"Then it's a contingency we can plan for, Jack, not a death knell to the very concept of having a ship of war as defense. All this, it may not even happen, and any plan we make won't survive an actual invasion. All we can do is build up resources. It's the entire reason Britain lost the colonies, isn't it? And it's why we've beaten back Bonaparte thus far. We were underprepared before, and we're trying to prepare."