Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[Athain]

Been looking into expanding info on the Myto Sectors ground forces. After all, outside of the LECA's and the Broadsword hover IFV's its all bog standard. Obviously the Imp military has some decent stuff, if it was all awful they'd lose all the time. But I figure there has to be places they can improve, so tossing ideas/art of vehicles/weapons/strategies and more in the comments would be amazing, cause I am as far from a general as possible. Not even an armchair general. Mechs can be included, given the LECA, but keep them star wars themed and grounded to an extent. No Gundams flying around lobbing battleship killing nukes.

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How about rotary cannons for anti-fighter/anti-missile duty? Multi-layered shields? Or maybe ask why the bridge on the Star Destroyers is sticking out so much? Some Veritech fighters would be nice, but that's probably pushing it. Oh, here's a basic one: Flares. Something for the fighters and other spacecraft to shake off torpedoes/missiles. Maybe give the ground troops an E-tool.

 

[ActionJHW]

You know, considering how most authoritarian governments tend to really hate the intellectual culture of science even if they love the tech, I wouldn't be surprised if the examiners were expecting the standard Moff approach of arguing which form of torture is most cost-effective in keeping slaves docile and productive and got a Moff that actually understands and has implemented genuinely good economic reforms that aren't ethically shit.

 

[klip04]

A suspicious 6 or 7 there. Should have known

 

[Yacov]

They were, in a single word, large. Like, at least 6 or 7 stories tall. At the base sat a series of perfectly normal sized doors instead.

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Why yes, I would like to fit an AT-AT into the university in case of purges.

They were enjoying their new armor way too much. The hooded helmet and monochrome color scheme made them a walking shadow, and Myr'thos took every opportunity to make the drip clear as day to all.

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Now that is a Dark Sider outfit. Could even pose as an inquisitor with that look. Then again most would assume they are just cosplaying.

One of them fell over, faceplanting so hard I was certain I saw blood. From Myr'thos's quiet snickers, I had a suspicion it was no accident.

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Truly an evil act. A Jedi would faint from the wanton cruelty displayed by the Sith.

Though they shot curious looks at Mugwuffin on my shoulders,

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Pay no heed, that is just Las' support sentient.

As it stands, a non-humans needs or wants are irrelevant, only their productive capability. And the data shows that these concessions allow that capability to rise."

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i.e. the galaxy has been multi-species for millennia, we have figured it out for a long time.

"The average cost of security per slave per capita is 237% higher than what it would take to pay even the barest minimum wage. They are effectively running expensive prisons that happen to produce something as a byproduct. This, combined with all the other evidence, is inefficient."

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Slavery at the end of it all does wealth distribution, not overall wealth generation.

Unfortunately, the atmosphere came to an end as an alarm rung out, my alarm. A quick tap at my PDA silenced it.

"My apologies, my alarm was ringing to remind me of a dinner reservation I made this morning." I glanced at the clock. "Unfortunately, I'll have to take my leave within the next half an hour if I wish to make it . It's at The Pinnacle, you see."

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Congrats Las, you managed to make a bunch of tenured professors actually stand up and engage with your material.

Honestly fairly proud of this chapter. Really wanted to showcase how Coruscant is kind of a glittery shithole through the academy. But at the same time, I figured there had to be people who were actually passionate about their field of study under the pomp. After all, this is just one lowly Moff, so they wouldn't send the trust fund babies with 0 passion, just the ones who are 50/50 on passion and profit.

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One thing Las could do while on Coruscant is go head hunting. It might be the galaxy's black heart, but by sheer numbers there are going to be specialists that he can't find back home. Might not be the greatest quality willing to go out into the Outer Rim, but at least they'll be takers.

 

[Filehej]

For army upgrades? Depends on how you actually define the imperial army. Simple stuff would be actually implementing current stuff into sw for in planet fighting ie over the horizon engagement, artillery, missiles, air support that doesn't just do strafing runs, actual athmosphere fighters, bombers, ciws, mortars, if you want to get fancy get drones and droids into the mix ala stuff we see now. Combined arms actually showed, specialists troopers.

It all depends how into the weeds you want to actually go.

Off the top of my head missiles is kinda the low hanging fruit there. I don't think the concept of cruise missiles is used that much. The jericho missile from iron man comes to mind. Concussion missiles just kinda do whatever the author wants them to. Proton torpedoes are either fucking stupid or the pants shiting thing like Halo plasma ones.

