[MatthTheGeek]

Nothing live threatening (unless the GTVA came after them), but still bad.

Err, being bathed in radiation with half the hull and other radiation protections nuked, and half the crew dead or close to by said radiations, isn't what I'd call "nothing live threatening".

[Deadly in a Shadow]

Nothing live threatening (unless the GTVA came after them), but still bad.

Err, being bathed in radiation with half the hull and other radiation protections nuked, and half the crew dead or close to by said radiations, isn't what I'd call "nothing live threatening".

He said if they jumped into a more or less safe location, not into solar orbit. Yes, the radiation caused by bombs is high, but it is better than the radiation caused there.

Or I just misunderstanded.

[MatthTheGeek]

Hum, true. I shouldn't post when barely awake.

And yeah. If the Indus had ended up in the middle of nowhere instead of in low Sol orbit, unless it was close-tailed by tevs, it would probably have ended better for her. Maybe it might even have been salvaged and repaired to fight another day.

[Destiny]

I think the Indus crashjumping into the gravity well of the Sun is actually a blessing in disguise, reasons discussed above. They can definitely track where the Indus'll go and that Serkr corvette definitely'll go after the Indus to blow it up, if not the billions of bombers if the Indus didn't jump out near the Sun.

Is the Indus too damaged and radioactive to be used? Can't it be like, taken apart and built again with new stuff, or decontaminated?

[LordPomposity]

I'd assume that, like anything else, once a Karuna sustains a certain degree of damage, it becomes cheaper to build a new one than repair it. No real way to say whether the Indus is past this point or not.

[-Norbert-]

On the other hand the Indus does have a psychological value too. It went through pretty much every major battle we know of, except the battles of Neptune and came out alive every time and often even victorious.
And the difference between total annihilation of the wargods and one ship surviving isn't to be underestimated either. "They got pounded hard, but they are still kicking" rather than "They were wiped out to the last woman and man".

So even if building a new ship would be more costly, it might still be worth it to salvage the Indus, if it's possible.

[Darius]

Nothing to stop a clandestine Terran organisation from building a new version of the ship with new enhancements and crewing the ship with the survivors for their own agenda

[Deadly in a Shadow]

Nothing to stop a clandestine Terran organisation from building a new version of the ship with new enhancements and crewing the ship with the survivors for their own agenda

And I thought most of the crewmen were "rescued" by the Fedayeen...

[MatthTheGeek]

Most of the crewmen were dead. Half of those who survived are probably so badly radiation-poisoned they're probably not gonna be ready for active service for a while, if at all. So, yeah, they'll need a new crew.