Plus, if they didn't get their own, you could always request that the Eagle be sold on Pacifica, saying that the Unioners bought/stole the design and made it themselves.
Good idea, they could have a hacked eagle at least being sold at Pacifica. What makes me insist on this is actually these buds were shipyard labourers or repairmen. I believe that they should have the knowledge to produce at least a decent vhf or hf. Don't wanna turn this thread into a Unioner propaganda though.
On the uncharted lagoons of anguish, I sail with a canoe made of my sins.