1857. The fall of Sarukami
16BBY, July 4th, is the third year since Galactic Empire was established.
Outer Rim of the galaxy, Confederacy of Independent Systems Fortress Planet, Sarukami (Saluecami).
Around this once beautiful planet, there are fragments and wreckage of battleships everywhere. There are so many fragments that they even formed an asteroid belt!
And in the low-Earth orbit of the planet, there are still several extremely huge pieces of metal structure debris floating there. This is the bombed Star Ring! Moreover, these debris have been captured by the planet's gravity and are in an extremely dangerous orbit. They may be pulled down by gravity at any time and hit the ground heavily, causing a terrible disaster no less than a nuclear bomb explosion.
There is no doubt that Saleucami Planet has become a ruins of war...
The culprit who caused this disaster is still wandering around the planet at this moment, and they are hundreds of terrifying warships! Triangular wedge-shaped hull, towering bridge, dense Turbolaser Turret array - Imperial-class Star Destroyer!
The glory of the Galactic Empire!
In addition to hundreds of Imperial-class Star Destroyer, there are thousands of small and medium-sized warships, including Aquitenes-class light cruiser, Vindicator-class heavy cruiser, Marauder-class frigate and so on.
In addition, more than a hundred 2200-meter class Pursuer-class aircraft carrier are also behind the fleet formation, and countless fighter jets are rising and landing on the take-off and landing platforms of these aircraft carriers. There are both the classic V-wing fighter Galactic Republic and a brand new light fighter.
A kind of light fighter with a spherical cockpit and two solar panels - TIE/LN fighter. These fighters are extremely large in number and are dispatched in swarms. The number of each formation is 24, like locusts.
And in the center of these countless battleships and fighter jets, guarded by stars like a moon, was an extremely huge super battleship!
This super battleship is like a dagger, sharp and flat, shining with silver-gray luster under the light of stars. Next to this super battleship, even the 1,600-meter-long Imperial-class Star Destroyer is as small as a mouse.
Because the length of this super battleship has reached a terrifying 19,000 meters! This has far exceeded the length of the largest warship ever owned by Duchy of Dawn and Confederacy of Independent Systems - the 14,100-meter-long Ragnarok-class Titan warship.
Why do you say it was once?
Because the wreckage of Ragnarok-class Titan warship's second ship, Tenebrous, Titan warship, is stuck upside down in a desert in the southern hemisphere of Saleucami Planet. The high temperature generated by the explosion has crystallized the entire desert, and the debris thrown away by the explosion has even covered hundreds of kilometers around it!
That's right, Tenebrous, has been destroyed. And what destroyed this terrible Titan warship was the giant ship floating in the universe, the 19,000-meter-long giant ship——
Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, the first ship, Executor!
Above the huge hull of Executor is a group of deck buildings. This includes the bridge, barracks, residential area, maintenance area and other divisions. Because of the huge hull of Executor, this deck building complex can be called a city!
Such a huge battleship is equipped with 2,000 multifunctional Turbolaser cannons, 2,000 heavy-duty laser cannons, 250 Concussion Missile launchers, 250 heavy ion cannons, 500 Point Defense System, and 40 million-ton tractor beams!
The huge Hangar Platform can even accommodate close to 2,000 TIE/LN fighters!
Such insane firepower is enough to turn any target that dares to appear within its strike range into pieces in an instant.
This is the first gift Little Kuat gave to Emperor Palpatine after taking charge of Kuat Drive Yards - Super Star Destroyer.
And before Lila-Blythex, oh no, now she is the official wife of Dunn-Vesex, she should be called Lila-Vesex. Compared with the farce-like 'Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer' she once hosted, Executor-class Super Star Destroyer is more pragmatic and concise.
Because Executor-class basically has no new technology. In short, it is bigger, more, faster and stronger.
Not enough firepower? Then increase the number of turrets; can't the turrets fit in? Then expand the ship body; not enough energy? Then install a few more sets of reactors!
