960. Conflicts intensify
Confederacy of Independent Systems administrative capital, Laxus Sub-planet, Confederacy of Independent Systems Republic Senate Building.
Onderon Council Representative, Mina-Bontri stood on the podium and said loudly, "... As I said before, this war has brought disaster to too many planets of Outer Rim and Mid Rim, instead of the freedom you promised! For us Onderon, Fourth Group and InterGalactic Banking Clan have taken advantage of our planet, allowing us to build expensive Space Shipyard and produce Behemoth-class battlecruiser! Do you know how much the cost of an Behemoth-class is?"
Mina-Bontri raised a finger, "110 million credits! 110 million! In other words, the cost of an Behemoth-class battlecruiser is equivalent to the industrial output of a large city on our planet! And where is the industrial system that Fourth Group and InterGalactic Banking Clan once promised? Where is the economic freedom? We just broke free from the exploitation of Galactic Republic, and continue to be exploited by Confederacy of Independent Systems!"
InterGalactic Banking Clan co-chairman San Hill said coldly, "You should see, Onderon, before we invested, how much unemployment and per capita income was there? During our investment in the past few years, our unemployment rate has basically been No, and the per capita income has basically doubled. For the production of Behemoth-class battlecruiser, we have also fully opened up the patents and blueprints of some parts to the industrial companies on your planet. You don't think Galactic Republic will do the same, right?"
Mina-Bontri said loudly, "Absurd! Although the income of the people of our planet has increased, more of the income has been used in this war, and the actual disposable income is less than before! And you said to let our industrial companies produce parts for warships? Are you sure they want to produce these cold war machines instead of producing industrial products that can make people live happier?"
Fourth Group, representing Glosse-Shelbia, looked unhappy. She said, "The war tax we give to each planet is issued in the form of bonds. After we win the war,, these bonds will be cashed, and interest will be calculated based on the inflation rate. Don't you know that once we stop producing war machines, Republic Fleet will appear in front of us Homeworld!"
"Is this war what we want?!" Mina-Bontri's tone increased, "Can't the matter between us and Galactic Republic be resolved through negotiation? We have already made a decision It is enough to oppose Galactic Republic, but there is no need to make things final. As long as we reopen the negotiation path, I believe the problem can be solved! There are many knowledgeable people among Galactic Republic who are against the war!"
Her speech made many Confederacy of Independent Systems's franchise planets Council Representative in the parliament become noisy. They shouted slogans of reducing war taxes and seeking peace.
But at the same time, there were many representatives from other planets and major corporate giants who started to make louder noises. The two sides quarreled very angrily, and there was a tendency to fight if they disagreed.
Even the several bodyguards behind Glosse-Shelbia began to gear up. It was obvious that fights among Confederacy Parliament were already commonplace.
Tang Xiao sat in his seat, folding his hands and saying nothing.
As one of the twelve core political entities of Confederacy of Independent Systems, his seat is at the top of the Senate Hall. A fight will not affect him.
It can be said that the development of things now is as he expected before, because whether it is from the original plot of "Star Wars" or from the high-level experience after traveling through time, he understands that the political situation within Confederacy of Independent Systems is more fragile and chaotic than many people imagined.
Confederacy of Independent Systems is a twisted combination of interests.
Led by the five corporate giants InterGalactic Banking Clan, Technological Alliance, Trade Federation, Corporate Alliance, and Merchant Guilds, the following is Fourth Group, InterGalactic Media Group, Damask Holdings Group, Sothropp Corporation, Freedom Dark Volunteer Engineering Corps, Retail Association are the next-level Mega-corporations.
Then, the major companies under these enterprises were combined into such a huge and twisted existence, like a complicated and completely unclear spider web that almost covered the entire galaxy.
Just like Tyran Heavy Industries, Citadel Standard Light Industry, Hiigaran Aerospace Group, United Mining Group, Titan Security and many other companies under Dawn Star Planet and Fourth Group, every corporate giant and Mega-corporations also have their own interest groups.
These interest groups control the entire superstructure of Confederacy of Independent Systems, including industrial production, commodity sales and even the national economy and people's livelihood, all under their control.
Since the outbreak of the galactic civil war, these interest groups have taken over everything in this war and taken it all into their own hands.
Is this because of their kindness?
Haha...
So let me ask another question, why does Confederacy of Independent Systems have more than two-thirds of the population of the galaxy, but this huge human resource is not utilized at all, but all uses robot legions such as B-1 combat robots to fight?
Is it because they're worried about civilian casualties?
No.
This is their way of controlling the economic lifeline of every franchised planet within the entire Confederacy of Independent Systems range!
For those planets that have joined, there is no way to get any benefits from this war! There was not even a chance to achieve military merit or to lighten the burden through military service. The only thing they can do is to constantly plunder their own few remaining warehouses, and then take out the last bit of resources and money, hand it over to those capitalists, and then replace it with cold robots and battleships, plunge into the war, and then create a splash that may not be visible.
This war is truly meaningless to every Confederacy of Independent Systems-joined planet other than these interest groups.
They didn't get freedom, and they didn't get benefits.
Tang Xiao knows that Mina-Bontri was once a very fanatical Separatists, but her gradual change in attitude is also very revealing.
Take her Onderon as an example. They used up almost every bit of industrial production capacity on the planet to produce Behemoth-class battlecruiser. In the previous battle of Northern Territory to attack the planet Ord-Mantel, half of them were lost in one day!
And what did they get? It's just the material cost and labor cost incurred in manufacturing these warships. As for the results achieved by these warships, it has nothing to do with them Onderon.
This is because Onderon is a planet with relatively developed industry, and above them is Fourth Group, a relatively mild-mannered Mega-corporations.
Confederacy of Independent Systems There are thousands of planets among them, and maybe one year's production value can only build one cruiser. These planets are also undergoing endless exploitation and oppression, with no tomorrow in sight.
The war has been going on for a year, and it's almost time for these contradictions to surface...
Tang Xiao's expression became serious, and his eyes turned to the majestic old man standing in the highest position - Count Dooku.