[ And while some of those hands could do the work of a hundred-- from what he's seen firsthand-- his thoughts aren't far from Kate's, in terms of the idea of basic labor. ]
Planners are vital. But to put one person's blueprints in place might be the work of ten, twenty men. It doesn't take a trained engineer or a superhuman to lay a brick or plaster walls.
With enough help, we could have a reasonable base of operations in place and running in under a month.
[ If this were back home, he would've said at least half a year. But with the kind of people they have among the Transports...assuming they would be willing, he wouldn't be surprised if it was a matter of weeks. ]
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[ And while some of those hands could do the work of a hundred-- from what he's seen firsthand-- his thoughts aren't far from Kate's, in terms of the idea of basic labor. ]
Planners are vital. But to put one person's blueprints in place might be the work of ten, twenty men. It doesn't take a trained engineer or a superhuman to lay a brick or plaster walls.
With enough help, we could have a reasonable base of operations in place and running in under a month.
[ If this were back home, he would've said at least half a year. But with the kind of people they have among the Transports...assuming they would be willing, he wouldn't be surprised if it was a matter of weeks. ]