Different planets would possess different shipyards, technical skills, and local priorities, while rival lords have little reason to cooperate fully. Even a powerful central authority would struggle to make those yards produce perfectly identical ships, just as historical governments struggled to impose uniform standards on their own dockyards. The Goa'uld problem is sharper because subordinate lords are political competitors who may kill one another when advantage permits. A common visual style is still different from genuine standardization in construction, equipment, and combat capability.
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Why every lord should not build the same ship
Independent Goa'uld lords, yards, and designers should produce variation; perfect Ha'tak uniformity hides the political and industrial friction that shapes real fleets.