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Chapter 297: Arms Race

Palpatine was confident about the prospects of the war, knowing that he had successfully won over the inner-ring planets with strong industrial and economic capabilities.

However, many of the remaining planetary representatives in the Galactic Republic's council were terrified by the threat from the Independent Galaxy Confederation and were eager for the Republic's army to achieve a decisive victory.

In this situation, the three Empire-class Star Destroyers built at Quarter Dynamics Shipyard were hastily sent to the battlefield without being adequately tested.

When these three massive and powerful Empire-class Star Destroyers appeared in the Republic Fleet, all the naval officers and men were amazed by the speed at which the equipment was being upgraded.

However, the 1.6-kilometer-long Imperial-class Star Destroyer was clearly insufficient to meet the needs of the fearful planetary representatives who longed for more powerful warships to protect their planets.

Thus, just as the Imperial-class Star Destroyers had completed their research and development, Quarter Dynamics Dockyard received a request to build Star Destroyers exceeding two thousand meters in length.

The three Imperial-class Star Destroyers, along with twelve Jaeger-class cruisers, began executing Palpatine's meticulously planned scheme.

In the fierce battle, they demonstrated unparalleled combat power, successfully destroying a Confederate fleet composed of Divine Will-class interstellar dreadnoughts and Disobedient light cruisers, winning a minor victory for the Republic.

This battle, which was a foregone conclusion, ended in a glorious victory for the Republic.

This victory not only rekindled the flame of hope among the representatives of the Republic's planets, but also strengthened their belief that the Galactic Republic would ultimately emerge victorious in this brutal war.

However, on the side of the Independent System Confederation, people were indifferent to the old fleet cobbled together from Divine Will-class interstellar dreadnoughts and Disobedient light cruisers.

In their eyes, these old warships were nothing more than a pile of obsolete scrap metal.

During this period, Kilsager delivered a crucial STC.

This STC is like a magic key, instantly unlocking the potential of countless desolate planets.

Under the influence of STC, the once barren planets were rapidly covered by machinery.

These planets were transformed into unmanned industrial bases.

Various industrial products flowed out of these planets like a torrent, being transported to shipyards and robot manufacturing plants in orbit.

In these bustling factories, countless robots transform these raw materials into powerful war machines.

Among them, a large number of Revival-class Star Destroyers and Conqueror-class warships are particularly noteworthy.

These behemoths, requiring human operation, joined the navy at an astonishing pace.

With the large-scale commissioning of these new warships, the old warships were quickly discarded by the navy.

Their existence becomes dispensable, or even a burden.

Meanwhile, some little-known shipyards were secretly pushing forward an even more ambitious plan—Project Titan.

The goal of this project is to create a colossal warship unlike anything ever seen in the Star Wars universe, capable of serving as the flagship of fleet battles.

The Confederate designers presented Kearsarge with three different design proposals:

The first option is to expand upon the existing Fuxing-class Star Destroyer to create a comprehensive Titan warship that is over ten kilometers long.

This warship will be equipped with a large number of turbo-laser cannons and shuttle decks, possessing powerful firepower and agile maneuverability.

In Kearsarge's eyes, this design was quite similar to the Executor Super Star Destroyer, and as the flagship of the fleet, it was undoubtedly a qualified choice.

Moreover, the dense array of turbo laser cannons covering its entire body also endows it with considerable artillery combat capabilities.

The second option focuses on the axial cannon. The designers plan to equip the Titan warship with a terrifying doomsday weapon, supplemented by a small number of turbo laser cannons and shuttle pads, thus creating a decisive Titan warship.

This design philosophy is reflected in many similar warships, such as the Planet Killer, the Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer, and the Titans in the Star Trek series.

The third type of Titan warship not only emphasizes fleet command, but also attaches great importance to the collection of battlefield data.

This type of Titan warship will have several large Tek replicators built inside, which will be able to quickly produce a large number of drones and various heavy fighters, which will become the warship's main weapons.

From a conceptual standpoint, this warship will be equipped with a massive supercomputer array.

This supercomputer array has powerful computing and data processing capabilities, and can collect various key data from a large number of drones, such as the enemy's location, number, and weaponry.

Then, through the analysis and processing of this data, the supercomputer array can provide real-time and accurate data support to the entire fleet, helping fleet commanders to better understand the battlefield situation and make more informed decisions.

Furthermore, this type of warship also possesses the ability to coordinate fleet formations. By communicating and sharing data with other warships, it can adjust the fleet's formation in a timely manner according to the battlefield situation, maximizing the combat effectiveness of the entire fleet.

Of course, given the current industrial capacity of the Independent Star System Confederation, all three types of warships can be built, so Kilsager naturally chose to have them all.

At the same time, the construction of the Titan warships was also underway, along with the construction of the Death Star, a terrifying weapon.

Surprisingly, despite knowing the Death Star's flaws, Kirsar, with a touch of wicked humor, made no changes to the Death Star's design.

However, unlike the low-key approach to the Titan project, the Independent Systems Confederation was unusually high-profile in its construction of the Death Star.

They made no attempt to conceal the existence of this doomsday weapon, as if they were provoking the Galactic Republic.

This Death Star, with a diameter of 120 kilometers, is undoubtedly an extremely awe-inspiring existence.

Its appearance not only greatly boosted the morale of the members of the Independent Galaxy Confederation, but also made the Galactic Republic feel unprecedented pressure and threat.

Of all the people who are anxious about this, Palpatine is undoubtedly the one who is most distressed.

The original design for the Death Star should have belonged to him, but this doomsday weapon, which should have been his trump card, was successfully created by his enemies.

Faced with the immense pressure emanating from the Death Star, the Galactic Republic naturally had no time to attend to anything else.

Amid this tense situation, Quarter Power Dock quickly completed the design work for the new Star Destroyer and submitted a super battleship plan to the Galactic Republic Council that surprised all the members.