1733. The rise of the Galactic Empire (Part 2)
At the same time as the changes in the parliament, Galactic Senate Building was also renovated and it is now called Republic Senate Building. All the statues in the surrounding squares were torn down and destroyed, because these were the former martyrs of Galactic Republic. Instead, there are a large number of statues of Palpatine himself. Walking in the square, you will feel that you are being watched by Palpatine almost everywhere.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Surveillance is indeed installed in these statues.
While the parliament was reorganized into Imperial Senate, the former Galactic Republic military also carried out drastic reforms.
First, Galactic Republic Supreme Strategic Command was disbanded, and the entire Republic army was reorganized into three parts - Imperial Navy, Imperial Army and Stormtroopers.
These three departments are all directly responsible to Emperor Palpatine and are independent of each other, so there is no need to set up a department above them.
In fact, the reason why Supreme Strategic Command exists is because it was a department established in the early days of the previous war to coordinate the chaotic Republic army at that time. At that time, Republic army included Galactic Republic fighter units, battleship units, space-based units, Grand Army of the Republic, etc., with overlapping responsibilities and powers, which was very confusing and bloated.
Now that Galactic Empire is established, everything has to be overhauled. As the top priority, the military naturally needs to carry out reforms.
Imperial Navy, who is responsible for space operations, and Imperial Army, who is responsible for planet surface operations, perform their respective duties very clearly. Stormtroopers was reorganized from the Clone Army and became an elite force directly under the emperor.
In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of Stormtroopers, Palpatine ordered that the one-year rapid growth time of Spartan clones be slightly extended to make these soldiers more stable.
After the Clone Army separated from the army, Imperial Army also began to prepare for widespread conscription for ordinary people. And their recruitment requirements are all for Human race. Non-Human race will almost never have this opportunity to enter Imperial army.
Imperial Army's first-phase recruitment plan is 5 billion, and more recruitment plans will continue to be implemented and more military camps and training bases will be built in the future.
At present, all military officials were temporarily retained at the beginning, allowing them to continue serving in their respective departments. However, a few weeks after the Empire was established, Palpatine, which had initially stabilized the situation, also began to target military personnel.
Palpatine launched a major purge campaign. All officers deemed untrustworthy during the investigation were removed or even arrested, and were replaced by those who were absolutely loyal to Palpatine.
In this process, some families with strong military traditions were also kicked out of the army, because these people were regarded by Palpatine as obstacles to his absolute control of the army.
And Republic Intelligence Department is also a department full of holes and chaos. Before, Galactic Republic had a total of four different Intelligence Department. These Intelligence Department were inefficient and bloated. They were repeatedly played by Duchy of Dawn spies during the war, delaying many fighter opportunities. During this reorganization, the four Intelligence Department were unified and integrated into the Imperial Intelligence Bureau (Imperial Intelligence), led by the former SBI leader Armand-Isard (Armand Isard).
At the same time, as a loyal henchman of Palpatine, Commission for the Protection of the Republic (COMPOR) was also renamed New Order Maintenance Committee (the Preservation of the New Order), or COMPNOR for short. The basic functions remain unchanged and continue to be a fanatical organization that promotes the glory of the Empire and the emperor in every corner of the Empire.
The Sub-Adult Group was also renamed Palpatine Youth Corps, or Imperial Youth Corps, which also cultivated fanatical followers of the emperor among the younger generation.
It is worth mentioning that the power of New Order Maintenance Committee (COMPNOR) among the Empire has become very huge. They have the right to interfere in almost every matter in every corner of the galaxy, as long as it is considered disloyal to the emperor and detrimental to the Empire.
As a violent organization directly under the emperor, Stormtroopers would often cooperate with New Order Maintenance Committee's actions to directly arrest people, and no one dared to stop them.
At the same time, a branch, Imperial Security Bureau (ISB), was also established under New Order Maintenance Committee. This organization is also directly responsible for Emperor Palpatine and is mainly used to check and balance Imperial Intelligence Bureau. It is equivalent to a secret police organization, responsible for monitoring and monitoring everywhere in the Empire, as well as investigating and arresting possible counter-insurgents.
By the way, the former Republic Navy Admiral Wullf-Yularen was also forced to resign from his position as Admiral of the Navy when the ISB was established, and entered the ISB as a colonel.
This is because Wullf-Admiral Yularen sympathizes with Jedi Order, and in previous battles, he had a very good relationship with Jedi Knight, so relevant personnel believe that he should not continue to stay in the military. However, after review, it was determined that he was indeed loyal to the Galactic Empire, so he had the opportunity to enter ISB.
Of course, later, colonels Wullf-Yularen also relied on their outstanding abilities and absolute loyalty to the Empire to be constantly reused and promoted, and finally became Deputy Director of the Imperial Security Bureau, with a high position of authority. This is a story later.
In a series of adjustments and reforms, Imperial Security Bureau's tentacles even extended to the military. They installed a large number of security consultants in the military's fleet to ensure consistency between the military and the the Empire government.
In fact, this was a very effective move, and it indeed ensured Imperial army's loyalty to Emperor Palpatine himself in the days that followed.
After basically stabilizing the situation of Coruscant, now called Imperial Center, Palpatine began a deterrent operation against the entire within the Empire.
First, there was a large-scale construction project to transform the former Jedi Temple into the emperor's palace. The former speaker's residence was also expanded on a large scale and a magnificent building, Imperial Palace, was built.
After that, he began to organize Stormtroopers to conduct military parades everywhere. For this reason, he even dispatched the garrison fleet left behind Imperial Center to show off his power in various places.
His move was actually very necessary, because the Empire had just been established and had an unstable foundation. There was a conspiracy of rebellion almost from the first day. And Stormtroopers and the newly formed Imperial Navy carried out a bloody suppression of all planets that might rebel!
This is why Palpatine signed an agreement with Tang Xiao so simply and was willing to take huge risks to let go of Rendili Trade Route! Compared with the original plot, Galactic Empire, which was established more than half a year earlier, is unstable in all aspects. He must free his hands from the frontline battlefield as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in his own backyard.
The establishment of the Galactic Empire has been precarious from the beginning... The Milky Way will also move towards an unknown and crazy future...
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