pd 1924 - Shape of Beowulf's fleet

tlb wrote:Thank you for the extract. I only have digital copies through Mission of Honor, so it is harder to verify if I remembered correctly in the later books. I appreciate people who quote supporting text when making broad statements.

You're quite welcome

Apparently my memory has gone Kaput
Sorry

Still leaves my points #1-#7

Forts and cruisers. SD'P disappear

Relax wrote:Still leaves my points #1-#7

Forts and cruisers. SD'P disappear

Relax wrote:#4 Rennaisance Factor is rising with hundreds of SDP's and taking territory.

#5 GA while currently allied may not be in the future with hundreds of SDP's of their own.

As I understood the Detweiler Plan, the Renaissance Factor was to be a haven for systems fleeing the chaos due to the breakup of the Solarian League. They were not intended to forcibly annex anyone initially and the actual chaos is much less than what the Malign hoped. While they may have some SD's (not hundreds, so far as I know), they are still inferior in strength to the new Solarian League and the GA. So I consider your fourth point questionable.

I also question the fifth point, since Beowulf's shipyards are a necessary part of the new ships being created for the GA. They will remain so until Manticore's infrastructure is rebuilt (with Beowulf's help). Considering the multi-century ties between Manticore and Beowulf, I see no reason why that relationship should end. In fact with Beowulf out of the League, I expect the Grand Alliance will continue to include Beowulf.

PS: Isn't the main reason that you thought Beowulf would have to build forts, instead of SD's, when you state so many groups around them have hundreds, is that you believed that Beowulf's heavy industry had been destroyed? So you felt that the capacity to build forts would be easier to create?