[X] "It is in the Kaiser's best interests that Austria-Hungary's navy is strong. You cannot count on the reliability of the Italians. Oh? Well, I have proof. I will courier that to you."
[X] You told him that you had a family connection of sorts higher up in the decision-making hierarchy, and that your informal connection led to you being yanked out to help smooth out an otherwise deadlocked decision, leaving the precise nature of the connection deliberately vague.
[X] You tell her that if she cannot behave with a high level of propriety within the office, you will be forced to let her go from the position in order to preserve your reputation. Her relationship with you, such as it is, must remain on a discreet level.
[X] You went to look at the worksite on Sunday, and while distractedly thinking of a certain woman of Vienna, you bumped into a ladder and got hit by a falling box of rivets.
[X] You tell her that you love her as you love a sister, and you cannot bear to lose her. You will not give that up if you find another woman to love as a wife; you have no natural siblings that you are as close to, and she need not be jealous that some other woman will replace her. You will never love her as a wife, but you will never stop loving her as a sister.
-[X] … with Elizabeth. At some point you asked her to give you her best shot, and she helpfully punched you in the head. (You were drunk, it seemed like a good idea at the time.) She apologized profusely afterwards and kissed the cut one of her rings made.
[X] An almost-untouched design study catches your eye, superficially similar to the Alpen- a quad turret fore and aft, with a triple superfiring over the fore quad. The superstructure is tightly abbreviated, with the last turret oddly far aft to make room for a catapult or two quadruple torpedo launchers a side. In the notes, it is mentioned that the catapult would likely need to be retrofitted in, or if that wasn't possible more secondary battery mounts.
[X] The imagined Bretagne reconstruction, with quadruple turrets both forward and aft and a split superstructure surrounding a central aircraft catapult.
[X] An almost-untouched design study catches your eye, superficially similar to the Alpen- a quad turret fore and aft, with a triple superfiring over the fore quad. The superstructure is tightly abbreviated, with the last turret oddly far aft to make room for a catapult or two quadruple torpedo launchers a side. In the notes, it is mentioned that the catpult would likely need to be retrofitted in, or if that wasn't possible more secondary battery mounts.
[X] You tell her that you cannot handle combining your professional working relationship with a personal relationship of a more intimate nature. She cannot be both your secretary and your lover, and must choose which she wants to be.
[X] "If additional metallurgical expertise is made available to us, I can convince Skoda to offer your company a new and extremely capable dual purpose 12cm gun for the Prussia class ships with a favorable 'friends and allies' license agreement."