1084. Confederacy of Independent Systems military reform (Part 1)
Some are happy and some are sad. After three days of discussion, on July 22, 21BBY, following the conference held at Geonosis on May 21, 22BBY to announce the establishment of Confederacy of Independent Systems, the second summit of Confederacy of Independent Systems finally came to an end.
During this period of time, both Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, and even the entire galaxy, have undergone earth-shaking changes.
During this summit, the determination shown by Count Dooku even surprised Tang Xiao. In his expectation, Count Dooku should have been a little swaying. After all, Das-Sidious's influence on him was too deep.
But now, Count Dooku seems to be preparing 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 resolutely carried out a large-scale reform, and according to the plan, Merchant Guilds was launched 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 Confederacy of Independent Systems Core Council, but accordingly it also required corporate giants including InterGalactic Banking Clan and Trade Federation to give up some of their 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 step is to announce the cancellation of the private fleets of major companies. Except for the necessary escort fleets, all other large offensive warships must be owned by Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy, and Confederacy of Independent Systems will also provide certain financial compensation.
Then there is the finalization of naval warships and centralized procurement.
The naval battleship model of Confederacy of Independent Systems has also been finalized. Based on this finalization, many orders for warships that cannot be reused in the war will be cancelled, including Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, Generous-class frigate, Defiant-class light destroyer, Luukri-Hok-class battleship and other spacecraft 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, Endless-class Super Carrier.
Main battleships: Behemoth-class battlecruiser, Deceiver-class destroyer (artillery battle special type), Martha-class heavy missile cruiser.
Support ships: Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser, Deceiver-class destroyer (electronic warfare special type).
Aircraft carrier: Deceiver-class destroyer (specially equipped carrier-based hangar).
Landing ship: C-9979 landing ship, Diamond-class transport cruiser, and Khosov-class orbital assault landing ship, which was officially renamed after modification.
Small and medium-sized warships: Enforcer-class heavy destroyer, Garda Flak Frigate, Star-class Repair Drone Mothership, Blue Sky-class command cruiser.
Fighters: Vulture droid fighter, Tri-fighter, Hyena-class Droid Bombers, Viking fighter.
Escort battleship: Grey Horse-class escort carrier.
In this naval construction plan, Behemoth-class battlecruiser of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, Endless-class Super Carrier and Deceiver-class destroyer of Trade Federation have received a large number of orders, and Fourth Group cooperates with these two companies to share the profits.
Surprisingly, the warship submitted by Salarian has been widely favored. Confederacy of Independent Systems military experts believe that the warship of Salarian is even an era ahead of all existing warships! Therefore, they got orders from Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser and Enforcer-class heavy destroyer, suddenly emerged as a force, and became a high-tech race that attracted everyone's attention.
And Dawn Star Planet became the biggest winner, Martha-class heavy missile cruiser, Khosov-class orbital assault landing ship, Garda Flak Frigate, Star-class Repair Drone Mothership, Blue Sky-class command cruiser, Viking fighter, Grey Horse-class escort carrier are all their products on the surface. In fact, if Fourth Group and Salarian are included, Fourth Civilization actually accounts for at least half of the Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy orders.
Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy did not take a fancy to Wraith fighter. This kind of fighter has begun to fall behind, and with a large number of robot fighters, they actually do not lack superior fighters. On the contrary, they favor Viking fighter, which has strong air combat capabilities and can effectively attack large enemy warships. They believe that Viking fighter's powerful firepower can just make up for the current lack of flexibility and firepower of robot fighters.
The ordering of Gray Horse-class was an unexpected surprise. This cheap Escort Carrier is considered by Confederacy of Independent Systems military experts to be a very suitable escort spacecraft. In cooperation with Garda Flak Frigate, and equipped with enough Vulture droid fighter and Hyena-class Droid Bombers, it can perform almost all escort missions.
And, very cheap!
In this way, if Behemoth-class and Endless Class who secretly cooperate are included, it is equivalent to Fourth Civilization having monopolized most of Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy!
As for the Technological 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 owned by the Technological Alliance are also the main force in manufacturing these warships. However, their factories and shipyards need to be modernized according to the current new needs.
Corporate Alliance still got some scraps, and the manufacturing of Diamond-class transport cruiser was handed over to them. In fact, Diamond-class transport cruiser is a product of Merchant Guilds, but after Shu-Mai had a tit-for-tat confrontation with Count Dooku at the summit, it was obvious that Merchant Guilds would also lose this only opportunity.
Although 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, Corporate 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 Confederacy of Independent Systems, including Port Pament, the largest shipbuilding dock, began to adjust to produce all the parts needed for these warships. The order was issued uniformly by Confederacy of Independent Systems, and a new department was established to uniformly plan the manufacture of warships.
Then, Dawn Star Planet, Salarian and Fourth Group got some preferential treatment because although they mass-produced Kohl-class Battlecruiser and Sova-class Carrier is not favored by Confederacy of Independent Systems, but Confederacy of Independent Systems's military experts also believe that although these warships have begun to fall behind, they can still cause an effective blow to Republic fleet on the battlefield.
So they were allowed to keep Kohl-class and Sova-class, and then slowly transition.