1734. Six months later
19BBY, April. At this time, 6 months have passed since the establishment of the First Galactic Empire.
With the establishment of New Order, the Milky Way has now entered a relatively stable period. But anyone can see that beneath this apparent calmness lies an extremely terrifying storm, enough to swallow everything!
Mid Rim edge, Naboo.
A Imperial-class Star Destroyer hovers in the outer orbit of Naboo, floating quietly, overlooking this beautiful blue planet.
Imperial-class Star Destroyer is Consul-class Star Destroyer. It is the same type of ship as the Knight-class Star Destroyer that has been put into actual combat on many battlefields. It just adds Hangar Platform and can carry 72 V-wing Alpha-class Starfighter.
After the Galactic Empire was established, Consul-class Star Destroyer was renamed Imperial-class Star Destroyer and became the symbol of the Empire. Behind this name change, there is also a political and economic struggle, which will be mentioned later.
However, at this moment, the state of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer is very strange. It has neither released fighter jets to patrol like normal patrol missions, nor has it entered a planet-synchronous orbit to provide the most direct deterrent to the planet - this is also the method most often used by the the Empire fleet in the past few months since the establishment of the Empire.
This will continue for the foreseeable future.
This Imperial-class Star Destroyer is just floating quietly in the outer orbit, observing the planet like a bystander.
"Queen Jamillia (Queen Jamillia), that Star Destroyer is here again." Naboo Capital Theed City, Royal Palace of Naboo Inside, the Sheriff reported to the current Naboo Planet Queen Jamilia on the throne.
"Is there anything unusual about it?" Queen Jamillia asked.
"No, it just stopped motionless in our outer orbit. It didn't even respond to some spacecraft that flew by it..." The Sheriff shook his head and added, "Just like in the past six months... it has come four times."
"Since there is no change, just ignore it. Now in this sensitive period, we cannot easily offend Imperial authorities, which may bring disaster to us." Queen Jamillia said, "You should also know that in the past six years, In the past month, hundreds of planets have been punished by the Empire... These punishments are currently just the destruction of cities by Orbital Bombardment, but none of us know when the first planet to be completely destroyed will arrive..."
"Yes..." The Sheriff quickly lowered his head in response.
Huh... chih... huh... chih...
The sound of heavy breathing came from under the black fully enclosed mask. The pitch-black mask covered all his face, and even the position of his eyes looked like just two pieces of cold metal from the outside.
This is a demon-like person about 2 meters tall. His whole body was covered in jet-black alloy armor, with a life-support device installed on his chest. He was wearing a black cloak, which gave him a full sense of oppression.
And he is Darth-Vader!
After the Galactic Empire was established, he suddenly appeared next to Emperor Palpatine, and personally led the fleet to attack everywhere, bloody suppressing every planet that dared rebel against the Empire.
In just six months, Das-Vader's hands were stained with countless blood, and hundreds of cities were destroyed by him alone! The number of innocent civilians affected has been calculated into the hundreds of millions!
He was cruel, cold-blooded, and strictly carried out every order of Emperor Palpatine, bringing fear and oppression to every inch of the Galactic Empire's land.
Many people have also speculated about the origin of Darth-Vader, but no one knows. He seemed to appear out of thin air. He was already by the emperor's side after the Empire was established, and Palpatine also trusted him very much and trusted him to command the fleet with confidence.
Over the past six months, this black fully enclosed armor and the sound of heavy breathing have almost become synonymous with the horror of the Galactic Empire!
At this moment, Das-Vader was standing on the bridge, looking through the porthole at the blue Naboo opposite. He said nothing except his heavy breathing.
At this time, an officer wearing a gray military uniform came over.
The navy of the Galactic Empire has completely changed into this gray military uniform, which is completely different from the previous military uniform of Galactic Republic.
The officer said respectfully, "Lord Vader, every time we pass by on a mission, we always stop at Naboo. Why? Should we blow up Theed City and give it to those who dare to resist us..."
All I saw was that Das-Vader stretched out his hand, and the extremely powerful the Force instantly grabbed the officer out of thin air, grabbed his neck and lifted him up!
The metal mask with no visible expression turned around, but its cold eyes penetrated the mask unscrupulously, even reaching into the soul!
"Strengthen the safety control of Naboo! There must be no mistakes! If anything goes wrong, I will just twist your head off!" Das-Vader said coldly.
The officer's legs were kicking like a frog, but he still couldn't break free from Das-Vader's iron-like arms. It wasn't until his struggle became weaker and weaker that Vader pushed directly, pushing the officer several meters away and falling to the ground with a bang.
The officer held his neck and breathed heavily, feeling the relief of life returning to his body.
But he only took two breaths, and after barely being able to move, he quickly responded, "Yes!... Yes! I will arrange it right away..."
Das-Vader no longer paid attention to him. He turned to look at Naboo again, motionless and silent. There was a dead silence on the bridge, and no one even dared to breathe out. The whole place could only hear the sound of Das-Vader and the huffing and puffing breathing, which was terrifying and eerie.
It wasn't until several minutes passed that Das-Vader suddenly turned around, waved his hand and said, "Let's go! Go to the next target!"
"Yes... yes!!"
"Oh? Is that so? R2? That terrible Star Destroyer is gone?" A golden etiquette robot C-3PO looked at the clear sky and asked a short navigation robot at its feet.
Whispering... On the hemispherical head of the navigation robot R2-D2, the language module indicator light flashed for a while, and it spoke in the robot's language for a while.
"Oh, that's great!" C-3PO walked toward the interior of the manor with small steps. "I must inform the master that Star Destroyer is gone. The crisis of Naboo has been lifted once again, and we are safe."
