The Fleet Tempest originally came into being as a variant licensed by
the Fleet to Core Complexions, Inc., who intended to improve on the existing design with
their now-famous emphasis on strong defensive capability. The designer, one Enoksur
Steidentet, performed so well in this task that the Fleet promptly bought all rights to the
design back from him for undisclosed billions, catapulting his small production and design corp
into the major leagues.
