Bolthole was a highly secret research and development program of the Havenite Navy, after 1915 PD supervised by Vice Admiral Shannon Foraker. In the four years following the cessation of hostilities with the Manticoran Alliance, Bolthole's scientists succeeded in developing LAC carriers, modern-standard light attack crafts and pod-laying superdreadnoughts, among other systems. Its existence was only revealed to prevent Arnold Giancola from disclosing it for personal, partisan advantage. (HH10)