249. Failed Summit (Part 1)
Commerce Summit on Eriadu was held as scheduled. At 10 a. m. local time on the planet, representatives from all walks of life came to the Sesenna Hall - this was newly built for this Commerce Summit and can be said to be the top and most luxurious venue.
Guardian's forces from all aspects were also ready. Even Republic Army, who was usually loose and relaxed, was very energetic at this time and stared around the venue with wide eyes.
100,000 B-1 combat robots have also been incorporated into the Guardian sequence. Although these robots are rigid, they can be a good complement to the power of Guardian. Putting a team of robots in some nooks and crannies will make you feel more at ease.
On a road outside the venue, several Republic Army soldiers were whispering to each other, "Hey, how much property do you think the people in the venue have today? Do you have one trillion credits?"
"Don't think about it. You don't even know the concept of one trillion credits!" Another soldier rolled his eyes at him.
"I just want them to finish the meeting quickly! We have to stand on guard for six hours every day these days. I have never been so tired in my life..." said the third soldier.
"Who says it's not the case? And they actually ask us to control our body shape and not be too fat. I don't dare to eat meat these days..."
"Hey, look at the robots over there. Why do you think you would bring so many robots Guardian to a meeting of this level?"
"What are you doing? They are the real main force! Do you think you can help them if there is an enemy? With your fat and white body, I think a B-1 can hit you five times."
"Okay, thanks to these robots. Otherwise, you would have to stand guard in public restrooms? What a joke."
"That's right, look at those guys Group H, it's quite fun to call that team of B-1 robots here and there."
"Who gave them the authority? I heard that the second lieutenant of Group H, his brother is from the Sothis sector defense fleet. He seems to be in charge of a Consular-class cruiser! He has connections..."
"Hey, another car is coming! Stand still!"
A motorcade drove slowly past the road. Judging from the markings, it was the car represented by the Technological Alliance. There were hundreds of B-1 combat robots running on both sides of the motorcade. Due to traffic control during the summit, all vehicles are not allowed to be more than 1 meter above the ground, and no aircraft are allowed to fly over the city.
After all the representatives had gathered here, the summit was officially held after a day.
In the spacious and bright conference hall, seats are arranged according to the economic strength and political status of each organization. Galactic Senate, who presided over the meeting, was naturally at the top, followed by the strongest delegations Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan, as well as the military representatives of Republic Judicial Fleet.
Trade Federation is the Trusts of a large number of companies, among which the relatively large companies include Kuat Drive Yards, Corellian Engineering Corporation, etc. They sent a delegation of more than 50 people.
It is worth mentioning that a super industrial enterprise like Kuat Drive Yards is not only a member of Trade Federation, but also a member of the Technological Alliance. So they sent two groups of representatives.
Continuing down are representatives of the Technological Alliance and Corporate Alliance, then Merchant Guilds, Stark Old Veterans Association and Hutt.
In addition, Damask Holdings Group is also in the meeting, but their position is relatively far back.
After that are the representatives who are present. These are basically observers and have no room to interfere in the affairs of the galaxy. Some companies, including Fourth Group, are here, but even so, it is already the highest honor to have a seat in a summit of this level. It is equivalent to the entire galaxy recognizing your status.
What is very interesting is that Claire-Underwood, as the founder of Outer Rim Planets Mutual Aid Fund, also received the invitation and had a quota to attend. And even Francis-Underwood are not eligible to participate, because Dawn Star Planet has not yet entered the parliament, so he does not have a formal political status.
Of course, this should also be the olive branch extended by Sheev-Palpatine to Francis and Dawn Star Planet.
However, the summit went extremely poorly at the beginning. Phineas-Valorum, as the opening remarks, talked about Galactic Economic Community, great prosperity, etc., and then put forward a major motion.
Galactic Republic requires major commercial and economic entities to assist Galactic Republic in completing the economic census in Outer Rim Territories and formally tax Outer Rim Territories.
In exchange, Galactic Republic is willing to relax shipbuilding restrictions on these participating commercial and economic entities. In other words, based on the size and scale of these economic entities, large battleships whose size, firepower, and hyperspace performance exceed the specifications specified by Rusan Conference can be built.
In Phineas-Valorum's vision, these corporate giants should very much welcome this motion. After all, Rusan Conference is very strict about the specifications of the spacecraft. Except for Republic Judicial Fleet, no organization is allowed to build or own a warship exceeding 200 meters. There are also strict regulations on the power of battleship weapons, and the hyperspace engine level must not exceed 1.0.
If this restriction is relaxed, Trade Federation will be able to build no more than 150 large warships with no restrictions on size, weapon power and hyperspace engine level. This will greatly enhance the strength of these companies.
According to this bill, in addition to the originally unrestricted Munificent-class communications frigate, InterGalactic Banking Clan can build 120 more large warships, Technological Alliance can also build 100 ships, Corporate Alliance can build 80 ships, and Merchant Guilds can build 50 ships.
Once this bill is passed, it can be said that the business ecosystem of the galaxy will be rewritten. With the provisions of the treaty, the status of these enterprises will be more stable.
However, this bill, which Phineas-Valorum had high hopes for, only received a sneer from Representative Trade Federation.
"The Milky Way is not peaceful now, and interstellar pirates are coming one after another. I believe everyone has seen the dispute on Tatooine a year ago. During that time, no caravan even dared to pass near Tatooine. Because among the surrounding pirates, even Hammerhead-class cruiser has them all! So it is imperative to let go of Rusan Treaty's shipbuilding restrictions. So I ask His Excellency the Chancellor, why do you use an already determined matter as a bargaining chip to try to make us pay more?" the representative of Trade Federation said coldly.
"The agreement of Rusan Conference came from the personal order of Chancellor of the Galactic Republic at that time. Before receiving the same level of administrative instructions, this agreement cannot be questioned!" Phineas-Valorum said loudly.