2719, Ruffan-Digorinus
Ruffan-Digorinus, Imperial Marshal.
He was born into a wealthy Core Worlds family. Just like many powerful nobles, his family used its huge connections and connections to send him into the army.
Since the outbreak of Clone Wars until the reorganization and establishment of the Empire, those keen-eyed Core Worlds families have realized the changes in the situation - the military has become the new master of the galaxy.
Different from the previous thousand years of peace, at that time Galactic Republic, monopoly, commerce, colonization and capital were the real favorites. The army? That was really a place no dog wanted to enter.
Nowadays, as war has become the main theme of the galaxy, the status of the army has also been continuously improved. Therefore, how to expand one's influence in the army has become the first choice of all the wealthy families.
However, expanding influence within the military is not easy.
Since the Clone Wars period, Galactic Republic Army was promoted by Speaker Sheev-Palpatine through <Military Creation Act>. When Grand Army of the Republic was established, only a handful of companies such as InterGalactic Banking Clan and Kuat Drive Yards obtained contracting rights and equipment orders, and most traditional wealthy families were excluded.
But even so, these families still try to infiltrate the military by sending their children to military academies, marrying into the officer class, or secretly funding the frontline Commander.
It was under such an environment that Ruffan-Digorinus was sent into the army by his family.
It should be said that compared to many other mediocre and fearless young men from wealthy families, Ruffan-Digorinus is also very outstanding in terms of character and talent. He was promoted all the way to Admiral of the Navy, and got the opportunity to independently command a fleet.
However, Ruffan-Digorinus's thoughts are not in the army. He still misses the life he once had in the aristocratic circle of Core Worlds. Compared to the army, he prefers to be in politics.
It is precisely because of this opposite that it limited his achievements in the military. Therefore, although he independently commanded a fleet, he never appeared on the frontal battlefield, whether it was against Separatists or Kingdom of Dawn. Ruffan-Digorinus was always placed at Outer Rim Territories to carry out the mission of exterminating interstellar pirates.
Although he has the record of destroying many powerful pirate groups, he has never been truly recognized by the military.
Perhaps because of this, he was favored by Emperor Palpatine, who finally decided to appoint him as one of the twelve marshals of the Empire. From Palpatine's point of view, this appointment actually used Ruffan-Digorinus to achieve the purpose of dividing the military forces.
After all, Ruffan-Digorinus has certain military talents and has accumulated a few connections in the military. At the same time, his real network is still in the Core Worlds aristocratic class. Appointing such a person as Imperial Marshal is undoubtedly a nail in the military.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, most of the twelve Imperial Marshal are considered in a similar check and balance layout.
Therefore, after being appointed as Imperial Marshal, Ruffan-Digorinus began to move more between the military and the powerful class. His identity of Imperial Marshal became more of his reliance to penetrate into the higher class of powerful people.
He frequently attended Coruscant's aristocratic dinners, exchanging glasses of wine with the speaker's adviser and the finance minister. At the same time, relying on his family's business in online media, as well as his handsome appearance and elegant style, he has become a star in Imperial politics.
However, things have not been easy for Ruffan-Digorinus recently.
Palpatine continued to promote the nationalization of major enterprises, which touched the fundamental interests of the major Core Worlds nobles, and they began to have conflicts with Palpatine. Not only that, because of the previous assassination, Palpatine also began to strengthen the control of the Inner Rim and Core Worlds star sectors, which greatly strengthened the power of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau and put everyone in the entire the Empire power center in danger.
Moreover, the most serious thing happened to Tagge family. The civil strife that broke out in this family, which is currently the most powerful the Empire family, caused very serious consequences. The current family member patriarch Orman- A very sharp conflict broke out between Tagge and his third brother Silas-Tagge. Silas-Tagge fled to Druckenwell planet to raise a rebellion and confront his brother.
There are many doubts about this Tagge family civil war. Even the parties involved, Orman-Tagge, can't explain why the dispute between him and Silas-Tagge suddenly reached the point of endless conflict.
But the result was extremely bad.