So if Executor-class Super Star Destroyer is the super doubled version of Imperial-class Star Destroyer, there is actually no problem. Because above Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, it is still the XX-9 heavy-duty Turbolaser gun that has been used from the Galactic Republic period to the Imperial Navy period.
Well, this is already a veritable ancestral cannon.
But no matter what, big is strong! More is stronger! In the face of such powerful firepower, even Ragnarok-class Titan warship can only be defeated.
At this moment, in the center of the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer's bridge, a tall figure in black clothes, black armor, and a black cloak was standing there quietly, looking through the porthole at the devastated Saleucami Planet ahead. The cold mask obscured his face and expression, and only the heavy breathing sound from the life-support device reminded that this cold, dark man was still alive.
Das-Vader, the first general under Emperor Palpatine, was also him. He personally led a huge fleet to crush Confederacy of Independent Systems's resistance and turned Saleucami Planet into ruins!
His command was ruthless and violent, and he won a total victory in the head-to-head confrontation with Confederacy of Independent Systems's Commander General Grievous, leaving General Grievous to abandon Dark Titan Warship as a bait, and then flee in panic in a fighter jet.
Next, Das-Vader's fleet smashed all the defense systems around Saleucami Planet, including the armed Star Ring built by Confederacy of Independent Systems! All resistance was crushed under the iron fist of the Empire!
In order to capture Saleucami Planet, Darth-Vader assembled Galactic Empire since Galactic Republic until now, which can be said to be the largest fleet in history. There are as many as 700 battleships alone! Mainly Imperial-class Star Destroyer, supplemented by Victory II-class Star Destroyer, Pursuer-class aircraft carrier, and a small amount of Hunter Class Battlecruiser used to transport fighter jets.
In addition, there are more than 3,000 small and medium-sized warships, and 20 Acclamator-class assault ship!
In the face of such an offensive, Saleucami Planet's defense line that had held firm for four years collapsed. In the end, most of the defensive fleet was wiped out, and only a small number had a chance to escape.
In this last battle alone, Confederacy of Independent Systems invested 80 Behemoth-class battlecruiser, 25 Deceiver-class destroyer, 40 Defiant-class light destroyer, 20 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, 10 Luukri-Hok-class battleship, and 5 Fortress-class battlecruiser that had just been in service.
Even in order to resist the Empire's army, they even pulled out more than 60 Generous-class frigate, which had long been relegated to the second line.
This patchwork of more than 200 capital ships, plus more than 1,000 small and medium-sized warships, together with about half of the fortress-level star rings built on Salukami planet, and more than 40 armed space stations, formed their last line of defense.
But it was still completely destroyed in front of the huge fleet led by Darth-Vader!
In fact, the Conqueror-class battleship originally equipped with Dragon's breath, and the even larger Devastation-class battleship were also equipped with Saleucami Planet. But after Count Dooku saw Galactic Empire's army approaching, he moved the two super battleships to the rear and did not participate in the battle.
Count Dooku intends to let Conqueror-class battleship Number Three Ship and Slaughter-class battleship equipped with super weapons like Dragon's breath go to the hinterland of the Galactic Empire to launch a raid. After all, Dragon's breath is, to put it bluntly, a super poisonous gas. It is useless in fleet combat, but it is very sharp in destroying a planet.
In the previous battle, Count Dooku also realized that Ragnarok-class Titan warship was no match for Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, so he regarded the Devastation-class battleship as his final trump card. He was unwilling to lose all his chips in such a battle.
Devastation-class battleship is based on Conqueror-class battleship, adding a super Pulse Laser cannon powered by Kyber Crystal. The length of this super Pulse Laser gun group reaches more than 3,000 meters, so the overall length of Devastation-class battleship reaches more than 7,600 meters.
Count Dooku took this battleship back to Raxus Prime, preparing to make the final resistance there.
Because there is no other way now, as Confederacy of Independent Systems throws away Saleucami Planet, Galactic Empire's fleet penetrates deep into the hinterland of Confederacy of Independent Systems without any hindrance. In the past, there was no hyperspace channel transportation hub to resist Galactic Empire's fleet.
