It took a lot for Persea not to choke to death when she saw the design. It made her furious. What did she ever do to admiral Astra to land this job? Right, she was her best student. Never before had she cursed her intelligence until now.

"I... beg your... pardon?" she said, her stunned silence changed to barely contained outrage. "It... looks well for a liner, and I am amazed at the efficiency of the heat diffusion system, of that is no doubt. But I have to question the wisdom of such intricate design for our mission specifications!" she said, managing to contain her want to screama t the top of her lungs to mildly heated exclamation.

"I do not know about you, but I have been assigned to this mission, and I know for a fact that cut off from all logistical supplies, a design this complex will fail on the first instance fo something breaking. Take all of these moving bits - how difficult to repair and replace. The ship is not big enough to even haul enough spare parts. Having perfect parameters is meaningless if they would drop over time. I think we should consider simply modifying an existing, proven frame to suit the mission's needs." Persea summarized her philosophy and displayed her own design.

Two ships flashed to life, both heavily modified Faira mainline ships. One seemed to be an extended Raider with two additional engine pylons, the other apparently based upon one of their civilian designs. "Our frames may not work with such efficiency, but they are tested, have less effective systems but with many levels of redundancy and can be largely automated in case of... unforeseen shortage of crew." the Faira engineer said a bit uneasily.

Astra have warned her about Eastwing's designs. The Faira in general considered most of it a complete waste of resources. Astra has estimated that their Discovery science craft costed as much to build as a Cygnus class frigate, and that was a ship an order larger. She braced herself for any counterargument the green fellow might throw her way, wondering whether her patience would hold out for long enough.