2298. On the verge of breaking out
11BBY, June 6, Northern Galaxy War Zone Command Headquarters, Palin-Minor planet.
"Akingano, you bastard!!" Dunn-Vesex crashed into the dungeon like a beast, roaring at the layers of fortified cells in the middle of the dungeon.
The cell door sealed by special metal opened, and a Grysk was locked inside.
"I don't know what you are talking about... Dear King of the North, Mr. Dunn-Vesex..." Grysk Akingano showed an ugly smile.
Dunn-Vesex walked over, grabbed Grysk, lifted him up, and roared, "Did you leak the information about the Star Gate!! Did you!!!"
"Hahahaha... how could it be me... the great King of the North." Akingano laughed sinisterly, "Aren't you keeping me here all the time?"
"Don't play tricks on me!!" Dunn-Vesex was furious, "Now the Empire is ready to declare war! The reason is because the Star Gate intelligence was handed over to His Majesty the Emperor!!"
"Oh... it turns out that after I gave you the Stargate information, you didn't give it to His Majesty Palpatine?" Akingano pretended to be surprised, "As the Empire's loyal King of the North, haven't you given the information to you now? You shouldn't!"
"Asshole!!" Dunn-Vesex smashed Akingano to the ground, "What else are you not telling me!!"
"Hehehe... of course..." Akingano was lying on the ground, reciting a piece of Grysk in a voice that was almost chanting, [Dark Lord has woken up, and the living fleet has set sail... Cherish the beauty in front of you, 50 years later... everything will be burned down.]
The restless Dunn-Vesex was too lazy to waste time with him and waved his hand casually, "Kill him!"
The two Dark Jedi Knight behind him who were wearing black robes immediately pulled out the blood-red Lightsaber, took a step forward and directly pierced Akingano's chest!
Dunn-Vesex returned to his office, but he was still pacing and turning around restlessly.
A week ago, Emperor Palpatine suddenly received information about Duchy of Dawn owning a star gate, and their expansion in Unknown Regions relied on the star gate. The star gate is a heaven-defying technology that can ignore hyperspace channels and directly conduct point-to-point hyperspace navigation.
This information can be said to be exactly the same as what Akingano sent to him before. So Dunn-Vesex's first reaction was whether the secret was leaked on his side.
However, after some detailed investigation, it was found that it was not the case. This information was obtained directly by Intelligence Department Minister Armand-Isard, and was reported directly to Palpatine on the same day.
Palpatine greatly appreciated Intelligence Department Minister Armand-Isard at the meeting, constantly praising him for getting such crucial information. Next, it was the moment when Palpatine changed his face. He was instantly furious and issued an order to launch an attack immediately to completely destroy Duchy of Dawn.
Although Imperial military is not willing to start a war at this time, the Stargate is right in front of him. If he does not fight now and waits until Duchy of Dawn actually completes the Stargate network, then Galactic Empire will really have no chance of winning.
Therefore, now even if Galactic Empire has just ended the war against Trade Federation, even if the Empire is exhausted, this time, the Empire must start a war immediately.
Although Dunn-Vesex wanted to stop it at the time, when he saw Palpatine's enthusiastic expression, he understood that he could not stop it.
Because even if there are ten thousand reasons for starting a war, if Palpatine does not want to fight, then this war will not be fought anyway. Dunn-Vesex knows Palpatine too well... The reason why he holds the information about the Star Gate is because he knows that Palpatine has wanted to start a war for a long time, but he just lacks an excuse.
If Dunn-Vesex knew that Duchy of Dawn had exhausted all its mechanisms and considered countless possibilities before finally deducing that Galactic Empire was bound to go to war, he would definitely respond with a mocking smile. Because, this has nothing to do with Stargate directly, it's just because Palpatine wants an excuse, that's all.
But what really makes Dunn-Vesex furious is that the war now has completely disrupted his plan! Because now he is presiding over the internal disruption operation against Chiss territory, and after deciding to start the war, Palpatine also very considerately asked him not to be responsible for the frontal battlefield and focus on Geth and Chiss territory, thereby handing over the overall command of the first phase of the war to Das-Vader!
But his plan was to take the credit from Chiss territory after Chiss territory made some progress, and then compete with Das-Vader for military power!
"Check it for me!! Check it for me!!" Dunn-Vesex said angrily, "Find it for me, who gave the Star Gate information to His Majesty the Emperor!!"
"Yes!" The two Dark Jedi Knight saluted and disappeared instantly.
Dunn-Vesex Still angry, he thought for a long time, took out a dedicated communicator from his drawer, contacted several people one after another, and then hurriedly walked out of the office.
11BBY, June 8th.
Grand Duke of Dawn Tang Xiao cordially met with the envoys of the Galactic Empire in Dawn Star Planet, and the two sides held talks in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere. Tang Xiao once again emphasized that Duchy of Dawn is definitely Galactic Empire's best partner, and he claimed that the recent mobilization of Duchy of Dawn was limited to the army in response to the increasingly rampant liberals and Rebel Alliance, and was definitely not directed at the Galactic Empire.
On June 17, Duchy of Dawn Military Intelligence Department monitored the fluctuations of the Galactic Empire's large-scale fleet movement for the first time through the hyperspace outpost. According to the investigation, this movement was located near the Empire's capital Imperial Center.
On June 30, Galactic Empire carried out a large-scale defense change and reduced the garrison of the two border military bases Fondor Planet and Kira planet by 10%. And the media on the Empire trumpeted that this was a peaceful and charitable act by His Majesty the Emperor.
On July 1, Liming Prime Minister of the Duchy Francis-Underwood announced his resignation, and the cabinet he formed, including Claire-Underwood, was also dissolved.
On July 2, Deputy Prime Minister Daphne-Clement became Duchy of Dawn's second prime minister and began to form a cabinet. Hari Seldon, a young generation official with high hopes, entered the cabinet and served as Minister of Internal Affairs.
On July 24, Hari Seldon announced the construction plan for Duchy of Dawn in the next five years.
On July 33, Galactic Empire's affiliate, InterGalactic Banking Clan (S) launched an investigation into Rendili StarDrive, claiming that Rendili StarDrive and Galactic Republic era had a large number of false accounts and corruption. Urlan family is required to explain and withdraw the stolen money of up to 40 billion credit points.
On July 35, Rendili StarDrive refused to investigate and stated that any accounts from the Galactic Republic period had passed the prosecution period and would be ignored.
On August 1, InterGalactic Banking Clan (S) co-chairs Rush-Clovis ordered the formation of an investigation team to go to Rendili Planet to request an investigation.
In the afternoon of the same day, Galactic Empire announced that Imperial Department of Economic Management would also send senior officials to join the investigation team.
On August 3, the investigation team was detained by Rendili Planet.