[ Absolutely enough of a nerd that he's going to have to ask Miles about that sometime, because Wash can also absolutely rattle off numbers and statistics about UNSC ships. And he didn't get to serve on many of them, either. ]

Barrayar catches up well enough, then? Energy weapons, spaceflight-capable ships, a whole host of new toys to work out repression with. Up to galactic standard?

[ He is aware that Barrayar catches up to a degree, but not really how well in comparison to everywhere else. Byerly might not be the right person to ask, but they got here, somehow, so. ]