I think it makes sense without much analysis or imagining that they're preparing to fight cthulu. The simplest explanation is that the Empire's military doctri

I think it makes sense without much analysis or imagining that they're preparing to fight cthulu. The simplest explanation is that the Empire's military doctrine doesn't make any strategic sense, and Imperial decision-makers all want the biggest, scariest ships possible for selfish reasons, and everything else flows from that. They rationalize it with speeches about how fear will totally keep the rebels at bay (unlike the last ten times they tried it), but at their core they just want the biggest toys.