2540. Looking for Hydra
Matt-Marshal Horner frowned slightly, looked at the report in front of him, and said, "This report is a bit exaggerated. However, I do think it is better to let Lin Nanyi go for this operation. In terms of command style and combat experience, he is indeed a talented person. Give young people more opportunities. And..."
He paused and said, "We must also consider another issue - that is, this operation is coordinated with General Grievous. Lin Nanyi also had contacts with General Grievous during Clone Wars. This will play a role. Grievous is not an easy person to get along with."
Qi Jian thought for a while, and finally nodded, "In this way, it makes sense. Eastern Territory is far away from home. When the time comes, we will deal with this 'Meteor Plan' in a low-key manner, and we can also let Lin Nanyi is staying away from the center of the storm for the time being. Okay, then, let Malcolm-General Granger be in charge of the Kira planet fleet, with General Townes as deputy Commander."
The meeting was finalized and Meteor Plan began to advance in secret.
Deputy Chief of Staff Winston Macca returned to his office and threw today's report to his adjutant with some displeasure, "Be careful with your words when writing the report! Today Marshal Horner directly pointed out the exaggeration problem of this report! And the analysis report of the personnel arrangement must be as detailed as possible, and political considerations must also be analyzed. Why did this Lin Nanyi analysis report omit this part?"
"I'm sorry, Deputy Chief of Staff. This was our negligence." The deputy quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
"Okay. This time, it seems that Chief of Staff Qi was originally a little undecided about the choice of Lin Nanyi, so in the end he chose Lin Nanyi. You can arrange the next thing. Remember, the appointment of Lin Nanyi must be low-key." Winston Macca said.
"Yes! I will arrange it immediately!" The adjutant lowered his head to hide his ecstatic expression. When he raised his head, he was already calm, "I will handle it in a low-key manner."
Lin Nanyi looked at the appointment document in his hand, his expression a little dull. He didn't expect that with just a communication, the matter was actually done?
Feng Lisi also saw this document, and she immediately beamed, "Congratulations, General Lin. Now, you are the total Commander of Eastern Territory Fleet!"
"Jin Hao He can actually influence such an appointment?" Lin Nanyi became a little wary.
"I think it's not about influence. It's about making the right suggestions at the right time." Feng Lisi said with a smile, "If you are not the right candidate, then I'm afraid it won't pass no matter what. In the end, it is you who will influence the choice."
Lin Nanyi looked at the appointment document again and nodded silently.
"Then, get ready to go to Eastern Territory!" Feng Lisi said eagerly, "I am somewhat looking forward to what the goal of this battle will be. Is it to eliminate Imperial Twelfth Army?"
"The combat target is top secret." Lin Nanyi finally relaxed and stroked the braid on the back of Feng Lisi's head. "Besides, your 1097 Escort Fleet is not in this combat sequence. I'm afraid we have to be separated for a while."
"I knew it..." Feng Lisi was a little frustrated. She held Lin Nanyi's hand tightly and pulled hard, dragging herself into Lin Nanyi's arms and snuggling up. "However, I look forward to the moment when you are reborn from the ashes, make achievements, and travel across the galaxy."
As he spoke, he hugged Lin Nanyi tightly, raised his head slightly, and closed his eyes.
Sure enough, after a moment, his lips felt warm and moist, as well as the unique masculine scent of Lin Nanyi.
The two were entangled, expressing and venting their love to their heart's content.
"Fight... my love..."
"Is it done?" Jin Hao lit his cigar, looked at the person hidden in the shadows in front of him, and asked slowly.
"It's done. Lin Nanyi has been appointed as Fleet Commander for this Eastern Territory combat operation, and he also fully believes that you are controlling this matter from beginning to end." Black Shadow said.
"Hehehehe..." Jin Hao sneered, "It seems like it's just a report. But you know, this report is to be handed over to General Staff Headquarters. Just to do this, you need to spend countless money, connections and resources. Control? It's not that simple."
