Chapter 2138 The Beginning and End of the Trade Alliance (6)
2139, The beginning and end of the trade alliance (6)
It is simply difficult to calculate how many hyperspace lanes there are in the Milky Way.
But one thing is certain, the number of hyperspace channels controlled by the Trade Federation far exceeds that of the Galactic Empire. Even the star map in the hands of the former Jedi Order is not that complete.
If all known shipping lanes in the galaxy are calculated as 100%, the Trade Federation controls at least 85% of the hyperspace lanes. However, the Galactic Empire inherits the database of the Galactic Republic and only controls at most 50% of the shipping lanes.
Among the star maps in the hands of the Jedi Order, about 70% of the waterways were controlled. On the Confederation of Independent Systems, Count Dooku controlled almost 75% of the waterways. Because he not only obtained data from the Trade Federation, but also
A large amount of navigation data was obtained from the Jedi Order, and some of the waterways controlled by the Jedi Order were deleted. Of course, the Galactic Empire was unable to obtain both of these data.
In fact, this is also an important reason why the current Galactic Empire's control over the outer ring of the Milky Way is difficult to compare with the timeline of the original plot. You must know that the Galactic Empire in the original plot is completely destroying the Confederation of Independent Systems and the Jedi.
After the Samurai Order, at least 75% or more of the waterways are mastered.
Although the Principality of Liming can currently be regarded as the master of the Trade Alliance, the number of waterways handed over to Tang Xiao by the Trade Alliance is not very large. The number of waterways controlled by the Principality of Liming is about 65%.
In the original plot, after the Trade Federation was annexed by the Galactic Empire, many Neimoidians fled to the unknown star territory. This alone can show how rich the waterways controlled by the Trade Federation are.
Even the overseas exploration plans launched by the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order that wanted to set foot in the Unknown Star Territory could only end in failure. However, when the remnants of the Trade Federation fled, they were able to directly run into the Unknown Star Territory.
Then as far as the Galactic Empire is concerned, of the 35% gap between the number of waterways they control and the Trade Federation, about 25% know a rough location, which is not completely unknown. But in order to be truly navigable, probes need to be dispatched.
It takes a lot of time to detect and verify, and then recalculate the navigation data.
As for the other 10% or so of waterways, the Galactic Empire doesn’t even know about them!
Therefore, through this comparison, we can understand how much of a blow it will have to the Galactic Empire after the Trade Federation directly breaks up with them and cuts off all navigation services! Moreover, this behavior was not done by the Trade Federation even during the Clone Wars.
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During the Clone Wars, the Trade Federation provided navigation services to both warring parties at the same time. Almost all navigation robots used by both warring parties were connected to the Trade Federation's navigation network.
But now, all this is interrupted!
After the navigation service is cut off, the most direct consequence is that at least one-fifth of the galaxies in the outer ring star areas that the Galactic Empire now nominally rules are inaccessible! It is equivalent to saying that these galaxies have escaped the control of the empire.
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Not only that, the reconstruction plan of the 14th Army, which had been put on the agenda before, was once again interrupted by this incident when it was about to correct the chaos.
The planet Rylos, the capital of the 14th Army, once again broke away from the control of the Galactic Empire. A large-scale uprising broke out among the Twi'leks, and the Empire couldn't even capture the suppressed fleet!
The original governor of the 14th Army, Uloda, was impeached and investigated after a corruption scandal was exposed. However, under the planning of Padmé Amidala, the leader behind the rebel army, the Twi'lek uprising was unexpected.
They raised the banner of supporting Wuloda, which made the situation of this uprising even more complicated.
Then Imperial Navy Vice Admiral Jane Dodonna, who had secretly joined the rebel army, took over the important task and was temporarily responsible for the reconstruction of the 14th Army and to cooperate with the arrival of the new governor. In order to delay the selection and appointment of the new governor, Padmé Armida
La sent Congressman Fache to compete for this position, and used various means to seek the position of governor of the 14th Army. Although it was destined to be impossible to succeed, there was no problem in muddying the water.
After several months of struggle, Fache has almost lost the competition, Uloda has been convicted, and the new governor of the 14th Army has been confirmed. He is about to take office to replace Lieutenant General Jan Dodenner and become the official governor.
As a result, the current all-out war between the Galactic Empire and the Trade Federation once again made it impossible for the governor of the 14th Army to take office. Therefore, according to the previous arrangement, Lieutenant General Jan Dodenner continued to serve as the acting governor.
In other words, the entire 14th Army, which was half rebuilt, is now basically under the control of the rebels!
The location of the 14th Army was very remote. With traffic temporarily cut off, Lieutenant General Jan Dodenner only needed to regularly report to the Empire that he had suppressed the Twi'lek uprising and that everything was fine.
But will the Galactic Empire care about this?
They won't care! Because Palpatine is going crazy now!
The order he gave to Darth Vader was - those outer ring star areas were out of control, it didn't matter, they just needed to be 'reconquered' once.
Re-conquest! It is equivalent to re-occupying these planets by force, and what will happen during the occupation process? Massacre, plunder, destruction...
However, these planets were once part of the Galactic Empire! They were their own people! What happened now was just a temporary interruption of traffic!
But Palpatine doesn't care about this at all. All he wants is wealth, more wealth! As long as all this wealth is concentrated in the inner circle, he doesn't care at all how many people in the outer circle will die in the war!
It is even said that the more people die, the wails of the dead will make his dark side force stronger and crazier!
Of course, before ‘reconquering’ those outer ring star regions, the first thing that needs to be resolved is still the Trade Alliance!
Under the leadership of Darth Vader, the main fleet of the Third Army of the Galactic Empire has been gradually deployed near the core planet of the Inner Circle Trade Alliance.
The main planets of the Trade Alliance in the core circle include Neimoidia, the home planet of the Neimoidians; the three wealth worlds - Cato-Neimoidia and Deco-Neimoidia.
, the planet Cru-Neimoidia; the industrial world Balmoral. In addition, there is the less important planet Rosha and the Vulpter near the core of the galaxy.
Among them, the most important planets are the largest wealth world Cato-Neimoidia, the industrial world Balmoral, and the mother planet Neimoidia. Depending on the importance, huge fleets began to attack these planets respectively.
A blockade was carried out.
According to Darth Vader's deployment, he gathered heavy troops on the planet Rosa and the Vulture planet, preparing to start with the easier and then the harder, and gradually cut off the wings of the Trade Federation. ()