MAD-4A wrote:Use what you have, then cannibalize. The shuttle Atlantis wasn’t used until after the Challenger accident. Before that it sat in a hanger as a spare parts ben. Also where electronics are concerned, there is no such thing as incompatible. You can run MS programs on a Mac & Mac programs on a PC (if you have the right software). In the 60’s the US Navy decided to adopt the OTO Melara compact 76 mm gun. It used a 16 bit FC processor. But the US processors at the time were only 8 bit. Not compatible. But a widget rigged it together & they’re still in service. You just need a tech to figure out an interface.Jonathan_S wrote:And as David Weber pointed out, you don't have training, logistics, or supplies to keep those SLN ships in service…And that's ignoring major things like their ammo is different. So they've got whatever missiles are in their (collective) magazines and that's it.Jonathan_S wrote:Exactly how long do you think you can keep something as complex as an SD in useful service without access to the full repair manual and the replacement necessary when something breaks or wears out? Stuff is always breaking on the ship and it's a non trivial task to keep one operational even when it's the one you've trained on, have first class experience maintaining, and have full access to repair / replacement parts for it.
Effective active service with absolutely no compatible replacement parts? 6-8 months at-least, or 2-3 minor fights. Jury-rigging & canabelizion out of service & wrecked units a little longer. That’s enough to give a little breathing room for the TC from FF raids and after that just keeping them moving and having the appearance of operation can deter raids and attacks on key areas (the enemy wont know if their systems are failing). That would give time for some production to be restored.
That's the thing - it's going to take the League a minimum of two months to organise those raids and then six months just to travel out that far. It's possible that all of the SDs captured at 2nd Manticore are damaged in some way, which just adds to the troubles and expense in getting them to work.
Besides, there are scores of Gryphons, Sphinxes and the like mothballed. If we're talking about go-faster shoes, those are better than the captured Solly hardware, whether they be cannibalised or deployed to the front.
