Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: zgrssd

That would bea really good argument against it, if there weren't 3 other ways to skin that feline:

The only real limitation here is resources: The new component might need resources that you can not get by recycling the old one. There are 3 options to deal with that:
1. Have them go to the nearest base with those resources. Less of a track, but still one.
2. Call a freighter to deliver the missing resources, while flying towards it for a rendevous even in deep space. They already do this in DW1, if they somehow lack resources for a Station (design changed, there was not enough at the stop, etc.)
3. Have them pre-emptively store enough resource to do a full upgrade on the fly. The number of components is more static in DW2, so ship resource costs can not siginifcantly increase on the fly.
4. Their construction equipment can be used to make mining equipment. So why not let them act as a slow form of Miner, so they can go and extract the needed resources themself from stellar objects?
3+4 could even be combined - store in advance, but mine whatever you are missing

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Hey, U235, as can be seen in my avatar photo, good old CV-66 was my first, and only ship as well. 89 - 93 with the air wing in AIMD. God Bless the USA!

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Let me provide an example. Imagine if the USS Constitution

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ORIGINAL: U235

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ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

Hey, U235, as can be seen in my avatar photo, good old CV-66 was my first, and only ship as well. 89 - 93 with the air wing in AIMD. God Bless the USA!

I was air department ship’s crew 79-82 and 85-89. Transferred near the beginning of the 89 Med cruise in Rota, just after the explosion in the forward JP-5 pump room. Lost two fellow AB's in the fire. Ironically, I had just walked past the trunk hatch on the forward mess deck 5 minutes earlier. The explosion shot flames from the 8th deck up to the 03 level. Slept in the hanger bay for 3 days until the berthing was repair and power returned. They initially thought the hull was breached due to seawater leaking in, but it turned out to be a ruptured seawater main. Sadly, it wasn't uncommon to lose one or more crew members on deployments back then. Much improved now, but still dangerous environment. Later when onto tours with USS Eisenhower and USS Kearsarge. Got to preform duties as AV-8 Harrier launch officer on the latter which was a hoot. I hear those F-35's practically launch and land vertically by themselves.

Mike

"Good times will set you free" - Jimmy Buffett

"They need more rum punch" - Me


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ORIGINAL: zgrssd

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Let me provide an example. Imagine if the USS Constitution

Please explain wich part of "Construction and Science ships" you did not understand, that you bring military ships into it.

I am pissed that people on page 2 still do that ****.

I now wrote it clearly at the top of the OP:
I EXPLICITLY AND UNAMBIGIOUSLY SAID THAT THIS DOES NOT ABOUT MILITARY SHIPS. STOP TALKING ABOUT MILITARY SHIPS!

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It sounds like we were shipmates for about 2 weeks before Rota.

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Imagine if the USS Constitution "Old Ironsides" were constantly upgraded and was the USA's most technically advance ship today. Would it not seem silly? In fact I'll take it one step further, perhaps there should be a point in DM2 where a ship is no longer a viable candidate for upgrade/refit. This would provide a whole new prospective to fleet planning in a realistic way.