2139. The Beginning and End of the Trade Alliance (6)
It is difficult to calculate how many hyperspace lanes there are in the galaxy.
But one thing is certain, the number of hyperspace lanes controlled by the Trade Federation far exceeds that of the Galactic Empire. Even the star map in the hands of the former Jedi Order was not that complete.
If all known shipping lanes in the galaxy are calculated as 100%, the Trade Federation controls at least 85% of the hyperspace lanes. The Galactic Empire inherited the Galactic Republic's database, and only controlled 50% of the waterways at most.
Among the star maps once held by the Jedi Order, about 70% of the navigation routes were controlled. As for the Confederation of Independent Systems, Count Dooku controls almost 75% of the waterways. Because he not only obtained data from the Trade Federation, but also obtained a large amount of navigation data from the Jedi Order, and also deleted some of the waterways controlled by the Jedi Order. Of course, the Galactic Empire has not been able to obtain these two data.
In fact, this is also an important reason why the current Galactic Empire's control over the outer ring of the Milky Way is difficult to compare with the timeline of the original plot. You must know that the Galactic Empire in the original plot, after completely destroying the Confederation of Independent Systems and the Jedi Order, controlled at least 75% or more of the waterways.
Although the Principality of Liming is currently considered the master of the Trade Alliance, the number of waterways handed over to Tang Xiao by the Trade Alliance is not very large. The Principality of Dawn controls about 65% of the waterways.
In the original plot, after the Trade Federation was annexed by the Galactic Empire, many Neimoidians ran away to the unknown star territory. This alone shows how rich the trade alliance's control of waterways is.
Even the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order wanted to set foot in the unknown star territory, and their overseas exploration plans could only end in failure. However, when the remnants of the Trade Federation fled, they were able to directly run into the unknown star territory. among.
As for the Galactic Empire, of the 35% gap between the number of waterways they control and the Trade Federation, about 25% know a rough location, which is not completely unknown. However, to be truly navigable, it is necessary to send detectors to detect and verify, and then recalculate the navigation data, which takes a lot of time.
As for the other 10% or so of waterways, the Galactic Empire doesn't even know about it!
Thus, by comparing this group, we can understand how big a blow it will have to the Galactic Empire after the Trade Federation has directly broken up and cut off all navigation services! And this behavior was not done by the Trade Federation even during the Clone Wars.
During the Clone Wars, the Trade Federation provided navigation services to both warring parties at the same time. Almost all navigation robots used by the warring parties are connected to the navigation network of the Trade Federation.
And now, all this is interrupted!
After the navigation service is cut off, the most direct consequence is that at least one-fifth of the galaxies in the outer ring star areas that the Galactic Empire now nominally rules are inaccessible! It is equivalent to saying that these galaxies are already out of the control of the empire!
Not only that, the reconstruction plan of the 14th Army, which had been put on the agenda before, was once again interrupted by this incident when it was about to correct the chaos. The planet Rylos, the capital of the 14th Army, once again broke away from the control of the Galactic Empire. A large-scale uprising broke out among the Twi'leks, and the Empire couldn't even capture the suppressed fleet!
The original governor of the 14th Army, Uloda, was impeached and investigated after a corruption scandal was exposed. However, under the leadership of Padmé Amidala, the leader behind the rebel army, As a result of the plan, the Twi'lek uprising unexpectedly came out in support of Uloda, making the uprising even more complicated.
Then Imperial Navy Vice Admiral Jan Dodenner, who had secretly joined the rebel army, took over the important task and was temporarily responsible for the reconstruction of the 14th Army and to cooperate with the arrival of the new governor. In order to delay the selection and appointment of the new Governor, Padmé Amidala sent Councilor Fache to compete for this position, using various means to seek the position of Governor of the 14th Army. Although it is destined to be impossible to succeed, there is no problem in muddying the water.
After several months of struggle, Fache has almost lost the competition, Uloda has been convicted, and the new governor of the 14th Army has been confirmed and is about to take office to replace Lieutenant General Jan Dodenner. Became the official governor.
As a result, the current all-out war between the Galactic Empire and the Trade Federation has once again made it impossible for the governor of the 14th Army to take office. Therefore, according to the previous arrangement, Lieutenant General Jan Dodenner continued to serve as acting governor.
In other words, the entire 14th Army, which was half rebuilt, is now basically under the control of the rebel army!
The location of the 14th Army is very remote. With traffic temporarily cut off, Lieutenant General Jan Dodenner only needs to regularly report to the Empire that he has suppressed the Twi'lek uprising. , everything is fine.
But, will the Galactic Empire care about this?
They won't care! Because Palpatine is now in a state of madness!
The order he gave to Darth Vader was - those outer ring star areas were out of control, it didn't matter, they just needed to be 'reconquered' once.
Reconquer! It is equivalent to reoccupying these planets by force, but what will happen during the occupation process? Massacre, plunder, destruction...
However, these planets were once members of the Galactic Empire! It's one of their own! What is happening now is just a temporary disruption in traffic!
But Palpatine doesn't care about this at all. All he wants is wealth, more wealth! As long as all this wealth is concentrated in the inner circle, he doesn't care at all how many people in the outer circle will die in the war!
It is even said that the more people die, the wails of the dead will make his dark side force stronger and crazier!
Of course, before ‘reconquering’ those outer ring star regions, the first thing that needs to be resolved is still the Trade Alliance!
Under the leadership of Darth Vader, the main fleet of the Third Army of the Galactic Empire has been deployed near the core planet of the Inner Circle Trade Alliance.
The main planets of the Trade Alliance in the core circle include the Neimoidia planet, the home planet of the Neimoidians; the three wealth worlds - Cato-Neimoidia planet, Deco- Neimoidia planet, Kru-Neimoidia planet; industrial world Balmoral planet. In addition, there is the less important planet Rosha and the Vulpter planet near the core of the galaxy.
Among them, the most important planets are the largest wealth world Cato-Neimoidia, the industrial world Balmoral, and the home planet Neimoidia. Depending on their importance, huge fleets began to blockade these planets respectively.
According to Darth Vader's deployment, he gathered heavy troops on the planet Rosa and the Vulture planet, preparing to start with the easy and then the difficult, and gradually cut off the wings of the Trade Federation. (End of chapter)