As expected, the nest of Emperor Karina, the Geonosian Queen, was surrounded by countless Geonosian warrior castes. At the sight of Imperial soldiers approaching, they let out piercing shrieks and hurled sharp curses in their native language before raising their Sonic Blasters and opening fire in a mad barrage!
Orson Krennic shouted as he ran backward, but Prophetess Dara grabbed him by the collar and hauled him back as if he were a chick, placing him behind herself. With one hand, she swung her double-bladed Lightsaber, deflecting every incoming Blaster Beam.
However, the high-frequency sonic waves from those Sonic Blasters still harmed Orson Krennic. This high-ranking officer who had risen from technical work had never seen a battlefield like this before. Clutching his ears, he screamed like a pig being slaughtered.
Immediately afterward, the two Aquitenes-class light cruisers waiting in the sky reduced the power of their main guns and fired toward the direction from which the Geonosian warriors had emerged.
Boom! Boom! Boom!! The violent bombardment blasted everything around them into the air. The exterior of the nest was riddled with holes, flames soaring into the sky. Even underground passages in some places were blown open and exposed.
At that moment, the hatches of the Aquitenes-class light cruisers opened, releasing hundreds of spherical reconnaissance drones. They flew through the blasted openings, activated X-ray scans, and began imaging and scouting the entire interior of the nest.
Then hundreds of Stormtroopers descended in LAAT gunships and charged directly into the depths of the nest.
Almost immediately, intense gunfire and explosions erupted from within.
"Let's go!" Prophetess Dara waved a hand and dragged Orson Krennic inside as well.
The nest where Emperor Karina had stayed was not very deep, but it was completely empty. There were only several hollow, bottomless tunnels leading