2089, Ling Liang Report (4)
[In fact, given the core technology, not only did it not let them grow strong wings and fly away, but it was able to control them. I didn't expect this at first.]
[But it wasn't until we actually started working together that I discovered that my previous understanding of Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan (M) was ridiculously wrong. Because they really don't recognize or care about anything except money. Seeing Thorn Hill and Newt Gunray, it's really hard for me to imagine that they are the leaders of these two Mega-corporations giants.]
[Sometimes I also think about how high-spirited our ancestors who created Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan, Neimoidian and Muun more than 20,000 years ago, were so high-spirited. I don't know what they would think if they saw that their descendants were so stupid.]
[Of course, this is a good thing for us Fourth Civilization. When Grand Duke Tang Xiao decided to hand over these core technologies to them, they were naturally grateful and said that obtaining these technologies would allow them to successfully become one of the few companies in the galaxy with the ability to design and build kilometer-class battleships by themselves.]
[Then we proposed that we send a team to assist them in their research, that our construction team would construct the dock, and that our engineers would supervise the manufacturing of the warships. They would need to pay all salaries and material costs, and these people would also be registered in their company. Thorn Hill and Newt Gunray actually agreed? Don't they know that by doing this, these technologies are actually still in our hands?]
[It seems they don't think so. They were just cheering because once again, they solved everything with just money. Thanks to the Grand Duke for providing them with this opportunity... I understand somewhat what Tang Xiao once said to me. He said that without him, people like Confederacy of Independent Systems and Trade Federation would not have survived the war for three years. Looking at the Corporate Alliance lying on Christophsis like a wretch, and Technological Alliance groveling and surrendering to the Empire, I think Tang Xiao is right.]
[In fact, there are deeper considerations in handing over the shipbuilding technology of Gallente Federation and Caldari Republic to Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan respectively. First of all, Gallente Federation's technology includes a large number of automated machinery, intelligent machinery and drone technology. In this regard, a large number of robots have been built, and Trade Federation, which has a mature robot R&D and manufacturing system, is very suitable.]
[As for the InterGalactic Banking Clan, Caldari Republic warships are generally missile warships. So far, our army has only three types of missile warships, Martha-class missile heavy cruiser, Valkyrie-class Missile Frigate, and Javelin-class missile frigate. This is because on an active offensive battlefield, using a large number of missiles for a saturation attack will bring great logistical pressure. But if it's left to the InterGalactic Banking Clan(M), it seems like this won't be too much of a problem, they're rich. Therefore, it is completely affordable to consume the Caldari Republic series of missile warships.]
[And Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan (M) are actually not formal members of Duchy of Dawn in a strict sense, they are just loyal to Tang Xiao personally. Therefore, the most important issue is that their finances are an independently operated system, and this time by 'helping' them develop the core technology of warship manufacturing, it can be regarded as a way for them to take out their own money.]
[At least from their perspective, this is a very good deal. Trade Federation's home planet is constantly threatened by the Galactic Empire, and I predict that they will lose control of Kato-Neimoidia and Balmorra-Neimoidia within the next two to three years. Once the home star falls and Trade Federation loses its foundation, it will be difficult to maintain their existing industrial system. At this time, a complete industrial chain of warship design and construction will be the key to Trade Federation's comeback.]
[InterGalactic Banking Clan (M) Although there is no threat of losing their hometown, it is obvious that they hope to transform themselves from a pure financial giant into a complex oligarch with industrial capabilities. Because the outbreak of the war has made it clear until now that manufacturing is the truth of this galaxy.]
Because of the independence of Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan (M), I also cannot include them in the plan of Operation Zero. However, I still gave them as many hints as possible, telling them that they must now prepare as much as possible for possible wars in the future. Therefore, Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan (M) must have a main fleet with offensive capabilities in the next few years.
I'm not sure what they understand about 'offensive fleet', but I think their understanding is obviously very different from mine.
Because Newt Gunray built a large number of Undertaker-class Light Cruiser (Exequror-class)... According to my understanding, this is a 310-meter-long battleship converted from a cargo ship. That's right, this kind of warship can both fight and deliver goods. The huge warehouse can hold a lot of precious goods, allowing Trade Federation's caravan to increase the cargo volume as much as possible while ensuring its own safety.
I have to admit, when I saw this report, I really wanted to drag Newt Gunray out and shoot him. But in the end, reason prevailed, because I also understood that Newt Gunray could not die. The current Trade Federation is too fragile. Once he dies, civil strife will immediately cause this Mega-corporations to fall apart, which is not good for us.
So, do I have to tolerate a lot of Undertaker-class Light Cruiser in task force formations in the future? Now my work is taken up a lot of time by Operation Zero, but I still have to form a team to teach Trade Federation how to build a fleet.
As for the InterGalactic Banking Clan (M), they chose Osprey-class light cruiser (Osprey-class).
When reviewing the data for the 348-meter-long Light Cruiser, I found that its maneuverability was slightly low and its firepower was not that great, until I found a mining laser at the end of the feature list.
So this is an armed mining ship?
If Trade Federation chose Undertaker-class Light Cruiser because their main business is logistics and freight, which has a certain mindset, then InterGalactic Banking Clan (M) chose an armed mining ship. I really can't understand their brain circuit.
