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[color=#FFCC66]Corporate Internal Memo #1095812-4/5: Required reading.

Ah your knowledge, much alike Kusari's fast food industry and Liberty's deficit, is ever growing! Or at least it shall be once you've been forced to read the below corporate document, detailing the latest addition to our fleet, the to-be corporate flagship Victoria. I need not tell you this is mandatory, do I? And for those niggling dissidents, yes, I do read these documents too. For example I could describe the ancestry of our great corporation in Cambridge Shooters, Hears Ree and BEAST. See, I know just as much as you, if not more! Now hop to! We're not paying you to complain! ~Maloney

[color=#FFCC66]Corporate Internal Memo #1920182-4/5: Modern Day Assets of Borderworld Exports.

The Victoria I was originally commissioned in early 817 A.S. as a memorial to the terrible loss of the Bretonian men and women killed during the war, specifically the fall of Glasgow Outpost and the lives of employees lost therein. Shortly after the fall of Glasgow, national and corporate moral was at an all time low - it was decided that a new symbol of hope was required to rekindle national pride and ferocity.

The ship had to be authorised specifically by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Sir Edward Grey, in order to circumvent the ban on non essential public ship construction in Bretonian nationalised shipyards. Taking almost a year to construct, the external hull was fabricated at Scarborough Shipyard, while internal components were outsourced to independent contractors on Planets Leeds and New London.

Part of the reason for the approval was the amount of work it would generate for the populace as a whole, although rumours hint that the support of the majority of the Cambridge Deans (who had been promised access to the construction site for their students of solar engineering) may have played quite a role in influencing the decision.

Designed on the same principles as the VIII, the Victoria is extravagant to the extreme - a sign of Bretonia's progress into the future, unphased by war or strife. There are a number of business conference rooms, as well as sleeping quarters for crew and guests.

When the Victoria's commission was first announced, bookies all over New London and Leeds opened shop to take bets on which ship would take the crown of the next corporate flagship: the Victoria or the Majestic Skies? - those who placed their money on the Victoria are now a little richer.

The shuttle bay's rear wall is ostentatiously clad in black marble, in which are carved the names of every single man and woman who fell in the defence of, and during the capture of LD-14 and Glasgow Outpost. This sets a sombre, yet dignified setting for all who enter.

The Victoria will be officially declared Bowex's new corporate flagship on the 21st of February, 818 A.S, when the Henry VIII will be retired from the role in order to act as a museum ship orbiting New London. A separate opening ceremony will be held after the VIII's, attended by all of Bowex's senior management, various members of the aristocracy and several high profile politicians. Employees, members of the public and foreign citizens are also welcome to attend, once the price for a ticket has been paid.

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