"Iva cheri possibly the last thing I would ever wish upon you would be to marginalise your creativity, but the ship your suggesting would be the very minimum the complete dimesions of freeport 10 or something approaching it in scale. Refitting a pre-existing ship is comparitively cheap and easy, and can be done in space, but the designs your deliberating would..." *groans* "...Require a shipyard, and I can directly affirm that the Commonwealth simply does not possess such a capability at this time. Construting such a leviathan would require resource negotiation, possibly with the TAZ or our... fickle compatriots up ’74 way.
And this completely ingnores the required negotiation with Gallia, and the massive crew deficit the project would require..."
"...However, the project is feasible as a long-term investment, and may even offer a return. Tell you what cheri..."
*leans towards the camera slightly*
"...You get this little endeavour of yours in motion, start turning wheels, and I'll find you a production facility oui?"
"Remember, back in Gallia I was of the merchant caste. If at any point I believe that this... leviathan will turn into some sort of Nephillim clone I will pull the metaphorical plug on it."
"Hopefully you will prove productive Iva, I have every faith in you".
"In the meantime I would position the Commonwealth surplus on a Corvo class stellar exploration ship. Corvo's are generation vessels; designed to accomodate families of crew for decades at a time in typical Zoner opulance whilst still providing a fair provision of ordinance for... reasons defensive."
"Apologies for Robert. He's never amused without a fresh provision of bar wenches".
***transmission out****
THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's outlawed trade unions, determined to take the underworld for themselves.)
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