Chapter 2316 Towards the Future (Part 2)
2316. Towards the future (middle)
Time flies, the Milky Way is in the three-legged situation of PNSR, the Galactic Empire, and the Five-Star Alliance, and spent five years in the smell of gunpowder that filled the entire Milky Way.
For three aspects, these five years have ushered in great changes. The change of the Galactic Empire from a republic to a monarchy naturally requires too many places to turn 180 degrees, and the internal corruption problem is also deeply rooted. Although officials from the Republican faction and the Imperial faction have formed a competitive relationship, they are also consuming each other in their mutual struggle. As for Darth Sidious, he is even more dedicated to militarism, causing domestic complaints. The opposition headed by Bail Organa is also secretly acting, trying to overthrow his rule and return to democracy.
However, under such high pressure, the military strength of the Galactic Empire is also advancing by leaps and bounds. Designed by Lila Blissex, the new generation of Star Destroyers built by Kuat Power Dockyard has come off the production line. This Star Destroyer was originally named the Commander-class, but after Sidious saw their actual combat drills Satisfied, he personally changed the name to the Imperial Class. The length of this star destroyer reaches 1600 meters, which is much larger than the Jaeger-class cruiser, but the number of aircraft carried has dropped to 72, which is far less than the 400 aircraft of the Jaeger-class. The extra space, first of all, is equipped with more and more powerful turbo laser cannons, equipped with more powerful engines and thicker armor, and most importantly, in order to save construction costs, the battleship canceled many intelligent operations The system is changed to manual operation, so that each Emperor-class Star Destroyer can be fully loaded with a crew of up to 37,000 people, and can also carry 9,700 marine troops.
Through such cost-cutting operations, it became possible to mass-produce the Imperial-class Star Destroyer. This 1,600-meter-long, triangular-shaped Star Destroyer has a diamond-shaped, very conspicuous bridge, and thus became the main battleship of the Galactic Empire. The Hunter-class cruiser and the Cheer-class assault landing ship were discontinued and retired from active service. The existing two types of warships were handed over to the local fleet for security work such as combating pirates.
At the same time, the Titanium Project of the Galactic Empire was also rolled out. Sienar Fleet Systems (Company) and Kuat Power Shipyard reached an agreement to win the fighter supply market of the Imperial Army. They developed and manufactured the Titanium series fighters. This fighter has a spherical cabin and two hexagonal wings erected on both sides. It is small in size and has average defense and firepower, but it is very flexible and has a very low construction cost. The TIE series fighters have launched many models, including TIE bombers, TIE fighters, TIE interceptors, etc. The rich derivative models can also meet the various requirements of the Imperial Army. After becoming the sole supplier of fighter jets for the Imperial Army, Sienar Fleet Systems (Company) has also leapt to become the imperial military industry oligarchy second only to Kuat Power Dockyard.
And this series of armed plans revolves around one premise-large-scale conscription. After Darth Sidious became emperor, he began to recruit natural soldiers to join the army, and established a military organization: the Storm Vanguard. Therefore, these conscripted natural soldiers are also called stormtroopers by many people. And the number of conscripts in the first batch of conscription plans of the Galactic Empire reached a frenzied 1 billion! !
Of course, the more powerful clone troopers have not been abandoned. On the contrary, the Galactic Empire has maintained a standing establishment of 3 million clone troopers. And at the same time, in addition to the Kamino planet, the empire has also opened up several clone production centers, and has stored billions of frozen embryos. These embryos can be put into use immediately when the war breaks out, and each clone factory has a very secret production order, this order is a time, they will start to expand the clone on a large scale 5 years before this time arrives the production of human soldiers,
In order to ensure that there will be a large number of mature clone soldiers immediately after 5 years. Although I don't know the exact time, there is no doubt that the mass production plan five years in advance has quietly started.
Of course, there is no doubt that all of this is a rush of military expenditures, and only the Galactic Empire has the support of the inner ring and the core area, so that it can expand its army in such a big way.
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The Five-Star Alliance can finally do business happily. Merchants in Corellia are running around, transporting goods from one side of the galaxy to the other side, and using their own advanced technology and strong industrial strength to provide various Processing and manufacturing products.
Of course, they have not neglected their own military power building. Soon, the strength of the Corellian Engineering Company, the third largest industrial giant in the galaxy after the Kuat Power Shipyard and the Rendili Interstellar Power Company, was brought into play. They designed and built their own large warship—Strident-Star Defender, which is different from the name of Star Destroyer. This kind of warship is mainly used for defense, and it also conveys the meaning that the Five Star Alliance does not want to start a war.
The shape of the Sharp-class battleship is also triangular, which has almost become the standard shape of the Star Destroyer in the world of "Star Wars". The length is 1750 meters, but the hull of the Sharp-class battleship is longer, narrower, and thinner, so although it is longer than the Imperial-class, its actual volume is still much smaller than the Imperial-class. And a pair of smaller wing-shaped pylons are also installed on the bridge of the Sharp-class. But even so, the Five-Star Alliance is full of confidence in the warship it designed, claiming that the Sharp-class battleship is completely comparable to the Empire-class Star Destroyer.
In addition, compared to the Empire, the Five-Star Alliance is closer to PNSR. The trade between them covers a wide range. PNSR imports a large number of high-tech and industrialized products, such as interstellar docks, factories, transport spacecraft, and so on. The Five-Star Alliance also purchased a large number of robots from PNSR to enrich themselves. After all, they only controlled more than a hundred galaxies, and their manpower and resources could not be compared with the Galactic Empire and PNSR. At the same time, according to the agreement reached between the two parties during the Battle of Corellia, the Five-Star Alliance is also secretly helping PNSR build large warships.
In fact, Darth Sidious knew all this well, but the reason why he didn't turn his face immediately was because the Galactic Empire also had a lot of trade with the Five-Star Alliance. No matter how long the traitors from the republic live, they will clean up both sides anyway.
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It’s just that, compared to the Five-Star Alliance and the Galactic Empire, it is the PNSR that has really undergone earth-shaking changes in the past five years!