The creaking Clone Star Empire communication network infrastructure has been a serious concern for the government and HCS for some time with network brown-outs already occurring in some areas where communication and data traffic overwhelms the system. The CSE has already invested 4.2 billion zarks in upgrades and repairs but today announced the biggest upgrade yet.
The main trunk linking the core planets of the empire (Cloneworld, Daggaddon, Sandworld and Randalf 74) is to be supplemented with a new databus with 25 times the capacity of the current network along with improved speeds and data security. The cost of the upgrade will be about 3.7 billion zarks but will alleviate the problems in the most strategic parts of the empire. Once the new network is up and running the existing links will be privatised (though the HCS will retain the ability to commandeer it in emergencies) which is hoped to raise around 1.5 billion zarks. The new network is planned to open in 2116.
