Posted by: Serina
« on: October 08, 2023, 05:26:58 PM »As a result, it's not inconceivable to create a vessel with a significantly longer maintenance life than it's deployment time, especially if it's being sent out for a "Tour" or some kind of longer patrol, or even planetary defense. Longer deployment times have steep internal costs in terms of needing extra crew space etc, and for some vessels, that might be a substantial source of maintenance costs. Thus by having shorter deployments but without doing overhauls, you could theoretically reduce overall maintenance cost and perhaps more importantly ship size.