As far as I know, although Matter Unloader has not been deployed on Northern Territory, they should have no shortage of raw materials. Although Geth is a very dangerous Mechanical Lifeforms race, at least for now, Geth is still a very 'cute' existence to us.
Geth has helped us carry out a large number of industrial construction and high-risk industry construction, including mineral mining. They will build an individual with very thick adaptive armor, go deep into the most extreme environments to mine rare minerals, and they will not hesitate to share these resources with us.
So why did Thornhill choose to build the Osprey-class? I have thought about countless scenarios and think two of them are more likely. The first is that he may want to get rid of his dependence on Geth. After all, for them, Geth is indeed a very terrifying race. Second, he should want to establish an entire industrial system from raw material mining to warship manufacturing.
Well, Thorn-Chil can't die either.
The internal situation of the InterGalactic Banking Clan (M) is probably more complicated than that of Trade Federation. They are under the control of Core Five, and as co-chairman, Thornhill is the most critical role in checking and balancing Core Five. If he dies, we'll probably lose control of them too.
In view of the current progress of their technological analysis and the construction of the interstellar shipyard, they can only support the construction of Light Cruiser-class warships. I have formulated a warship construction plan for them and asked them to cooperate with Geth fleet in mobile operations in future wars. As to how much they will obey, I can't guarantee.
In addition, there is at least one advantage. Gallente Federation and Caldari Republic, in our original universe, are from the same star area as the Amarr Empire we are currently using widely. Therefore, although their ship technology styles are completely different, they are consistent in basic ideas, so Salarian's expert team can quickly help Trade Federation and them build Light Cruiser.
Therefore, it is still very important to establish some harassment fleets composed of high-speed Light Cruiser to attack the logistics supply of the Galactic Empire. After all, it is difficult for us to make a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield here.
This is also because of the severe situation of the Northern Territory battle - the Northern Defense Line built by General Galactic Empire Gillard-Perine is very strong. After many deductions, it is difficult for us to break through his defense. However, according to his intelligence, he should not have such ability. I suspect that he still has masters under his command. I will file a separate report on this.
For Makito Core Industrial Zone, the current situation is such that each one has its own business and lacks unified planning. The scale is huge, the resources are abundant, and especially the money is really abundant. But my expectations for this industrial area are basically at the harassment stage.
However, there is still good news coming from this industrial zone, that is, Fourth Group and Tyran Heavy Industries have finally made breakthrough progress in the research on the follow-up ship type of Behemoth-class battlecruiser.
That is Minotaur-class cruiser.
That's right, the length of the cruiser - Minotaur-class (Minotaur-class) is only 550 meters long, between Light Cruiser and Heavy Cruiser. I have to admit that when I first saw the plan of Minotaur-class, I was completely fascinated.
This is simply a very, very mature plan that fully considers practicality, versatility, mass production and other aspects. While everyone is thinking about how to build bigger and stronger warships, what they are thinking about is downgrading!
The benefits of this downgrade are obvious. Originally, Behemoth-class battlecruiser was 1,300 meters long and took 10 months to produce. After downgrading to 550 meters, the production working hours will be reduced to 6 months, and the use of raw materials will be reduced by more than four times. What's even more incredible is that such a downgrade did not bring about a reduction in performance!
Take the most standard Yamato Cannon as an example. The power of Yamato Cannon launched by Minotaur-class cruiser is not weakened at all compared to Behemoth-class. Even due to improved energy supply and focusing, the rate of fire of Yamato Cannon has been increased by 20%.
It's hard to imagine what kind of war environment the designers of Minotaur-class cruiser designed and manufactured in our original universe. This is truly genius.
Among Makito Core Industrial Zone, the main task of this part built by Fourth Group is now to produce Minotaur-class cruiser. I hope that when Operation Zero is officially launched and we launch the offensive, we can get at least 1,000 Minotaur-class cruiser.
This is an excellent battleship that can compete head-on with battlecruisers. Battleships of the same level are no match for it. I'm really looking forward to their performance in the war.
[Finally, it's Planet Kaal Industrial Zone. This is an industrial zone built by Vasari, and it is also the most mysterious one among all the industrial zones of Duchy of Dawn.]
Hoth Sector was once the territory of the Galactic Republic's 19th Army, and this star area is not actually a place known for its industrial development. The largest industrial planet in this sector, Bomis-Koori, has always been under the control of the Corporate Alliance.
Therefore, in the early days of Clone Wars, when Fourth Civilization left Modell Sector for the first time to launch an attack, it was indeed a blessing to encounter 19th Army with weak industrial power.
Hoth Sector's former industry was mainly composed of the Givin's home planet Yago-Dur planet, and Corporate Alliance's largest industrial planet Bomis-Core planet. However, the Yago-Dur planet has just experienced a planetary orbit change, which has caused great damage to the factory docks we built on it. Therefore, the Givin is currently being relocated, and this industrial zone is also facing banning.
Bomis-Core Planet was once the largest industrial planet in the Corporate Alliance. It's just that Corporate Alliance suffered very heavy losses in Clone Wars, almost to the point of breaking out, so now it can only rely on our Duchy of Dawn to survive. And this industrial planet was mortgaged to us and became the industrial center of Hoth Planet.
But the factories and shipyards on the Bomis-Core planet also face the problem of aging and outdated equipment. Therefore, in order to revive Hoth Sector's industry, the new Sector Governor Hari Seldon handed over this industrial area to Vasari to operate.