The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2087, Ling Liang Report (II)

[Paladin-class battlecruiser (Paladin-class), I have to admit that the engineers of the Salarians are really excellent. I originally thought that the design of the Disaster-class battlecruiser would hardly have any breakthroughs, but Arroyo Barro of the Engineering Department always shows his amazing talent. ]

[Paladin-class, this is a new type of battlecruiser recently included in the Dawn Principality Navy sequence, and it is an upgraded version of the Disaster-class battlecruiser. The basic appearance of the Paladin-class battlecruiser is almost exactly the same as the Disaster-class battlecruiser, and the length is also 1,550 meters. But the Salarians assured me that the energy supply structure inside the battleship has been almost completely redesigned, and the most advanced antimatter engine is used. ]

[In fact, when I first participated in the maiden voyage ceremony of the Paladin-class, I was not interested in those fancy performances, but they told me a basic data that can intuitively show the excellence of the Paladin-class battlecruiser-its energy supply power is 2.15 times that of the Disaster-class battlecruiser. ]

[And as the best carrier of particle light spears, the internal energy supply structure of the Paladin-class battlecruiser is almost entirely designed for this kind of large energy weapon. This made me a little confused at the time, and I asked Arroyo-Barro, isn't the energy structure of the Disaster-class specially designed? He told me that the design of the Disaster-class still made a lot of compromises. ]

[Okay, so now, the Paladin-class battlecruiser equipped with particle light spears has a single-shot power far superior to the Disaster-class. ]

[But what I care most about is the actual combat effect. After all, the particle light spears of the Disaster-class battlecruiser were already somewhat powerless when facing the Knight-class Star Destroyer/Imperial-class Star Destroyer. But this time, according to experimental data, the particle light spears fired by the Paladin-class battlecruiser will cause a devastating blow to the Imperial-class Star Destroyer. ]

[And, Arroyo-Barro also told me that the particle light spears fired by the Paladin-class battlecruiser can be deflected for up to 1.5 seconds. This is a very good result, because it means that the firing angle can be corrected for 1.5 seconds during the irradiation process. This also means a higher hit rate. Of course, for this 1.5 seconds, the power of the Paladin-class battlecruiser has been increased by more than two times. 】

What makes the Paladin-class battlecruiser more in line with my plan is that because there are almost no major changes in the appearance, the reuse rate of the retired Disaster-class battlecruiser for transformation and upgrading has reached more than 60%.

It takes 12 months of work to build a new Paladin-class battlecruiser (once again, the Star Wars calendar has 10 months a year and 35 days a month), while it only takes 6 months of work to convert a Disaster-class battlecruiser into a Paladin-class battlecruiser. Five years is enough to fully upgrade the 170 Disaster-class battlecruisers in service and build about 200 new Paladins.

Originally, the core industrial zone of the planet Vassian did not have the ability to produce Paladin-class battlecruisers, but if the core industrial zone of the planet Dawn could share the manufacturing of some high-precision parts, then the core industrial zone of the planet Vassian could complete the entire Paladin-class construction plan.

[The industrial zone of the planet Rendili is the only industrial zone in the Principality of Dawn that is being downgraded. There is no way around it. Even though the stargate has been built, the planet Rendili is still the most dangerous place. This danger is not only because of the more than 800 star destroyers assembled by the Galactic Empire around the Rendili galaxy, but also because of the current 400 billion people on the planet. 】

The loose organization of the Rendili Interstellar Power Company makes it relatively easy to relocate the interstellar docks on the planet Rendili, but even if it is being relocated, the industrial zone of the planet Rendili is still the largest industrial zone in the Principality of Dawn.

At its peak, the planet Rendili had more than 3,600 interstellar docks, but now only 1,500 are left, but this is far from all of the planet Rendili.

On a planet with a population of 600 billion, more than 3,000 layers have been developed. Among them are extremely large industrial zones. It can be said that at least a quarter of the planet of Rendili is a huge factory.

For these, I can only say that Rendili Interstellar Power Company is worthy of its 20,000-year heritage. If you don't go deep into it, you will never know how much they have. I even suspect that even Adele-Ulan herself does not have a thorough understanding.

On the surface, Bangila-Ulan retreated to the second line and left the industry to his granddaughter Adele-Ulan, but I always think that he still has some more powerful power in his hands. If this is true, maybe I need to talk to Solomon Ryan, although I don't like the people in the Secret Intelligence Department.

The problems faced by the industrial zone of Rendili are, on the one hand, the problem of raw material input, and on the other hand, the aging of equipment.

It is not an easy task to fill the countless factories and interstellar docks of Rendili with raw materials. Even the star gate built in the shadow of the planet's satellite is very risky, because it is very likely to let the Galactic Empire know the secret of the star gate. There is no doubt that once the Galactic Empire knew the true function of the Stargate, war would break out immediately. I must ensure that this does not happen.

So, at least half of the factories on the planet Rendili are still in a state of suspension and storage. However, to ensure the implementation of Operation Zero, these factories cannot be idle. I have sent a plan to Peggy Carter, the Minister of National Security, hoping that she can find a way to transport the raw materials of the core industrial zone of Vassian to the planet Rendili without being discovered by the Imperial Security Bureau of the Galactic Empire.

[But her face was not very good at the time. I guess she thought I was looking for trouble. ]

As for the production plan of the industrial zone of the planet Rendili, I have suggested that they stop building Victory II-class star destroyers. The blueprints of this kind of star destroyer were submitted to the Republic Shipbuilding Review Committee for review when they were still in the Galactic Republic. It is already public data. Now the Galactic Empire is equipped with at least 1,000 Victory II-class ships.

In addition, when the old models of warships such as the Cole-class battlecruiser are upgraded, the performance of the Victory II-class can no longer meet the requirements of our army.

Therefore, after discussion, I let the planet Rendili mainly undertake the construction of small and medium-sized warships. Steadfast-class cruisers, Double-blade-class electronic warfare light cruisers, as well as the latest Zealot-class assault cruisers and Ogno-class logistics and maintenance ships.

I can see that Edel-Ulan is not happy with this decision. She may think that not building a capital ship is equivalent to not recognizing the strength of Rendili Interstellar Dynamics and feels that she is being excluded.

I advised her not to think so at the time, because as a woman, she has reached the pinnacle of the Principality of Dawn. But she just told me that I don't know her position in the mind of Grand Duke Tang Xiao.

I don't want to speculate on these things. I just told her that she must complete the construction of at least 60,000 small and medium-sized warships within five years. I don't think other industrial zones can do this.