As requested by the corporate tops, today I ventured into Liberty to check out the places where Gallic Royal battlefleets were last seen at the moment of the end of war. As expected, the wreckage was at the approximate place of where the war theater was. "Betheny" is adrift in Cortez system, not salvaged. The ships is badly damaged and can barely be used for anything except for re-melting the materials. The reparation of the hull would be too expensive for Libertonians. Near "Betheny" was also drifting Libertonian dreadnought "Yukon", or what is left of it.
What is more concerning is that "Carcassone" was successfully salvaged by Libertonians that managed to bring its life-support functions back to life. I took the glimpse of it from afar not to raise any suspicions, but its proximity to a base and frequent patrols drive to a conclusion that it is being studied. Surely, it is a loss for Gallia and our know-how.
As for the marketing - Liberty is affluent with foreign goods and ships and entering the market would be pretty tough. I assume to do so we really need to have a cutting edge technology different from Libertonian analogues to offer, otherwise the cost of importing ships from Gallia is unlikely to attract customers to our business except for the lovers of something unique.
At the moment I am on my way to Rheinland to study the local market. I stopped to rest at Freeport 2 in Bering and must admit that the locals sell quite interesting ships now decomissioned and rarely used in Rheinland. The ships were used by LWB illegal movement and have decent combat capacity from the stats provided by the local ship dealers. I suggest we buy a few for engineering research and a glimpse into Rheinlandic ship building thought. In addition, they can be used alongside our civilian combat vessels to fend off pirates in Languedoc.
I will report later regarding the outcome of my Rheinland trip. Subsequently, I will venture into the Omicrons to look into the possibility of "Corvo" supply as messier Giroux requested.