"They will... do whatever they need to, or have to do."
If they had wanted, the crewing problem could have been sorted more than a year ago. All it would have taken is to actually engage, move their mindset out of the 18th century and work on solving the real problem.
Oh, you meant they will do whatever they need to do to maintain "order in the empire". Yes, I guess that's the truth. At least Nero could hold a tune as he fiddled.