magneto posted:Okay so he was a precog and knew of the impending war so he travels to Kamino and places an order for an army of clones. No one knew or even had the slightest inclination except Count Dooku and Darth Sidious. And this was AFTER Sifo-dyas placed the order. My question is, how the hell did he pay for it? I'm assuming either from the Jedi Order coffers or from the Republic budget. How could NO ONE know of such a HUGE transaction? a few BILLION credits just does not go unnoticed. How did he get access to these funds without help from Sidious or Dooku? Clones are not cheap methinks.
Charlemagne19 posted:magneto posted:Okay so he was a precog and knew of the impending war so he travels to Kamino and places an order for an army of clones. No one knew or even had the slightest inclination except Count Dooku and Darth Sidious. And this was AFTER Sifo-dyas placed the order. My question is, how the hell did he pay for it? I'm assuming either from the Jedi Order coffers or from the Republic budget. How could NO ONE know of such a HUGE transaction? a few BILLION credits just does not go unnoticed. How did he get access to these funds without help from Sidious or Dooku? Clones are not cheap methinks. Sifo-Dyas was manipulated by Palpatine into doing it and Tyrannus was the one who paid for it (Being the Count of Serreno). And if you doubt that, remember it was DOOKU who provided the clone template. So it was hardly years after the fact.
Jeff_Ferguson posted:Sidious probably had some funds at his disposal. Even without being the Chancellor of the Republic. Being the Chancellor, however, and having followers such as Mas Amedda to help cover up his financial transactions might help.
Randy 1012 posted:Wouldn't this whole mess have been a lot less convoluted if Sifo-Dyas was an alias used by Sidious, and the Jedi had never heard of him before? Or is there something I don't know about in this story?
LordVader66 posted:P.S. How big was the clone army? AotC is ambigious. I would assume at minium, the clone army would at least consist of several trillion soldiers, probably even more than that.
BobaMatt posted:Didn't see a dime? Doubtful. Their operation is expensive and labor intensive.
BobaMatt posted:Anyway, three million clones, in the face of a galaxy of wealth and resources, is nothing. What I'm more concerned about is the fact that the government not only had a secret clone army in the works on an out of the way, insular world, but also heavy production contracts with high profile corporate entities for capital ships, arms, mechanized ground forces, etc.
Jedimarine posted:BobaMatt posted:Didn't see a dime? Doubtful. Their operation is expensive and labor intensive. Then perhaps a downpayment from Dyas? Something from the Jedi wallet that could be covered up. I still don't see the Republic getting this army gratis.
Jedimarine posted:BobaMatt posted:Anyway, three million clones, in the face of a galaxy of wealth and resources, is nothing. What I'm more concerned about is the fact that the government not only had a secret clone army in the works on an out of the way, insular world, but also heavy production contracts with high profile corporate entities for capital ships, arms, mechanized ground forces, etc. Is this sourced or just conjecture? Do we have a source for how the vehicles and gear were ready for the clones?