2058, Dark Emperor
Mas-Amedda opened a holographic projection in front of him, and some blurry pictures appeared on it. He pointed to the projection of one of the stars and said, "Although Duchy of Dawn has a very strict blockade on their borders, and Vaxian is also a very exclusive race. Almost no one of them goes to other planets. Therefore, our agents cannot bribe them at all, nor can they sneak in. However, our most advanced wide-area deep space probe still took a large number of still photos of Vaxian Planet."
He selected the key points of these pictures, arranged them one by one, and then said, "There are too many photos, so unless there is corresponding dynamic information support, Imperial Security Bureau will not check it. At present, we have compared and screened a total of 14 billion photos of Vaxian system, and we can basically understand the process of their construction of Star Ring."
He pointed to one of the photos again, "Look, this is a photo from about 8 years ago. Here, a shadow appears in this direction of Vaxian star. According to the resolution of the deep space probe, the diameter of this shadow should be more than 10,000 kilometers... Since then, this shadow has always existed and continued to expand. So we can conclude that the construction of Vaxian star's constant Star Ring should have started 9 to 10 years ago."
"This is exactly the question Little Kuat raised." Mas-Amedda called up a long list of data. "According to reports from our intelligence officers elsewhere, the mining situation of several major within the Duchy of Dawn mines reached a peak almost 10 years ago, and then gradually dropped back to normal levels. This is very strange, because even if Dawn Star Planet mines all those mines, it is impossible to build the constant Star Ring to one third. This shows that they mine this huge amount of minerals from other places."
"Are you trying to convince me that Duchy of Dawn built a new mine from a place we don't know, and reached an extremely huge output in an instant, and can even build an eternal Star Ring?" Palpatine asked in return.
Mas-Amedda suddenly broke out in cold sweat, lowered his head and said, "The information we currently have is this. Your Majesty. That's why Little Kuat said at yesterday's meeting that a constant Star Ring is not scary, what is scary is the huge amount of resource collection and the mining capabilities behind it. If there is a matching interstellar shipyard, then Kuat Drive Yards's proud industrial Star Ring will not be worth mentioning."
"Haha... Then tell Little Kuat, if his Kuat Drive Yards is not worth mentioning, he should know what I will do..." Palpatine sneered.
Mas-Amedda continued, "According to calculations, to build a constant Star Ring of that scale, at least 20 mineral stars need to be hollowed out. And they actually achieved this within 10 years."
"So, what's your opinion? Do we need to launch a war against Duchy of Dawn immediately?" Palpatine suddenly asked.
Mas-Amedda was sweating profusely when he heard these heart-wrenching words. He quickly said, "If a war starts now, I'm afraid even Core Worlds It cannot be stabilized. This matter needs to be considered in the long term. Moreover, the activities of those rebels are still very active. If the rebels cannot be eliminated, I am afraid that even if the war starts, our rear will continue to be harassed."
"Bastard!!" Palpatine roared, the sound was like thunder, which made Mas-Amedda stumble. He stood up and shouted loudly as if he was crazy, "Those rebels are all Tang Xiao's conspiracy!! He is the one behind it! And I know... I know, Core Worlds has been with him for a long time! Wait! Sooner or later, I will arrest these people one by one and hang them at the door of Imperial Senate! No one can resist me!"
Mas-Amedda was lying on the ground. Facing Palpatine, Dark Side Force, who was getting more and more terrifying day by day, could only tremble and kept mumbling, "Yes... yes... yes..."
However, Palpatine suddenly calmed down, as if the mania just now did not exist at all. He stepped forward and personally helped the trembling Mas-Amedda up, and helped him dust himself off. He said with a smile, "Go tell those idiots in the the Empire military department that I need a plan, I need a timetable! I will count the days day by day and watch Tang Xiao die!"
Although he has a warm smile on his face, his eyes with golden light are like wild beasts, ferocious, cruel, bloodthirsty and easy to kill!
"Yes... yes... yes..." Mas-Amedda no longer knew what to say and could only respond like a yes man.
Palpatine had returned to sit on the throne at this time, and his tone returned to calmness, "So, what about the battleship? Didn't Little Kuat promise me that he has found the best battleship designer? I need weapons that can compete with those battleships of Duchy of Dawn. I don't want to hear from you again how many times the force we need to defeat Tang Xiao."
"Imperial II-class Star Destroyer has completed the design and submitted it for Shipbuilding Supervision Committee approval, and will start modification and new construction work in the near future. It is expected that by this time next year, we will have completed 3,000 new Imperial II-class Star Destroyer and completed Imperial I-class Star Destroyer modernized 8,000 ships. "Mas-Amedda is quite professional. He immediately found the corresponding report and used this exaggerated number to temporarily fill the dark emperor's endless greed.
"Ah... Ten thousand Empire II-class ships... Hehehehe... Very good, very good!" Palpatine laughed with great satisfaction, "Don't worry, Mas-Ameda, my dear minister. Do you think I will rush to the Principality of Dawn regardless of everything? Hehehehe... No, no. I am very reasonable. Wisdom. I always know that those rebels are the real culprit. I will use all the 10,000 Empire II-class Star Destroyers to destroy the rebels. It will only take two years at most. Then, it will be time for me to crush this disgusting guinea pig to death."
Mas-Amedda is sweating even more on his back. How can there be ten thousand Imperial-class Star Destroyer? Counting Victory-class and other battleships, it's almost the same. However, in order to calm down Palpatine's anger, he didn't care so much. He could only respond mechanically, "Yes... yes..."
"Then, I need more battleships, more soldiers, more resources, and more money! Tell Rush-Clovis that no matter what method I use, he must provide me with the funds needed for the military expansion plan I proposed at the conference yesterday! Otherwise... InterGalactic Banking Clan (S) has no need to exist!"
Mas-Amedda immediately replied, "Yes... yes, Your Majesty. Recently, we have also found some traces in the activities of the rebels. It seems that they are commanded by someone behind the scenes... As long as we find the headquarters of the rebels and annihilate them in one fell swoop, these rebels will not be afraid."
"Ah... I'm looking forward to that day coming... Hehehehehe, hahahahahahahaha..." Amid Palpatine's distorted laughter, Mas-Amedda left the palace as if they were running away.
I don't know since when, Emperor Palpatine locked himself alone in the palace more and more often. Sometimes I don't even know where he will go, it's very mysterious anyway. But the only thing that can be determined is that Dark Side Force of Palpatine is getting bigger and bigger and more and more terrifying!
Mas-Amedda couldn't help but look back at the palace, which was brightly lit but shrouded in darkness in the center. For the first time, the Empire felt a little confused about the way forward.