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Corporate Internal Document #1920182-4/5: Historical reference of Company Subdivision Holdings - Majestic Skies

The Majestic Skies was to be the first of a new batch of Royal Liners commissioned by Bowex in 798 AS in response to the rise in tourism industry in and around the Sirius sector. With the positioning of the OSC Hawaii and OSC Shetland in 791AS, Orbital Spa & Cruise got the jump on the burgeoning industry, but Bowex was not to be outdone.

In 795 AS, plans were first drawn for this new Royal Liner, originally named Phoenix, as it was to rise from the old designs of the venerable Liners of old such as the Henry VIII and the Britannia. The keel was first laid in 797 AS at Southampton Shipyards, with final construction happening at Scarborough Station. The name of the new ship was changed after a passage in a communique from Queen Carina herself, read at the christening ceremony, stated "[color=#FFFFFF]May this new Royal Liner, and those that will follow her, soar the majestic skies of Bretonia for generations to come." (Queen Carina - Royal Communique 27A341, 798 AS)

The newly christened Majestic Skies could not have come at a worse time for Bowex, and it's new division Bowex Cruise Lines. In it's first year of service, the upper crust of Bretonia and Liberty both enjoyed the many luxuries of the ship. But the closed-door policy of Rheinland and the insular Kusari remained off-limits to the ship, and to Bowex Cruise Lines. In 799, the keel of the second ship, the Tranquil Skies, was put on hold as military buildups throughout the sector caused a push at Southampton and Scarborough for "more economical" ships.

The Nomad war, and subsequent strife between the Houses of Bretonia and Kusari, caused the sister ship's keel to be converted into what is now the battleship Ark Royal, completed in 809 AS. As such, Bowex Cruise Lines is still only operating the one ship. With tensions lessened with Rheinland, the Skies did open new routes, whisking passengers and elites to the vistas of Munich, the Sigmas, and the upper Omegas.

Because of the turmoil of the Nomad War, Bowex used it's substantial influence in Sirius corporate economics to barter trade deals with Orbital Spa & Cruise that allows the Majestic Skies to use their bases as a port of call for next to nothing. Also because of recent wars between Houses, the Majestic Skies can also from time to time be seen flying Refugees from the stricken planet of Leeds to Port Jackson, allowing the poor souls who have lost everything a modicum of luxury before they are repatriated on Planet Sydney (or Grand Canaria, as it is colloquially known).

Though it did lose the battle to become Bowex's new flagship to the Victoria I, the Majestic Skies continues to be one of the prides of Bretonia; a symbol of the Queen's power and grace as it makes its way throughout Sirius.

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