The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

458、Intensification of Contradictions

Sova-class aircraft carrier (Sova-class Carrier), this will be the first regular aircraft carrier of the fourth civilization, not the escort aircraft carrier of the Gray Horse class, or the modified aircraft carrier of the Homeland class.

This kind of aircraft carrier is 1,300 meters long, can carry 400 ghost fighters, or more than 1,400 vulture robot fighters, and is equipped with an advanced flight control system that can coordinate and command cluster operations of hundreds of fighters.

Moreover, this aircraft carrier is also equipped with powerful firepower for emergencies. Two heavy-duty turbolaser guns are installed in front of the aircraft carrier, and 8 sets of dual-mounted general-purpose medium-sized turbolaser guns for ships/fighters are installed on both sides.

At the same time, 8 heavy-duty unmanned missile platforms are hoisted outside the Sowa-class aircraft carrier. During combat, these 8 unmanned missile platforms can be released around the aircraft carrier to form a three-dimensional air defense firepower network. While the squadron is taking off and landing, the enemy planes that make a surprise attack will deliver a fatal strike.

As a professional aircraft carrier, the Sowa-class aircraft carrier has 4 huge take-off and landing platforms on the top, and each take-off and landing platform has 5 electromagnetic acceleration guide rails. Reach 10G.

If the battle situation is urgent, the side cargo platform can also be opened, allowing fighter jets to levitate and take off with anti-gravity engines, and swarm out from the side.

As mentioned before, the Jiwen people and Semiers in the Freemasonry Alliance are not very interested in this kind of aircraft carrier, so this kind of aircraft carrier is basically handed over to Dawn Planet after the Jiwen people complete the research and development work. put up.

In order to cooperate with the aircraft carrier, the Scientific Research Department of the Fourth Civilization also developed two types of auxiliary ships to cooperate with it - the Xingzi-class maintenance ship and the Lantian-class command ship.

The Hoshiko Robotics Cruiser is a disc-shaped spaceship with a diameter of 260 meters, which is filled with maintenance drones and carries 20 SCVs equipped with jet engines, which can provide maintenance support for surrounding warships .

The Cielo Command Cruiser belongs to the cruiser class, with a length of 400 meters and a crew of 700 people. It is equipped with the most advanced tactical and target analysis artificial intelligence system (T.A.T.A). Fleet-level tactical command, and ensuring that the complex electromagnetic environment on the battlefield can be closer to the front line, reduce interference, and issue orders.

When these new warships gradually entered active service, the Navy of the Fourth Civilization also began a new round of refitting, and a large number of old spaceships were eliminated one after another.

Including the Hammer-class light frigate, Pulse-star light frigate, and Vengeance-class light destroyer, these spaceships have withdrawn from active service, or they are being sold, or used to form an escort fleet.

Moreover, in order to cope with the ever-increasing demand for personnel, the Navy of the Fourth Civilization has continued to expand, and now the total number has reached 400,000. Even so, they still need to be equipped with a large number of B-1 combat robots to meet the demand.

And in this refit and expansion, ultraviolet laser weapons have also been eliminated, and the warships and fighter planes of the first-line fleet will be fully refitted with X-ray weapons.

X-ray weapons are also a type of energy weapons, which belong to microwave weapons, and the emitted energy beams are basically invisible to the naked eye, but because the space is distorted due to the powerful energy within the range, it will appear intermittently under the reflection of the stars. green.

The power of this weapon has completely surpassed that of ultraviolet laser weapons. Normal use of electromagnetic energy can no longer produce such powerful rays, and a special radio frequency crystal must be used.

Radio frequency crystals can be processed with high-purity crystals, so the fourth civilization began to import large quantities of crystals and use them as strategic reserves.

As one of the largest crystal producing places in the Milky Way, the Christofsis planet has also fallen into the eyes of the fourth civilization. Tang Xiao visited this planet several times and signed a series of trade contracts with them.

In June of 29BBY, Earl Dooku visited Dawn Planet again, and after talking with Tang Xiao, he expressed his intention to let the planets in the outer ring star region reach a consensus economically and diplomatically, and form a preliminary alliance. He said that there are now more than 500 planets in the outer ring star region willing to join this alliance and fight for freedom.

After several years of continuous activities, Earl Dooku's influence is indeed constantly improving. Because Speaker Palpatine is now basically focusing on how to improve his own political status, and many of the proposals he passed were proposed by Mas Almeda or some other political groups for their own interests. of.

In many cases, these proposals are actually hurting the interests of those planets in the middle ring and outer ring star regions, and constantly consolidating the interests of those noble gentlemen on the inner ring and inner ring planets. Coupled with the fact that the Republic is constantly promoting taxation in free trade zones, although Palpatine has always said that this proposal was passed by the former speaker, Phoenix-Valorum, and has nothing to do with him, he did not cancel the proposal at all. the meaning of.

Such an approach made the polarization of the Galactic Republic more and more serious, and also provided a breeding ground for Count Dooku's separatist movement.

However, this time, Tang Xiao still politely rejected Earl Dooku's solicitation. He still went his own way, forming a small group for himself, and then gradually expanded.

However, Tang Xiao readily agreed to Earl Dooku's proposal to strengthen ties with those corporate giants across the galaxy.

He knew that this was Earl Dooku laying the groundwork for the future separatist forces, that is, the political and economic system of the Federation of Independent Galaxy.

The Confederation of Independent Galaxies is led by the five major corporate giants - the Trade Union, the Enterprise Alliance, the Interstellar Banking Association, the Technology Union, and the Commercial Guild. A large number of backward planets in the outer ring and the middle ring provide them with resources and allow them to control their own economy and The lifeblood of industry, a deformed political system that has become part of the war machine.

But only in this way, those corporate giants will agree to help Count Dooku fight a face-to-face war with the Galactic Republic.

For Earl Dooku, he doesn't care what happens to these corporate giants. Anyway, sooner or later, they will be eaten as food for the establishment of the new order.

And to Tang Xiao, it didn't matter. Because now among these corporate giants, there is one more, the fourth group. For the matter of controlling oneself and handing over the left hand to the right, why not do it.

Not long after Count Dooku left the Dawn planet, another earthquake occurred in the political arena of the galaxy! As many as 500 planets officially announced that they refused to recognize the taxation proposal of the Galactic Republic and refused to pay taxes. ,

And one day later, dozens of planets with better relations, such as Dawn Planet, Semiles Planet, and Yager-Dur Planet, also announced their refusal to recognize the taxation proposal. No tax will be paid until the issue is reached.

The Galactic Republic also reacted. Speaker Sheev Palpatine held a press conference and delivered a public speech, scolding Earl Dooku for splitting the country, and said that these planets that refused to pay taxes would be sanctioned.

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[Easter Egg Chapter Attachment 1: Sowa-class aircraft carrier, from "Original Sins of a Solar Empire". 】