2697, Battle of Palanci
9BBY, on August 20, Kingdom of Dawn fleet advanced to Palanci Planet.
In order to respond to Kingdom of Dawn's attack on Bilbrin Planet, Galactic Empire's First System Army's main fleet detached part of its fleet and pressed forward against Palanci Planet, hoping to prevent the war situation from deteriorating further.
However, First System Army did not want his fleet to enter Bilbrin Planet, so they advanced to Palanci Planet south of Bilbrin Planet and stopped advancing. At the same time, Emperor Palpatine, who had finished recuperating, also came to Reaper Super Star Destroyer.
Because according to the intelligence, Tang Xiao is also in the opposite fleet.
The waterway from Bilbrin Planet to Palanci Planet is not too obstructed. The fleets on both sides have no other bells and whistles and just start fighting.
The light of Doomsday Weapon illuminates the starry sky of Palanci Planet, and the dense artillery fire of Super Star Destroyer pierces the deep universe. The fleets of both sides are fully fired, shooting wildly!
Palanci Planet is not a fortress planet, nor does it have very strong defense facilities. However, as one of the planets of Inner Rim of the galaxy, basically all planets in this direction will be equipped with Planetary Shield and orbital defense systems.
During the Clone Wars period, most of the planets Kingdom of Dawn attacked did not have the money to equip these things, but in Inner Rim and Core Worlds, it was impossible for them to have no money.
Relying on limited defense facilities and with Planetary Shield as backup, Galactic Empire's warship has almost no worries. And this time, it's First Galactic Army who faces Kingdom of Dawn fleet!
This army is also different from every army Kingdom of Dawn has encountered before.
Even during the Clone Wars period and the most difficult moments of Galactic Republic, First System Army was still as solid as a rock guarding the most prosperous parts of Coruscant and Core Worlds. They are Galactic Republic's last source of confidence, and they are also the sharpest Longsword!
First System Army has a very nice name - Azure Hammer (Azure Hammer). Compared with the murderous names of other legions, the name Azure Hammer seems more elegant, as if it can elegantly destroy any enemy it faces.
During the Clone Wars period, First System Army was personally led by Supreme Leader Master Yoda of Jedi Order, and this legion almost never directly went to war. Even when Master Yoda personally led the army into battle, he also led other mobile troops, while First System Army did not move at all!
Later, after the Galactic Empire was established, First System Army and Sixth Legion jointly established Imperial Reserve Command (reserve command). However, the functions of the two legions are not the same. Sixth Legion exists more as a reserve, and the meaning of "reserve" in the First System Army is to consider that in extreme circumstances when the core of the Empire loses its ability to rule, First System Army will establish a backup regime!
This shows the status of the First System Army.
And now, no matter how the war on the frontline collapses, First System Army has always maintained its pride. From top to bottom, they firmly believe that they represent the highest combat power of the Empire, and Kingdom of Dawn, these country bumpkins who rose from remote Outer Rim Territories, can never compare with themselves!
This is the enemy Kingdom of Dawn fleet is facing now in Palanci Planet. Not only do they have high morale, but all their battleships are Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, and their combat performance far exceeds that of the ordinary the Empire I class. Not only that, in this fleet, new warships such as Pursuer-class aircraft carrier and Vindicator-class heavy cruiser are also heavily equipped.
Coupled with the numerical advantage, Imperial fleet was fully confident to fight head-on with Kingdom of Dawn fleet, who rushed over in a hurry.
However, the supreme ruler of Kingdom of Dawn, Darth-Malthael, does not intend to engage in such a normal interstellar war.
At this moment, he was standing on the bridge of Archangel Titan warship, looking at the battlefield coldly. He didn't even stand in front of the holographic combat star map, but handed it over to the fleet's actual Commander General Trench, while he himself stood in front of the porthole.
The universe is so vast, even if this battle takes place near a planet, even if there are hundreds of warships on both sides participating in the battle, even if this is even a flagship-level confrontation, through the portholes, you can still only see the stars that are constantly lighting up in the dark universe.
