Chews thoughtfully as Adrian reminds them that his area is no better off than any area of the ship.  Adam adds a quick positive nod to that.  He sure hoped he never had any need for medical attention.  Adrian seemed competent enough, the equipment only brought thoughts of his crew mates lying bleeding waiting for diagnostic readings.  "The whole ship needs an upgrade..."  Adam sighs between a bite of his egg sandwhich.<br/><br/>Adrian reminded Adam of himself in many ways.  Adam was spending a good measure of his own free time on an experiment of his own.  Then there also was the reading he could get done overnight.  Like Adrian however, Adam suffered from a lack of facilities to get much further than he had.  Adam had invested a hefty sum of his severance from his family business in a fully equipped field kit.  Maybe somewhere in the back of Adam's mind, he realized he would need it if he were to keep up his studies.  That was month's ago however.  There were upgrades he needed to make.  He needed to set up a permanent lab, that would mean another computing unit, and raw resources.  Extra power as well to run his little lab...  Adam sighs to himself.  It was not going to be cheap.<br/><br/>"I have this idea, Adrian."  Adam liked to call him by his given name when he spoke to him on an intellectual level.  Adam found the dialogue stimulating, and he really enjoyed looking over any notes that Adrian would have on him, or visa verse.  This type of discussion kept Adam from despairing over much as well as keeping him sharp.  Adam also enjoyed reading the mediacal publications that Adrian got on occasion, talking about them afterwards.<br/><br/>Trying to keep it light, Adam tells Adrian about his work with conductivity and his recent idea of super refining metals to decrease over all impedance in the system.  "It will likely increase the usability of refined product.  Less waste, less cost.  I may even be able to start fabricating this for use here in the ship.  Alas, that is my hope anyways."