Chapter 989: 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 now Being heated up, many people were shouting and arguing loudly, but a few of them were sitting in high positions, motionless, watching the development of the situation coldly.
The Interstellar Banking Association, Trade Federation, Enterprise Alliance, Fourth Group, and Dawn Planet, as the war progresses, they have become the true core of the Confederation of Independent Systems. Once upon a time, her commercial guild was also a powerful force that was second to none, but now, the war has widened the gap in strength between them.
Business guilds have no core competitiveness at all. Even their main battleship, the Defiant-class light destroyer, was actually built under the authority of the Technical 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 Federation actually had this kind of core competitiveness. The Interstellar Banking Association has been using the Generosity-class frigates for almost a lifetime, and the Trade Federation The Rookery Hook-class battleships were converted from cargo ships, and the Shenyi-class destroyers they invested in were actually designed by Rendilli 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 compared to the Galactic Republic’s battleship designs. , only strong but not weak! !
So when they suddenly proposed to upgrade the battleships in the parliament, Shu-Mai discovered that no one could stop them!
Not even Count Dooku!
Now Shu-Mai looked at these people again, and looked at the Archduke of Geonosis Planet Pogel-Inferior, 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 felt that the current Congress of the Confederation of Independent Systems had 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 had no true feelings at all. Your own basic base.
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 Bontry, the representative of the Onderon planet, about the benefits that the Onderon planet would get after the new bill was passed. After the Behemoth-class battlecruiser is officially purchased by the Confederation of Independent Systems military, as one of the largest producers of Behemoth-class battlecruisers, what kind of benefits will they get.
Mina Bontry 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 Confederacy into a powerful regime that can compete with the Galactic Republic!
Then 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, I am weak in all senses , and how to deal with it.
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, Count Dooku calmed down and said in his unique, magnetic and powerful voice: "Then, the Parliament will vote on this bill tomorrow!"
...The voting result was no surprise. The bill to relax the conscription conditions of each planet, allowing the Confederacy'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 have actually passed with a high vote only narrowly outweighed the objections.
According to this bill, the Federation of Independent Systems will initially select 100 planets among all the participating planets, and then recruit 500 million troops on these planets. The number is relatively small, mainly because training facilities are difficult to assemble, but it is already a good start, and more barracks and training facilities are also being built.
The preliminary plan is to continue recruiting 2 billion soldiers in the next year, and there will also be at least 10 billion reserve soldiers.
At the same time, as another aspect of this bill, the Confederation 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 bill was also passed amid intense discussion.
According to this bill, the Hiigara-class battlecruisers and Generosity-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 deployed in the Technology Alliance and the Commercial Industry. Despite the strong resistance from the opposition, the production line will be 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 identified the Behemoth-class battlecruiser as 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 motion marks that the navy of the Confederation of Independent Systems will move in another direction - to be more systematic and efficient, instead of just building whatever ships a few corporate giants can build like before.
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! -
[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: President of the Commercial Guild, Shu Mai. 】
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