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==== Reparations ====
Of the 763 aboard Pioneer at the time of the sinking, only 150 made it out alive while the SS Onward had no survivors. The loss was tremendous, and the company suffered immensely. The company owed the Tuvarian government 1.6
=== New Owners and Reconstruction (1877-1895) ===
In 1877, the Tuvarian government barred Red Star Line from receiving anymore checks and money from the government to fund shipbuilding and operation. Following this news, the former shareholders of the company resigned and put the entire Line up for sale for a nice price of 666,000 Tuvanats. After a year of being on the market, a young businessman and former shareholder, Adem Delic (1845-1913) purchased the company and relocated 2,000 of his employees from his other owned businesses to the Red Star Line. Delic was a contractor for Naval Military Endeavours in the Tuvarian Navy and so had a lot of experience under his belt with naval business.
His first motion as CEO of the Line was the pause of passenger travel under the company in 1879 in order to work on optimizing safety measures. Explorer 2, Pioneers sister ship, was modified into a cargo ship starting in 1880 and reentered service in 1882. Immediately, Delic got to work on collecting investors and external payment to keep the Line on the edge of life until he could get it all off the ground. By 1886, the company was back on her feet. New naval policies past in Tuvarian Parliament ordered that all naval vessels made for passenger line purposes had enough lifeboats for their capacity of passengers and that all Naval officers and sailors who were part of the company prior to 1876 were retrained and given proper training.
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