Less cynically, Air Force brass have been burned over and over again by companies who lowballs bids and can't deliver. It's human nature to try to steer contracts to companies that have made good on promises in the past.
My was in the Air Force and worked on big contracted projects. You would not believe how often the AF has to deal with companies taking progress payments and then declaring bankruptcy.
Of course the really big contracting decisions are all made on Capitol Hill *cough*F-35*cough*.
Is anything real? Are you?
We should use the ability of our medium to show players the issues first-hand, or give them a unique understanding of the issues and complexities by crafting game mechanics along with narrative components that result in dynamics of play that create meaning for the player in ways that other media isn't capable of.
No. I do not want to be preached at while I'm gaming, and if you put that kind of crap in the game I won't buy it.
The Nazis started in with the anti-Jew stuff long before they had the opportunity to take anyone's freedom away.
Do you think the North Koreans have health scares like the antivax stuff or allow news exposes on doorknob bacteria? They may natter on about foreign threats, but I doubt as a Nork you hear anything about local threats like crime, disease, and environmental contaminants.
"Spock, did you see the looks on their faces?" "Yes, Captain, a sort of vacant contentment."