Chapter 1085: Military Reform of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (Part 1)
1084. Military Reform of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (Part 1)
Some people are happy and some are sad. After three days of discussion, on 21BBY , July 22nd, following the conference held on the planet Geonosis on May 21st of 22BBY to announce the establishment of the Confederation, the second summit of the Confederation of Independent Systems finally came to an end.
During this period of time, both the Galactic Republic and the Confederation of Independent Systems, and even the entire galaxy, have undergone earth-shaking changes.
During this summit, Count Dooku's determination even surprised Tang Xiao. In his expectation, Count Dooku should have been a little hesitant. After all, Darth Sidious's influence on him was too deep.
But now, it seems that Count Dooku is ready to go all the way.
This forced Tang Xiao to speculate again on some of his possible plans or even conspiracies behind the scenes.
Count Dooku carried out a large-scale reform very resolutely, and according to the plan, the merchant guild was pushed out as cannon fodder. And in this reform, if we use a more straightforward description to express it, it is - exchanging power for money.
During this reform, Count Dooku began to purposefully gradually strengthen the administrative power of the Core Council of the Confederation of Independent Systems, but accordingly also required corporate giants including the Interstellar Banking Association and the Trade Federation to give up some of their power. own interests.
In other words, it started to transform from a purely commercial organization to a state-owned organization.
Of course, this is also a long-term plan and cannot be achieved overnight.
In this reform, the first thing is to announce the abolition of the private fleets of major companies. Except for the necessary escort fleets, all other large offensive warships must be assigned to the Navy of the Independent System Confederacy, and the independent system The Galaxy Federation will also provide certain financial compensation.
Then the naval warships are finalized and purchased centrally.
The naval warship models of the Confederation of Independent Systems have also been finalized. Based on this finalization, many orders for warships that cannot be reused in the war will be cancelled, including the Higra-class battlecruisers, the Generosity-class frigates, Production of spacecraft such as the Defiant-class light destroyer and the Rookery Hook-class battleship will be discontinued.
Moreover, the new warships selected are all models that can be put into mass production immediately, making it easy to start production immediately.
Flagship: Conqueror-class battleship, Infinity-class super aircraft carrier.
Main battleships: Behemoth-class battlecruiser, Shenyi-class destroyer (special gunnery type), Martha-class heavy missile cruiser.
Support ships: Armageddon-class battlecruiser, Divine-class destroyer (electronic warfare special type).
Aircraft carrier: Shenyi-class destroyer (specially equipped carrier-based hangar).
Landing ships: C-9979 landing ship, Diamond-class transport cruiser, and the Kesov-class orbital assault landing ship that was officially renamed after modification. Small and medium-sized warships: Enforcer-class heavy destroyers, Guard-class light air defense destroyers, Xingzi-class maintenance drone carriers, and Blue Sky-class command cruisers.
Fighters: Vulture Robot Fighter, Triple Robot Fighter, Coyote Robot Bomber, Viking Fighter.
Escort battleship: Gray Horse-class escort aircraft carrier.
In this naval construction plan, the Interstellar Banking Association’s Behemoth-class battlecruiser, the Trade Federation’s Endless-class super aircraft carrier and the Divine-class destroyer have all received a large number of orders, and the Fourth Group and these two Cooperate and share profits.
Unexpectedly, the warships submitted by the Salarians have been widely favored. Military experts from the Confederation of Independent Systems believe that the Salarians’ warships are even an era ahead of all existing warships! Therefore, they received orders for Doomsday Arena-class battlecruisers and Enforcer-class heavy destroyers. They suddenly emerged as a force and became a high-tech race that attracted everyone's attention.
Dawn Planet became the biggest winner, with Masha-class heavy missile cruisers, Kesov-class orbital assault landing ships, Guard-class light air defense destroyers, Xingzi-class maintenance drone carriers, Blue Sky-class command cruisers, Viking fighter jets, Gray Horse-class escort aircraft carriers are their products on the surface. In fact, if you include the Fourth Group and the Salarians, the Fourth Civilization actually accounts for at least half of the naval orders of the Confederation of Independent Systems.
The Navy of the Confederacy of Independent Systems did not take a fancy to the Ghost fighters. This type of fighter has begun to fall behind, and with a large number of robot fighters, they actually have no shortage of superior fighters. On the contrary, they favor Viking fighters that have strong air combat capabilities and can effectively attack large enemy warships. They believe that the powerful firepower of Viking fighters can just make up for the current lack of flexibility and firepower of robot fighters.
The Gray Horse class was ordered as an unexpected surprise. This cheap escort carrier is considered by Confederate military experts to be a very suitable escort spacecraft. It cooperates with the Guard-class light anti-aircraft destroyer and carries enough Vulture robot fighters and Coyote robot bombers can perform almost all escort missions.
And, very cheap!
In this way, if you include the Behemoth-class and Endless-class who secretly cooperate, it is equivalent to the Fourth Civilization having monopolized most of the independent galaxy Confederacy navy!
As for the technical alliance, they don't have to worry about it for the time being. After all, the manufacturing of robot fighters and combat robots is also their main business. Moreover, the large number of factories and interstellar shipyards under the Technology Alliance are also the main force in manufacturing these warships, but their factories and shipyards need to be modernized according to the current new needs.
The Enterprise Alliance still got some scraps, and the manufacture of the Diamond-class transport cruiser was handed over to them. In fact, the Diamond-class transport cruiser is a product of the Merchant Guild, but after Shu-Mai's tit-for-tat confrontation with Count Dooku at the summit, it was obvious that the Merchant Guild would also lose this only opportunity.
Although the Diamond-class transport cruiser is simple and efficient, it is not an advanced warship after all. It is just a very useful multi-functional landing ship, built for everyone.
In addition, the enterprise alliance also has many robot factories, but orders in this area can also make up a lot of income.
After the naval warship models were finalized, all factories under the Confederation of Independent Systems, including the largest shipbuilding dock Port Parment, began to adjust to produce all the parts needed for these warships. The order was issued by the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and a new department was established to plan the manufacture of warships.
Then, the Dawn Planet, Salarian and the Fourth Group received some preferential treatment, because although their mass-produced Cole-class battlecruisers and Sova-class aircraft carriers were not favored by the Confederation of Independent Systems, the Confederacy's military experts also It is also believed that although these battleships have begun to fall behind, they can still cause an effective blow to the Republic fleet on the battlefield.
So they were allowed to keep the Cole and Sova classes, and then slowly transform them.
(End of this chapter)