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"I don't want a new Merlin. I'm not even interested in the original
Merlin. This is what I want, right here."

He told his father, by screen, about the ship. "I believe we can finish
her, but not with the gang that's here. We'll need a couple of hundred
men. Now, with the supplies we've found, we can stay here indefinitely.
Should we do more exploring and claim some more of these places, or
should we come home right away and start recruiting, and then come back
with a large party, start work on the ship, and explore and make further
claims as we have time?" he asked.

"Better come back as soon as possible. Just explore Port Carpenter, find
out what's going to be needed to finish the ship and what facilities you
have to produce it, and get things cleaned up a little so that you can
start work as soon as you have people to do it. I'm organizing another
company?don't laugh, now; I've only started promotioneering?which I
think we will call Trisystem & Interstellar Spacelines. Get me all the