As expected, the Klingons were also shipbuilding.
Makes sense that new Klingon construction has quality issues; the loss of the naval task force their ex-Chancellor took to Andoria was probably unexpected, and caused the acceleration of the new builds in the shipyards.
After all, a janky D7 is still better than a D6.
Equally as serious will have been the loss of experienced ship crews at Andoria. But thats harder to quantify.
Forty thousand dead civilians is low for an orbital bombardment.
But for a population that had already taken shelter in pre-built, underground infrastructure, thats actually concerningly high given the Star Trek techbase, and points at an actual serious attempt to cause civilian casualties. Somewhere like Earth, where the populations live largely above ground, would probably be looking at casualties three orders of magnitude greater.
And Im not factoring in biosphere and infrastructural damage. Little wonder the Andorians really dislike Karhammur.
I foresee an expansion of the Andorian Imperial Guard in the near future.
And other Member Fleets for that matter.
House Duras is historically Romulan-friendly and Federation-skeptical.
The ascension of Koval Duras to Chancellorship means that while he lives, we cant expect Klingon foreign policy to change, even if they lack the naval power to press the issue with the Federation. Still gonna expect border incidents and provocations.
If they didnt have raiders do this when they were losing in order to degrade/impede Klingon offensive efforts, I dont really see them resorting to this when they are winning the conventional way.
Plus, from a strictly pragmatic PoV, that is not in the Federation's interests.
A Klingon Empire degraded that badly is at risk of being swallowed by other imperialist factions, like for example the Romulans, which would make the Romulan Empire that much more of a threat.
And in Federation/Starfleet institutional memory the Romulans are much more war crime happy than the Klingons.
Makes sense that new Klingon construction has quality issues; the loss of the naval task force their ex-Chancellor took to Andoria was probably unexpected, and caused the acceleration of the new builds in the shipyards.
After all, a janky D7 is still better than a D6.
Equally as serious will have been the loss of experienced ship crews at Andoria. But thats harder to quantify.
Forty thousand dead civilians is low for an orbital bombardment.
But for a population that had already taken shelter in pre-built, underground infrastructure, thats actually concerningly high given the Star Trek techbase, and points at an actual serious attempt to cause civilian casualties. Somewhere like Earth, where the populations live largely above ground, would probably be looking at casualties three orders of magnitude greater.
And Im not factoring in biosphere and infrastructural damage. Little wonder the Andorians really dislike Karhammur.
I foresee an expansion of the Andorian Imperial Guard in the near future.
And other Member Fleets for that matter.
House Duras is historically Romulan-friendly and Federation-skeptical.
The ascension of Koval Duras to Chancellorship means that while he lives, we cant expect Klingon foreign policy to change, even if they lack the naval power to press the issue with the Federation. Still gonna expect border incidents and provocations.
Unlikely. Doesnt really fit Federation and Starfleet ethos.
If they didnt have raiders do this when they were losing in order to degrade/impede Klingon offensive efforts, I dont really see them resorting to this when they are winning the conventional way.
Plus, from a strictly pragmatic PoV, that is not in the Federation's interests.
A Klingon Empire degraded that badly is at risk of being swallowed by other imperialist factions, like for example the Romulans, which would make the Romulan Empire that much more of a threat.
And in Federation/Starfleet institutional memory the Romulans are much more war crime happy than the Klingons.
