2527. Movements of both parties
Hutt Space, Eadu (Eadu).
After General Grievous escaped to Hutt Space, he built his own military base here with the help of Hutt Grand Leader Oruba-Goresla.
The atmosphere of Eadu is very strange. There are terrible storms everywhere in the atmosphere, and they contain extremely high energy. For hundreds of millions of years, the energy emitted from the star has been concentrated without leaking out, making the planet's atmosphere a thermal energy layer.
Therefore, although Eadu is very far away from the star, about the distance from the sun to Neptune, the interior of this planet can actually be inhabited by living creatures.
And the existence of this thermal energy layer that can absorb most of the energy also makes the planet difficult to detect. Galactic Empire once built a secret laboratory here to experiment with super Energy Weapons, but later as Rebel Alliance began to break out everywhere and Hutt Space also began to become independent, this laboratory was abandoned.
Now, this planet has become General Grievous's secret base.
His fleet is parked around the planet because the spaceport is limited and only a few damaged warships can dock. The other warships are being resupplied via transport ships.
Outside the interstellar spaceport, close to the planet's synchronous orbit, there are several extremely ferocious-looking starry sky buildings. The background color of these buildings is black, with countless ferocious spikes extending around them, and the tops of the spikes are all blood red, as if they are structures from hell.
These starry sky buildings are also very large in size, with diameters mostly exceeding 2,000 meters. From the buildings, you can see lines of light connecting to the planet's thermal energy layer. However, they do not seem to be absorbing energy, but are collecting data to study the secrets of the planet's thermal energy layer.
And now the absolute main force of General Grievous - 15 Typhoon-class battlecruisers, are docked next to these ferocious buildings.
There is no doubt that these are the interstellar scientific research centers of Vasari. After they discovered Eadu, they showed great interest in it and immediately built a research center here. According to Phase Engineer of Vasari, Eadu is a natural dark energy testing ground. The planet's atmosphere contains a special dark energy material that existed when the planet was formed.
It is precisely because of this that the planet can continuously absorb incoming energy and prevent energy from overflowing. After billions of years of evolution, the thermal energy layer of this planet has been very stable. The middle of the planet's thermal energy layer is the best experimental environment for conducting experiments on dark energy. The basis of all Vasari's technology comes from dark energy!
Taking a shuttle to one of the largest interstellar research centers, General Grievous walked down, only to see that the entire Hangar Platform was also in black and red tones, which looked very depressing.
And there are also a large number of robots and workers working inside. The robots here are also black and red and look ferocious. The workers were of all races, but what they had in common was that they all had a small device installed on their foreheads, emitting a red light. Not only that, they all carry a device similar to a backpack, which extends several sharp claws and pierces the bodies of these workers.
Driven by this series of machinery, these workers are very obedient, and their speed and strength are far beyond ordinary people, and they even retain their own wisdom!
General Grievous also knows that this is how Vasari enslaves those slaves. As a race that once dominated their own galaxy, Vasari naturally has their own complete system to achieve their goals, and they don't care whether this system is 'humane' or not.
But for General Grievous, he didn't care either. What he cares more about is Phase missile provided by Vasari!
When I came to one of the huge laboratories, I only saw a space divided by electromagnetic fields in the middle of the laboratory. The space was pitch black and nothing could be seen. However, on a display screen next to it, the content inside the space was displayed - inside was a Phase missile.
This is the Phase missile model used by Typhoon-class battlecruiser. This is a large cruise missile, 12 meters long, with a slender shape, and a structure that shines with a light purple light in the middle of the missile. In this completely dark space, the missile loomed, sometimes disappearing and sometimes appearing.
Then, under the control of Engineer Vasari, some other metal objects were sent into this dark space. I only saw that these metal objects passed directly through the missile without any hindrance!
At this time, a Vasari Phase Engineer wearing a robe and holding a metal crutch like a staff came over and said to General Grievous, "The so-called phase technology is actually a high-dimensional technology. The use of space. The movement of objects in high-dimensional space is phase movement, which is often called transition. Phase missile is actually just a primary application of micro phase movement. The reason why it is primary is because this movement is uncontrollable as a whole."
He pressed a few buttons, and countless data in Vasari language appeared on the screen, and then said, "We installed sensors on Phase missile and input the deployment distance of the target battleship Deflector Shield in advance. For example, Imperial-class Star Destroyer, this data is 150 meters away from the ship... Then after the missile approaches this distance, a built-in dark energy bomb will detonate, generating a miniature phase field, sending the missile to the phase space, and performing phase movement, passing through the shield."
"Because the phase field generated by the explosion can only exist for less than a microsecond, the phase shift of the missile is also very short, ensuring that it can hit the armor of the battleship after passing through the shield and cause damage. Therefore, the timing of the phase bomb explosion needs to be accurately grasped. If it is too early, the missile will not be able to pass through the shield. If it is too late, the missile will enter the interior of the battleship. However, the battleship itself has a huge mass, so this mass will cause the phase shift to fail, and the missile will instantly decompose without any impact on the real space."
"A very exquisite design! So, what is the probability of Phase missile passing through the shield now?" General Grievous nodded with satisfaction.
"About 60%. Moreover, we haven't found a more suitable dark energy material yet, so Phase missile can only appear in the size of this large cruise missile. When we break through the technology of dark energy materials, this thing that seems unattainable to the Galactic Empire is just our conventional attack method, hahahaha!" Vasari Phase Engineer laughed.
"So, when can I get the next batch of Phase missile?" General Grievous asked.
