This time, Darth Vader's operation was as swift as lightning. The moment he returned to Denon Planet, he led his forces out on campaign without hesitation.
Even though the Southern Galaxy was now utterly chaotic, with the Rebel Alliance, liberals, the Kingdom of Dawn, space pirates, and all manner of forces tangled together, sending out a major army carried enormous risks. Yet Darth Vader still attacked, just as he had once crossed more than half the Milky Way Galaxy to besiege Saleucami Planet.
Wherever they passed, they swept everything before them. No one dared stand in their way.
Even the Kingdom of Dawn's Southern Territory Fleet, led by Lieutenant General Malcolm Granger, remained motionless, holed up on Christophsis and refusing to emerge. This time, Darth Vader's blade was aimed directly at the Rebel Alliance. Lieutenant General Granger was delighted enough already; why would he possibly provoke the Galactic Empire?
Because Darth Vader's operation also meant that he would not attack Fondor Planet anytime soon.
This allowed General Ling, currently stationed at the orbital station outside Fondor Planet, to breathe a sigh of relief. According to the Staff Department's previous battle plans, half the defenders of Eriadu had been redeployed to support operations in the Northern Territory.
Under these circumstances, if Darth Vader truly came charging in regardless of the consequences, Fondor Planet would most likely be forced into the most brutal kind of ground warfare. By then, the planet's industrial production would inevitably suffer severely. If the Galactic Empire were even more determined, cutting its industrial capacity in half would not be impossible.
Now, however, Ling Liang could wait peacefully for the newly formed main fleet on Dawn Star Planet, built around the third Ankollon-class Titan warship, the Chaos.
Once this main fleet completed its formation and deployed to Eriadu