"I've largely had to focus on portable shields and weapons and armor here, but I've had a chance to make more mundane things. The water filtration system for the baths, for instance."

He was quite proud of that one. "And I was on the team that originally built these," he added, lifting up his omnicom. It was a miracle that he'd been able to restore the date from his original one upon his return---all that data loss would have been painful.

"Have you worked as a field scientist at all?"