The Imperial military was still worrying about the safety of Rishi when another shocking piece of news arrived.
An uprising had erupted on Ord Pardron, the capital planet of the Thirteenth Imperial Army. The Planetary Administrative Center had been captured by the Rebel Alliance! Thirteenth Army Governor Bilur had somehow ended up as a prisoner of the Rebel Alliance.
A High Sector Governor had actually been captured!
It was an utterly disgraceful situation, with no precedent for anything so appalling!
Thus, when the main fleet of the Thirteenth Army, which had hurried to Ukio to suppress the rebellion, rushed back to Ord Pardron, it was suddenly attacked by a Rebel Alliance fleet.
The warships used by this fleet were confirmed to be MC-80s, MC-85s, and other vessels built by the Mon Calamari. And commanding the fleet was none other than the Mon Calamari general, Gial Ackbar!
General Ackbar had fought a brilliant ambush battle. Under his bold command, the Rebel Alliance fleet fought fiercely and displayed formidable combat power. In just half a day, it dealt a devastating blow to the Imperial fleet, sinking eighteen Imperial-class Star Destroyers and thirty-four Victory-class Star Destroyers!
In just one day, the Thirteenth Imperial Army was declared destroyed!
The Imperial Intelligence Bureau was furious. They believed that the Thirteenth Imperial Army must have been infiltrated by a large number of Rebel Alliance spies, and that these spies definitely held positions of considerable rank.
But what could they do? Faced with the upheaval in the Outer Rim Territories, the Imperial Intelligence Bureau could do little. They had a whole mess of internal affairs to deal with, especially the Tagge family's infighting and the death of Grand Judge Latinal Tobin of the Imperial Inquisitorius.
The Imperial military was equally enraged. It ordered Seben, governor of the