An invented fleet can support serious naval study even when its physics and institutions are fictional. Science fiction creates distance from contemporary patriotic loyalties and inherited service practice. Students can ask why a force is organized in a particular way before the discussion becomes a defence of how their own country has always operated. The setting therefore works as a low-stakes laboratory for examining perpetual war, readiness, doctrine, and design choices.
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Science fiction as a laboratory for naval doctrine
Fictional fleets let students test doctrine and force structure without immediately defending their own service or nation.