Originally posted by Nephthys
The Star Forge could likely just create droids to pilot the ships.
Perhaps, but so far it's not set up for that, and droid ships have inferior performance.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
I don't know what that Raecino is going on about. The Star Forge could produce limitless resources on a fixed scale. Being able to churn out one donut every minute forever won't feed all the starving cops right now. That those donuts also require living pilots to fly them to the cops (pilots that can't be produced like the donuts can), hinders the feeding frenzy even more.
Good analogy.
And heck, let's not forget the Empire has a ton of shipyards. Any individually may make much less than the Star Forge, collectively they still make ships at a pretty good rate.
So sure, one donut a minute forever is pretty nice, but get enough chefs hand-making donuts and the rate isn't going to be that different, even if they need to sleep occasionally.