"But it's enough for him to think so." Black Shadow said.
"First send some manpower and resources to Eastern Territory in advance. No matter what method is used, we must ensure Lin Nanyi's victory in this battle." Jin Hao said.
"I will." Black Shadow said, "Although the combat goal is unclear, no matter what, the use of troops in Eastern Territory cannot avoid the problem of Mon Calamari. So, let me start with them first. Galactic Empire, their hands are a little too far..."
"Leave it to you. My friend..." Jin Hao said as he put out the cigar he had just smoked.
When he raised his head, there was no one in front of him.
The news that the Eye of Palpatine lost contact was finally suppressed by Gideon-Tarkin.
It wasn't because he was really smart and concealed this matter. It's because during this period, Emperor Palpatine... no, it should be Das-Sidious, encountered trouble in another place.
Unknown Regions.
Back in time 20 days ago, when General Grievous was still playing hide and seek with Gideon-Tarkin at the border, a Lambda-class shuttlecraft flew here.
This Lambda-class shuttlecraft has undergone a lot of modifications and condensed a lot of the most advanced technology, allowing it to make long-distance hyperspace jumps, and it can directly connect the navigation equipment with the consciousness and spirit of Force-sensitive, making it more convenient to navigate through the Force.
To put it bluntly, this is a spacecraft specially modified for the exploration of Unknown Regions.
In the cabin behind the cockpit of the spaceship, there were several people sitting - Imperial Inquisitorius High Inquisitor Jerec, and his team of judges, the beautiful human female Sariss, Bith with only upper body hair, the pale Tusken Bocas-Aika, and the young and handsome human man, Yun.
After receiving the signal from Grand Judge Hydra, they came to Unknown Regions to search for more than a week, but still found nothing. Hydra's signal was too vague, so their positioning could only be determined within a certain range.
However, within this range, if you include those unmanned galaxies, there are at least more than 50,000! Even if we narrow down the scope and filter out those galaxies that are not habitable but at least have some space for activity, there are still more than 1,400!
Unfortunately, after Hydra sent that message, there was no other movement.
"If we continue searching like this, we won't be able to find Lord Hydra at all." Sariss frowned and said, "Why didn't she continue to contact us?"
"Could it be because her current situation is really dangerous?" Yun said, "If that's the case, maybe this is not a trap?"
"Don't let your guard down, Yun. If you want to deceive others, you must deceive yourself. This is the most clever trap." Jerec said, "Please help me to be vigilant about the surroundings and hide the spaceship in the shadow of the asteroid. I will meditate again to see if I can sense the Force from Hydra."
"Yes." Sariss lowered his head and responded.
After Jerec fell into meditation, Yun smiled, took out a stack of cards from his pocket, and asked the others, "Would you like to play cards?"
Before anyone else could answer, an alarm suddenly came from the direction of the cockpit, and the robot controlling the spacecraft said: [Alarm! Confirm the existence of hyperspace fluctuations!]
"Quick! Activate the stealth system!!" Sariss jumped up immediately, rushed to the cab, quickly pressed the button to activate the stealth device and sat in the main driver's seat.
Of course, Galactic Empire has its own stealth system, but the stealth system they developed is too complex and too expensive to be mass-produced. Therefore, only a very small number of spacecraft that have been modified to perform the most difficult tasks can carry it.
Sariss controlled the spacecraft and approached the asteroid very cautiously until the spacecraft was only about 1 meter away from the asteroid. Then, she controlled the spacecraft to rotate with the rotation of the asteroid, almost making the spacecraft and the asteroid merge into one.
This ultra-precise operation, which can only be achieved through the foresight of the Force, ensures that their spacecraft will be difficult to detect even if it is the most advanced detector in the galaxy.
Soon, a burst of white light flashed, and a small fleet appeared here.
