Beyond the various chaos on Coruscant, the Galactic Empire now faced an even more severe problem—political turmoil.
After Palpatine's death, the "one-man dictatorship" system he had built with his own hands collapsed in an instant. Almost every powerful official left behind believed they had a chance to take charge of the government and become the Empire's true ruler.
In fact, Palpatine did have one strength politically: when he valued someone, he truly put them to use, granting them enormous trust and authority.
This style of "do not employ those you doubt; do not doubt those you employ" had nothing to do with ability and depended entirely on his personal preferences, but in practice, it still created a great many figures with overwhelming power in every field.
And after Palpatine's death, these people became the key factors behind the Empire's fragmentation.
After Sate Pestage declared that he would inherit the imperial throne, he formed an alliance with Krull Vandron of the New Order Maintenance Committee. They possessed immense political power, but not the slightest military authority.
As a result, many commanders in the outer regions began openly complying while secretly defying their orders.
The greatest among them was Dunn Vesex, King of the North. He controlled the territory of the Northern Territory's four great Legions and commanded a massive force of more than 3,500 Star Destroyers. Although he sent a congratulatory message expressing support when Sate Pestage ascended the throne, every line conveyed the same message—I support you verbally, so don't bother me.
Throughout the entire Battle of Coruscant, the Northern Territory Legion had not sent even a single frigate south as reinforcements.
Then there was Governor Seben of the Twelfth Army. That old bastard had originally closed his eyes and waited to die. Even General Grievous's fleet had already pressed