Even in such a battle, the distance between the warships in the formations of both sides is more than 100 kilometers. It is difficult to see other warships by visual inspection alone.
However, Das-Malthael always stared at the dark starry sky. His direction was very clear, as if he could see the other side of the battlefield through the deep space of the universe.
Das-Sidious!
His lifelong enemy!
"I've been waiting for you for too long. My dear senior brother..." Das-Malthael showed a ferocious smile, and then he suddenly turned around and left the bridge.
A moment later, a blood-red shadow flew directly out of the battleship's Hangar Platform, flying directly into the array of Imperial fleet like the red Blitz at an unimaginable speed!
Red Comet, fighter!
This super fighter is imitated from Sith Infiltrator and incorporates almost the most advanced technology of today's Kingdom of Dawn. It can be called the most powerful fighter in the galaxy. Whether it is the stealth system, the fire control system, or the cooling system that can support the rapid firing of six laser cannons, they are all extremely expensive and advanced technologies.
This fighter jet looks similar to Sith Infiltrator, but the technology contained in it is no longer of the same era!
Imperial fleet Countless anti-aircraft fires suddenly came at an angle, but without exception, they were all left behind by Red Comet. The fighter jets were like no one's land, weaving in and out of countless artillery fires, and all fighter jets that dared to get close were instantly destroyed.
"I heard the anger in your heart... and the fear... Archangel of Death..." On the bridge of the Reaper Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, the eerie figure in black robes showed a twisted smile under the hood, "After all, you are still afraid, afraid of me... afraid, my the Empire... Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie..."
"Go to hell!" Das-Malthael also showed a terrifying expression.
Although the two did not turn on the communicator, the resonance of Dark Side Force made them connected. The feeling of killing quickly was clearly conveyed to their mutual spirits through the resonance of the Force.
A terrifying flash of light instantly illuminated the universe, and Archangel Titan warship's Doomsday Weapon launched again!
The extremely powerful and destructive beam instantly passed through a Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. This battleship was not even qualified to resist for a second and was immediately evaporated!
Doomsday Weapon has already locked on Reaper Super Star Destroyer, and this shot is aimed at the flagship of Imperial fleet!
The destructive beam brings devastating destructive power! After hitting the target, a terrifying energy collision occurred, and the violent energy annihilation reaction even distorted the space!
Not even Imperial II-class Star Destroyer dared to get close, because even if they were only affected by the spilled energy, it would still be a fatal blow to these Star Destroyer.
When the aftermath of the energy dissipated, Reaper Super Star Destroyer stood tall and unscathed!
An extremely huge hemispherical energy shield blocked the front of Reaper Super Star Destroyer, actually blocking this shot!
Under the terrifying energy impact of Doomsday Weapon, this shield showed a very clear structure made of countless triangles.
This powerful shield actually blocked Doomsday Weapon's direct shot!
Only then can we see that the shield is supported by ten umbrella-shaped spaceships. These spacecraft are about 1,300 meters in length and have a slender structure, but suddenly expand into a spherical shape at the tail, housing the spacecraft's huge Hypermatter energy reactor.
The umbrella crown in front of the spacecraft is also very huge, with a diameter of more than 1,200 meters. The thousands of energy projectors on the umbrella crown emit light beams one after another. It is these countless light beams that form this shield.
Each beam corresponds to a triangle on the shield. There is no doubt that each triangle is an independently powered shield module.
However, even if such a specialized shield spacecraft is directly involved by Doomsday Weapon, the damage will be very great. The huge reactor behind the battleship spewed out billowing smoke, and some engineering spacecraft had already flown over to perform emergency repairs on these damaged spacecraft.
This kind of shield-projecting spacecraft is surprisingly the response method developed by the Cutting-Edge Technology Alliance from Orman-Tagge in order to deal with Archangel-class Titan Warship - the shield ship MK-II type!
The shield ship had actually appeared before during Clone Wars. At that time, Galactic Republic was completely helpless when facing the Particle Beam Lance that had just appeared, so it dragged the civilian shield ship onto the battlefield.
