the naval architects couldnt believe their ears , but as long as president mugubutu put down a hefty deposit , and paid his stage payments on time they would design and build him a world class warship , even though it was extremely doubtful that any sane government would ever provide the weapons systems that were on his wish list , well perhaps the saluting cannons might not be too much of a problem , but they would cross those bridges when they came to them , and their final design was spectacular , beautiful flared bows , sleek superstructure , and a nice hefty flight deck , so after drawing up a watertight contract and receiving the initial deposit ( sorry sir , no discount for cash ) they started constructing yard number 246 with a vengeance , after all there was no telling how long the presidents presidency was going to last .