2314 Towards the Future (Part 1)
After officially ascending to the throne, Darth Sidious quickly cleaned up the bureaucracy of the Republic. His methods were ingenious. First, he used his trusted aides who supported him as the core to deal with a large number of corrupt officials. However, this wave of cleansing had a clear target. They were all those who were on the political fence or those who opposed the ascension to the throne.
Then, this wave of cleansing won the approval of those members who were originally with Bell Organa. Most of these members were ambitious people. Although they were a minority, they did not conspire with those corrupt officials. Such people were useful to the Empire. Darth Sidious appointed a group of these officials, which reduced the corruption within the Empire by a lot.
The Empire inherited the last legacy of the Galactic Republic, but it also inherited the dregs of the Republic. Faced with a bureaucratic system that was hidden deep inside, even Darth Sidious could not directly cut it off. He could only do it step by step. He initially let the members of the Republican Party gain a firm foothold. Then, they formed a competitive relationship with his trusted aides, who were known as the Empire Party.
However, Darth Sidious's real purpose was not to manage the Empire, but for his own desire for power and strength. Of course, the current situation of the Milky Way Galaxy's tripartite balance forced him to do something. So, he also carried out some reforms to attack the corruption within the Empire. In addition to letting the officials of the Empire Party and the Republican Party compete with each other, he also strengthened the intelligence department of the Republic, increased manpower and funds, and increased the intensity of intelligence gathering.
At the same time, he also established the New Order Maintenance Committee. This was also an intelligence agency, but it was more aimed at the internal affairs of the Empire. Its purpose was to ensure that everyone in the Empire was incomparably loyal to the Empire and the Emperor. The subordinate Empire Security Bureau was a law enforcement agency similar to the Police Department.
Darth Sidious's intentions were very clear. He wanted to use violent means to attack corruption, and use force and fear to maintain his rule. He vigorously supported the industrial and financial oligarchs in the country, obtained their support, and built the Galactic Empire into a dictatorship with centralized power, oligarchs, and White Terror as its core.
Although in the long run, such a regime would definitely breed all kinds of unstable factors and was likely to erupt into large-scale unrest, the direct enemy of the Pan-Milky Way Galaxy, the National Socialist Republic, was right in front of them. This could restore their strength as quickly as possible to deal with the war that would erupt in the near future.
After returning home and living in seclusion for a few months, Bell Organa reappeared in the political arena. He did not openly oppose the Galactic Empire. Instead, he once again assumed the position of Alderaan's governor. He also sent members to the Empire's parliament and did not fall out with the Empire. However, they were secretly organizing forces to overthrow Darth Sidious's reign of terror. However, he didn't contact the PNSR or the Galactic National Socialist Republic for help. From Organa's point of view, his attempt to overthrow Darth Sidious was an internal conflict of the Galactic Republic, and if it involved the PNSR or the PNSR, it would be treason.
The Kuat Power Dock was the biggest winner. They made a lot of money from this war, and they also squeezed out their biggest competitor, Lendi Interstellar Dynamics Company, and completely monopolized the production of large warships in the Milky Way Empire. After Lendili's rebellion, Darth Sidious took over all of Lendili's subsidiary companies that he could take over, and these companies were all handed over to Kuat according to the agreement. In addition, the Kuat Kinetic Dock stood firmly on Sidious' side after he proclaimed himself emperor. They became one of the most trusted aides of the emperor, and their strength swelled even more.
Under Darth Sidious's personal orders, the chief warship designer of the Kuat Kinetic Dock, Lila Blissex, began to preside over the research of a new type of warship. According to the actual combat data from the recently concluded Galactic Civil War, the weakness of the Hunter-class Cruiser was very obvious. Slow mobility, huge but impractical hangars, and other aspects made this warship a type of warship that was neither fish nor fowl. In fact, on the battlefield, up to 400 Cruisers could not bring about a corresponding increase in the combat power of a warship. On the contrary, it brought about weaknesses such as weak armor, poor mobility, and insufficient firepower.
Therefore, this new type of warship would be bigger, with thicker armor, faster speed, and more powerful firepower. In contrast, the number of fighter jets became a secondary factor. Because in Darth Sidious's view, using the powerful warship main cannon to blast the enemy into pieces was far more deterrent than using fighter jets to cripple the enemy's ship.
