Every enlisted knew it would go to shit, because eventually everything breaks. And if the people on it only knew how to press buttons, no one would be able to fix what broke.
I think you've just summed up modern civilization right there.
Not really the same thing if you're talking about cars.
But the people on this ship were literally prohibited from even touching some systems.
Auto mechanics are all over the place on land. But if something breaks out at sea with six months left on deployment...
Going back to port and scheduling contractors to come out before you even know what's wrong is fucking insane for any type of ship, and 100x as stupid for military vessels.
I think you've just summed up modern civilization right there.
Not really the same thing if you're talking about cars.
But the people on this ship were literally prohibited from even touching some systems.
Auto mechanics are all over the place on land. But if something breaks out at sea with six months left on deployment...
Going back to port and scheduling contractors to come out before you even know what's wrong is fucking insane for any type of ship, and 100x as stupid for military vessels.
Sounds like The Machine Stops.