You open up the communications with the Parliament commitee responsible for overseeing your process, and try to negotiate a deadline delay so that your engineers and designers can work out those radar problems.
Next day you receive your reply - the deadline has been graciously extended to Stardate 25.8.
You immediately contact Al-Fadil and inform him of the change.
Stardate 25.8
Your design teams give the Oceanic a green light; they've done all the tests and they've done all they could to ensure its marks are as high as on the paper.
Class name: Oceanic
Traits: -
TYPE: Cruiser
SIZE: Small
Design Marks:
AFC: 2
HLS: 2
LRO: 3
MAN: 3
PRB: 1
SAR: 1
SCC: 2
Total: 14
Construction cost: 22 M.Credits
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Few days later, the Parliamentary Commitee and the Design Bureau host a presentation for the important figures within the Parliament. There are quite few nods of approval and jubilant shouts, albeit some of the MPs seem rather unconvinced. Perhaps they wished for something 'better', but you shrug - it's first design and on a very short notice.
As the banquet rolls in and everyone gets their Martian Margaritas and Jovian Jellies, you spot two important figures of the Parliament in the crowd.
There's
Rudolf Goethe, a retired Admiral and leader of the populist Falange party, enjoying the view of the Oceanic, with his affiliates. Few meters away,
Agatha Surar, the Parliament's Treasurer, is discussing things with her aides.
Maybe it's time to strike a chat?
A) I would rather keep myself and the Bureau without political affiliations, thank you.
B) Masses follow the Populists, so by being friends with them I'm friends with the public, right?
C) If the Treasurer herself backs me up, the budget increase is guaranteed!
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