Quote:Indeed. Especially considering the other outfits that have performed similar things, i.e.: the Roughriders and their behemoth B-36 Peacemakers.
There's a lot of debate within the Soviet ranks as to a) whether Ptichka really *needs* a mothership/tender in the first place, and b) if so, what the vehicle should be. Options include Mriya, an Energia stack, some sort of custom design... and that's not getting into side proposals like new engines or mission-variable cargo pods. It's a mess, and no clear consensus has yet to emerge.
Though to be honest, if Rhodes keeps bragging about his Peacemakers, the Generalissimo might authorize building a Mriya just to shut the loudmouthed bourgeois Yankee the hell up.
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