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A Titanic montage tells an acquisition story: developing a requirement, celebrating award, a sustained protest, and an exaggerated 84-year wait. The narrative is satire, not a documented protest case. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-06-17 — Aj Bazdanes: Ganesan Annamalai Coverage: 1 displayed and 1 visible text comment retained. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.