the mind of a pilot to create an ever-evolving weapon.  There was something strangely comforting and simultaneously eerie about the Cadmus Reactor Bay.