The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2089 Ling Liang Report (IV)

[In fact, giving them the core technology not only did not make their wings grow hard and fly away, but it was able to control them. I didn't expect this at first.]

【But it wasn't until we actually started working together that I realized that my previous understanding of the Trade Union and the Interstellar Banking Association (M) was ridiculously wrong. Because they really don't recognize, care about, or know anything except money. When I saw these two people, Sang-Hill and Newt-Gunray, I really couldn't imagine that they were the leaders of these two super corporate giants.】

[Sometimes I wonder how high-spirited the Neimoidians and Muuns were when they founded the Trade Union and the Interstellar Banking Association, which were so huge and rich. I wonder what they would think if they saw their descendants being so stupid.]

[Of course, this is a good thing for our Fourth Civilization. When Grand Duke Tang Xiao decided to hand over these core technologies to them, they were naturally grateful and said that obtaining these technologies would allow them to successfully become one of the few companies in the Milky Way that has the ability to design and build kilometer-class battleships on their own.]

[Then we proposed that we send a team to assist them in their research, that our construction team build the dock, and that our engineers supervise the manufacture of the warships. They would need to pay all the salaries and material costs, and these people would be registered in their company. Did Sang-Hill and Newt-Gunray actually agree? Don't they know that by doing this, the technology is still in our hands?]

[It seems that they don't think so. They are just cheering, because once again, they just need to spend money to solve all problems. Thank the Grand Duke for providing them with this opportunity... I understand a little bit what Tang Xiao said to me. He said that if it weren't for him, the Confederation of Independent Systems and the Trade Union would not survive more than three years in the war. Looking at the Corporate Alliance lying on the planet Christophsis like a pitiful creature, and the Tech Alliance grovelling and surrendering to the Empire, I think what Tang Xiao said is right. ]

【There are actually deeper considerations for handing over the shipbuilding technologies of the Gallente Federation and the Caldari Republic to the Trade Union and the Interstellar Banking Association respectively. First of all, the Gallente Federation's technology includes a large number of automated machinery, intelligent machinery and drone technologies. In this regard, the Trade Union, which has built a large number of robots and has a mature robot research and development and manufacturing system, is very suitable.】

【As for the Interstellar Banking Association, the warships of the Caldari Republic are generally missile warships. So far, our army has only used three types of missile warships, the Martha-class missile heavy cruiser, the Valkyrie-class missile frigate, and the Javelin-class missile frigate. This is because in the battlefield of active attack, using a large number of missiles for saturation attack will bring great logistical pressure. But if it is handed over to the Interstellar Banking Association (M), it seems that this will not be a big problem. They are very rich. Therefore, they can fully afford the consumption of the series of missile warships of the Caldari Republic. 】

[And the Trade Union and the Interstellar Banking Association (M) are not formal members of the Principality of Dawn in a strict sense. They are only loyal to Tang Xiao personally. Therefore, the most important issue is that their finances are an independent operating system, and this time, by "helping" them develop the core technology of warship manufacturing, it can be regarded as a way to let them take out their own money. ]

【At least from their perspective, this is a very good deal. The home planet of the Trade Federation is constantly threatened by the Galactic Empire. I predict that they will lose control of Cato-Neimoidia and Balmora-Neimoidia in the next two to three years. Once the home planet is lost, the Trade Federation will lose its foundation and it will be difficult to maintain their existing industrial system. At this time, a complete industrial chain for warship design and construction will be the key to the Trade Federation's comeback.】

[Although the Interstellar Banking Association (M) has not lost the threat of its homeland, it is obvious that they are very eager to transform themselves from a simple financial giant to a complex oligarchy with industrial capabilities. Because the outbreak of the war until now has shown one thing - manufacturing is the truth of this galaxy. ]

Because of the independence of the Trade Union and the Interstellar Banking Association (M), I also couldn't include them in the planning of Operation Zero. However, I still gave them hints as much as possible, telling them that they must prepare for the possible war in the future as much as possible, so the Trade Union and the Interstellar Banking Association (M) must have a main fleet with offensive capabilities in the next few years.

I'm not sure what they mean by 'offensive fleet', but I think it's clear that their understanding is very different from mine.

Because Newt Gunray built a large number of Exequror-class cruisers... According to my understanding, this is a 310-meter-long warship converted from a cargo ship. Yes, this warship can be used for both combat and delivery. The huge cargo hold can hold a lot of precious goods, allowing the trade alliance's caravans to increase their cargo volume as much as possible while ensuring their own safety.

I must admit that when I saw this report, I really wanted to drag Newt Gunray out and shoot him. But in the end, reason prevailed, because I also understood that Newt Gunray could not die. The current Trade Alliance is too fragile. Once he dies, the civil strife will immediately cause this super enterprise to fall apart, which is not good for us.

So, do I have to put up with a lot of Undertaker-class corvettes in task force formations in the future? Right now my work is heavily occupied with Operation Zero, but I still have to put together a team to teach the Trade Federation how to form a fleet.

As for the Interplanetary Banking Association (M), they chose the Osprey-class light cruiser.

When reviewing the stats for this 348m long light cruiser, I noticed that its mobility was a bit low and its firepower wasn’t outstanding until I spotted a mining laser at the very end of the feature list.

……

So this is an armed mining ship?

If the Trade Federation chose the Undertaker-class light cruiser because their main business is logistics and freight, which is a certain mindset, then I really cannot understand why the Interstellar Banking Association (M) chose an armed mining ship.

