The industrial might and infrastructure of the SW-galaxy

Well,

1. The galaxy is a huge place, it's impossible to describe all the systems.

2. We all know that KDY, Mon Calamari, CEC are the major shipyard foundry companies. Kuat, Fondor, Mon Calamari, Correllia are their base of operations.

3. There are lots of design houses and starfighter companies, and cruiser manufacturers. Rendil stardrive, FrieTek, Incom, Sienar Fleet Systems (does this company even exist in NJO?), Republic Engineering Corporation (responsible for the Endurance class fleet carriers, Defender class star destroyers etc.). We even have the Bothans which is a real surprise given their lack of great history in starship manufacturing and that they were bankrupt as stated in Spectre of the Past. This is one real quick economic recovery huh?

4. There are are lots of factory worlds dedicated to the manufacture of munitions, war machines, driods like Balmorra, Telti and etc.

5. There are also worlds dedicated to resource gathering, like Bespin and numerous others. Dark Forces mentioned a world where the Imperials were gathering a rare element for their Dark Trooper armor. There are very few worlds mentioned, but doubtless there are plenty.

6. Given that Manufacturing hubs are normally are found near resource gathering worlds (or formerly, given that resources are not unlimited), the surrounding systems of Kuat, Fondor, Calamari, Correllia or within the systems themselves probably have resource-rich worlds.

 

I seem to recall a quote from either The Bacta War or The Krytos Trap that said Thyferra produced 17 billion litres of Bacta in one year.

That's kinda a lot methinks.

 

- I seem to recall a quote from either The Bacta War or The Krytos Trap that said Thyferra produced 17 billion litres of Bacta in one year.

That's kinda a lot methinks.-
How is that a lot? Planet Earth produce over 1 million tons of sulphuric acid a month.

 

Bacta is just a little bit more expensive than sulphuric acid. Plus bacta isn't grown naturally as I recall.

 

I am not able to find the quote right now, but somewhere in the Krytos Trap, there is some information concerning the Coruscant stock market. Kirtan Loor uses the information as an encryption marker. I believe that somehwere it was stated that around a billion shares were traded.

 

while Lando clearly says in TESB, that they "are just a small outpost" and "don´t fall under the jurisdiction of the empire".

And look who is the first to reach Bespin. True, Fett obviously revealed to Vader where the Falcon was going. But Vader still beat the Falcon there and set up a deal with Lando. So wouldn't Lando have been forced to say such things to Han and Leia so as to keep them from being on gaurd for the possibility of Imperials showing up?

But then another way of viewing thigs is Cloud City itself is a small Tibanna mining outpost that does not fall under Imperial jurisdiction, but other floating cities on Bespin might. We know of Tibannaopolis from Jedi Search as evidence of the exsistence of other such cities. They may harvest even more Tibanna gas than Cloud City and be even more likely to be noticed by the Empire, possibly having an Imperial buisness charter which keeps the Empire away from Bespin as long as they make regular shipments of Tibanna gas.

 

If we go by other sources such as computer games and adventure journals, the Empire could get the naturally spin-sealed tibanna gas from planets such as Taloraan and Ord Ibanna.

 

So the empire controlls the entire rest of Bespin, but Cloud City, which with a diameter of 16 kilometers isn´t so small, somehow escaped their attention?

 

No, the Empire either owns or presents an Imperial buisness charter to private corporations for only the most profitable Tibanna mining cities on Bespin, not most of the rest of Bespin. Cloud City was originally supposed to be a heavy mining center, but most of it's bulk is taken up by casinos, upscale hotels, upscale resturants, residences for both the working class and upper class, repulsorlift equipment, landing platforms, offices, etc. Of the 392 levels to Cloud City, the factories only occupy 59 levels. Other floating cities could be smaller in size or about the same size, but if they devote most of their levels to the Tibanna factories and mining, then they are going to be more profitable than Cloud City.

 

Or Lando was paying off the local Moff to keep away the tax collectors.

 

So Cloud City isn´t only producing Tibanna-gas, but it is also a place, where lots of people come and go?

If you ask me, that would be a more important reason to have an eye on the place instead of only the Tibanna.

I like the idea of the bribed Moff.

 

The GFFA, whether under the dominion of a Republic or Empire, is a capitalistic society much the same as our own, and therefore subject to market fluctuations as our own. I have never run across anyone talking about a galaxy-wide depression or recession as such, though the regionalization of the galaxy may buffer it from a galaxy-spanning market crash.

It would seem that the galaxy was most affluent during the waxing days of the Republic, where certain power groups were able to terraform entire worlds at great expence, although this is chalked up to arrogance and waste as much as it is economic prowess. The inability of the NR to terraform entire planets gives us a sense of the upper limits of the economy, as does the scarcity of SSD's produced by the Empire.

Much like the American economy, military spending is a great boon. Without the shipyards of Kuat, Mon Cal, Fondor, the SW economy would be in shambles. Personal craft from Corellia and other sites are probably another economic lifeline in turbulent times.

It will be interesting to see who becomes the leaders in the post Vong era. Regions such as the Corporate Sector will remain untouched, but with the Core Colonies, and Mid-Rim affected so much by the invasion, it remains to be seen who will become economic powerhouses in the new age.

 

The only hint we have for something like terraforming an entire world to be too expansive comes from HoT.

At a point in time of nearly fifteen years of a galaxy-wide war and from the mouth of a cunning politician, whose government is close to bankrupt.

Compare this to the construction of DSII in less than a year, the fleet-building up in Destiny´s Way or the TF blockading Naboo in TPM: A mere shipping company with thousands of two-miles-wide ships.

Concerning the "make-up" of the galaxy: I would assume, that the core contains worlds for population, while industrial centres (with exception of the oldest and most prestigious ones like Kuat) and supply-industries are based in the inner rim. Mid rim serves as bread-basket, while the resources and raw materials come from the outer rim.