Aramanthus wrote:But usually militaries will use weapons that are proven. Therefore you could use systems from other ships and gear that are current with the tech you are dealing with. Unless you have a reason to upgrade the weapons or tech. If you don't follow this sort of thoughts you could end with a power creep.
Yet technology marches on....however, the apparent progress seems indiscernable in the short term, despite what might be said about the relative 'techno-stasis' and slowing of progress in the Three Galaxies...This is like the current state of military aviation for the last 10-20 years as opposed to say, the 1950s and '60s, where interim designs between the piston and the jet age were rushed into service, and some aircraft saw operational lifespans of only 3-4 years before becoming obsolete(whereas we've currently had F-14s, F-16s, and F-18s for over a decade)...Yet policies are changing, and new trends in RPVs are coming on to the scene....
It might be only power creep in small increments that's overtaking the Three Galaxies, as the major powers like the CCW and TGE try to stay ahead of each other and those races who are catching up technologically or buying from somebody else...or newer technologies, not necessarily in firepower, may be cropping up, like drone starships, or stealth, or intermeshed command and control, that will fundamentally change space combat...again...
