The empire needs more than one capital-ship type because using a Ha'tak for every duty ties an expensive fleet asset to work that smaller specialized vessels could perform. Its large wartime inventory may include many Ha'taks that sit in reserve and return slowly to service during a major war. That arrangement helps explain why the early loss of only a few ships and several thousand Jaffa can count as a strategic shock despite the empire's apparent size. Fleet strength therefore depends on diversification, readiness, and preservation of elite personnel rather than on a large reserve inventory alone.
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Diversify the fleet and make reserves usable
A Ha'tak cannot economically perform every mission, and a nominal reserve matters only if ships and scarce Jaffa can be activated without crippling delay or loss.