“That seems like a ringing endorsement for the food,” Beth said, surprised by Mira’s enthusiasm. She stole a little of the other woman’s meal with her fork and had a bite. “Definitely tasty. Consider me won over for this restaurant.<br/><br/>“As for the plasma cannon, I’ll send over the blueprints and the company’s stress test data. I’m assuming the latter is accurate, or they’ll have so many wealthy mech pilots suing them they’ll be out of the industry before you can say ‘chapter eleven.’ Also, if they had falsified the data Mike wouldn’t have been so underwhelmed with what he saw.<br/><br/>“By the way, if you ever want to get in touch with him, let me know—Mike’s a great tech and crew chief. My first year he did some amazing things on a shoe-string budget, so he might have some money and labor-saving tips for you.”