Chapter 988: Dramatic changes in the Confederacy (Part 1)
987. Dramatic changes in the Confederacy (Part 1)
21BBY, May 31.
Laxus sub-planet, Congress of the Confederation of Independent Systems.
“We should stop the construction of robot factories! Use precious industrial production capacity for the construction of battleships! The robot factories on the planet Geonosis should stop work immediately!” Tuunba, representative of the planet Semyers K-Tula's impassioned speech in parliament.
The leader of the Geonosian planet sitting at the top, Grand Duke Bogor-The Inferior, looked extremely ugly. He stood up with a cane and said in a very incomprehensible voice mixed with Geonosian language: " We need more combat robots to meet the needs of the war! In the previous three months of the war, we lost more than 300 million robots on various battlefields!"
"However, no matter how many robots there are, We need enough battleships to transport and escort! Now the number of our Rukrihuk-class battleships has begun to decrease sharply, and it is difficult for such bulky battleships to meet the needs of combat!" Representative of the Trade Federation, Newt Gunray's tribe. Uncle - Root Gunray also said loudly.
On such occasions, Trade Federation Governor Newt Gunray and Interstellar Banking Association Co-Chairman Thorn Hill usually do not attend, mainly because these two companies are still sitting in the Galactic Republic. there.
And given their status, they really don’t bother to argue with people in these places.
"This is why we also need to build a battleship dock at the same time. The expansion bill for Parment Port was just passed last month." Count Dooku said in a deep voice.
"For the current war situation, our industrial capacity has reached its limit. The Galactic Republic is building warships much faster than us! So we need to further focus our industrial production capacity on warship construction!" Denari, representative of the Enterprise Alliance -Ki stood up and said the same thing.
"So what about the ground combat forces?" Bogle-Inferior was very angry, because the manufacturing and supply of robots was now the main source of income on Geonosis.
“We propose to lift the restrictions on conscription on the Confederate planets and allow them to train their armies to participate in this war.” said Luo Waped, representative of the Interstellar Banking Association.
(PS: These names that may seem unfamiliar to you are actually lieutenants of major corporate giants. See Chapter 508 for details.)
"This is absolutely impossible!!" Business Guild president Shu Mai jumped up and yelled as if his butt was on fire, "This is betrayal!! Naked betrayal!!"
"I don't know how I feel betrayed by letting the warriors of our planet join this great war?" Otto Stratus, the leader of Planet Jabim, stood up and said, "The Yunyu Assault of Planet Jabim The team is more elite and powerful than ten times the number of robot troops."
This lion-like warrior holding a sword and shield and wearing sliding boots on the battlefield is now putting away his fangs in the parliament. But it is still majestic.
“You know why!” Shu Mai ignored Otto Stratus at all, but just looked at the Trade Alliance and Enterprise Alliance fiercely, and then turned his attention to the complex look on his face. In the direction of Count Dooku, he said: "The combat efficiency of the robot army is the highest, and it is also an important reason why we have maintained the war until now!"
"Isn't it that the important reason why the war has been maintained until now is because of our Are there Shenyi-class destroyers and Cole-class battlecruisers? Of course, there are also the latest Behemoth-class battlecruisers," Luo Waped said with a sneer.
“What exactly do you want to say?” Shu Mai’s purple face turned a little darker.
"That's what it means. We should completely eliminate the backward Generous-class frigates and the Defiant-class light destroyers with relatively low combat efficiency, expand the production of Cole-class battlecruisers and Behemoth-class battlecruisers, and establish a fleet of The Shenyi-class destroyer serves as the flagship, the Behemoth-class battlecruiser serves as the core, and the Cole-class battlecruiser serves as the fire support of the new fleet!" Ro-Vaped said.
"As a representative of the Interstellar Banking Association and the adjutant of Chairman Thorn Hill, you should understand how much money such a transformation will cost, Mr. Ro-Vaped." Count Dooku asked calmly. . "That's why we need to close redundant robot factories and recruit troops from planets with high-quality soldiers to save industrial costs." Root Gunlay said, "For example, the robot factory on the planet Hyperion, every month The expenditure exceeds 20 million credits, which is a huge waste of resources!”
Now the technical alliance’s chief foreman, Walter Tambor, couldn’t sit still, and he spun around quickly! The knob of the protective armor adjusted the sound to an angry voice, and said loudly: "Who gave you the courage to attack our factory!!"
"How much resources are wasted in the robot factory on the planet Hyperion? "You know how much kickbacks you have received and how much effective combat capabilities you have actually produced." Luo Waped sneered.
"The Cole-class battlecruiser is a product of Dawn Planet, and the Behemoth-class battlecruiser was jointly developed by you and the Fourth Group! You are basically the same breed and want to rob us of our profits!!" Shu-Mai roared, "We will fight this war, and other planets only need to cooperate! This is our original agreement!"
"But this agreement can no longer bring us victory. Is your commercial business Will it be possible to build a spaceship that can compete with the Jaeger-class battlecruisers of the Republic, or a fighter that can defeat the ARC-170 fighter?" Thunbak Tula retorted.
“Our fleet has reached all the way to the Antar system in the inner ring sector!”
“Then do you know how much we lost in the Battle of Antar?”< br>
Shu Mai said fiercely: "In short, it is impossible for me to agree to this matter!"
"That's why it was submitted to the parliament for a vote." Thunbach-Tula said.
"This is different from what we agreed!" Shu-Mai said to Count Dooku again.
Count Dooku just said lightly: "I want to remind everyone that if we cannot gain an advantage over the Galactic Republic in the war, then all our plans will be empty talk. And even if we launch What we will get from peaceful negotiations will only be humiliation."
Member Ainler-Tim did not oppose the motion very fiercely, but said slowly: "I am opposed to this. Because this is still a way to expand the war and will not help us reach a peace agreement with the Galactic Republic."
At this time, Tang Xiao, who had been silent, finally said: "We cannot guarantee that the peace agreement will be achieved. Achieved, so this is not the time for us to put down our weapons, isn’t it?”
Ainle-Tim nodded solemnly, "So I didn't object, I just had reservations, Your Excellency the Governor."
Shu-Mai's anger finally reached its peak, and she said angrily: " Regarding your betrayal, my only choice is to leave!"
"Please settle the loan with us before leaving," said Luo Wapide, the representative of the Interstellar Banking Association.
"Or are you planning to betray the Confederacy and join the Galactic Republic?" Tang Xiao said suddenly, the smile on his face was inexplicably ferocious.
(End of this chapter)