ldwechsler wrote:Relax wrote:GSN:
SD: All retired
SDP: Some mothballed
CLAC: Most mothballed
BCP: Front line service
BC: Mothballed
CA: Front Line service
Interdiction Ships: Retained and more built
DD: Replaced
Home system: Forts on rotating basis
DD+LAC as well.
PS: Don't save much in manpower as most GSN models have few manpower requirements.
RFC pointed out long ago that a good sized navy was not that difficult for a whole planet to support.
The Grayson leaders know that much of the support from an alliance COULD BE transitory. High Ridge showed them that. Second, they have the issue of Masada. Third, they are pretty rigid and Benjamin is the suspicious sort.
Add to that the fact that his sons will be growing up in that household and their oldest sister is in the navy, there will be a distinct unwillingness to move towards disarmament.
PPS: Paring down on the logistics pipeline on the other hand could save a LOT of manpower and $$$. So, all old models with single drive missiles and heavy manpower = GONE. Sell them. Probably make more selling them than they paid for them due to the interstellar situation. I could even see them eliminating the BCP and retaining the SDP while updating the CA, like adding power outlets to its hull so it can carry 40 pods indefinitely.....
*** Please place your reply out of the quote, not inside, it makes reading near impossible***1) I thought it was rather obvious from my post that manpower for GSN is not that big of a deal due to their ships already having the manpower reductions.
2) I stated Logistics would be a larger problem. No, I did not go into detailed reasons why. (Not counting their entire logistics train got BLOWN UP)
2a) Grayson is still limited tech wise compared to rest of galaxy which means they have catching up to do. This requires decades of LEARNING/DOING. Most of those who learned, just died, restarting the process.
2b) With a 3:1 ratio of women/men the dependents ratio is exceedingly high. While women can work in construction/trades/engineering, it is exceedingly rare and they do not choose to do so. In general ~~ terms: men are physical builders, women are builders of relationships. Learning trades, engineering, etc requires DECADES of applied work and the will to continue to do so. You can semi-force someone to do something they do not want to do for a few years, but decades? No.
2c) Most of Graysons do not have prolong which means their health compared to rest of galaxy sucks making for even MORE dependents.
2d) Their planet also tries to kill them requiring far more labor to produce food etc compared to anywhere else in the galaxy. Example would be difference between India and Russia for food production. One is blessed, the other is abysmal.
2e) They are just starting to build Domes for farming... Let you do the simple math of area required to feed 4 BILLION people and the immense insane amount of manhours required to build the structure, let alone decontaminate the soil and all of the filtration systems required. This alone will tie up the entire Grayson industrial plant for the next 2 decades.
3) Their entire war plant got destroyed
3a) Logistics is a MASSIVE problem as they have none
3b) Must be rebuilt from scratch. This requires DECADES in lost personnel and plant rebuilding.
SO: Grayson must become introspective for a while and fix many problems. One of which is the fact they have been on a war footing for a VERY LONG time. The populace is tired. The only war on earth that I could compare it to would be the 30 years war. If you want to use the USA analogue, then the WWII/Korea period followed by Vietnam... Vietnam ended in a military victory but a defeat due to the populace not supporting the effort and who just wanted it to STOP with 3 million men, 1:30 in Uniform around the world for the last 30 years. Essentially every man growing up for 30 years was in the military or supporting it and only luck kept you out of the draft.
Grayson is Tired but on an upward trajectory.
Grayson has no true external threat.
Grayson will support its allies and keep its hand in the politics this way. So, I see many spec ops and commerce protection duties. Power projection?(SDP/CLAC) Will be pruned to the bone but kept in reserve.