Warship Review (Part 2)
Gali-Ulan was still enduring every second like a year in the Republic Ship Supervision Committee's chamber, watching the pointless review and the order figures stabbing into his heart like knives.
Kuat Drive Yards' segment had finally reached its critical stage: the Hunter Class Battlecruiser!
This was the most important segment, because the Galactic Republic spent hundreds of billions on Hunter Class Battlecruisers every year!
To demonstrate the importance attached to this matter, Sheev Palpatine, Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, had personally attended today's meeting to observe the review of the Hunter Class Battlecruiser.
The review of the Hunter Class was far more thorough.
"First, we need to establish that the Hunter Class Battlecruiser is indeed a highly classic and powerful warship." The chairman of the Ship Supervision Committee seemed especially fond of applying the word "classic" to Kuat's warships. "As we can see, the Hunter Class Battlecruiser is essentially a carrier warship, with a maximum complement of 420 aircraft. Yet despite such an astonishing air wing, it still maintains formidable firepower, mobility, and protection."
He brought up row after row of data. "During its early engagements with the Separatist fleet, the Hunter Class Battlecruiser held a clear advantage against enemy capital ships such as the Munificent-class communications frigate and the Defiant-class light destroyer. Only the Separatists' scarce and costly Deceiver-class destroyers could contend with it."
"However, even the most classic design is constrained by developments on the battlefield. Since the emergence of the Separatists' Kohl-class Battlecruiser and Behemoth-class battlecruiser, the Hunter Class has faced an enormous threat. And the common feature of these two warship types is..." The chairman activated a holographic projection displaying three-view diagrams of the Kohl-class and Behemoth-class vessels. The Kohl-class diagram was highly detailed, while the Behemoth-class had only a sparse few