Edwardson glanced at Barakat and his crew. He had spent a bit of time looking up reports on everyone present today. The ones about Wakefield, Barakat's first mate, were wildly different, as if the young man were two different people. Barakat himself also had a strange line of tales following him. 

The frown on Edwardson's face showed his displeasure at having been interrupted. He wasn't fond of speaking in front of large crowds, his own crew was one thing, but this here was quite different. Julius had put way too much effort into the speech though. 

"You can figure out how you want to react to this after I explain the Maser." Edwardson stood up a bit straighter and pulled down on his light jacket letting it resettle on his shoulders. He raised his chin a bit and then started speaking, "The Maser is a highly intense and invisible beam of microwave radiation. Using redirective zinc plates the Maser could fire this beam at a target up to 500 yards away with pinpoint accuracy and with none of the kickback of conventional guns. Your ship," Edwardson glanced at Barakat. "Is in more danger for not having defensive weapons on it. The Maser can take out your ship with a single hit." Wakefield frowned and glanced at Barakat. Edwardson turned the attention back to Captain Taggart.