Finding Puddle Jumpers should have prompted an immediate effort to build more of them. Once the Atlantis expedition knew a hostile power could attack, restoring the city's inactive defenses should also have become a standing project. Waiting until an attack was imminent left the engineers with an avoidable deadline. The defense repair eventually needed only a few people, which supports the argument that a larger team with more time could have tackled it earlier. Puddle Jumpers would also have been useful on Earth, aboard Daedalus-class ships, and on Destiny.
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Stargate waits for the crisis before building readiness
Atlantis should restore defenses and reproduce useful small craft while time is available instead of improvising only after an attack begins.