Imperial Capital Rebellion (III)
Demetrius-Zaarin wiped the sweat from his brow and hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, the Star Killer (The Galaxy Gun) is not yet capable of actual combat. We have only overcome the key technologies and can currently produce just one missile. This was a concept proposed by the genius scientist in our team, Umak Leth."
Palpatine clearly had not expected this superweapon, of which he had only just heard the name, to actually be ready to fire. He waved a hand and said, "If it is a weapon capable of directly striking the Separatists, it will naturally receive sufficient investment. Marshal Zaarin, I trust you will not disappoint me."
Zaarin stepped back half a pace and gestured to the team beside him. "Doctor Leth, you're up."
A fat scientist with a handlebar mustache hurriedly stepped forward and said eagerly, "Your Majesty... Your esteemed Majesty, to create a weapon capable of striking across galaxies, two problems must be solved. The first is how to reach the target, and the second is how to destroy it. Dawn Star Planet's Novalith Cannon has actually only solved the first problem. Although the shells it fires are extremely cheap, they are insufficient to destroy a planet. So our approach is the opposite. We need to create a shell that can both travel through hyperspace and destroy a planet. That is... the Particle Disintegration Bomb."
He seemed immensely excited to be standing before His Majesty the Emperor. The fat all over his body trembled as he spoke, his words pouring forth without pause. "Once the Particle Disintegration Bomb contacts the target and detonates, the negatively charged particles within it will continuously trigger chain reactions with all surrounding matter. That's right—this chain reaction will shatter all matter into its most basic molecular form! Depending on