Nationalization Turmoil (Part 1)
Kuat Drive Yards stood on the brink of internal strife, but under Little Kuat's forceful leadership, at least no major problems had arisen yet. Little Kuat was not like his high-minded but incapable aunt, Onana Kuat. His methods of managing Kuat Drive Yards were forceful and effective.
At least for now, while Kuat's liberal democratic faction was stirring up trouble internally, it had not touched Kuat's foundations.
Among the other super military-industrial complexes, the situations varied.
The simplest case was Sith Fleet Systems.
Their position was extremely clear. Their rise had depended on Palpatine's support, which enabled them to push the large-scale adoption of TIE series fighters, tanks, and other combat equipment, as well as L-A2B solar furnace reactors, throughout the Imperial army, making them one of the Big Three of the new Imperial industry.
If not for Palpatine, their industrial strength alone would never have qualified them to sit at the same table as Kuat Drive Yards and Corellia Engineering Company.
Although Sith Fleet Systems now handled the manufacture of nearly all fighters and bombers for the Galactic Empire Navy, while also moving into tanks, self-propelled artillery, and armored personnel carriers, their only true core competitive strength was the L-A2B solar furnace. Beyond that, they did not even possess the capability to independently build Star Destroyers.
The 600-meter-long Vindicator-class heavy cruiser designed and built by Sith Fleet Systems was already the limit of their industrial capabilities. Even their L-A2B solar furnaces were mostly manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards under license. If they had been left to build such furnaces themselves, they simply could not have met the Imperial military's production demands.
Therefore, when faced with the Galactic Empire's nationalization demands, Sith Fleet Systems agreed without hesitation and actively cooperated with Imperial officials in carrying out