They are most certainly fleet inspired, he can see it in the basic design. Better, though. More advanced. "I'll crunch out some numbers for you and get back to you on it. It won't be quite as accurate as what Jim could've provided, but if there's one thing I can bloody well figure out, it's weaponry."

This is work that he can do that means something. A long time coming in production doesn't matter. "To think I'm spending time playing a long con in modeling," Malcolm scoffs at himself. This might be the most normal he's felt in some time.