Fleet composition
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Fleet design is very important, especially if you have multiple fleets amongst multiple services that cover different roles =D.
It depends significantly on context. And available resources.
Mind you, the Stargate universe has basically one warship type per given species. Even when the Prometheus and Daedalus were both around at the same time, they were effectively the same ship type.
Mark
Mind you, the Stargate universe has basically one warship type per given species. Even when the Prometheus and Daedalus were both around at the same time, they were effectively the same ship type.
Mark
Yeah, I've always enjoyed some of the offscreen works because of their interesting variety of ships, and doing somewhat a decent job of not making space seem too small for plot reasons. One reason I personally have no issue with Starfleet building a small percentage of advanced warships (like battleships and dreadnoughts) is force projection/multiplication. A single dreadnought or battleship could form the same tactical anchor that a few frigates or several destroyers could also perform, while also potentially being able to act in a flagship capacity that a cruiser could. There's a lot of potential options. 
I also have some interesting books in my naval library having to do with fleets. I've been rereading one about the scuttling of the German fleet in 1919, which had been interned under British supervision at Scapa Flow. The armistice ending WWI had required Germany to surrender its submarine fleet unconditionally, but the question of what to do with the surface warships was much thornier.
The Germans initially assumed the fleet would be split up and interned in neutral ports, as the internment status meant that they were still legally German vessels until the Allies reached a specific decision. Several neutral governments that were approached, such as Spain, refused to accept the ships, and the Allied governments were divided on what should be done with the vessels.
The British, at least privately, thought it would be ideal to take the German fleet out to international waters and have it sunk. The French and Italians both wanted some of their vessels as war reparations, arguing that since they had spent more resources on their land forces during the war, the ships would serve as symbols of victory in addition to disarming the Germans. The Americans speculated that some of the ships could be part of a global police force serving the League of Nations.
The German sailors, during the internment, were not allowed direct communication with their government (although they still managed to smuggle limited information in from German ships delivering supplies and repatriating crew), and were only given access to British newspapers that were four days old. The status of being virtual prisoners, but not legally surrendered or officially POWs, was naturally humiliating but it was hoped that compliance would ultimately bring some benefit, as they knew Germany was in dire straits after hostilities ended.
When the Germans came to be believe that their government would reject the Treaty of Versailles and that the war would resume, they chose to scuttle the entire fleet to prevent it falling into enemy hands. The Allies naturally complained about a final "act of treachery," but the British and Americans were ironically relieved (privately) that the fleet had been dealt with in a final manner.
The Germans initially assumed the fleet would be split up and interned in neutral ports, as the internment status meant that they were still legally German vessels until the Allies reached a specific decision. Several neutral governments that were approached, such as Spain, refused to accept the ships, and the Allied governments were divided on what should be done with the vessels.
The British, at least privately, thought it would be ideal to take the German fleet out to international waters and have it sunk. The French and Italians both wanted some of their vessels as war reparations, arguing that since they had spent more resources on their land forces during the war, the ships would serve as symbols of victory in addition to disarming the Germans. The Americans speculated that some of the ships could be part of a global police force serving the League of Nations.
The German sailors, during the internment, were not allowed direct communication with their government (although they still managed to smuggle limited information in from German ships delivering supplies and repatriating crew), and were only given access to British newspapers that were four days old. The status of being virtual prisoners, but not legally surrendered or officially POWs, was naturally humiliating but it was hoped that compliance would ultimately bring some benefit, as they knew Germany was in dire straits after hostilities ended.
When the Germans came to be believe that their government would reject the Treaty of Versailles and that the war would resume, they chose to scuttle the entire fleet to prevent it falling into enemy hands. The Allies naturally complained about a final "act of treachery," but the British and Americans were ironically relieved (privately) that the fleet had been dealt with in a final manner.
