Chapter 263: Retrofits

After entering the new ship, Erich and his crew stopped by Tia's world, to undergo a retrofit, where she would ensure that every aspect of the exploration craft was outfitted with the best technology in the galaxy, technology that the artificial intelligence had designed herself. 

And while the vessel underwent extensive modifications, to the point that it was stripped down to the bare bones, and reassembled with a new hull, Erich finally got a tour of Tia's barren world. Without the subterranean complexes, life would not be capable of surviving on this atmosphereless world.

But for the sake of keeping her test subjects alive, Tia had installed extensive life support systems in a series of bunkers, tunnels, that more closely resembled a subterranean city than they did anything else.