[Svartalfiar]

It took two weeks to sink? Did I read that correctly? If so, the ship could have easily been saved with some fairly minor damage control.

The first sentence in the excerpt says it sunk "days" after a big rocket barrage. So not quite weeks... And these ships don't usually have much damage control, they aren't warships that expect to take missiles and torpedoes. They might have a couple fire hoses and a lifeboat..

[Blood of Tyrants]

I guess you’re right but a salvage crew could have been flown in.