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Fleet Command’s faith in you was at an all time high; now was the time to petition for your ultimate creation. You went all out on the design: modular projectile assembly, on board fabricators, tactical jump ordinance, a stealth hull!
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“Glasner, this is absurd.”
Solei as usual had utterly failed to appreciate your vision.
“Acting Director, this… isn’t feasible.”
“But it is <span class="mu-i">possible</span> yes? I guarantee you this weapon will surpass whatever the Imperials are cooking up!”
“You’re asking us to build a super-capital."
“It was the only way to fit in all the stuff I wanted.”
“The costs of making a stealth composite hull that big will be exorbitant, not to mention the tactical jump ordinance requires exotic matter for the E-drives. Each device would cost as much as a small frigate and require the translation vector to be calculated in real time.”
“All acceptable costs, the enemy will be unable to counter them.”
“To calculate all the firing solutions and manage all those missile launches we’d need an elite cadre of savants, such personnel are not easy to requisition.”
“A ship such as this will demand an elite crew. It’s only natural.”
Gale and Solei looked at each other apprehensively.
“Acting Director, if you insist on submitting this design to Fleet Command, with our current economy we would only ever be able to build <span class="mu-i">one</span>. If it cannot deliver on your promises it will be a major setback to the war effort.”
“That won’t happen, because it will meet, no, exceed all expectations.”
“Glasner, consider a more cost effective design. The idea for tactical jump ordinance has merit. Perhaps a light stealth cruiser fitted with the new weapon would be a better choice?”
“I think the modular fabrication system has merit, we could apply it to a new carrier design which would increase its strike craft capacity.”
Such small minds, why did they have to make so much sense!
>Begin the full Arsenal Gear project. This will lock the major project for two rounds of development and result in a single exceedingly powerful ship, with stealth, tactical jump, stealth torpedoes and jump ordinance.
>Build a light stealth cruiser equipped with tactical jump ordinance.
>Build a new fleet carrier with on board fabrication capabilities.
((Got a headache right now so I'll do the vote for the Hotdog later.))
