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===Okatian Maritime Retrofit Program===

Due to the increasing frequency of marine interception carried out by both sides and the escalation of collisions, minor ramming, and propeller fouling, in the late 50s and early 60s, individual ship captains of the [[Navy of Burgundie]] and the [[Revenue Guard]] started to {{wpl|Jury rigging|jury-rig}} protective materials onto the gunwales of their ships and boats. In [[1964]], the [[Navy of Burgundie|Navy]] instituted the Okatian Maritime Retrofit Program (OMReP). OMReP was as much about research and development as it was about damage mitigation. The Program evaluated hundreds of ideas between [[1964]] and [[1972]] on how to reduce damage from ship-to-ship collisions and anti-fouling technology. In [[1968]] they recommended the construction of enormous air-filled fenders to be thrown over in the event of an imminent collision. When the Stenzan maritime forces started to reinforce their prows and crush the air-filled fenders, the OMReP experimented with water-filled fenders. They were successful but incredibly heavy and reduced maneuverability, making the ships even more dangerous to operate. In the early 70s the program returned to the air-filled solution but went to a rapid inflating blister design that could expand to an even larger size than was previously possible with the rigid design of the previous decade. Minor design improvements have been made since the Patron 74 Gardefange Maritime OMReP, but the system of rapidly expanding blisters remains functionally the same in modern retrofits for Burgoignesc service in the [[Okatian Sea]].