987. Confederacy of Independent Systems's drastic changes (Part 1)
21BBY, May 31st.
Raxus Prime, Confederacy Parliament.
"We should stop the construction of robot factories! Use precious industrial production capacity for the construction of warships! Geonosis's robot factories should be stopped immediately!" Semirres Planet Representative Tuunbach-Tula made an impassioned speech in the parliament.
The Geonosis leader sitting at the top, the Poggle-Inferior Duke, looked extremely ugly. He stood up with a cane and said in a very incomprehensible voice mixed with Geonosian language: "We need more combat robots to meet the needs of the war! In the previous three months of the war, we lost more than 300 million robots on various battlefields!"
"However, no matter how many robots there are, we still need enough battleships to transport and escort! Now the number of our Luukri-Hok-class battleship has begun to decrease sharply, and it is difficult for such bulky battleships to meet the needs of combat!" Root Gunray, the representative of Trade Federation and Newt Gunray's uncle, also said loudly.
On such occasions, Trade Federation Governor Newt Gunlay and InterGalactic Banking Clan Co-Chairman San Hill would generally not attend, mainly because the butts of these two companies were still sitting on Galactic Republic's side.
And given their status, they really don't bother to argue with people in these places.
"This is why we also need to build a battleship dock at the same time. Port Pament's expansion bill was just passed last month." Count Dooku said in a deep voice.
"For the current war situation, our industrial capacity has reached its limit. Galactic Republic is building warships much faster than us! So we need to further focus our industrial production capacity on warship construction!" Corporate Alliance representative Denari-Bi stood up and said the same thing.
"So how do the ground combat troops solve it?" Poggle-The inferior is very angry, because the manufacturing and supply of robots is now Geonosis's main source of income.
"We propose to relax the recruitment restrictions on the planets joined by Confederacy of Independent Systems and allow the planets to train their armies to participate in this war." InterGalactic Banking Clan representative Luo Waped said.
(PS: These names that may seem unfamiliar to you are actually lieutenants of major corporate giants. See Chapter 508 for details.)
"This is absolutely impossible!!" Merchant Guilds President Shu Mai jumped up and yelled as if his butt was on fire, "This is betrayal!! Naked betrayal!!"
"I don't know how it is betrayal to let the warriors of our planet join this great war?" Jabiim planet leader Otto-Stratus stood up and said, "Jabiim planet's Nimbus commandos is more elite and powerful than ten times the number of robot troops!"
This warrior, who looked like a lion on the battlefield with a sword, shield and sliding boots, now put away his fangs in the parliament, but he is still majestic.
"You know why!" Shu Mai ignored Otto-Stratus at all, but only looked fiercely at Trade Federation and Corporate Alliance, and then turned his gaze to the direction of Count Dooku, who looked complicated, and said, "The combat efficiency of the robot army is the highest, and it is also an important reason why we have maintained the war until now!"
"Isn't the important reason why the war has continued until now because of our Deceiver-class destroyer and Kohl-class Battlecruiser? Of course, there is also the latest model Behemoth-class battlecruiser." Luo Waped said with a sneer.
"What exactly do you want to say?" Shu-Mai's purple face turned a little darker.
"That's what it means. We should completely eliminate the backward Generous-class frigate, as well as the Defiant-class light destroyer with relatively low combat efficiency, and expand the Kohl-class Battlecruiser and For the production of Behemoth-class battlecruiser, build a new fleet with Deceiver-class destroyer as the flagship, Behemoth-class battlecruiser as the core, and Kohl-class Battlecruiser as the fire support!" said Luo Waped.
"As the representative of the InterGalactic Banking Clan and the adjutant of Chairman Thorn Hill, you should understand how much money such a transformation will cost, Mr. Luo Waped." Count Dooku asked calmly.
"That's why we need to close redundant robot factories and recruit troops from planets with high-quality soldiers to save industrial costs." Rut-Gonlay said, "For example, the robot factory of Hypori planet costs more than 20 million credits per month. This is a huge waste of resources!"
Now Technological Alliance's big foreman Watto-Tanbo couldn't sit still. He quickly turned the knob of his protective armor, adjusted his voice to an angry voice, and said loudly, "Who gave you the courage to attack our factory!!"
"You know how much resources Hypori planet's robot factory has wasted, how many kickbacks it has taken, and how many effective combat capabilities it has really produced." Ro-Vaped sneered.
"Kohl-class Battlecruiser is the product of Dawn Star Planet, and Behemoth-class battlecruiser was jointly developed by you and Fourth Group! You are all the same, trying to steal our profits!!" Shu-Mai roared, "We will fight this war, other planets only need to cooperate! This is our original agreement!"
"But this agreement can no longer bring us victory. Can you Merchant Guilds build a spaceship that can rival Galactic Republic's Hunter Class Battlecruiser, or can you build a fighter jet that can defeat the ARC-170 fighter jet?" Thunbark-Tula retorted.
"Our fleet has hit Antar system all the way to Inner Rim Territories!"
"So do you know how much we lost in Battle of Antar?"
Shu Mai said fiercely, "In short, it is impossible for me to agree to this matter!"
"That's why it was submitted to the parliament for a vote." Thunbach-Tula said.
"This is different from what we agreed!" Shu-Mai said to Count Dooku again.
Count Dooku just said lightly, "I want to remind everyone that if we cannot gain an advantage over Galactic Republic in the war, then all our plans will be empty talk. And even if we start peace negotiations, all we will get is humiliation."
Ainlee-Senator Tim did not oppose this motion very fiercely. He just said slowly, "I am opposed to this point because it is still a means to expand the war and will not help us and Galactic Republic achieve Peace Accord."
At this time, Tang Xiao, who had been silent, finally said, "We can't guarantee that Peace Accord will definitely be achieved, so this is not the time for us to put down our weapons, isn't it? Senator Tim."
Ainlee-Tim nodded solemnly, "So I didn't object, I just had reservations, Your Excellency the Governor."
Shu-Mai's anger finally reached its peak, and she said angrily, "For your betrayal, my only choice is to leave!!"
"Before you leave, please settle the loan with us first." InterGalactic Banking Clan representative Luo Waped said.
"Or are you planning to betray Confederacy of Independent Systems and join Galactic Republic?" Tang Xiao said suddenly, the smile on his face was inexplicably ferocious.