The Empire Rises: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 2698

Star Killer

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Galen-Malek merely turned the pilot's seat around and said calmly, "Listen, I know my background makes you suspicious, but trust me, I just want to do something."

"Why did you bring us to Kashyyyk planet?" Garm-Bail-Iblis asked.

"There is fighting here," Galen-Malek said. "The Imperial army is trying to suppress the Wookiees' uprising, but the Kingdom of Dawn launched an offensive in the Eastern Territory earlier, and the super battleship Destruction attacked this place for a time. So the Imperial army's organization here is rather chaotic. They neither want to abandon Kashyyyk planet nor do they want the Kingdom of Dawn fleet to attack again. Therefore, most of the fleet remaining here to fight the Wookiees consists of volunteers."

"So the fleet here lacks an effective command structure," Garm-Bail-Iblis said. "The fact that they volunteered to remain on the battlefield shows that some Imperial soldiers still have some courage."

"Hmph! Don't think too highly of them," Mon-Mothma snorted. "Those fleets stayed behind only to keep siphoning off military funds. They would never take the initiative to attack at the risk of their lives."

"In any case, with the outdated identification codes on my ship, slipping in here was no problem, and no one will notice us for now," Galen-Malek said. "Now decide where you're going next."

"No matter where we go, we will not take you with us," Mon-Mothma said. "Thank you for saving us, but unfortunately, we cannot take you where we are about to go."

"You do not need to guard against me like this. Though I understand, I have nowhere left to go," Galen-Malek said with a bitter smile, his voice dropping. "Do you know why I brought you to Kashyyyk planet?"

"If you mean reasons beyond the military reasons you mentioned earlier, I don't know," Mon-Mothma

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