Revenge, Superb, Dominion, and Agamemnon add 428,000 tons to the construction programme and roughly half a million in monthly spending. The campaign finances immediately show that this is more construction than the navy can comfortably afford or should undertake. The deficit is accepted rather than corrected, since cancelling a battleship is rejected outright. These are game figures, but the decision makes the tradeoff between fleet expansion and fiscal capacity visible.
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Ordering four battleships beyond the campaign budget
Four battleships add 428,000 tons of construction and roughly half a million in monthly spending, deliberately pushing the campaign programme beyond a prudent budget.