Because Heavenly Dao Palace had held back the monsters' assault, the Galactic Empire had not suffered too disastrous a defeat. At least the gateway to the Northern Rim star systems had been secured. But for Darth Vader, merely holding the line was certainly not enough—much less when the people holding it were from another faction, not the Galactic Empire's own forces. They had no obligation to risk their lives here with them every day.
So they still had to rely on themselves!
The Galactic Empire was itself a military regime, and now it had fully sprung into action.
The first task was to overhaul its weapons and armor.
Luke also offered quite a few suggestions.
"We need tougher, more powerful armor. Our current armor is practically plastic—it can't stop those monsters' attacks at all!"
"We can't rely solely on firearms. They're fast and excel at close combat. We need to improve our soldiers' close-quarters combat capabilities!"
Darth Vader had also received some suggestions from Fang Zheng.
"It would be best to avoid ground battles and intercept them in space whenever possible. You saw how we did it. As long as we ensure that the vast majority of their combat strength is eliminated in space, whatever remains won't be much to fear. But avoid ground warfare as much as possible. As for exactly how, you'll have to figure that out yourselves."
All of the Galactic Empire's top researchers were summoned to watch the recorded footage and study Luke and Fang Zheng's suggestions—and, well, they really did manage to come up with something.
First came the armor.
Their current armor naturally had to be abandoned wholesale. That sort of armor had worked well enough against Alien Races and the Rebel Army within the Galactic Empire, but it was useless against these invading