Planning Operation Zero
Dawn Star Planet, Royal Palace.
Tang Xiao was still sitting in his office handling documents as usual. His attire and the office's furnishings had not changed much from before. The only difference was that every piece of furniture now had gold trim, and a crown hovered above his seat on an antigravity device.
Tang Xiao's own clothing had not changed much either, aside from the addition of a sash.
What he had said during his coronation about keeping ceremonies simple had indeed been put into practice. He had not promoted kneeling rituals within the kingdom. Officials under his command still gave military salutes when meeting him, while everyone else bowed. Nor did he refer to himself as "the lone one" or "the solitary sovereign." He felt such ancient formalities were entirely unnecessary and would instead make his civilization regress.
At that moment, Tang Xiao was reviewing the current progress of Operation Zero, as well as the ways it differed from the original plan.
At its core, Operation Zero relied on large-scale maneuvering through Stargates, constantly redeploying the Galactic Empire's fleet and wearing the Imperial fleet down until it could ultimately be divided and destroyed.
After repeated battles had reduced the Imperial fleet's numbers, the Kingdom of Dawn fleet would attack a highly valuable target, drawing the Imperial fleet's attention before launching a sudden strike on Coruscant.
The entire plan had three objectives. The first was to destroy large numbers of Imperial mobile fleets. The second was to lure the Empire into transferring Coruscant's defenders away. The third and final objective was to use The Nexus Route to raid Coruscant. Tang Xiao would gather all the forces of the Twilight Covenant, personally enter battle, and kill Palpatine!
And the target far enough from Coruscant, strategically valuable enough, and