2568. Say goodbye to innocence
Boonta, Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army main fleet command center.
Garrosh-Tarkin rushed in quickly. He saw his uncle Gideon-Tarkin standing upright in front of the holographic combat star map, staring at the star map without saying a word.
He stepped forward, grabbed Gideon-Tarkin's hand, and asked sternly, "General Gideon! Is this King Li-Char whom you ordered to be assassinated!?"
Gideon-Tarkin raised his hand coldly and slapped Garrosh-Tarkin's hand away, and said, "If you call me a general, then you should understand that you are not qualified to question me with this attitude about this matter."
"Do you know! Once King Li-Char dies, Dak Planet's civil war is about to break out! Is this the result you want?!" Garrosh-Tarkin said loudly.
Gideon-Tarkin glanced at him and said calmly, "So, from your perspective as a top student in the military academy, what will be the outcome of Dak Planet's civil war for us?"
"Now is not the time to talk about this! Not to mention how many casualties the civil war will cause, Kingdom of Dawn will definitely retaliate against Mon Calamari after finally finding out the situation! How many people will die because of this stupid decision?!" Garrosh-Tarkin said loudly.
"You said... stupid?" Gideon-Tarkin turned around and looked at his nephew with a cold face, "Now Mon Calamari has been forced into a desperate situation. Their only way to survive is to join us and fight Separatists to the end... Oh no, it should be... fight until... death."
He patted Garrosh-Tarkin on the shoulder again and said, "So you see, this is actually a good thing for us, isn't it?"
Garrosh-Tarkin once again slapped Gideon's hand away and said through gritted teeth, "Do you know why Galactic Empire is regarded as an enemy in almost every place in the galaxy?"
"That's because our military strength is not enough. Don't worry, with the completion of Death Star, this last shortcoming will disappear." Gideon-Tarkin replied coldly, "Don't be naive! This is war!"
Garrosh-Tarkin shook his head and stepped back step by step, "You are the one who is truly innocent. Uncle..." After saying that, he turned and walked towards the door.
At this time, a man wearing a tight-fitting black combat armor, with white Galactic Empire insignia spray-painted on both shoulders, a full-coverage helmet, and a ring device hanging around his waist walked in. Seeing Garrosh running out angrily, he tilted his head and stared at his back. He seemed to show a little interest, but did not speak. He just walked all the way to Gideon-Tarkin.
"You have accomplished your mission well, Magistrate, Eighth Brother." Gideon-Tarkin nodded at him.
"You guys don't get along well together." Buddy's voice was a little hoarse, and corresponding to his thin body, the tone was slightly sharp.
"It's just the passion that young people should have." Gideon-Tarkin said, "He still has a long way to go before he can grow into a qualified soldier."
"What other tasks are there next?" Buddy asked.
"Just stay with me. I need help when I raid Lothal Planet." Gideon-Tarkin said, suddenly changing the subject and asking, "So, if you use the Force's precognition, can you see the result of my raid on Lothal Planet?"
Badi sneered and shook his head, "Now is not a good time."
Gideon-Tarkin didn't care. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, a good time... will come soon."
Meanwhile, Targon Planet, outer space.
A huge asteroid is hovering quietly in the planet's synchronous orbit. In front of the asteroid, there are some exposed mechanical structures and a huge dish-shaped device.
This is the Eye of Palpatine - Galactic Empire is currently the most cutting-edge and most powerful battleship.
Compared to Targon Planet, who is basically still in a feudal political system and whose technological level has barely reached the level of interstellar travel, the Eye of Palpatine is hopelessly powerful here.
However, the strange thing is that the Eye of Palpatine did not attack Targon Planet, nor did it make any demands on the planet. It just stopped here and continuously emitted electromagnetic waves to control all spacecraft within the range.
The leader of Targon Planet, "Klaw the Eternal" was already frightened. He kept sending communications to the Eye of Palpatine, but received no response. After sending out the envoy, the envoy's spaceship was also controlled by the other party and was directly recovered into the hangar in the abdomen.
This makes Klaw the Eternal almost despair. For Targon Planet, such a super battleship is really as powerful as a god! The appearance of gods is an absolute negative factor for Tyrant, who can even raise taxes to 99%.
At least now, sects worshiping the Eye of Palpatine have begun to appear on the planet, and they want to overthrow him, Tyrant, through the Eye of Palpatine.
Klaw the Eternal was also asking for help from Kingdom of Dawn and Galactic Empire, but only Kingdom of Dawn sent a message asking for help. After that, there was no further information, and no spacecraft came.
There is really no other way, and he is now ready to run away. He asked his men to prepare a state-of-the-art spacecraft, ready to take off from this side of the planet when the Eye of Palpatine rotates to the other side, and then quickly leave here and go to the Kingdom of Dawn fleet station.
But before that, he still made a last-ditch effort. He sent another transport ship, loaded it with gold and silver treasures, and then prepared to take off the transport ship. Then when he approached the Eye of Palpatine, he activated the explosive device on the transport ship, blew up the outer shell of the cargo warehouse, and threw all the treasures out.
Klaw the Eternal thinks that in this way, maybe he can show his sincerity.
His plan was implemented smoothly. After the transport ship filled with treasure took off, the explosive device was activated about 10,000 kilometers away from the Eye of Palpatine. Countless treasures were thrown out, shining brightly under the reflection of the stars.
Immediately afterwards, the transport ship and the pilots on it were controlled by the Eye of Palpatine and headed towards Hangar Platform.
But at this time, the Eye of Palpatine, which had been motionless, suddenly moved! It flew towards the gold and silver treasures, activated the tractor beam, grabbed all the treasures, and then dragged them into its hangar!
Klaw the Eternal was overjoyed. He thought this meant that the Eye of Palpatine finally collected money! Since you can collect money, it means you can communicate! As long as we can communicate, there is still hope!
However, soon, all the signal receiving devices such as communicators, TVs, and radio stations on Targon Planet all received a signal that was played repeatedly.
[No gold, no crystal, no jade. I want Coaxium, I want Coaxium, I want Coaxium...]
In the huge hangar of the Eye of Palpatine, after countless gold and silver treasures were dragged in by the tractor beam, they splashed down, as if there was a golden rain in the hangar.
However, the people in the hangar at this moment turned a blind eye to these valuable treasures. They just went about their own business with dull faces. Some of them are moving and sorting materials, and some are refueling and repairing damaged spacecraft that are parked in random directions in the hangar.
But many people inside looked weak, their lips were chapped, and they looked like they hadn't eaten for a long time. There were even many starved corpses on the ground.
However, among these people, there was a very tall man who wrapped himself in a somewhat tattered cloak. When the gold and silver treasures were sprinkled in, he looked up.
Under the cloak, there is a beast bone mask! A pair of beast-like vertical pupils were shining fiercely under the mask!
This person...
General Grievous!