Inside the manor, several women were taking care of a sleeping young woman in front of a soft and wide bed.
This sleeping woman is so beautiful. Her slightly thin cheeks are pale and bloodless, but her facial features are exquisite and her appearance is graceful. The eyes are closed tightly, but the long eyelashes tremble slightly with the breathing, which makes people think about how moving they will be when they are opened.
However, what is even more surprising is the woman's highly bulging belly. She is actually pregnant! And judging by the size of her abdomen, she is already close to giving birth!
This sleeping beauty is the former Naboo Senator, Padmé-Amidala, and also the secret wife and intimate lover of the former Jedi Knight Anakin-Skywalker.
At the end of May last year, it was also the time when Galactic Republic was undergoing drastic changes. Jedi Order was suddenly charged with rebelling against Galactic Republic, and it was also confirmed that Master Yoda tried to assassinate Speaker Palpatine. Immediately afterwards, Order 66 was released, killing all Jedi Knight.
The person who released Order 66 and personally led his troops to slaughter Jedi Temple was none other than Anakin!
Such a series of blows from Company One made Padmé-Amidala exhausted physically and mentally. After she had a big fight with Anakin to no avail, she had reached the limit both physically and mentally.
As a result, within a few days, news came that Anakin-Skywalker was killed in action. Anakin was actually killed by Sith Lord Archangel of Death who suddenly broke in when Naboo was visiting his mother! For Padmé, this is another fatal blow!
So at the subsequent funeral, facing the extremely sensational ceremony, Padmé-Amidala passed out because of his weak body and could not bear the blow, and he has not woken up yet.
Padmé's close friend and political colleague Bail-Organa also ran around and found arguably the best doctor in the galaxy to check it out.
However, the result was that Padmé-Amidala's condition was not serious. It was just that this unusual pregnancy consumed too much of her vitality, and it seemed that deep down in her heart, she had fallen into deep despair. She had lost the Will to survive... Therefore, she had been unable to wake up.
She was completely desperate for this world, this galaxy, and this Galactic Republic. She couldn't even imagine what she would face when she woke up. So, she has almost given up...
After the Galactic Empire was established, Padmé-Amidala were directly deprived of their qualifications as members. The current councilor Naboo is her most loyal maid, Dormé.
Of course, the current Imperial Senate is just a decoration. What the congressmen can do is to give the warmest applause to every resolution of the wise and powerful Emperor Palpatine.
Therefore, Dormé often returns to the remote and beautiful manor Naboo, taking care of Padmé-Amidala meticulously. In her mind, Padmé will always be her master, and it doesn't matter whether she is a congressman or anything else.
The etiquette robot C-3PO staggered in and said, "Dear Ms. Dormé. The Star Destroyer is gone. I think Naboo is safe again... Oh...!"
However, as soon as it finished speaking, it only heard a whooshing sound! Two V-wing Alpha-class Starfighter flew by at low altitude. The roar of the engines came and went away in an instant. The strong air flow even caused the trees planted on the manor to tumble.
"Nowhere in the entire within the Empire is safe now, C-3PO." Dormé sighed and said, "Anyone who disobeys Imperial orders will be subject to the most terrible retaliation immediately. Even if it is just one credit point less in taxes..."
"But that Imperial-class Star Destroyer..."
Dormé waved his hand, "Those are just the Galactic Empires that are sent around our planets to show off their power on a daily basis. These Star Destroyers are always warning us that the Empires are capable of burning our planets into coke at any time."
"I understand." C-3PO lowered his head.
"The Empire's monitoring of Naboo continues to strengthen, which shows that even though we are very respectful, in the eyes of Palpatine, we still haven't done enough." Dormé sighed, "I will find another way to raise some gifts to dedicate to His Majesty the Emperor."
As she spoke, she walked outside the manor, with C-3PO following behind.
Dormé looked up at the clear sky. The dazzling sunshine made her eyes narrow. She raised her hands to set up an awning and looked at the the Empire fighter jet that had gone away and was hovering in another place.
At this time, the communicator on her body rang. After opening it, it was an officer the Empire. This officer looked like a colonel based on his badge, but he was still arrogant and rude in front of Dormé, who was a member of the planet.
"I want to inform you Naboo that because of His Majesty the Emperor's approval, Naboo can apply to maintain the status quo for the next phase of taxes. This is a great opportunity. You must prepare all the application materials within today and call me. If the review is passed, then you should be able to live well. Hahahaha..." The officer laughed coldly twice.
Dormé understood immediately and hurriedly said, "The Empire, please rest assured that our application materials will definitely be delivered within today. We are also very grateful for your generosity, and we will also give you a small thought. We hope you can support us during the review."
"Hehehe... Then we have to see how the application materials you submitted are doing." The officer sneered and closed the communication.
Dormé breathed a sigh of relief and said to C-3PO behind him, "Although I don't know why, the Empire's financial control over us Naboo is relatively not so strict. This is somewhat good news for us... Compared with the taxes paid by our entire planet, satisfying the selfish desires of those officials is completely insignificant."
"But the Empire's monitoring of Naboo is also strengthening." C-3PO said.
"Then if we combine the two things, maybe the situation will not be so bad." Dormé was obviously much more relaxed. She was sending messages on the communicator to arrange things while saying, "Planet Ursus was punished a month ago because he failed to collect the required taxes..."
Speaking of this, her voice trembled again, "Palpatine said at the meeting that since Planet Ursus only paid 85% of the taxes, it means that only 85% of the people on this planet are loyal... So... So the next day, Dath-Vader's fleet bombed Planet Ursus... destroying three cities, and tens of millions of people died."
At this moment, a maid suddenly ran out of the manor and said eagerly, "Padmé Master... she is going to give birth!"