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i should also point out one of the front companies for cerberus is cord-hislop AEROSPACE. if they had one company specializing in starships, it's not that hard to imagine they may also have more.

and credits were never a problem even if shepard was a *significant* drain. TIM has wealthy/powerful/influential backers and is an astute micromanager himself.

they definitely have the resources to build an armada.