Battle of Palanci
9BBY, August 20. The Kingdom of Dawn fleet closed in on Palanci Planet.
Earlier, in response to the Kingdom of Dawn's attack on Bilbrin Planet, the main fleet of the Galactic Empire's First System Army had detached a portion of its forces and pushed forward to Palanci Planet, intending to prevent the situation from worsening further.
However, the First System Army had no intention of allowing its fleet to enter Bilbrin Planet, so it stopped advancing after reaching Palanci Planet, south of Bilbrin Planet. At the same time, Emperor Palpatine, having recovered from his injuries, also arrived aboard the Reaper Super Star Destroyer.
Because intelligence indicated that Tang Xiao was in the opposing fleet as well.
There were no major obstacles along the hyperspace route between Bilbrin Planet and Palanci Planet. Neither side employed any tricks; they simply launched straight into battle.
The light of the Doomsday Weapon illuminated the skies of Palanci Planet, while the dense cannon fire of the Super Star Destroyers tore through the depths of space. Both fleets unleashed their full firepower and fired wildly!
Palanci Planet was not a fortress world and possessed no particularly powerful defensive installations. However, as one of the planets in the Inner Rim of the galaxy, nearly every planet in this direction was equipped with Planetary Shields and orbital defense systems.
During the Clone Wars, most of the planets attacked by the Kingdom of Dawn had lacked the money to equip such things. But in the Inner Rim and the Core Worlds, it was impossible for them to be short of funds.
Relying on their limited defensive facilities, with the Planetary Shield as support, the Galactic Empire's warships had virtually no concerns behind them. And the force facing the Kingdom of Dawn fleet this time was the