2720, Demetrius-Zaarin
Demetrius-Zaarin(Demetrius Zaarin), Imperial Marshal.
Not many people know how he became Imperial Marshal. Even at the top level of the Empire, only less than ten people including Emperor Palpatine know about it.
He was originally from an ordinary family in Coruscant. After a very ordinary academic career, he entered Galactic Republic Science Council and became a scientist.
Zaarin's scientific research talent cannot be said to be outstanding. It can only be said to be excellent, but it is far from being a genius. But he has a trait that is difficult for others to match - during his student days, he showed excellent communication and organizational skills.
This person is very rare in science and engineering colleges where straight men gather and all kinds of quirks emerge in endlessly. Moreover, he is humble and gentle, has a very high emotional intelligence, and can get along well with everyone. At the same time, he has good eloquence and personality charm, so he always has many friends around him.
He was able to enter Galactic Republic Science Council with ordinary grades precisely because the student scientific research project he organized received the highest rating in the annual review, and the team he formed was promoted as a model, thus attracting the attention of senior management. Since then, with his excellent coordination skills, he has emerged in multiple large-scale scientific research projects, and gradually entered the Empire Technology Core Worlds.
During Clone Wars, Galactic Republic encountered Wraith fighter, one of the core members of Separatists at that time - Dawn Star Planet. This stealth fighter brought huge trouble to Republic fleet in the early days of the war.
It can even be said that the reason why Galactic Republic failed in many battles was largely because their fighter formation was completely unable to fight against stealth Wraith fighter, thus losing air superiority, resulting in the capital ship being bombarded by Dawn Star Planet's bomber formation.
Therefore, how to deal with stealth fighters and how to develop your own stealth fighters has become an important project for Galactic Republic Science Council.
The scientific research team of Demetrius-Zaarin naturally regards stealth technology as the focus of their research.
At this time, after receiving a large amount of financial support, Demetrius-Zaarin's talents were finally brought into play. The scientific research team he led successfully overcame many problems and developed a large-scale stealth device based on a frigate-class warship.
This technology was first applied on a CR-90 frigate called "Vorknkx (Vorknkx)", so it was named "Vorknkx Project (Vorknkx Project)", referred to as Project V.
This project quickly attracted the attention of then Chancellor of the Republic Sheev-Palpatine. After inspecting the research progress of Project V, Sheev Z-Palpatine decided to invest more funds to promote the construction of stealth frigates. He believed that once the stealth frigates can be mass-produced, Dawn Star Planet, which only has stealth fighters, will gain a decisive advantage.
Coupled with Demetrius-Zaarin's excellent leadership and organizational skills, good personal charm, and his personal loyalty to Palpatine, Palpatine left a deep impression on this originally very low-key scientist.
In a sense, Demetrius-Zaarin can be called the father of Stealth Ship.
However, although Project V was successful, based on the technical route followed by Galactic Republic at the time, a rare mineral called Stygium crystals (Stygium crystals) must be used to achieve the stealth of the frigate. The output of this mineral is extremely small, and the cost of mining is extremely high. It is mainly distributed on several desolate planets in the Outer Rim star field.
To make matters worse, ancient Sith Empire mined this mineral on a large scale, mainly for use in Sith's dark rituals, or in the manufacture of Lightsaber, so this crystal became increasingly rare. Few. This makes large-scale deployment of stealth frigates extremely unrealistic. Even if the technology is mature, it will be difficult to break through the resource bottleneck. In the end, Galactic Republic's plan to use stealth frigates to counter Ghost's record failed to come true.
Demetrius-Zaarin realizes that alternative materials must be found or the invisibility principle must be reconstructed, otherwise Project V will stop at the prototype stage.
So he turned to look for a substitute for Stygium crystals, and finally he chose a new composite material called "Hibridium (Hibridium)". This material is not only more abundant, but also has excellent refraction and radar wave absorption properties. But the disadvantage is that the invisibility effect achieved by this alloy is two-sided, that is to say, it is invisible to the enemy and invisible to itself, and it is very unstable.
However, by this time, Clone Wars had ended. During the course of the war, Galactic Republic also gradually developed the tactic of using the large battleship Anti-Stealth to guide fighter formations to fight. This tactic has become very mature after several years of development, and the threat of stealth technology to Republic fleet has been reduced a lot, so the military is not so enthusiastic about the realization of Project V.
In the process of Galactic Republic being reorganized into the Empire, the versatile Demetrius-Zaarin stood firmly at the first When Palpatine arrived, Palpatine, who already admired him very much, appreciated this outstanding scientist even more and promoted him to Imperial Admiral.
However, even though he was triumphant at this time, Demetrius-Zaarin still maintained a very humble attitude. He did not wear the white Admiral of the Navy uniform, but still wore the standard gray navy uniform, only wearing the admiral's badge.
When others asked about this, he just said humbly that he was not a real front-line general. The position of general was just a spur to His Majesty the Emperor, and he did not dare to take credit for himself. This won him more praise.
Later, Demetrius-Zaarin left the Project V project and instead formed a scientific research team for "next generation advanced fighter jets" dedicated to developing more advanced fighter jets.
At present, Galactic Empire's main fighter - TIE Advanced X1 starfighter, is the research result of the Demetrius-Zaarin team. He also presided over more advanced fighter research and development plans including TIE-Vengeance Fighter, so his position in Palpatine's mind has become increasingly stable.
Therefore, whether it is to check and balance the military power, or to cultivate its own technical lineage, Demetrius-Zaarin has become an indispensable chess piece for Palpatine.
Therefore, it is logical that he was selected by Palpatine as one of the twelve Imperial Marshal, and he immediately reached the pinnacle of his life.
It has always been difficult for later generations of the Fourth Empire historians to understand the research on Demetrius-Zaarin, because Zaarin had no reason to betray Palpatine, either in terms of personal character or career development.
He is loyal and diligent, rising step by step, and always takes the development of the Empire technology as his own responsibility. He is deeply trusted by the emperor and is a highly respected minister. He comes from a commoner family and has no interest entanglements. Palpatine has been a blessing to him.
Therefore, even if Palpatine is assassinated and then Imperial Intelligence Bureau is reorganized to strengthen the power of Isanne-Isard, in When Core Worlds launched the White Terror, Intelligence Bureau officials at all levels never looked at Demetrius-Zaarin - because no one would betray him!
And to say the least, even if he wants to betray, how much trouble can such a civilian-born technician cause? How many legions does he have under his command? How many fleets do he have?
But in the end, it was this absolutely loyal Imperial Marshal who started the most serious rebellion in the history of Galactic Republic, and finally kicked Galactic Empire, who had half his foot in the coffin, and hammered in several coffin nails.
In fact, the reason for Demetrius-Zaarin's rebellion is very simple, just because he and Palpatine have different ideas. Zaarin believes that it was Palpatine's rule that caused Galactic Empire to retreat all the way and eventually face destruction.
At the same time, no one can detect the ambition hidden deep in his heart!