458The intensification of contradictions

The SovCarrier will be the first regular aircraft carrier of the Fourth Civilization, not the **** carrier of the Gray Horse-class, or the modified aircraft carrier of the Home-class.

This 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, which can coordinate and command group operations of hundreds of fighters.

Moreover, this aircraft carrier is also equipped with powerful firepower in case of emergency. Two heavy turbo laser cannons are installed in front of the aircraft carrier, and 8 sets of dual-mounted anti-ship/anti-fighter general medium turbo laser cannons are installed on both sides.

At the same time, 8 heavy-duty unmanned missile platforms are hoisted outside the Sowclass 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. Attack enemy planes while the squadron is taking off and landing to deliver a fatal blow.

As a professional aircraft carrier, the Sovclass aircraft carrier has 4 huge take-off and landing platforms on the top, and each take-off and landing platform has 5 electromagnetic acceleration rails, which can eject 20 fighters at one time, and let these fighters initial acceleration. up to 10G.

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

As mentioned before, the Jiwen and Semirs 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 research and development work is completed on the Jiwen people's side. put up.

In order to cooperate with the operations of the aircraft carrier, the Scientific Research Department of the Fourth Civilization has also developed two auxiliary ships to cooperate with them - the Xingzi-class maintenance ship and the Blue Sky-class command ship.

The Hoshiko Robotics Cruiser is a 260-meter-diameter disc-shaped spaceship filled with maintenance drones and 20 SCVs equipped with jet engines to provide maintenance support to 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). This kind of ship, as the name, is responsible for the squadron level. tactical command, and to ensure that it can be closer to the front line, reduce interference, and issue orders in the complex electromagnetic environment on the battlefield.

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 ships were eliminated one after another.

Including the Hammer-class corvette, the pulsar-class corvette, and the Vengeance-class light destroyer, these ships have all withdrawn from active service, or have been sold, or used to form **** fleets.

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

And in this renovation and expansion, ultraviolet laser weapons have also been eliminated, and the battleships and fighter jets of the first-line fleet will be fully equipped with X-ray weapons.

X-ray weapons are also a type of energy weapons, belonging to microwave weapons, and the emitted energy beams are basically invisible to the naked eye, but because of the space distortion caused by the powerful energy within the range, they will appear intermittently under the light of stars. green.

The power of this weapon has completely surpassed the ultraviolet laser weapon, and the normal use of electromagnetic energy has been unable to produce such powerful rays, and a special radio frequency crystal must be used.

RF crystals can be processed from high-purity crystals, so the Fourth Civilization began to import crystals in large quantities and use them as strategic reserves.

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

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

After several years of continuous activities, Count Dooku's influence has indeed continued to increase. Because Speaker Palpatine is now basically focused on how to improve his own political status, and many of the bills he passed were proposed by Mas-Ameida or some other political groups for their own interests. of.

In many cases, these proposals are actually harming the interests of the planets in the middle and outer ring star regions, and constantly consolidating the interests of the noble men of the inner and inner ring planets. Coupled with the fact that the Republic continues to implement the taxation of the free trade zone, although Palpatine has always said that this bill was passed by the former Speaker Finnis Valorum, it has nothing to do with him, but he did not cancel the bill at all. the meaning of.

This practice has made the Galactic Republic increasingly polarized, and it has also provided a breeding ground for Count Dooku's separatist movement.

However, this time, Tang Xiao still declined Count Dooku's solicitation. He still went his own way, forming a small group for himself, and then gradually expanding.

However, Tang Xiao agreed with Count Dooku's proposal to strengthen the connection with the corporate giants across the galaxy.

He knew that this was Count Dooku laying the groundwork for the future Separatist force, the political and economic system of the Confederation of Independent Systems.

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

But only then will those corporate giants agree to help Count Dooku fight a head-to-head war with the Galactic Republic.

To Count Dooku ~www.mtlnovel.com~ it doesn't matter how these corporate giants are, anyway, sooner or later, they will be eaten as food for the establishment of the new order.

And for Tang Xiao, it doesn't matter. Because now among these corporate giants, there is one more, the fourth group. Why not do it when you control yourself and give your left hand to your right.

Not long after Count Dooku left the planet Dawn, another earthquake struck galactic politics! As many as 500 planets have officially declared their refusal to recognize the Galactic Republic's tax proposal and refuse to pay taxes. ,

A day later, dozens of well-connected planets such as Dawn Planet, Semirth Planet, and Jager-Dur Planet also announced their refusal to recognize the tax bill. They claimed that the Galactic Republic could solve the raging pirates everywhere. Before the problem, no tax will be paid.

The Galactic Republic also responded. Speaker Shiv Palpatine held a press conference and delivered a public speech, scolding Count Dooku for his splitting the country, and said he would impose sanctions on these planets that refuse to pay taxes.

[Attachment 1 of the Easter Egg Chapter: Sovclass aircraft carrier, from "Original Sin of the Empire of the Sun".