The campaign's numbers create useful constraints, but they should not be mistaken for historically accurate battleship costs. The small number of available yards is another abstraction because historical Britain possessed dozens of shipyards. Research bonuses for maneuver warfare and gun handling can likewise compensate for older gun marks, compressing several interacting capabilities into a technology system. These simplifications make the campaign playable, but viewers should separate the strategic problems the game evokes from the literal values it assigns them.
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Naval finance and the limits of game abstraction
The game's attempt to model naval finance comes with simplified battleship costs and technology effects.