Apart from the Kuat Kinetic Dock, the Trade Federation and the Galactic Banking Association had returned to the embrace of the Empire, becoming one of the economic oligarchs of the Empire. In fact, even during the civil war, they still retained their seats in the Republic's parliament, and many of their industries were still operating in the Republic, and they even paid taxes according to the law!
Darth Sidious did not directly embezzle their assets like in the original plot, because the situation was different. Powerful enemies still existed, and he would not make such a short-sighted move that would destroy his own great wall. On the contrary, he used the chaos caused by the Trade Federation and the Galactic Banking Association on PNSR to promote them as heroes of the war, who worked hard to mediate between the two sides and wanted to stop the war, but after their efforts failed, they resolutely devoted themselves to justice.
Before the two heroes, Newt Gunray, the governor of the Trade Federation, and San Hill, the governor of the Galactic Banking Association, returned to the Empire, the Trade Federation was temporarily represented by Lott Dodd, and the Galactic Banking Association was temporarily represented by Rush Clovis. Among them, the changes in the Galactic Banking Association were worth pondering, because Rush Clovis was a human born on Planet Scipio, which meant that the Muenn's control over the Galactic Banking Association, which had begun during the era of Darth Preggs, was coming to an end.
At the same time, the planets belonging to the Trade Federation and the Galactic Banking Association, including Cato Neimoidia, Balmora-Neimoidia, Skako, Mykito, Scipio, and Castel, which were all developed planets in the inner ring, also rejoined the Galactic Empire, greatly increasing the strength of the Empire.
The current Milky Way Empire was slowly turning itself into a complete war machine!
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At this moment, Newt Gunray and San Hill, who had been molded into the heroes of the Galactic Empire and the vanguard of the resistance against the Separatists, were hiding in a secret base on Mustapha, trembling with fear.
Unlike what they had expected, they manipulated the major enterprises and companies to withdraw funds, destroy factories and facilities, and create financial chaos and bank runs. This behavior did not last long. Some of the robots that had been shut down were activated again, and immediately began to engage in activities to maintain law and order.
A large number of employees of the Trade Federation, the Galactic Banking Association, and the Commercial Guilds were arrested, and their properties were directly confiscated. These three commercial giants were also directly accused of treason and completely banned. Their plans were completely ruined. The robots did not completely shut down, the PNSR fleet was not paralyzed, and the domestic economy was not paralyzed. This also meant that Count Dooku was actually prepared, and it was impossible for him to be friendly with them!
In this chaos, all kinds of complicated information kept coming, and the information that the Technical Alliance and the Industrial Alliance did not participate in this riot was intentionally or unintentionally blocked.
A shuttle was slowly landing on the hangar platform of their secret base. Seeing this scene from the radar, Newt Gunray and the others were even more frightened!
"Whose spaceship is this?! Why is it here?! " Newt Gunray's deputy, Luhn Harko, shouted in panic. "This base has never appeared in any information at all! Even in Count Dooku's star map, this is just a volcano!! "
"No!! They're actually seizing my company! My money!! My money!!! "Shu Mai also exclaimed loudly. She saw the industries of her Commercial Guilds being destroyed one by one, and the employees being arrested in batches. Her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. There was nothing more infuriating than taking away her money.
In this chaos, the door slowly opened, and two figures appeared at the door. One was tall and one was short, one fat and one thin. One had two hands, and the other had four hands. One of them was a tall and slender beauty with a head of golden curls that draped over her shoulders. She was extremely seductive. She was wearing a white, tight-fitting leather shirt and a short cape on her back. There was a large 'X' embroidered on her belt.
The other person was much taller than the beautiful woman. He was two meters tall and had a very strong body. He had four hands and looked like an upright toad.
"Emma Frost! Pang Crell!!! " Sang Hill immediately recognized the identity of the person, and he immediately understood the fate of his group. "You … How did you find this place?"
At this time, the Technical Alliance's governor, Walter Tambor, and the Industrial Alliance's governor, Passel Argent, who had been hiding in the corner silently, stood up and went directly to Emma and Crell. They bowed to them very respectfully and stood behind them. Although they did not speak, it was the most powerful answer. It told Sang Hill how they were discovered!