All that's left are those planets fighting on their own. Because after occupying Saleucami Planet, Semirres Planet, Felucia, Osus Planet, Raxus system, and Jabiim planet are all within the direct attack range of Galactic Empire fleet!
Even Port Pament, their largest industrial center and interstellar shipyard, is not safe now!
Now Confederacy of Independent Systems is the only important planet in the rear, and that is the ocean planet where Quarren and Mon Calamari live, Dak Planet.
However, with the fall of Saleucami Planet, Mon Calamari, who was originally opposed to joining the war, is afraid that their power will rise again, bringing huge political pressure to Quarren.
Das-Vader stood on the bridge of Executor, quietly watching the complete collapse of Saleucami Planet's defense line in front of him, and then said in a dull voice hidden under the metal mask, "Let Stormtroopers start landing, drag out everyone on Saleucami Planet, and focus on shooting."
"Lord Vader, in fact, we can just Orbital Bombardment blast Saleucami Planet flat. Then we can immediately move forward like Separatists's Core Worlds." said the adjutant on the side.
Das-Vader turned his head and glanced at the adjutant. Although the black helmet covered his entire head, and even the eyes were made of two pieces of pitch-black metal, making it impossible to see any of his expressions, the cold breath and the terrible sense of oppression still made the adjutant's legs weak.
"I still have a use for this planet. Use drones to shoot the video footage of everyone on the planet from all angles, and broadcast it continuously on Separatists's network." Das-Vader said coldly, "Next time you let me hear these stupid words, you will also appear on the execution list."
After saying that, he flicked the cloak behind him, turned around and walked out.
One Acclamator-class assault ship after another entered the atmosphere of Saleucami Planet, and even more than ten Imperial-class Star Destroyer followed Acclamator-class.
In front of these terrifying battleships, the remaining Confederacy of Independent Systems soldiers on the Saleucami Planet, as well as the civilians who had not evacuated, were all silent. Not to mention resisting, they did not even have the courage to vent their anger!
Galactic Empire's violent and brutal attack plunged everyone on Saleucami Planet into deep fear and endless despair.
They could only huddle among the ruins and tremble, waiting for the doomsday to fall from the sky.
Indeed, many of them thought that Galactic Empire would end up with Saleucami Planet, who had resisted their army for four years, completely blowing Orbital Bombardment into a glass ball.
At least in front of Orbital Bombardment like this, death is just a matter of a moment...
However, the development of things was beyond their expectations!
A large number of LAAT assault transport and large transport ships flew out from the battleship's Hangar Platform, which were full of Imperial Stormtroopers.
These Stormtrooper are wearing white third-generation polymer alloy armor, and their full-coverage helmets make them look cold and ruthless. In fact, this is also true. Most of these soldiers are Spaarti clone troopers, and as time goes by, the problem of soldier shortage is gradually solved, so the growth cycle of these Spaarti clone troopers has been increased to 2 to 3 years, making them relatively more stable.
These Clone Trooper are all cold-blooded and ruthless killing machines. After landing, they immediately entered cities and settlements and scanned everywhere with life detectors. As long as someone is found hiding, no matter who they are, they can be dragged out and thrown into a hover truck, and then transported to the open areas of the city ruins.
In the sky, V-wing fighter and TIE/LN fighter jets flew by in groups, patrolling the air, looking for every fish that slipped through the net.
Then when the number of people captured reaches tens of thousands, these Imperial Stormtroopers and Clone Trooper will immediately set up E-WEB heavy blaster machine guns and shoot directly at these poor people!
Countless people screamed and fell in a pool of blood, and some tried to escape, but it was impossible! The surrounding Stormtrooper will kill all these people one by one like target practice!
Then, it's the next place, the next group of people...
This is a brutal massacre, a cleansing of an entire planet!
It is also the answer given by the Galactic Empire, Palpatine and Das-Vader, for Confederacy of Independent Systems!