863. The outcast of the times
After ending the communication, Tang Xiao looked at the place where the Bangjila-Ulan hologram was projected and smiled mockingly.
Rendili StarDrive, it is not without reason that we have reached this point. They couldn't let go of their arrogance and still regarded themselves as the veteran industrial giants in the galaxy, so they took the wrong path in a series of decisions.
In fact, if you look at the history of Galactic Republic, you will know that at the beginning of the establishment of Galactic Republic, the shipbuilding industry Big Three was the Corellia Engineering Company, Core Galaxy Systems and Hirsch-Kosher drive company. Although Rendili StarDrive has a long history, at that time, they could not compare with Big Three at all.
However, during the subsequent collapse of the Hersch-Kosher drive company, Rendili played a big role and annexed many of their industries. Then they launched the extremely classic Hammerhead-class cruiser, which shined brightly among Sith Wars.
After that, together with Kuat Drive Yards, which also annexed Core Galaxy Systems, it became Galactic Republic's new shipbuilding industry Big Three.
But later, because of their arrogance, they were unwilling to take sides in political situations and fell behind everywhere.
Compared with the other two giants, Corellia Engineering Company is backed by the unique Corellian system, which is a galaxy with five habitable planets, and they also own the Corellian Corridor star district. No matter what happens in the galaxy, their status is unshakable.
Kuat Drive Yards, on the other hand, has a long-term vision. He started investing in Sheev-Palpatine very early, and actively participated in cartel organizations including Technological Alliance and Trade Federation. He was very active in the political and business circles, and could even be said to be radical.
At a time when the political future of the galaxy was still unclear, Kuat Drive Yards took an extremely important step. They directly ignored the regulations of Rusan Reforms and launched Acclamator-class assault ship, which trampled every clause of Rusan Treaty under their feet. At the same time, they also started the research and development of Hunter Class Battlecruiser.
In contrast, Rendili StarDrive actually has no core advantages. They don't have the stable market of Corellia, nor the forge ahead of Kuat. They are still clinging to their old laurels.
When the galaxy is in turmoil, what is Rendili StarDrive doing? They are still holding on to Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser and changing it again and again. Even the Hammerhead-class cruiser production line more than 4,000 years ago has not been cancelled.
The people of Rendili believe that the design of Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser is enough to meet every task of Galaxy Republic Judicial Fleet, and they can continue to get stable orders from Republic Judicial Fleet.
Therefore, they launched an improved version of Dreadnought-class, reducing the crew from more than 16,000 to 2,204, and they were happy that their technological progress was enough to satisfy Judicial Fleet.
And Judicial Fleet indeed placed an order for 200 new Dreadnought-classs at one time, forming Blade Fleet.
However, an accident occurred during Blade Fleet's maiden voyage, and all 200 warships were missing. Republic Judicial Fleet believed that this was an error in the newly installed automation system of Dreadnought-class, which caused this disaster, so it stopped all orders.
However, the political environment of within the Galactic Republic continued to deteriorate, and large-scale conflicts occurred one after another. After Battle of Naboo, orders from Republic Judicial Fleet began to be transferred to Kuat Drive Yards.
At this time, Rendili thought that the order transfer of Judicial Fleet was due to the disappearance of Blade Fleet. They spent a lot of money to investigate the location of Blade Fleet, just to prove that the disappearance of Blade Fleet was not due to a failure of their automation system.
It was not until later, when the war was approaching, that Rendili suddenly realized that he quickly hired the talented designer Willix-Blythex from Kuat Drive Yards and started the design work of Victory-class Star Destroyer, but it was too late.
At this time, Kuat Drive Yards had already quickly occupied the military market with Acclamator-class assault ship, Hunter Class Battlecruiser and Aquitenes-class light cruiser. Moreover, their investment in politics also achieved significant results. Sheev-Palpatine took office as Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. He reciprocated the favor and directly handed over all orders to Kuat Drive Yards without even a hint of cover-up.
It was only now that Rendili discovered with horror that he might be the one abandoned by the times.
They want to struggle, and their heritage of more than 20,000 years can indeed allow them to struggle for a long time. However, as the war progressed, they found that the situation did not improve at all.
Even though Victory-class Star Destroyer had completed the design half a year after the war broke out, Bangjila-Ulan tried every means, and even used Tongtian's connections to put the design directly on Chancellor Palpatine's desk, but it still had no effect.
Victory-class Star Destroyer's file was thrown directly into the trash by Palpatine, with no interest in even taking a look.
Grand Army of the Republic's battleship order flew into the hands of Kuat Drive Yards like snowflakes. Quat Planet's industrial Star Ring started working at full capacity. At any time, you could see thousands of battleships being assembled.
On the contrary, Rendili is deserted here.
In the end, it was because the performance of Victory-class Star Destroyer was indeed very superior that we got some orders from Legion Governor, but the quantity was still pitifully small.
And even if this is the case, some politically sensitive Legion Governor are not hypocritical about Rendili. For example, 18th Army Governor Wilhuff-Tarkin resolutely drew a clear line with Rendili. Even if 18th Army's situation was precarious, he would never use Rendili's warships, even if they were discounted.
Regarding the current situation of Rendili StarDrive, Tang Xiao is clear. Whether it was the plot settings he knew before time travel or the information he got from various intelligence networks now, this can be confirmed. That's why he used some small tricks to fish out Bangjila-Ulan after getting Blade Fleet.
However, judging from the attitudes of Bangjila-Ulan, it seems that they have not been forced to a dead end yet, and they still believe that they have the ability to reverse the situation, so Tang Xiao does not want to talk nonsense to them.
Urlan family is indeed a super wealthy family that has lasted for more than 20,000 years, but because of this, it is difficult to convince them. After Tang Xiao understood Bangjila-Ulan's attitude, he chatted casually for a few words, which at least planted a seed in the other person's heart. That was enough. More things would be too much.
Rendili will eventually betray Galactic Republic, because they will be cornered by Palpatine.
But sadly, their betrayal was already anticipated by Palpatine. It is precisely because of their betrayal that Palpatine can openly hand over the super cake Rendili into the hands of Kuat Drive Yards and feed them completely.
This is why no matter what happens to the Galactic Empire, even if it ends up being destroyed, Kuat Drive Yards never deviates from the Empire.
This is the cause and effect that Palpatine planted ten years ago.
What Tang Xiao wants to do now is to see if he can get anything before Rendili finally goes to destruction. Rendili's 20,000-year heritage is the real force that can compete with Kuat.