Fluffy Bunny Feet
Emperor Mongoose
Improvements in manufacturing technologies. More and better automation.
Consider the development of microchips over the last 60 years. There are some of the more successful 8 bit chips still having variants built. They are most certainly built faster now than when they were first built due to the manufacturing being vastly more efficient, yields are far higher and they make more in a batch at higher yields. Even modern chips have much higher yields than those simpler chips had when they were designed and again they can make larger batches.
Apply the same to say a Model T Ford. If we had reason to make them now in volume don't you think that with a modern production line we wouldn't build them faster (and better quality) than they were made by Ford back in their time?
Given those things being true then ship construction over the TLs should become more efficient as well.
Consider the development of microchips over the last 60 years. There are some of the more successful 8 bit chips still having variants built. They are most certainly built faster now than when they were first built due to the manufacturing being vastly more efficient, yields are far higher and they make more in a batch at higher yields. Even modern chips have much higher yields than those simpler chips had when they were designed and again they can make larger batches.
Apply the same to say a Model T Ford. If we had reason to make them now in volume don't you think that with a modern production line we wouldn't build them faster (and better quality) than they were made by Ford back in their time?
Given those things being true then ship construction over the TLs should become more efficient as well.
