1088. Desperate Galactic Republic (Part 1)
Galactic Republic Capital, Coruscant.
Republic Supreme Strategic Command.
Master Windu walked quickly to this huge building with only three floors above ground and more than 50 floors underground, running through Coruscant's first and second floors. He walked quickly, and the mechanical components installed on his abdomen and spine made rhythmic whining sounds as he moved.
This place that was already very busy on weekdays is now even more crowded. There are at least a million people here performing their duties, directing the battles in every war zone and even every planet in the entire galaxy. The conventional defense level of this place is the highest on the entire planet, even higher than the Republic Senate Building.
The reason why it is said to be conventional is because although Jedi Temple does not have any defense in the military, its actual defense power far exceeds any military force.
Not far after entering the headquarters building, several senior generals walked over quickly, gave Master Windu a military salute, and said eagerly, "General Windu, Chancellor Palpatine are waiting in the conference room. Prime Minister of Kamino Rama-Su is also here."
Hearing Palpatine's name, Master Windu frowned slightly, but he still nodded and walked in.
Arriving at the conference room, a large number of red flashes were marked on the huge Milky Way star map in the center. These were areas where battles were breaking out in the Milky Way.
It can be clearly seen that the red flashes are most dense at the Western Reaches position, Northern Territory position and the relatively central position of the Milky Way. Of course, these are just the terms southeast, northwest, and direction on the flat star map. The directions cannot be distinguished on this spherical hologram, so we can only use the customary terms.
Master Windu stopped and watched in front of the holographic star map, speechless.
"The battles of Eriadu system and surrounding galaxies, Antar - Battle of the Delon system, and... the ever-expanding Geth problem." Palpatine's voice came from behind Master Windu, "This is now our Galactic Republic's innermost concern, and it has affected our Galactic Republic's life and death."
Master Windu turned around and stared at Palpatine's eyes. The red-light electronic eye on the left adjusted the focus. However, he only saw a calm, and could not feel any mania belonging to Dark Side.
Even now that he had obtained the information that Palpatine might be Sith Lord, he could not see any clues from Palpatine.
This even made him once again doubt the authenticity of the news.
But Master Yoda is indeed right. There is really nothing that can be done directly to Palpatine, and judging from the current situation, the possibility of a second Sith Lord is indeed very high.
In addition to the previously identified Archangel of Death and his apprentice Das-Lilim, the person who trained Das-Maul and Count Dooku should indeed be someone else.
Das-Sidious...Master Windu continued to stare into Palpatine's eyes and slowly asked, "So, what do you think? His Excellency the Chancellor."
"Oh, this is not like your style, Master Windu. Hahahaha..." Palpatine smiled bitterly, turned to Kaminoans Prime Minister Rama-Su and said, "Mr. Prime Minister, please tell me about the current Kamino situation."
Rama Su nodded and said, "As I reported before, Kamino suffered heavy losses in this raid by Separatists. Nearly a quarter of the capital Tipoca City was destroyed. In addition, Three other cities were severely damaged, with more than 4 million casualties. Even now, there are still an unknown number of Separatists Trident-class amphibious landing ship and A-Q series underwater robots in the ocean, which have not been completely eliminated."
"This level of casualties has profoundly shaken my support. Basically, I have determined that I will not be re-elected as Prime Minister." Rama-Su paused, and then said calmly, "In addition, Clone Trooper also suffered heavy losses. According to statistics, 170,000 clone training soldiers and underage clones died in the battle. This means that the next batch of Clone Trooper we can provide for Galactic Republic, only 4,000 people."
Master Windu shook his head, "This cannot meet the needs of the war situation at all."
"This is a huge crisis, Master Windu." Palpatine said with a long sigh. "To be honest, I am very frustrated. I don't even know how to continue the war. Is it... that we really can only make peace with Separatists and then admit the existence of the so-called Confederacy of Independent Systems they established?"
Rama-Su ignored them. Kaminoans had almost no emotion. He just continued to report, "Then for the clone factory, according to the instructions of Seve-Master Dias, the first batch of factories built 12 years ago and have been continuously expanded in recent years. The second-generation factory built was almost completely destroyed and its production capacity was completely lost. The clone Embryo Bank was also destroyed. Of the 40 million embryos, only close to 17 million could be rescued. The remaining embryos must be inspected to determine whether they will produce bad fetuses."
He clicked on the hologram, and a huge cross-section of a submarine building appeared on it, "This is Third Generation Clone Factory, which was built based on "Military Armaments Renewal Act". In fact, this factory was built last year, and the construction funds were provided by Galactic Republic Finance provides guarantee. Therefore, after the official approval of "Military Armaments Renewal Act" three months ago, the factory can be put into production immediately. In order to meet the needs of the war, it is set to mature within one year, but the entire life span is only 5 to 10 years."
"Third Generation Clone Factory is built on the seabed and has a very strong protective layer, so it survived the attack of Separatists. The third-generation factory can continue production after simple repairs, but after all, the output cannot be compared with the larger first- and second-generation factories."
After Rama-Su finished speaking, he turned to Master Windu, "And the DNA data was stolen. Separatists should be able to master our modifications to the DNA original body through reverse engineering and respond accordingly. In other words, in the next war, we are very likely to face directed genetic weapons specifically designed to kill Clone Trooper."
Palpatine shook his head and said to Master Windu, "So you asked me what I think... Master Windu, my idea is... I have no idea. Without Clone Army, we have lost this war."
Master Windu did not expect that these words would actually come from Palpatine's mouth, which in turn blocked any response he wanted to make, because in this case, he would not be able to conduct any tests on Palpatine and could only follow his wishes.
Palpatine, or Das-Sidious, a simple retreat in order to advance, puts Master Windu in a very contradictory situation.