[A relief, though of course the thought of automatons built for war is not necessarily comforting. It might not be his design, but it does make it increasingly likely that Viktor will never get his own mining projects off the ground, not when the government and military want to use it for those purposes.

The firearm, at least, is not his technology. A slight relief, in the face of everything else.]

Hopefully this will be a significant setback.

[He's under no illusions that they'll be able to build more, but this is probably the best any of them could have done, given the circumstances. As for his own role, he wishes he had better news.]

I spoke with Reva Hym. She's a captain in the military, but seems to have Reiner's ear.