"You … You! Traitors!! "Sang Hill pointed at Walter Tambor with a trembling finger and scolded.
"These people seem to be of some use. Why don't you directly control their minds?" Pang Crell did not pay attention to those people at all. He just turned his head and asked Emma.
Emma Frost snorted coldly. Of course, she would not say that she had been injured by Master Windu's Force on the battlefield of Corellia not long ago. She just said indifferently, "I'm not interested in trash. It's better to kill them."
"If that's the case, why bother yourself? I can handle this small matter." After Pang Crell joined the Independent Star System Confederation, he immediately found that this regime, which used robots as the main force of war, was really suitable for him. He quickly got into the role. After the Confederation was reorganized into PNSR, he was even more respectful of the pan-galactic national socialism. He was no longer as irascible as when he was in the Republic. On the contrary, he had nothing but respect for powerhouses like Emma Frost and Peacock. Under their purposeful recruitment, they soon formed a good relationship with the Planet Guardian.
"Isn't this boring …" Emma stroked the long hair on her temples. "The massacre on Mustapha. Of course, I won't be left behind if I can witness such a historic scene."
Of course, Pang Crell did not know that Emma was actually talking about the classic scene in the movie Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, where Anakin Skywalker killed Newt Gunley and the other high-ranking officials of the Independent Star System Confederation on Mustapha. He just snorted a few times, took out two double-headed light swords from his back, and held them in his hands. With a swoosh, the green light swords unfolded. He waved the two double-headed light swords with all four hands at the same time, and rushed straight toward Newt Gunley and the others! He had betrayed the Galactic Republic, but he did not fall to the dark side, so the Force he used was still the power of the light side.
"We can pay! We can pay!! " Newt Gunley left behind the last words of his life before he was split in half by Pang Crell's sword!
In fact, when Darth Sidious announced them as the heroes of the Galactic Empire, he had already foreseen their deaths. Otherwise, he would not have allowed a living person to become a hero in front of him. Yes, only the dead were heroes!
Unfortunately, Newt Gunley, San Hill, and Shu Mai did not see through this in the end. They were just businessmen, and businessmen should do what businessmen do. If they got involved in politics, they could not understand the means and thoughts of politicians. Death was the only ending.
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The chaos brought about by the three business giants quickly subsided. Companies that had defected from the Republic, led by Lundili Interstellar Dynamics and Eikang Corporation, invested a large amount of funds and products, taking the opportunity to fill in a large number of gaps in the market.
More importantly, a large number of local companies in PNSR rose rapidly! A large number of companies, including the Guardian Group, the Parmant Interstellar Dock, and the Free Darke Volunteer Engineering Group, acted as if they had planned in advance, buying or directly annexing the various industries of the three business giants at low prices, rapidly expanding.
Not only that, a name that was unfamiliar to PNSR began to appear. Zane Financial Group!! This mysterious financial group had countless funds and controlled a large number of companies. Its influence spanned across both the underworld and the underworld, and it was extremely powerful. Moreover, the businesses under the Zane Financial Group covered a wide range of industries, from transportation to catering and entertainment. There was no industry that they did not dabble in.
In fact, the Zane Financial Group's control over some dark corners that the military could not reach was even stronger. In the process of quelling the chaos created by the three business giants, these underworld forces also played a very big role. At this time, some rumors began to spread among the people of PNSR.
The Zane Financial Group was the group that had previously defeated the largest gang in the Milky Way, Black Sun! Not only did they defeat Black Sun and kill Black Sun's leader, Prince Xizor, but they also used some unknown means to take over most of Prince Xizor's industries, instantly becoming an existence that could compete with Black Sun in the underworld!
They started out in the Hutt Dimension, the Moon of Smugglers. The Zane Financial Group was the group that had previously defeated the largest gang in the Milky Way, Black Sun! Not only did they defeat Black Sun and kill Black Sun's leader, Prince Xizor, but they also used some unknown means to take over most of Prince Xizor's industries, instantly becoming an existence that could compete with Black Sun in the underworld!
They started out in the Hutt Dimension, the Moon of Smugglers.
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