Chiss Free Front
Before the Duchy of Dawn's Ministry of Foreign Affairs could react, a combat video suddenly set the entire Milky Way Galaxy's HoloNet ablaze.
The footage showed the Eternal Super Carrier struggling bitterly at Norris! What was more, the camera angle was extremely selective. Throughout the entire video, only several Nightdragon-class battlecruisers and Groundlion-class heavy cruisers produced in Chiss territory appeared on screen.
At the time, Eternal's engines had already been severely damaged, leaving the super carrier moving at a crawl. Surrounded and attacked by those Chiss warships, it looked utterly miserable—like a heavily armed giant being toyed with by nimble little sprites.
Although Eternal ultimately fired a salvo that tore one of the Groundlion-class heavy cruisers apart, anyone who watched the video would only feel sympathy for that cruiser.
Moreover, the Galactic Empire's propaganda department began aggressively promoting the footage. They publicly declared that the Duchy of Dawn's invasion and armed occupation had met with fierce opposition from the Chiss people. During an operation to suppress rebels on Norris, enraged civilians had attacked the Duchy of Dawn's super warship Eternal and severely damaged it despite their limited forces.
At the same time, Galactic Empire news outlets released footage of the Eternal Super Carrier being towed back to the Csilla starship dock for repairs. This further substantiated the report's authenticity.
This one-two punch immediately put the Duchy of Dawn on the back foot!
It was not that such bickering and mudslinging between the two sides mattered much. The Galactic Empire and the Duchy of Dawn had been arguing through the internet and media for years, and recently they had been locked in an especially bitter dispute over the Trade Federation.
What truly troubled the Duchy of Dawn was Chiss territory!
The Galactic Empire had clearly colluded with the