Chapter 2469 Death Star Plan (Part 1)
2471. Death Star Plan (Part 1)
However, the DS-1 combat space station plan was not accepted by many senior officials of the Galaxy Empire. The reason is, on the one hand, because the cost and engineering volume of the DS-1 combat space station are unimaginable, and on the other hand, because once this weapon is manufactured, the cost of destroying the planet will drop to a very low level. .
Everyone will worry about whether their planet will be bombarded with DS-1 on one day.
Because in the past, whether it was the Galactic Republic or its enemy countries, including the Sith Empire, the Eternal Empire, and the Infinite Empire, they could destroy the surface of a planet, but they could not destroy the planet itself.
Especially for a standard planet with a diameter of about 10,000 kilometers, the energy required to blow it into pieces is basically an astronomical number. And even if you can do this, with such an energy level, no matter what else you do, it is much more cost-effective than destroying the planet itself.
So few people will directly regard destroying the planet as the target of weapon design.
But now, under Palpatine's instruction, the DS-1 combat space station has directly brought this matter out!
The weapon of the DS-1 combat space station itself, even if it is just a design concept, is enough to make everyone feel chilled.
So, this plan was unanimously opposed by industrial giants such as Quart Power Dock and Corella Engineering.
This time, Palpatine vigorously promoted the nationalization reform of the military-industrial complex. One of the important purposes is to forcefully promote the DS-1 combat space station plan from the national level.
In fact, Palpatine could not see it. With the pressure on the Dawn Kingdom on the border and the continuous increase in the rebel army's strength in the empire, the lifespan of the Galactic Empire has been few.
He could not reconcile domestic conflicts, and in fact he had never done so. So no matter what, the ending of the Galaxy Empire is only one - with all the dregs and contradictions inherited from the Galaxy Republic for the past 25,000 years, and then die tragically.
As Palpatine expected.
The Kingdom of Dawn and the Rebel Army only accelerated the process.
Therefore, Palpatine needs to complete the construction of the DS-1 combat space station as soon as possible. In his opinion, the demise of the Galaxy Empire will perish, it doesn't matter, but his enemies will definitely not feel good either. The DS-1 combat space station is a "big gift" he gave to Tang Xiao!
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The plan for the DS-1 combat space station was actually planned as early as the Darth-Pregus period. However, Darth Pregues only had a simple plan, which was to use some super technologies of the ancient Sith Empire to build some super weapons that could only be controlled by a small number of people.
In this way, one of Darth Pregues's concept of power can be realized - using a very small number of people to enslave the vast majority of people.
Both Darth Pregues or Palpatine, they all clearly realized that the contradictions within the Galactic Republic are almost irreconcilable, and only through thorough destruction can these contradictions be completely broken Break and re-knead into a new regime.
But they must also admit that they are not here to solve the problem, but to enjoy the power dividends brought by rule. Therefore, they must have a means to override all contradictions. And this method is a variety of super weapons.
Why are both the Sith Empire and the Galaxy Empire in the original plot keen on developing various super weapons. Even if these costs are used to build a Star Destroyer, they may have at least ten more of them. The fleet came out, but they were still happy?
This is the root cause.
The original design concept of DS-1 came from the design of a super star destroyer from the ancient Sith Empire. The design of this super star destroyer was just a theory. It was not until later when the Clone War broke out that this theory was transformed into a real blueprint, and was handed over by the Geonos to Palpatine through Earl Duku.
However, from the later statement of the leader of the Geonos, Pogel-lower, he only let the engineers of the Geonos improve the design of the DS-1 combat space station. And really refine it to the point where it can be executed.
Although it is not known where the original design draft of DS-1 came from, if you continue to calculate it, you can understand that the design drawing of DS-1 is divided into two parts, one is the part of the fortress hull. That is, the part carried out by the Geonos, which should be the basic design made by Palpatine's secret client.
And the other part is the huge super laser emitter. The design of this part is the Extractor Project, which is developed by Wookie scientists and conducted experiments on the planet Achilles. Later, in the battle where Sefrans-Tann raided the core circle, the technology that was taken away by Tann by chance.
According to the original plan, the initial construction of the DS-1 combat space station will be carried out on the planet Geonos, and Count Dooku will trick the separatist super-enterprises into spending money and efforts to complete the construction of this super weapon. . Among the Trade Alliance and the Star Banking Association, those super companies believe that the completion of this super weapon will help them defeat the Galaxy Empire in one fell swoop.
With the front line losing streak, this option to reverse the situation in one fell swoop is really tempting.
But they could not have imagined that this super weapon, which they paid for and built, was not for them to use.
However, the construction plan of the DS-1 combat space station was strongly opposed by Tang Xiao. And as the planet Dawn continues to grow, Tang Xiao’s opposition has become louder and louder, and his supporters have increased, resulting in serious resistance to the advancement of the plan.
But later, Palpatine continued to carry out the project from another perspective by splitting the Star Banking Association. And the infrastructure of the DS-1 combat space station built outside the planet Geonosis was divided into multiple sections and sent away.
Tang Xiao didn't know where he sent it. But what he knew was that the DS-1 combat space station was still absorbing the blood of separatist super companies such as the Trade Alliance, the Star Banking Association, the Enterprise Alliance and the Technology Alliance, because these super companies still think about both ends of snakes and rats. Bet on both ends.
It was not until later, at the end of the Clone War that the super companies recognized Palpatine's true face and turned to Tang Xiao, but it was too late. However, at this time, Tang Xiao did greatly obstruct the construction progress of the DS-1 combat space station, and his goal was basically achieved. As for how the Galaxy Empire would promote construction in their own country in the future, he would not be able to control it.
