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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
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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.

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