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"Barney?"

"Yes Maise?"

"You know that cheap-ass fusion cell we purchased from that dodgy dealer on Elara?"

"Yeah. We had to get it out there, otherwise we couldn't afford one on Callisto to get out of Jupiter's gravity well. What about it?"

"It's borked."

"Sorry?"

"The containment vessel is leaking plasma. It's screwed."

"God damnit! The dealer put a three Sol guarantee on it! Son of a!"

"Can we cannibalise it for parts? Wasn't it just the regulator that was gone on the old one?"

"Yeah. I'm not sure the control unit will like it without an update though."

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