History WMG / TheLastShip

*** First is the fact the ''Nathan James'', ''Hayward'' and ''Shackleton'' all had hull numbers past 150, whereas the latest ''Arleigh Burke'', the ''Rafael Peralta'', is only DDG-112. That means there are around thirty-nine additional ''Arleigh Burkes'' in existence in the ''Last Ship'' compared to real life, to say nothing of the additional ''Burkes'' that would exist between the three aforementioned.

*** Second, it should be noted that the Flight III ''Arleigh Burkes'' are scheduled to start at DDG-124, yet the ''James'' and her sisters are all clearly Flight IIAs.

*** And finally, there's the ''Vrenya'', which is designated an "older style" ''Kirov''-class battlecruiser and having been originally mothballed during the 90s. If that's the case, then Rushkov was even more insane than he was presented, as outside the youngest ''Kirov'', the ''Pyotr Velikiy'', the class remains "in reserve" (read left to rot in their ports) because years of disuse have caused their nuclear reactors to ''degrade''. To the point where, much like certain surviving Soviet submarines, it's too dangerous to recommission, modernize ''or'' scrap them.

*** And finally, there's the ''Vrenya'', which is designated an "older style" ''Kirov''-class battlecruiser and having been originally mothballed alongside the ''Admiral Ushakov'', ''Admiral Lazarev'' and ''Admiral Nakhimov'' during the 90s. If that's the case, then Rushkov was even more insane than he was presented, as outside the youngest ''Kirov'', the ''Pyotr Velikiy'' (which has remained in service throughout), the class remains "in reserve" (read left to rot in their ports) because years of disuse have caused their nuclear reactors to ''degrade''. To the point where, much like certain surviving Soviet submarines, it's too dangerous to recommission, modernize ''or'' scrap them.

*** And finally, there's the ''Vrenya'', which is designated an "older style" ''Kirov''-class battlecruiser and having been originally mothballed alongside the ''Admiral Ushakov'', ''Admiral Lazarev'' and ''Admiral Nakhimov'' during the 90s. If that's the case, then Rushkov was even more insane than he was presented, as outside the youngest ''Kirov'', the ''Pyotr Velikiy'' (which has remained in service throughout), the class remains "in reserve" (read left to rot in their ports) because years of disuse have caused their nuclear reactors to ''degrade''. To the point where, much like certain surviving Soviet submarines, ''it's too dangerous to recommission, modernize ''or'' scrap them.

*** And finally, there's the ''Vrenya'', which is designated an "older style" ''Kirov''-class battlecruiser and having been originally mothballed alongside the ''Admiral Ushakov'', ''Admiral Lazarev'' and ''Admiral Nakhimov'' during the 90s. If that's the case, then Rushkov was even more insane than he was presented, as outside the youngest ''Kirov'', the ''Pyotr Velikiy'' (which has remained in service throughout), the ''Kirov''-class remains "in reserve" (read left to rot in their ports) because years of disuse ''have caused their nuclear reactors to degrade''. To the point where, much like certain surviving Soviet submarines, ''it's too dangerous to recommission, modernize ''or'' scrap them.

*** Third and further on is the case of the ''Achilles'', which was supposed to have been built around the same time as HMS ''Ajax'' (the seventh and otherwise final member of the class). In real life, only the third ''Astute''-class boat, HMS ''Artful'', has been launched by 2014 while the forth, HMS ''Audacious'', isn't scheduled to be commissioned until 2018.

*** First is the fact the ''Nathan James'', the ''Hayward'' and the ''Shackleton'' all had hull numbers past 150, whereas the latest ''Arleigh Burke'', the ''Rafael Peralta'', is only DDG-112. That means there are around thirty-nine additional ''Arleigh Burkes'' in existence in the ''Last Ship'' compared to real life, to say nothing of the additional ''Burkes'' that would exist between the three aforementioned.

** On the other hand, one can argue that the show is already deep within AnachronismStew for a number of reasons. First is the fact the ''Nathan James'', the ''Hayward'' and the ''Shackleton'' all had hull numbers past 150, whereas the latest ''Arleigh Burke'', the ''Rafael Peralta'', is only DDG-112. Second, it should be noted that the Flight III ''Arleigh Burkes'' are scheduled to start at DDG-124, yet the ''James'' and her sisters are all clearly Flight IIAs. Third and further on is the case of the ''Achilles'', which was supposed to have been built around the same time as HMS ''Ajax'' (the seventh and otherwise final member of the class). In real life, only the third ''Astute''-class boat, HMS ''Artful'', has been launched by 2014 while the forth, HMS ''Audacious'', isn't scheduled to be commissioned until 2018. And finally, there's the ''Vrenya'', which is designated an "older style ''Kirov''-class battlecruiser'' and having been originally mothballed alongside the ''Admiral Ushakov'', ''Admiral Lazarev'' and ''Admiral Nakhimov'' during the 90s. If that's the case, then Rushkov was even more insane than he was presented, as outside the youngest ''Kirov'', the ''Pyotr Velikiy'' (which is still in service), the first batch of ''Kirovs'' Overall, technical accuracy seems to be of the least concern with the writers

* Now that S3 has basically wrapped up all the threads left by the Asia arc, there is Europe to look back to, as well as a shaky rebuilding of the USA now that the regional leaders' coup has been put down. The next two seasons will thus focus on the remnants of the Immune cult and the instability in Asia caused by the power vacuum left due to Peng's death. Also, what's going on in Africa and South America? The series still has some worldbuilding left to do.