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In 4ABY the imperial logistics network was already under immense pressure, but then Emperor Palpatine died. This would set off a chain reaction that would make that bought the Imperial Navy onto its knees.
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Wonder where the original of this thumbnail comes from. Clearly shows a power move (locomotives only) with mostly EMD SD70ACe (based on the radiator fans) but at least one GE…probably an Evolution Series. Aesthetically, very noice!
Allen, I really appreciate your insight on these videos. It's helped me change the way I think about things. It's broadened my mind horizons. Truly thank you
Boeing is amazing. Their Seattle, Washington factory is so cool
The Empire has a lot of imperial Star Destroyers but can not even run in full capacity.
7:58 Is that USS Long Beach?
Compared to how you were with Ukraine, you've made zero comments on the situation in Palestine
Why do you only care when white people are at war?
Still can't get over how stupid the ISDs look in Rebels with that long-ass tower neck. Such a needless and terrible change to their visual design…
Thanks for the video
Wow! Very well done! Very good points. I like your ending statement!
I'm curious about why you talk so much about military logistics and real-life politics. Do you have some kind of career or background in those things, or are you a layman who does a lot of research?
For goodness' sake, Alan, get some decent lighting!
For the mathematically-inclined, if a force loses 10% of its capability every time it fights, then after 10 battles it is down to 35% capability.
If you get your kicks out of a video like this, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND the YouTube channel PERUN.
His channel is centrally based on videos looking at Defense Economics and how it affects real world things. Plus videos specifically looking at this aspect for countries like the US, China, South Korea, Japan, France, Turkey, and most recently… Israel.
real life equivalent – the mighty Soviet Union didnt get to fight the great battle , the rush across the Fulda Gap that it always prepared to fight . It lost instead in the war of production – United States were outproducing the Soviet Union by every metrics of measurement , with Soviet productivity dropping below zero by the early 1980s . If it had its Endor it may have gone down in a blaze of glory , instead it got cut down by a thousand cuts – Afghanistan , Chernobyl , Berlin
Star Wars logistic don't make sense without replicators (Star Trek, not Stargate), but I don't see any evidence of those.
Another thing to consider on the ISD front is that (nominally) they are supposed to be able to operate autonomously for a maximum of 2 years, at least as far as projections of the onboard consumables go. So, food, fuel, water, spare parts, and atmosphere recycling are only able to sustain 2 years of "normal" operation, not attrition warfare.
Being able to regularly top off and refresh without ever needing to tap and drain the projected consumables limitations probably left the Empire's ISD crews feeling a bit spoiled and complacent.
there's more hardpoints on a star destroyer so it takes longer to blow up and can take countless rebel ships down with it. but it also takes longer to construct and costs more resources. it's not like it's entirely devoid of functionality, it's just that the changing metagame wont let it be relevant currently. it will become a cult classic in time.
That was part of what the Death Star was designed for. With docking bays big enough to park the Mark 2 Imperial Star Destroyer inside of it was far easier to restock and repair the ship while it was inside an air filled docking bay. That and it provided facilities for the crew to relax and refresh themselves and extensive medical facilities for the injured while the ship was docked there.
The fact that it had docking bays to park a Mark 2 in it also had bays big enough to park large supply ships in as well.
And it was capable of propelling itself and flying through hyperspace so it could go to where ever they had a fleet that needed re-provisioning or whatever hot spot was active at the time to support whatever fleet was there.
And it had a kick-ass weapon that could blast through any shield and blow up planets.
The British built a railway line to go to battle in Ethiopia
The thing that always irritated me about ISD art is that the main guns are on the dorsal hull, but artistic depictions of heavy planetary bombardments almost always show the ship sitting belly-in towards the planet, with turbolaser fire coming out of the belly and hitting the planet. Not that an ISD couldn't wreck whole cities with just its ventral guns, but they are not the heaviest. A true max yield bombardment should have the ship either nose-in towards the planet, or dorsal side in (making it look "upside down" if you have the planet at the bottom of the frame and the ship above it) enabling the octuple barbettes to rain fire on the surface.
Just based on external on screen things imperial tech is highly logistics heavy. TIE pilots need a ladder to get in and out. ISDs cannot land on a planet's surface (Mon cala cruisers can't either, but they weren't the main rebel capital ship by numbers). Stormtrooper helmets contain sensitive electronics. The AT-AT requires an escort at all times because it has no rear facing weapons. This was all by design to absolutely kill individualism and force cooperation. Can't have troops getting creative, they'll start to think, then question, and maybe defect. It made the Imperial army and navy very efficient and loyal but at the cost of logistical convenience.
This is also why the U.S. military struggles to fight guerrillas in the Middle East. These guerrillas employ the same tactics as the rebels.
Logistics weren't a flaw in the ISD ,it was a design feature. Palpatine didn't want his admirals rebelling against him.
"See, Palpatine understood the economics of scale."
I always knew Robert McNamara was Palpatine.
With due respect to OP, his assesment of 7th Fleet as reserve fleet is flawed. 7th Fleet was what we would call Rapid Deployment Expeditionary Force. To quickly get to trouble spot from what ever fwd base it is homeported in.
Love the world building and real-world examples. Stuff like this makes things more understandable and believable.
Fun fact the west still uses the Roman model of logistics
rebel scum
ISD's would perform better, if not for plot armor, but also plot logistics!
When I was deployed to Iraq, the Al Asad air base chow hall had one day a WEEK where they served crab legs and lobster tails and another day each week where they served steak. No, I'm not kidding. US military logistics may not have been responsible so much as the large number of senior officers stationed at that base, but it did wonders for my morale.
Love your videos
This is why the empire needed Thrawn
That opening is such a non-statement…
"Take away the logistics and the whole thing collapses"
Name one military, fictional or otherwise, that can function with zero logistics or supplies
if you have played ANNO games you would know that logistics is pretty cool 😀
It makes me wonder if a Lucrehulk or a ship designed like it could have worked. Have it set-up so the ISD flies into the missing wedge of the donut and then can load/un-load from both sides of the ship.
They could carry alot. smaller support ships could land within. class 2 drive means it could keep up as a forward repair/supply base. heavy armor and weapons would mean less ships needed to be kept as fire support, plus the droid fighters it did have.
Parts request list sent before the ISD arrives so they can be waiting when it docks. replacement outer parts taken outside the big doors and moved to the closest hard point before docking so less to move.
Plus being a ship it can move off and get resupplied when needed.
Personaly if i were to build my own fleet i would make small dreadnoughts that have multi purpose methods from carriers to destroyers. Similaf to the sith empires, except have up to date technology and utalise drone units for fighters and bombers.
When my nerd content starts to merge with the irl military content I watch on YouTube
Amateurs discuss tactics. 😅😅😅 professionals plan logistics! 😅😅😅