Borealis wrote:Something to consider that you didn't mention and may have overlooked Bob is the difference in medical capability between our current medical tech and Honorverse medical tech.
With quick heal, medical nano-tech (not the mind-control sort), neural interfaces, regen (for those who can use it), etc., the speed and ability to repair most damage that we would consider catastrophic would almost be in-patient service.
Even when Honor was 'ship-wrecked' on Hades, she still had the, albeit limited, facilities of an Assault Shuttle combined with Dr. Montoya's knowledge and skill. (I imagine that by virtue of being an Assault Shuttle, there are more extensive medical capabilities than a basic first aid kit.) There is even a reference to the skill of her amputation that made a prosthetic replacement much easier.
My only observation. In 1797, Horatio Nelson lost his right arm at Santa Cruz (Tenerife). Within one hour of the amputation (without anesthesia) he was back on deck writing his first dispatch --- writing it, not dictating it --- with his left hand.
Aside from idiocies we see on screen where (for example) a Transformer flings the hero around by one arm for the better part of 20 seconds and the arm isn't simply unbroken, the shoulder isn't even dislocated --- aside from that sort of nonsense, I say --- the toughness and intestinal fortitude of real human beings often beggars the imagination of most of us.
). Just keep it in mind and think about whether it is worth reviving a dead thread. And if you decide it is, go ahead. I'm not trying to be a party pooper--I'm just getting overwhelmed.