 

[PepeDeLosPalotes]

Thanks for tje chapter

 

[Venerable Ro]

He's accidentally made a compelling economic argument against slavery where it would actually get heard, and did it without even a hint of anything but pure mercantile calculus.

"No I'm not in favor of forced labor, do you have any idea how expensive that is? The ROI is nonexistent. Slaves don't pay taxes, don't contribute to the economy, and instead cost a fortune in upkeep. Incredible waste of budget allocations that could be profitably invested in anything else."

 

[theoretisch cool]

He's accidentally made a compelling economic argument against slavery where it would actually get heard, and did it without even a hint of anything but pure mercantile calculus.

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The only question is how the rebellion will react to this statement.

 

[Deathwings]

The only question is how the rebellion will react to this statement.

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"Trust an Imperial to realize the evil of slavery in the most cynical way possible."

 

[AldariSiradla]

I must agree.
Slavery is inefficient and economically ruinous.
After all, as already said, slaves do not pay taxes.
But...
Congratulations, Doctor Mola!

 

[Civil Reader]

Slaves don't pay taxes.

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Yes this chapter reminded me quite a bit of the wisdom from Victoria II.

Spoiler: Wisdom

View: https://youtu.be/AkfbxC68EVk?si=fn3GLtl4HJDXd4po&t=120

 

[Inbredmartian]

Forgot to edit this bro.

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Honestly thought this was something Myth had written on the cup by the barista lol

 

[Watching]

keeping my arms held behind my back despite the growing pain in my elbow.

Why is their armor so damn hard? I should've never given that program adequate funding.

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Huh, did he get new armor?

She then proceeded to poke at my belly. So what, I like hot coco, sue me!

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Is Las fat? Does he have a Santa beer belly or something now?

Another projection, this one from the Veragi sector I had scrounged up.

"The average cost of security per slave per capita is 237% higher than what it would take to pay even the barest minimum wage. They are effectively running expensive prisons that happen to produce something as a byproduct. This, combined with all the other evidence, is inefficient."

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You know, this reminds me of a hero unit from Endless Space that dismantled slavery using a scientific paper she wrote and got put on the wanted list by the human empire faction she lived in for the trouble. Hopefully, the same doesn't happen the Las.

Wonder if some slaver factions will put a bounty of Las's head for this?

When the doors opened once more, we were ushered back inside. There, the entire committee stood, Doctor Butra at its center.

"We've come to a decision, Doctor."

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Our boy did it! He's getting his doctorate!

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Is this written in braille or some sort of code?

Edit: never mind, I guess the images dots were misaligned before.

But I figure there has to be places they can improve, so tossing ideas/art of vehicles/weapons/strategies and more in the comments would be amazing, cause I am as far from a general as possible. Not even an armchair general. Mechs can be included, given the LECA, but keep them star wars themed and grounded to an extent. No Gundams flying around lobbing battleship killing nukes.

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Well, you could always look up Hearts of Iron 4's land, air and naval doctrine tree's if you're in need of ideas or inspiration for doctrines I guess? Space battles in Star Wars is based off of the world wars after all.

Maybe make a Star Wars equivalent of the Mule to help with logistics would be a good idea? Basically just a small super cheaper platform you can put supplies and equipment on that can pretty much go anywhere. Jury rig a mouse droid onto it for the funny.

I wouldn't be surprised if Yssane Isard was watching Las' presentation, judging him and taking notes.

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Hope not, pray she got scared off by Las boring her to death with taxes. The less attention from her the better.

Oh, here's a basic one: Flares. Something for the fighters and other spacecraft to shake off torpedoes/missiles.

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I think tie fighters already have missile jamming equipment built into them, it's just it requires the pilot to manually tune the jammer to the right frequency since there's no droid to assist which distracts from flying.

 

[Heidao]

Yeah, odds are they were expecting the level of a kid proudly showing off their macaroni art, instead they had a comprehensive and prepared presentation with evidence from data before and after the changes, as well as the comparison to the other systems.

Now they're engaged, and the fact they're listening and poking at the data means they see merit and may be keen to start using some of his systems.

"We've come to a decision, Doctor."

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Congratulations, Doctor Mola


I can see a changing of the board and battlefield, if enough of Las' ideas are adopted and given enough time for public perception to shift to positive, that might make rebel infiltration and incitement more difficult.

He probably got them at the idea that a happy, taxable populace can feed military spending than waste said forces guarding irrate slaves

 

[zack1224]

Thanks for the Chapter.

 

[vtkun]

thanks for the chapter