However, Tang Xiao did not calculate anything.
That is, in the original plot, the DS-1 combat space station, that is, Death Star, was built for about 20 years, but this time is not a reflection of the true industrial capacity of the Galaxy Empire. The real industrial capacity of the Galaxy Empire is reflected in the original plot. After the Death Star I was destroyed, the Empire quickly launched the Death Star II plan, and within 4 years it will be about half the size of Death Star I. More than 80% of the construction of Death Star II has been completed!
In other words, what restricts the construction progress of the DS-1 combat space station is not the industrial production capacity of the Galaxy Empire, but the research and development of key technologies and the corruption within the empire.
Tang Xiao did postpone the engineering progress of the main structure of DS-1, which was far from enough by then. At the same time, his intelligence agency also found Garen Erso, the energy scientist who perfected the Death Star super laser emission system in the original plot, but Tang Xiao understood that Garen Erso was actually useful to him. man, because he will leave a fatal weakness in the structure of DS-1.
The person who actually completed the super laser launch system was Orson Krennik, who was also the chief engineer who supervised the construction of the DS-1 combat space station. And this person was never found by the intelligence agency of the Dawn Kingdom.
In other words, the delay in the main structure engineering is not critical to the Galaxy Empire, and the truly critical super laser research and development process cannot be touched, which has led to the construction progress of DS-1 not being affected much.
And after that, Palpatine incited the betrayal of Pogel-Undergarten and the Technical Alliance.
In order to buy a life from the Galactic Empire at the end of the Clone Wars, the Technology Alliance undertakes a large part of the design and construction of the DS-1. The Bogel-the inferior betrayed even more thoroughly, and he kidnapped the Queen of the Geonosians - Emperor Karina!
The Geonos are a race similar to bee colonies, and all their reproduction work was done by Emperor Karina the Great alone. Therefore, Emperor Karina is equivalent to the god of the Geonos, and is also the foundation of their race. This kidnapping also shows the determination of Pogel-lower people to completely sell their clans and seek prosperity.
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For Tang Xiao, this kidnapping case means that his surveillance of the DS-1 combat space station has completely failed. From then on, he could no longer grasp the construction of the DS-1.
In other words, in the first confrontation of DS-1, Tang Xiao scored one point first with the advantage of knowing the plot, but he was soon Palpatine relied on his extraordinary wisdom and strength The power of the two sides got back a point, and the two sides returned to the starting point.
Next, return to the perspective of the Galaxy Empire.
The foundation of the DS-1 combat space station has been completed on the planet Geonosis, a huge core pillar with a length of 160 kilometers and a diameter of 3 kilometers. This is also the basic pillar that runs through the north and south poles of DS-1. Afterwards, the framework of the equatorial ring was completed.
Then, the project was split and secretly transported to the planet Thalassia, a remote galaxy in the northern outer ring of the Milky Way, for continued construction. And after the Begel-Suburs betrayed Count Duku, Karina the Great of the Geonos was placed here.
The planet Talassian is an untapped planet, and before that only the Thalassians lived here. This race has a small population and has little productivity of its own, just engaged in bounty hunters and slave trades everywhere.
After this planet was selected, almost all the Tarasi people were extinct, and the rest became slaves. It is ironic that these slave traders eventually became slaves. And this planet has also become the second hometown of the Geonos.
The Galaxy Empire transported a large amount of supplies to stockpile on the planet Tarasia, and Emperor Karina also began to lay eggs in large quantities under the pressure of the empire. The eggs hatched and grew into adult Geonosis in just a few years, and then became laborers who continued to build the DS-1 combat space station.
To complete the construction of DS-1, Orson Krennik served as director of the entire project, and under his organization, the project was split into hundreds of thousands of projects, from toilet and drainage designs , to ventilation designs, and even armored connector designs are independent and handed over to different companies for OEM.
These companies do not know what the projects they are doing, because they may be used for the construction of Star Destroyers or for the construction of colonies, or for a civilian spacecraft project.
After they completed the design, the design results were summarized and returned from different secret channels to the core project team established by Orson Krennik for integrated design, and then handed over to the Geonosis workers for construction.
The entire construction process involves hundreds of thousands of Geonosis laborers and millions of engineering robots, so the construction process is full of various difficulties.
The first is the laborers of the Geonos, because the Geonos are a swarm race but are not swarm consciousness, that is, their individuals have independent consciousness. These Geonos, born from the planet Tarasia, did not accept the fate of being enslaved immediately after they were born, so many of them stood up to resist.
This is also inevitable, because the Bogel-lower kidnapped Emperor Karina, but the Geonosian race revolves around the queen's series of holy places, sacrifices, and political structures. Ah, he couldn't bring all these things, and these ideological things were irreparable by the Galaxy Empire to the planet Tarasia.
In other words, the Geonosians born on the planet Tarasia lack tradition. At this time, forcing them to wear protective clothing in outer space for a long time has made their sense of resistance reach its peak.
Therefore, the rebellion problem of Geonosis labor continued to erupt, which made Orson Crennik annoyed. He could not hand over the entire construction work to robots. Geonosis labor was the best tool.
Because Pogel-Subsidiary also brought a large number of scientists and engineers from the Geonos, these senior talents became the core middle point of the construction organization, and they passed the Geonos' unique Synaptic nests are used to direct the newly born Geonosis workers, allowing these workers to quickly complete the process of growth and education and quickly become qualified workers.
It is also formally because of this characteristic that the Geonosis became the best engineers and builders in the Galaxy.
So, Orson Krennik had to meet the requirements of the Geonosians and configured them with a whole luxurious logistics regiment.