Because after Druckenwell planet failed in the first battle, Orman-Tagge suddenly attracted another Imperial Marshal--Niel-Declan, mobilized the the Empire regular fleet to attack! And in the end, Silas-Tagge was killed by Niel-Declan.
You must know that although Niel-Declan is named Imperial Marshal, he is only from a civilian background. A person from a civilian background is also Imperial Marshal. Such a dual identity allows him to kill Core Worlds After Silas-Tagge, one of the top nobles, immediately aroused the collective anger of the Core Worlds noble class. The nobles regarded this move as a blatant trampling of the traditional class by the imperial power, and undercurrents quickly gathered in the underground of Coruscant.
What's more, Orman-Tagge himself is also Imperial Marshal!
Niel-Declan obviously realized that he had caused a big disaster. He disappeared after the battle, hiding in Outer Rim Territories and not daring to come back.
This incident directly caused the conflict between the Core Worlds aristocracy and the military to almost become irreconcilable. Ruffan-Digorinus was caught in the middle and was very embarrassed. He began to feel that he was being alienated by the aristocracy and could no longer mediate between the aristocracy and the military.
During the recent period, Ruffan-Digorinus clearly felt that Imperial Center was undercurrent, and something was happening that he didn't know about.
At this time, his staff suggested to him to strengthen the defense. So, Ruffan-Digorinus made a decision, ordered to strengthen the defense of Imperial Center, and dispatched 20 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer ships into the atmosphere of Coruscant.
At the same time, in order not to cause panic among the Core Worlds aristocracy, he handed over this task to Capital Defense Fleet. This fleet belongs to the second-line fleet and usually squats near Coruscant system when there is nothing to do. Most of the people with connections who want to join the army will be arranged here.
Therefore, many of the officers in this fleet are children of the Core Worlds nobles. If they lead the battleships into the planet's atmosphere, they will not cause dissatisfaction among the nobles.
However, Governor of the First System Army, who had been responsible for the military affairs of the entire sector, and Oswald-Tessik, who was also Imperial Marshal, expressed opposition to this decision. He recognized Ruffan-Digorinus's idea of strengthening defense, but did not think that this task should be given to the capital area defense fleet.
His reason is that most of the defense fleets in the capital area are composed of weak connections who have little success and failure, and are not suitable for carrying out such a sensitive mission.
But Ruffan-Digorinus was very insistent. Tessik didn't want to think of too much conflict at this time, so he agreed.
But later, the staff team of Ruffan-Digorinus continued to press forward. They also proposed that if the Victory-class Star Destroyer originally equipped by the Capital Area Defense Fleet were to perform this task, it would probably not be effective. Such backward warships would not have any deterrent effect. Therefore, the military should be allowed to allocate 20 of the most advanced Imperial II-class Star Destroyer.
Ruffan-Digorinus also agreed to this suggestion, but he considered that after such operations, these new warships would become his own.
It was definitely impossible to go to Oswald-Tessik about this matter, so he reported it directly to Palpatine. At this time, Palpatine was still very tolerant of these Imperial Marshal, and the request was directly approved.
As for the opposition of Oswald-Tessik? They are both Imperial Marshal, as the governor of the First Army regiment and Supreme Military Commander, a military and political integration of Tessik, the real power is too great. What Palpatine likes most is to hoe the strong and support the weak in the check and balance of power.
After twenty Imperial II-class Star Destroyers entered the atmosphere of Coruscant, the security of the planet suddenly improved a lot. Ruffan-Digorinus also felt such a deterrent. The nobles who had originally alienated him began to become enthusiastic again.
The explanation is still effective, Ruffan thought.
But at this time, someone began to make a very dangerous proposal to him - why not take this opportunity to clear out First System Army's power from Coruscant and let him take full responsibility for Coruscant's defense?
In this way, wouldn't Ruffan-Digorinus become the patron saint of Imperial Center?
Ruffan-Digorinus, who had never had his own sphere of influence, was moved... He began to seriously think about the feasibility of this matter.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the temptation of this matter was too great, but Ruffan also understood that the stakes in this matter were too great, and he could never act rashly. He also needed an opportunity before he could legitimately promote this matter.