This kind of shield ship was originally designed to provide protection for working spacecraft when working in some very extreme environments, such as areas very close to stars. A very broad shield can be opened to block the star's terrible energy radiation.
In actual combat, the shield projected by the shield ship can really withstand the shots of Particle Beam Lance, and it played a certain role in subsequent wars, participating in the first Yago-Dur planet battle and the first Modell Sector Campaign.
However, later Galactic Republic Navy discovered that the use of shield ships was still too cumbersome. Compared with Calamity-class battlecruiser, which launched Particle Beam Lance, the opponent could shoot east for a while and west for a while, but the shield ship could only run exhausted.
So later when Imperial-class Star Destroyer was put into the battlefield, the Galactic Republic/Galactic Empire warships were more inclined to rely on their own Deflector Shield to resist Particle Beam Lance. The huge size of Imperial-class can also support a more powerful energy reactor, thus having enough shield strength to block the shots of Particle Beam Lance.
Then they will avoid continuous exposure through maneuvering and evasion. At the same time, on the battlefield, the Empire Fleet Commander will also specially send fighter formations or high-speed Light Cruiser Squadron to harass the Calamity-class formation and interfere with the opponent's aiming.
In this way, the shield ship does not actually need to exist. These warships were not ordered on a large scale.
But this time, facing Archangel Titan warship's devastating Doomsday Weapon, Orman-Tagge once again proposed the idea of a shield ship. And after all, there is only one Archangel-class Titan Warship of Kingdom of Dawn, so the shooting of Doomsday Weapon must be aimed at the highest value target.
Therefore, the general shooting target is the flagship of Imperial fleet. At this time, the relatively bulky design of the shield ship comes into play again. Because the shield ship only needs to block the shooting of Doomsday Weapon.
Of course, it is impossible for ordinary shield ships to withstand the shooting of Doomsday Weapon. After a lot of testing and research, the scientific research team of Orman-Tagge finally developed this defense system named "Sky Shield" (Sky Shield).
Every time they go into battle, ten shield ships MK-II will project a total of tens of thousands of energy shields, and these triangular energy shields will build a huge hemispherical shield wall. Once shot by Doomsday Weapon, these energy shields will disperse the powerful power of Doomsday Weapon into tens of thousands of parts, and then neutralize them separately.
With the method of Sky Shield, the next step is the competition between the cooling time of Doomsday Weapon and the time of replacing the shield capacitor and repairing the damaged reactor of the shield ship MK-II. And the confrontation between whether Doomsday Weapon fired the shield ship MK-II to overload first, or whether Doomsday Weapon's energy system overloaded first.
But no matter what the result is, it will give Imperial fleet's Commander more time.
Seeing the emergence of the shield ship MK-II, Darth-Malthael's eyes flashed fiercely, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and his smile was sinister and cold. The Red Comet fighter jet turned suddenly and flew directly in the direction of the shield ship!
The surrounding Vindicator-class heavy cruiser's anti-aircraft firepower was fully deployed, and dense lasers and missiles poured down like rain, but they could not even touch the tail flame of Red Comet.
Das-Sidious, who was sitting on the bridge of Reaper Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, also showed his twisted smile. He slowly uttered one word, "Never!"
A moment later, a black fighter jet flew out of Reaper's Hangar Platform, piercing Red Comet like a black dagger!
This is a unique fighter jet. Although the structure of the fighter jet is still equipped with Solar Array, it has six wings arranged in twos in three directions.
This fighter jet directly targeted Red Comet and opened fire immediately! There is a laser cannon on each of the six wings, and there are three other sets of twin laser cannons on the fighter jet. A total of twelve laser cannons are aimed at Red Comet and shoot wildly!
Obviously, the cooling system of this fighter jet is also of top-notch design. Even if the twelve laser cannons fire continuously, there is no sign of overheating in a short period of time! Instantly, a network of fire formed around Red Comet!!