Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire had been confirmed dead!
The Kingdom of Dawn spread the news through every possible channel: public battlefield frequencies, major media outlets on Coruscant, the Galactic HoloNet, and more.
The media outlets occupied by the Kingdom of Dawn's assault forces also began broadcasting this historic moment on a massive scale.
The headless corpse of Emperor Palpatine was hung amid the wreckage. The once-grand Imperial Palace had become a field of ruins. Kingdom of Dawn fighters screamed overhead, while on the ground, the Fourth Legion's army had already entered the Imperial Palace District.
This news was nothing short of explosive!
Yet neither the Empire's forces nor its citizens could disbelieve it—severed communications, collapsing defensive lines, and the Kingdom of Dawn's banners circling above the palace ruins all proclaimed the end of Palpatine's old era.
Even more directly, Battle Meditation had been interrupted!
Darth Sidious had previously maintained Battle Meditation through Niel Declan, but now, Battle Meditation had been cut off!
Under the effects of Battle Meditation, officers and soldiers at every level of the Imperial fleet had maintained soaring, almost fanatical morale, abundant energy, and extraordinary efficiency.
But now, all of that had abruptly vanished, leaving the Imperial Navy's officers and men with only the emptiness and weakness that followed such fervor. Under the enormous psychological and physical contrast, they could not even maintain a normal state of mind!
The Galactic Empire's fleet was now clearly divided into three parts—the remnants of the First System Army led by Imperial Marshal Oswald Tessik were under fierce assault from the Kingdom of Dawn fleet. Their morale had collapsed, command had broken down, and their flagship, the Reaper Super Star Destroyer, had already been targeted by more than a dozen Keltu Destroyers.
Then there was the fleet commanded by