====== Bozzy Spine Enhancement ======

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Description [wiki]       : Union wide project to improve Bozzy Spine functionality and thereby saving (:tax)
Forum [forum]*           : 2211, 2236, 2237, 2258, 2265, 2266, 2327, 100#23307
Type*                    : Politics
Characters [ref]*        : 
Factions [ref]*          : Union
Locations [ref]*         : Senate Building
Start Date [date]        : 2014-08-09
End Date [date]          : 2014-12-18
Related Stories [ref]*   : Bozzy Spine Recalibration, Electoral Period 161-180
Story Teller [ref::user] : Brend
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Chancellor [[Characters~Nehket Aeka]] proposes a plan to enhance the [[Bozzy Spine]] top the cabinet. She asks the cabinet for financial support of the plan, and hopes to use the saved (:tax) to reduce tax bracket 1 back to its original 10%.

After the project got on track, a vote was held to determine what to do with the freed (:tax). After a very uneventful vote, the proposal to lower tax bracket 1 back to 10% after the project completes was accepted. The project completed in (:turn) 184 and has been activated for public use in (:turn) 185.

The project proposal is summarised by:

== Bozzy Spine Jump Trajectory Efficiency Project ==
The Bozzy Spine JTE project will deploy several hyperspace-anchored measuring stations and precalculation arrays to improve jump trajectory estimates used to route trade fleets. In effect, less calculation power will be needed due to the repetitive navigational nature of trade vessel jumps. Maintenance costs will be lowered by 3.5%, and jump efficiency for repetitive trajectories will increase with 0.8% to 2.9%.

The following costs are associated with the project. Values are given in both actual goods, and estimated tax value:

  * Tax: 8333 (:tax) (8333 (:tax))
  * Hyperspace Nodes: 2083 (:hyperspace-nodes) (9374 (:tax))
  * Holonet Relays: 417 (:holonet-relays) (1877 (:tax))

Total estimated cost: 19583 (:tax)

