How to downgrade the fleet without upsetting the public?

Fox2! wrote:Have we seen Mk16s of any variant? Not that it wouldn't be trivial to make them. I suppose there aren't enough Roland/Paul class DDs running around. And they are too valuable to use as part of a fixed defense plan. Older classes of DD/CL should have enough telemetry links to handle the job.

House of Steel wrote:The Roland is a match for any conventional light or even heavy cruiser without multi-drive missiles of its own. The Roland is able to engage at a range far outside the opponent’s and is fast enough to make a run for it if its Mk16s are unable to penetrate the enemy’s defenses. As with the Wolfhound, the Roland class has no place in the modern RMN wall of battle, and all of the units thus far deployed have been sent to either the Talbott Quadrant or Silesia for use as pickets, system defense, and convoy protection. The Roland's use as a commerce raider has yet to be proven but extensive simulations reportedly have shown that the Roland will excel in that role should it be necessary.

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Chapter Twelve wrote:The number of missiles, alone, had already made a mockery of her pre-engagement calculations. Their blinding speed, and the incredible power and effectiveness of the electronic warfare systems the Mark 16’s onboard fusion plant made possible were even worse. She had no way of knowing her entire squadron’s total defensive fire had destroyed only one shipkiller, but she knew it hadn’t stopped many, and the survivors completely ignored the decoys of her deployed Halo platforms. They scorched in on Paladin, and her stomach clenched in horrified disbelief as CIC’s estimate of the laser heads’ throughput appeared on her tactical plot’s sidebar.

The Mark 16’s original fifteen-megaton warhead had been more destructive than any destroyer or light cruiser missile ever previously deployed, although dealing with battlecruiser armor—as Abigail Hearns had learned aboard HMS Hexapuma in the Monica System—had pushed it to its limits. But Tristram and her sisters were equipped with the Mod G version, with a forty-megaton warhead and improved gravity generators. That increased its effectiveness by a factor of over five . . . which made it more powerful than the brand-new Trebuchet capital ship missile the Solarian League Navy had just begun to deploy.

The simple answer is: Money

Reduce the fleet strength to reduce the tax burden on individuals

Though the governments know about the Alignment, this threat isn't "real" to the main population who after decades of war (or preparation of war) see a peace between Haven, SEM, and the SL. This would therefore inspire a segment of the population to demand a reduction in fleet spending to lower their personal tax payments (i.e. removal of the emergency war time only taxes)

Though the SL will probably break up, the nature of that break-up will be much more orderly than then the Alignment wanted/engineered
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Fox2! wrote:Have we seen Mk16s of any variant? Not that it wouldn't be trivial to make them. I suppose there aren't enough Roland/Paul class DDs running around. And they are too valuable to use as part of a fixed defense plan. Older classes of DD/CL should have enough telemetry links to handle the job.

Fox2! wrote:Should have been "Have we seen Mk 16 pods of any variant?"

Garth 2 wrote:The simple answer is: Money

Reduce the fleet strength to reduce the tax burden on individuals

Though the governments know about the Alignment, this threat isn't "real" to the main population who after decades of war (or preparation of war) see a peace between Haven, SEM, and the SL. This would therefore inspire a segment of the population to demand a reduction in fleet spending to lower their personal tax payments (i.e. removal of the emergency war time only taxes)

Though the SL will probably break up, the nature of that break-up will be much more orderly than then the Alignment wanted/engineered

Puidwen wrote:I suspect Sphinx at least will disagree about whether the alignment is a vague threat.

Weird Harold wrote:

Fox2! wrote:Should have been "Have we seen Mk 16 pods of any variant?"

Yes, we have seen Mk16 pods.

Manticore developed the "flat pack" pods so that Mk16, Mk23, and Apollo (basically all the fusion powered variants) so that SD(p) could use the same rails and handling equipment.

I would presume that older SD(p)s that used capacitor, single-drive missiles, and/or older towed pods are still around and and in use for LERM and ERM missiles.

Garth 2 wrote:The simple answer is: Money

Reduce the fleet strength to reduce the tax burden on individuals

Though the governments know about the Alignment, this threat isn't "real" to the main population who after decades of war (or preparation of war) see a peace between Haven, SEM, and the SL. This would therefore inspire a segment of the population to demand a reduction in fleet spending to lower their personal tax payments (i.e. removal of the emergency war time only taxes)

Though the SL will probably break up, the nature of that break-up will be much more orderly than then the Alignment wanted/engineered