But then, considering that such attrition and restoration are inevitable, why bother the captain with anything but the most high priority issues, i.e. a sudden outbreak of mutations in the lower warp reactor cooling cell sector, an accident during the overhaul of the twelfth starboard side macrocannon causing 1400 casualties with three hundred fatalities, etc. I can edit my post if you wish.
Captain Hesperus
Captain Hesperus