As far as I know, although the North has not deployed a matter decompressor, they should not be short of raw materials. Although the Geth is a very dangerous mechanical life race, at least for now, the Geth is still a very "cute" existence for us.

The Geth helped us carry out a lot of industrial construction and high-risk industry construction, including mineral mining. They would build an individual with very heavy adaptive armor to go deep into the most extreme environment to mine rare minerals, and they were not stingy to share these resources with us.

So what was the reason why Thorn-Hill chose to build the Osprey class? I thought about countless possibilities and I think two of them are more likely. The first is that he may want to get rid of his dependence on the Geth. After all, for them, the Geth is indeed a very terrifying race. The second is that he should want to establish a whole industrial system from raw material mining to warship manufacturing. …

Well, Thornhill can't die either.

The internal situation of the Interstellar Banking Association (M) is probably more complicated than that of the Trade Union. They are under the control of the core five, and as co-chairman, Sang-Hill is the most critical role in checking and balancing the core five. If he dies, we are likely to lose control of them.

Given their current technological progress and interstellar dock construction, which can only support them to build light cruiser-class warships, I have formulated warship construction plans for them and required them to cooperate with the Geth fleet in future wars. As for how much they will obey, I cannot guarantee it.

There is at least one more benefit. The Gallente Federation and the Caldari Republic are from the same star region as the Amarr Empire, which we currently use widely. So although their ship technology styles are very different, their basic ideas are the same, so the Salarian experts can quickly help the Trade Union build light cruisers.

Therefore, it is still very important to establish some harassment fleets composed of high-speed light cruisers to attack the logistics supply of the Galactic Empire. After all, it is difficult for us to make a breakthrough on the front battlefield here.

This is also because of the severe situation of the war in the North. The northern defense line built by Admiral Gilad Peraune of the Galactic Empire is very solid. After many deductions, it is difficult for us to break through his defense. However, according to his intelligence, he should not have such ability. I suspect that he has masters under his command. I will submit a separate report on this.

As for the Mykito core industrial zone, it is now a situation where everyone is building their own business and there is a lack of unified planning. The scale is large, the resources are abundant, and especially the money is really abundant. But my expectations for this industrial zone are basically just at the harassment stage.

However, there is good news from this industrial zone, that is, the Fourth Group and Tyron Heavy Industries have finally made a breakthrough in the research of subsequent ship types of the Behemoth-class battlecruiser.

That is the Minotaur-class cruiser.

That's right, the cruiser - Minotaur-class is only 550 meters long, between light cruisers and heavy cruisers. I have to admit that when I first saw the Minotaur-class plan, I was completely fascinated.

This is simply a very mature plan that fully considers practicality, versatility, mass production, etc. When everyone was thinking about how to build bigger and stronger warships, they were thinking about downgrading!

  The benefits of such a downgrade are obvious. The original Behemoth-class battlecruiser was 1300 meters long and took 10 months to produce. After being downgraded to 550 meters, the production time will be reduced to 6 months, and the use of raw materials will be reduced by more than four times. What is even more incredible is that such a downgrade did not reduce performance!

Take the most standard Yamato cannon as an example. The power of the Yamato cannon fired by the Minotaur-class cruiser is not weakened at all compared to the Behemoth-class. In fact, due to the improvement of energy supply and focus, the firing rate of the Yamato cannon has been increased by 20%.

It is hard to imagine the war environment in which the designers of the Minotaur-class cruiser designed and manufactured it in our original universe. It is truly genius.

In the core industrial zone of Mygito, the part built by the Fourth Group now has the main task of producing Minotaur-class cruisers. I hope that when Operation Zero is officially launched and we launch the offensive, we will be able to obtain at least 1000 Minotaur-class cruisers.

This is an excellent ship that can fight against battlecruisers head-on. Ships of the same class are no match for it. I am very much looking forward to their performance in the war.

[Finally, it is the Karl Planet Industrial Zone. This is an industrial zone built by the Vasari people, and it is also the most mysterious one among all the industrial zones in the Principality of Dawn.]

The Haven sector was once the territory of the 19th Army of the Galactic Republic, and this sector is not actually a place known for its developed industry. The largest industrial planet in this sector, Bomis-Koori, has always been under the control of the Corporate Alliance.

Therefore, it was indeed a stroke of luck that the Fourth Civilization encountered the 19th Army, which had weak industrial power, when it first left the Model Sector to launch an attack at the beginning of the Clone Wars.

The former industries of the Haven Star Region were mainly composed of the Givens' home planet, Yago-Dur, and the largest industrial planet of the Enterprise Alliance, Bomis-Core. However, because Yago-Dur had just undergone a planetary orbit change, it caused great damage to the factories and docks we built on it, so the Givens are currently relocating and this industrial zone is facing closure.

Bomis-Core was once the largest industrial planet of the Enterprise Alliance. However, the Enterprise Alliance suffered heavy losses in the Clone Wars, almost to the point of breaking its bones, so now it can only rely on our Dawn Principality to survive. And this industrial planet was mortgaged to us and became the industrial center of Haven.

However, the factories and docks on the planet Bomis-Core also face the problem of outdated equipment. Therefore, in order to revive the industry of the Haven sector, the new governor Hari Seldon handed over this industrial zone to the Vasari people. (End of this chapter)