Re: [TML] How many... Phil Pugliese 18 Aug 2017 14:29 UTC
-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 8/17/17, Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] How many... To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com Date: Thursday, August 17, 2017, 3:09 PM On 18Aug2017 0553, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> On Aug 16, 2017, at 11:38 PM, Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com >> <mailto:xxxxxx@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Type S scouts remain the property of the IISS, so far as I know (which >> does raise the question of where prospectors get the hulls for their >> Seekers), so the IISS may recycle or destroy most of the older Type S >> ships, if only to keep value in their retirement incentive program >> ("Be as good little Scout and you'll get your own Type S when you >> 'retire'!”) > > "Recycle, destroy”...or part out, hence the Seeker hulls… > > Actually they wouldn’t even need to do that to keep up their incentive > program: “You’ll get an IISS Certified used Type S, properly maintained > and refurbished by IISS Depot certified mechanics.” What you find on the > open market, eeehhh, not so much. Besides, I’ll wager that another perk > of an ex-scout swinging by to get debriefed is that the debriefing goes > both ways, albeit informally, plus PX shopping rights, and a free > maintenance check on-base. I know a bunch of retired AF folks (heck > work with one, his desk is about 5 feet away…) and PX access is a > greatly valued retirement benefit. It was mainly just a thought on why the TU isn't buried in Type S scout/couriers. FWIW, I looked at NZ' Inland Revenue depreciation rates, and the only things that have a rate similar to that which a starship would need to have to be an attractive 40-year investment assuming break-even during the repayment period are buildings with 100-year expected useful lifespans. For tax purposes these have a 1.5% straight-line depreciation, and a 2% diminishing value rate. This implies that in the 3I a commercial starship in normal use will last about a century, barring accident or intentional damage or destruction (i.e. just allowing for normal wear and tear), assuming it's properly looked after. FWIW the same document assumes a 20-25 year life for seagoing vessels, so the 3I will likely have a lot more ships relative to the yard capacity than we expect to see today, because they last 4-5 times as long as a ship does (not surprising given starships aren't sitting in a brine bath their whole life). Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief ------------------------------------------------------------------------ And then there's the 3I Naval Depots. They must just be chock-a-block full of TL13 vessels relegated to their 'boneyards' as the IN transitioned from regular/colonial squadrons at 14/13 at the end of the 3rdFrontierWar to 15/14 at the beginning of the Fifth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------