Tang Xiao, Count Dooku, Nute Gunray, and San Hill had gathered here in secret because the recent series of military operations was tied to a massive storm capable of affecting the entire political system of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
They had been planning this for a long time, and now, in the Delon system, they had lit the fuse.
Under its original structure, after more than a year of war, the Confederacy of Independent Systems was already at the end of its rope... If this continued, all that awaited them was to sit still and await death.
For Count Dooku, if he wanted to change his approach and treat the Confederacy of Independent Systems as the capital that would keep him alive, then he could no longer turn a blind eye as before, allowing the Confederacy to be plagued by troubles within and without, only to be driven back by the Galactic Republic like rotting wood in the latter half of the war.
As for Tang Xiao, he had to lend a hand to the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which had been terminally ill since its founding, so that the Fourth Civilization could continue to rely on this great tree for shelter as it grew. He also knew that while the Confederacy was suffering now, the Galactic Republic was no better off.
A raid on the Delon system truly was a plan with no chance of success, yet most of the ships General Grievous had committed to this battlefield were outdated vessels from the Confederacy's fleets, including Munificent-class communications frigates, Defiant-class light destroyers, Luukri-Hok-class battleships, Hiigaran-class battlecruisers, and a small number of Deceiver-class destroyers meant to keep up appearances.
Using those fleets to attack the Delon system's defensive line, which the Galactic Republic had spent half a year building,