This fleet includes 5 Kohl-class Battlecruiser and no other auxiliary warships. After all, this is Unknown Regions. If there are no other special devices, then only battleships of the battleship level can have enough energy and power to support navigation in the complicated hyperspace channels here.
The five warships scanned the galaxy for a while, and especially Planet Three among them, they scanned it very carefully.
Because there are a total of 5 planets in this galaxy, 4 of which are gas giant planets, and there is only one rocky planet, Planet Three.
However, their scans yielded no results. After completing the scans, the warships quickly started their hyperspace engines and left.
"This is the third time in the past few days that we have encountered Kingdom of Dawn's patrol." Yun had already walked over and stood behind Sariss, who was controlling the spacecraft in the main pilot's seat.
"There is no doubt that they are looking for something." Sariss said, "Could they be hunting Lord Hydra?"
"Then, shall we follow them?" Yun said.
A deep and hoarse voice came from behind, "If they have found Hydra, then they will not wander around aimlessly. If they have not found Hydra, then what is the point of following them? But one thing is for sure, they are not looking for us here. Because, it is too grand and not suitable to ambush us."
Everyone turned around, only to find that it was their leader, High Inquisitor Jerec who ended his meditation at some point and came over.
"Lord Jerec."
Jerec said, "I have sensed the location of Hydra, but that place... is very dangerous."
"Where is it? Can we go?" Sariss's eyes lit up and he turned around and asked.
"Valtaullu Maelstrom (Valtaullu)." Jerec said in a deep voice, "There is the influence range of the super-massive Blackhole. If you are not careful, you will be captured by the gravity of Blackhole, and you will die without a burial place."
"Is this a trap?" Mao said very roughly.
"If this is a trap, then this is child's play." Jerec said coldly, "Valtaullu Maelstrom, I can still go. I'll operate it and throw this stupid robot into the cargo bay for me! You will be the co-pilot!"
"Yes! Hahahaha!" The pale Tusken Bocas-Aika let out a somewhat demented but extremely charming laugh. He lifted the robot in the co-pilot position with one hand, then turned around and dragged it towards the cargo hold.
[Sir, please be careful. The place you grabbed is my sensor, which will affect the sensitivity of my sensor... Ah, you just knocked off the auxiliary nozzle on my leg.] The robot muttered as it was dragged away.
Sariss also unbuckled his seat belt and changed to the passenger seat.
Jerec drove the spacecraft directly towards Valtaullu Maelstrom. They were cautious along the way and escaped Kingdom of Dawn's patrol fleet again.
This star field is very vast and desolate, roughly located between Kingdom of Dawn with Chiss territory as the core, Unknown Regions Northern Territory, and Unknown Regions Southern Territory with Levik planet as the core. There is basically no civilization here, and there are very few habitable planets.
In such a place, we continuously encountered patrol fleets, which shows that Kingdom of Dawn really spent a lot of effort searching here.
But no matter how much we search, we will never go to Valtaullu Maelstrom. That place is too dangerous. There is more than one gravitational source around the super giant Blackhole. Under the pull of the super giant Blackhole, billions of temporary small gravitational vortices will be formed around it. These gravitational vortices are still fatal to the spacecraft!
Even High Inquisitor Jerec, who had been exploring here for a long time since the time of Jedi Order and was very familiar with Unknown Regions, had to be cautious and needed the assistance of Sariss to finally reach the destination.
Here, it is already within the gravitational range of Valtaullu Maelstrom.
However, what is very magical is that there are dozens of gravitational vortices here, as well as some nebula material, making this place a very thin cloud-like vortex. In the center of the vortex, different gravitational sources have reached a delicate balance. The gravitational influence of Valtaullu Maelstrom is the least affected here, just to the extent that it can use hyperspace navigation without being affected by gravity!
The hard work paid off. After conducting a large area scan, they actually detected a crashed Kingdom of Dawn Revenge-class destroyer on one of the asteroids!