After the death of Lord Vader, the Empire ("Empire") decided to abandon its sinister aims and convert the Death Star into an Intergalactic, five-star, luxury resort hotel and casino.Empire ran an advertisement in the Intergalactic Gazette on January 1 inviting contractors to submit their bids for retrofitting the Death Star to include hotel rooms, slot machines, and plenty of card tables.

Numerous companies submitted bids to Empire, including Vegas in Space ("Vegas").After several weeks of research (at a cost of $500,000), Vegas prepared construction plans (the "Vegas Plans") to convert the Death Star into a luxury resort hotel and casino, and, on January 20, submitted its plans and the following bid.

Dear Empire,

Per your January 1 advertisement, please find enclosed our bid and plans to convert the Death Star into a luxury resort hotel and casino.We can complete all of the work for $9,000,000, and will require that you pay us in three equal installments of $3,000,000 each, the first installment due immediately upon accepting our bid, the second due 90 days after accepting our bid, and the last due upon completion of the project 180 days after accepting our bid.We promise to leave this offer open until March 1.

Yours,

/s/ Sonny Black

CEO, Vegas in Space

On February 1, Empire sent off the following telegram to Vegas:

Sonny,

We are pleased to accept your bid of $9,000,000.We will immediately review your plans and notify you by February 15.

/s/ Empire

Empire paid an engineering firm $75,000 to examine the structural integrity of the Vegas Plans.On February 10, the engineering firm notified Empire that the Vegas Plans were structurally sound and up to Intergalactic Building Code standards.On February 11, Empire began drafting a letter notifying Vegas of the engineering firm's approval of its plans when the phone rang.Empire answered and was notified by Sonny that Vegas would no longer be able to undertake the Death Star construction project because it had just agreed to build a hotel and casino on the planet of Tatooine instead.

Empire decided to re-open the bidding process, but they were relatively happy with the Vegas Plans.Therefore, on February 15, Empire took out another large advertisement in the Intergalactic Gazette, publishing the Vegas Plans and insisting that any bids submitted conform to, and implement, the Vegas Plans.Reno in Space ("Reno"), which originally submitted a losing bid of $12,000,000 in response to the January 1 advertisement, submitted a bid of $10,000,000 in response to the February 15 advertisement.Although the bid implemented the Vegas Plans, Reno informed the Empire that it would not be able to complete the project in the 180 days originally specified by Vegas, but would

require at least 270 days.Empire accepted Reno's bid.

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