Chapter 988: Dramatic changes in the Confederacy (Part 2)
988, Dramatic changes in the Confederacy (Part 2)
Shu Mai shivered for no reason. She looked around. The atmosphere in the parliament was already heated up. Many people were shouting and arguing loudly, but a few of them were sitting in high seats, motionless and watching coldly.
development of events.
The Interstellar Banking Association, the Trade Federation, the Enterprise Alliance, the Fourth Group, and the Dawn Planet, as the war progresses, they have become the real core of the Independent Galaxy Confederation. Once upon a time, her business guilds were also the largest force, but
Now, the war has widened the gap in strength between them.
The commercial guild has no core competitiveness at all. Even their main battleship, the Defiant-class light destroyer, was actually built under the authority of the Technology Alliance.
To put it more bluntly, they do not have any core competitiveness that can be used in a war.
If we say it was in the past, neither the Interstellar Banking Association nor the Trade Alliance actually had this kind of core competitiveness. The Interstellar Banking Association has been holding the Kangdi-class frigate for almost a lifetime, and the Trade Alliance's Rukrihu
The K-class battleships were converted from cargo ships, and the Shenyi-class destroyers they invested in were actually designed by Lundilli Interstellar Power Company.
However, I don’t know since when, the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association suddenly had the ability to design and build their own large battleships, and the battleships they produced were only stronger than the Galactic Republic’s battleship designs!
So when they suddenly proposed to upgrade the warships in the parliament, Shu-Mai discovered that no one could stop them!
Neither can Count Dooku!
Now Shu-Mai looked at these people again, and looked at the Archduke Bogor of the planet Geonosis who was struggling hard, the Technical Alliance Foreman Walter Tambor, and Ainle who was watching from the sidelines.
Councilor Tim, Super Communications Group Director Per-Nudo, and Queen of Zygeria Planet Milaj Sintel suddenly felt a sense of fear in their hearts.
She only feels that the current Federation Council of Independent Systems has suddenly become so strange and terrifying...
Count Dooku also had the same feeling. Although he was prepared for the small group that appeared now, he still felt powerless when the small group suddenly started to exert force.
He found that his Lord Darth Sidious was very right about one thing. Compared with people like Tang Xiao and Newt Gunray, his biggest weakness was that he did not have a base that truly belonged to him at all.
There may be countless galaxies impressed by his charisma, his passionate speeches, and his freedom and justice, but these galaxies have never truly belonged to him.
Looking at the other end of the parliament, Gross Shelbia, the director of the Fourth Group, was talking to Mina Bontri, the representative of the Onderon planet, about the benefits that the Onderon planet would get after the new resolution was passed.
Let’s talk about what kind of benefits they, one of the largest producers of Behemoth-class battlecruisers, will get after the Behemoth-class battlecruiser is officially purchased by the Confederation of Independent Systems military.
Mina Bontri nodded repeatedly and kept exchanging opinions with Shelbia, but it was obvious that her attitude was completely different from before.
The feeling in Count Dooku's heart became even stronger, and at this time, he truly understood what the Angel of Death wanted to do.
He is right, he does not regard the Confederation of Independent Systems as a consumable, but truly wants to build the Confederation into a powerful regime that can compete with the Galactic Republic!
So the question is... in such a confrontation, in the confrontation between the two major forces in the galaxy, in the struggle between the two Sith Lords of the previous generation, how will I, who is weak in every sense, deal with myself?
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In terms of power, he is just the earl of the planet Serenno. In terms of power, compared to the Death Angel and Darth Sidious, he is not even an official Sith!
After thinking a lot in his mind, Count Dooku calmed down and said in his unique, magnetic and powerful voice: "Then, the Parliament will vote on this proposal tomorrow!"
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The voting result was no surprise. The proposal to relax the conditions for conscription on various planets, allowing the federation's participating planets to send their own soldiers to join the war, and thereby reducing war taxes, was passed with a slight advantage.
The reason why it is a slight advantage is actually the result of political veterans such as Ainle Timm and Francis Underwood.
On the surface, Ainle-Tim has nothing to do with the Dawn Planet, and he also expressed his and the Huan Faction's distrust of Tang Xiao's proposal, so most of the Huan Faction abstained from voting.
Coupled with Francis Underwood's maneuvering in the middle, this bill that should actually have passed with a high vote only narrowly defeated the objections.
According to this proposal, the Federation of Independent Systems will initially select 100 planets among all participating planets, and then recruit 500 million troops on these planets. The number is relatively small, mainly because it is difficult to assemble training facilities, but it has been
It's a good start, and more barracks and training facilities are being built.
According to preliminary plans, the number of soldiers will continue to be raised to 2 billion in the next year, and there will also be at least 10 billion reserve soldiers.
At the same time, as another aspect of this proposal, the Federation of Independent Systems will shut down one-third of its robot factories and transform the production lines of these factories to produce various parts for warships.
Afterwards, another resolution was passed amidst intense discussion.
According to this proposal, the Hiigara-class battlecruisers and Kanggui-class communications frigates currently in service in the Confederation of Independent Systems will be withdrawn from active service in the front-line fleet and stopped being built, while the Disobedience-class light destroyers will be replaced by opposition forces such as the Technology Alliance and the Business Guild.
After fierce resistance, the production line has been retained, but the order quantity will be reduced.
Also reducing the order quantity is the Shenyi-class destroyer.
In the future, the Shenyi-class destroyer will be mainly used as a fleet flagship, so most of the Shenyi-class convertible cabins will be changed to command and communication functions.
As a replacement, the Confederation of Independent Systems has determined that the Behemoth-class battlecruiser will be the main battleship of the navy, and will also place orders for Sova-class aircraft carriers and Cole-class battlecruisers.
At the same time, the construction plan of the Endless-class super aircraft carrier proposed by the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association has also received support and investment from the Confederation of Independent Systems. The Endless-class super aircraft carrier will serve as the fleet flagship of the Confederation of Independent Systems in the future.
This proposal marks that the navy of the Confederation of Independent Systems will move in another direction - to be more systematic and efficient, instead of being the same as before, where a few major corporate giants can build whatever ships they can.
Finally, the Confederation of Independent Systems will formally contact the Galactic Republic and prepare to start peace negotiations - the deeper meaning of this negotiation is to disrupt Darth Sidious's deployment.
Because the Galactic Republic is far from reaching the 'mature' time, Darth Sidious is absolutely unwilling to engage in peace negotiations!
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[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: President of the Commercial Guild, Shu-Mai.]