The Imperial Navy Sector Fleet Was A Terrible Idea

The Empire had over 1000 different sectors it had to guard, Palpatine's solution to that massive problem was the the creation of the sector fleet which was under the command of the sector Moff. We take a look at why this ultimately was the wrong strategy for the imperial military to take.

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[saparotrob]

FWIW, I thoroughly enjoy your delving into the lore, the economics and military organization of Star Wars. It adds depth to the story and is a nice break from the goings on of our lively little Earth.

[lerneanlion]

Will it improved the Imperial Navy's situation if Palpatine invested in it more than the Death Star in order to have his own personal fleet to travel around the Empire's territories from his own mobile palace that served as his very own flagship?

[Celestial_Reach]

@GenerationTech please do a vid covering rhe new book "mask of fear." It gave me chills showing rhe first early days of the empire and says alot about Mon Mothma. I have more empathy for her after it, and... its worth the credit on the audio book app if you know what i mean

[GAJake]

The military of the republic just needs to be a small navy/marine corps plus a few army bases and starfighter bases on empty republic federally owned worlds around the edges of the territory. Then you have a separate coast guard (system guard?) that patrols in space that does law enforcement and anti-piracy within the territory. Maybe the navy patrols through maybe only every few months.
Most citizens never leave the atmosphere of their home planet so a system guard and navy will not feel like an occupation unlike federal army troops quartered in your town.

[zero]

On logistical standpoint it’s imperial way of secretly saying let’s broke every single sector one at a time

[juan-hwxg]

Adam where are you that background is beautiful

[tk-]

This is half right. While the cause is correct, the deviation from the Republic isn't the issue. The reason why the Outer Rim had such issues under the Empire was explained in the Tarkin novel; Separatist worlds were forced to pay exorbitant reparations to the Empire, a war which was inherited from the Republic. The officer culture of the Empire were based on the military culture of the various Republic fleets, whether it be the Judicials or local fleets, which included the infamous tolerance for corruption and the favouring of nobility and mercantile families.

Yes, Palpatine did scale up the military to a ridiculous degree, but this is like Hitler with Germany. It isn't as though Germany didn't want a large military or that there weren't nationalist forces without him, but they were obligated by treaty and burdened with financial issues. Hitler simply took advantage of what was already their and added his own personal twist on it, and his twist happened to be racial science bullshittery.

Similarly, many in the Republic actively looked to circumvent or at least wanted a large military, but because of the precedent of the Ruusan Reformations, they generally couldn't. Palpatine gave people what they wanted and added a twist to it, *that* was his problem. The twists Palpatine added may have not helped anything, but all the groundwork was already baked into the Republic's upper and upper middle classes.

Hell, the reason Palpatine falls is actually predetermined by his sticking to Republic norms. It is revealed in the Tarkin novel that Palpatine had assumed that most, if not all the resistance against his rule would be from the former CIS, not from within the old Republic. This, for all intents and purposes, led to him treating the ex CIS way too harshly in the early years and not dealing with the disloyal Republic loyalists. Combined with the Republic officer culture of corruption and neglect, and it is no wonder that the Rebellion was able to win.

Measuring the Republic by its longevity isn't really a good way to measure its success. The Holy Roman Empire existed for centuries, but historians tend to agree that it was a disorderly, bloated state in the same way that the Republic was. The difference between the 2 is of course that the HRE wasn't really popular with the power brokers who lived in its borders, while the Republic very much was. The Republic survived due to its corrupt nature rather than due to virtues. The failure of the New Republic is evidence of that.