Several weeks later, at ARADIA HQ:
Dr. Michael Hawkins stood in front of the UN counsel, with a hologram of the ATLANTIS prototype behind him. He had presented his design which he had combined with the blueprints of the Leviathan-class super-carrier, and now they were talking among themselves, as they had been for the last 3 hours. That was when his ComCom wrist computer flashed. He hazarded a glance at its screen, it was a message from Yamato.
How did it go? She texted.
They're still talking it over, gotta go. He responded.
Okay, talk to you then. She texted back.
Michael took a deep breath, and the leaders of the UN turned around to face him.
"Doctor Hawkins, we have considered your proposal and have decided to provide you with the resources to construct
one ATLANTIS-class Mobile Port." One, the British representative, said.
"But," Another, the American representative, said "How do you plan to build this?"
Michael smirked.
"I'm glad you asked." Michael said as he clicked a button on his ComCom, making the hologram behind him change to a view of a massive underground chamber with huge mechanical arms hanging from the top of ceiling.
"ARADIA has constructed this underground dry dock roughly 150 miles north of Vancouver to build the ATLANTIS using state-of-the-art 3D printing technology."
"Very well, in 30 days, you will have the materials you need." Said the Chinese representative.
"Thank you sir."
As they left, Michael collapsed into a chair and breathed a heavy sigh of relief. He did it, he managed to convince the UN to let ARADIA build the Atlantis. Then his ComCom flashed again.
I just saw the UN counsel leaving, what did they say? Yamato texted him.
Wait, you're in the building? Michael responded.
Michael waited for a response, which took a few minutes.
... Yes? Came the response.
Michael sighed.
Meet me in my office, we can talk there. He texted back.
You mean the massive lab that takes up the entire top floor of the building? Yamato asked.
Michael chuckled to himself.
Yep, that one. He responded.
Ok, I'll meet you there.
Several minutes later, Michael was sitting in his "office" tinkering with a scale model of the ATLANTIS which was fully functional, including the miniature
Glaive-class laser emitters. Which he was using to heat up some Hotpockets and several bowls of instant rice. Then Yamato walked in and walked over to him.
"What took you so long?" Michael asked with a small smirk.
Yamato smiled and shook her head and hugged him, but gently. She grabbed his ComCom and started typing.
This place is huge, and no one could tell me how to get up here!
"Not surprising, most of my research team is on vacation, they're the only other people allowed up here."
Oh.
"I made some rice, if that's any consolation."
Instant rice I'm assuming.
Michael laughed nervously, and scratched the back of his neck.
"It's the only rice I know how to make!"
Yamato shook her head and smiled as Michael handed her one of the rice bowls and a pair of chop sticks and they sat down in a couple office chairs that were scattered around the lab. Michael held out his ComCom so she could type.
So, what did they say?! She typed.
Michael set down his hotpocket before replying.
"They said yes, and we'll have the resources in 30 days!"
Yamato carefully set down her food and chopsticks before jumping out of her chair and hugging Michael, sending the rolling chair he was sitting in wheeling across the room with them in it. She rested her head on his shoulder after they finally stopped moving. After a few minutes, she leaned back and sat on Michael's knees. The two sat there for a while, simply taking in the excitement. Then Yamato's stomach started growling, making her blush. She stood up and looked around nervously. Michael stood up and took her hand.
"Come on, lets go get some real food that I didn't cook with a high-intensity laser."
Yamato nodded and followed him out of the lab.