1929, The End of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (II)
"Dragon's breath?" Passel Argente's body trembled. "Are you planning to use Dragon's breath on our own core worlds? This is an indiscriminate supervirus that kills everyone!! Are you going to kill the civilians on those planets too?!"
As chairman of the Corporate Alliance, one of the Mega-corporations, Passel Argente naturally did not care in the slightest whether civilians lived or died. But what if the Slaughter-class battleship targeted Mulcana planet, the Kuriwa homeworld? Wouldn't that mean wiping out their homeland?
Count Dooku was utterly unmoved. He said flatly, "That is why our first target is Felucia. If we can use Dragon's breath on Felucia to wipe out the Galactic Empire's ground forces, we can delay their advance."
"Merely delaying them will not bring us victory," Ainlee-Tim said gravely.
"The Galactic Empire's internal political situation is highly unstable. Uprisings and riots occur every day, and their fleet's supplies have already become a serious problem. So even though we no longer have the ability to defeat their fleet, as long as we can eliminate their ground forces, we can still prevent them from launching further offensives," Count Dooku said.
"If their ground forces are wiped out, the Galactic Empire will carry out Orbital Bombardment even more recklessly!" Ainlee-Tim said.
"Orbital Bombardment is not without cost. To destroy a planet's surface, even an Imperial-class Star Destroyer must expend an enormous amount of energy reserves. They cannot sustain Orbital Bombardment indefinitely, and if they do so, it will only provoke even fiercer resistance," Count Dooku said.
Ainlee-Tim shouted, "What you are doing is tantamount to inciting and holding civilians hostage to fight the Galactic Empire! You are sending them to their deaths!!"
"That is also their own choice." Count Dooku's tone was ice-cold. "The