"Very soon, hahahaha. I said, Phase missile is just the beginning! One day, the entire galaxy will tremble under our iron hooves! Hahahaha!" Phase Engineer seemed to be in a good mood.
"I hope you are still on our side at that time." General Grievous said coldly with a sound of metal collision, "Otherwise, I will twist off your head with my own hands!"
"It won't be yours. Don't worry." Phase Engineer laughed ferociously.
However, at this moment, Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army's main fleet is stationed and Boonta's command center. Imperial Admiral Adal Talon had a sad face. There was a paper notebook in front of him, with countless words and pictures written on it. He was deducing the battle in his own way.
But the result is disappointing...
For him, an unavoidable problem is casualties. Whether it is Shield-piercing missile or Destruction battleship, this is a method that can cause visible damage to one's own warships, and the existence of this method makes it impossible for him to drive his Star Destroyer captains to die.
But without paying the price of heavy casualties, it would be impossible for him to defeat Destruction.
So the only way is to let your battleship formation chase the opponent's Typhoon-class battlecruiser. But the problem is that even if Destruction battleship's obstruction is not considered, General Grievous still has a fleet of small battleships with extremely fast speed and super firepower.
One thing that those strange-shaped warships have in common is that there are always many structures on them that look like solar panels. Well, the technician told him that these are light-sensitive radar arrays. No matter what, these warships seem to be advanced warships developed by Hutt in recent years. Their protection is very weak, but their speed and firepower are far superior to warships of the same level.
With the threat of such a high-speed formation like a wolf pack, Adar Talon did not dare to really let the leader of his battleship formation go straight in and circle Typhoon-class battlecruiser.
In the end, the only way he could think of was to fight steadily, use the battleship formation to compete with Destruction battleship and Typhoon-class battlecruiser, endure extremely high battle losses, and repel the opponent head-on.
But in this way, Destruction battleship no longer needs to continue to launch EMP cannon, and instead uses super Star Destroyer cannon from the bow to attack. How much can the battleship in his hands withstand?
Adar Talon sighed, and angrily tore out the pages from his notebook, crumpled them into a ball, and threw them aside.
He found that many battleships of Kingdom of Dawn are really shameless. They have enough means to make it impossible for you to stick to one side, such as Particle Beam Lance, such as Shield-piercing missile, such as various super Star Destroyer cannon, but there are more ways to prevent you from fighting them in the best condition... such as various energy reductions, various Fleet Shield, and various Nanobots repairs.
In short, in front of Kingdom of Dawn fleet, the numbers are just clouds and fake. Many times, superior military strength will become a trap for one's own generals.
Of course Adar Talon also knows that a composite ship formation like Kingdom of Dawn will have a great impact on logistics, but the problem is that the initiative on the battlefield is now in the hands of others, and it is their initiative to choose where they want to fight. And they also have star gates, so they don't have to worry about the transportation of supplies... In fact, if you want to cut off the other party's supplies, you don't know where to cut them off!
The conclusion is...
Ask for help.
Adal-Talon spent a whole night writing a very detailed combat report, and deeply analyzed the new warships, new technologies, and new tactics displayed by Kingdom of Dawn, and put forward many opinions and suggestions.
For example, developing high-speed frigates to replace bombers and bombing warships outside the attack range of the opponent's large-scale three-dimensional bombs; for example, preparing more Light Cruiser or high-speed Star Destroyer, so that the opponent's core warships can be thrown away through mobility and create a local strength advantage.
He also suggested that when necessary, it may be necessary to sacrifice some warships in exchange for a chance of victory. At this time, fully automatic unmanned warships or warships controlled entirely by robots may be a better choice.
Not only that, Adal-Talon mentioned that Shield-piercing missile may come from a completely different technological system than the current one. He thought it might come from a new race, perhaps what race Kingdom of Dawn brought from Unknown Regions.
At the same time, Adal-Talon also began to send out a large number of reconnaissance aircraft to find the opponent's logistics supply center or star gate. As long as the Star Gate can be found, then maybe one can also have the ability to actively choose the battlefield.
After the news was sent out, Adar Talon was not idle. He began to visit warships one by one, holding discussions with captains, officers at all levels, and soldiers, and even organized a large-scale social gathering. The purpose is to boost morale, unify thinking, and brainstorm ideas.
He also had a long conversation with Twelfth Army Governor Seben to discuss the possibility of defeating General Grievous in macro terms.
After doing all this, he found that he had not slept for three days, relying entirely on refreshing potions to support himself.
But it's not time to rest yet! General Grievous may make a comeback at any time!
Adar Talon sat down in his office and created a new report in his personal terminal: [About the historical conflicts between Mon Calamari and Quarren and the diplomatic methods that can be used]
While writing, I began to consult a large number of historical records about Dak Planet.
At this moment, there was a soft sound from the personal terminal, and he found that it was a message, and the sender was the Galaxy Imperial Supreme Strategic Command General Staff Office!
He took a deep breath and opened the message.
However, unlike what was expected, the content of the message made Adar Talon's eyes darken!
Imperial military severely reprimanded him for his failure in the battle and warned him that the strength of the fleet in his hands was more than ten times that of General Grievous. With nearly 300 capital ships, he was actually repelled by a mere Destruction battleship and 15 new warships. Such a gap is unique! Such a failure will only be considered by Imperial military as an act of fear and avoidance of war and evasion of responsibility.
Finally, Imperial military warned Adal Talon that even if General Grievous's fleet could not be destroyed, the border security should at least be ensured. If you can't even do this, then what's the value of you Admiral of the Navy, a mere civilian who was promoted?