2723. Sensitive zone
9BBY, on August 35, the fleets of Imperial Capital and Imperial Center completed the defense change.
With Executor-class Super Star Destroyer Hegemony as the flagship, a total of 240 battleships, 2,700 cruisers, and 4,000 frigates began to press forward to Scipio.
At the same time, the two ships Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, Guardian and Reaper, also pressed forward at the same time, moving the station forward to Palanci Planet.
Imperial military secretly formulated "Goalkeeper Plan", intending to launch a strong attack from Palanci Planet, recapture Bilbrin Planet, and rebuild Core Worlds's portal defense.
In order to implement this plan, in addition to the two Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, it is also planned to assemble a super powerful force of 1,200 battleships, as well as 8,000 cruisers and frigates. First System Army can be said to have used all its main forces, posing as if it will fight to the death with Kingdom of Dawn.
Such a huge force cannot even be put into the battlefield at once, so "Goalkeeper Plan" also includes a series of detailed logistics mobilization plans, as well as a combat plan that divides the fleet into four attack waves and attacks Kingdom of Dawn defense line in turn.
It can be said that this plan is to turn Bilbrin Planet into a huge meat grinder, crushing the vitality of the Galactic Empire and Kingdom of Dawn at the same time! In this way, Galactic Empire, with stronger productivity and recovery capabilities, will undoubtedly win strategic victory.
But First System Army's top Fleet Commander, Imperial Marshal Oswald-Tessik strongly opposed this plan. He said that First System Army can be said to be Galactic Empire's trump card, and it is very irrational to use this force for such a reckless attack.
Because the fleet assembled by Kingdom of Dawn in Bilbrin Planet is very powerful, and Archangel Titan warship and Taowu Titan warship are in charge, so whether "Goalkeeper Plan" succeeds or fails, it will cause First System Army's massive casualties. Once First System Army suffers heavy losses, Imperial Core Worlds will no longer have strategic reserves to resist foreign enemies. What's worse is that those domestic forces that are ready to move may immediately take the opportunity to start a rebellion and tear apart the Empire's already fragile ruling order.
Marshal Tessik submitted a secret report to the emperor overnight, claiming that "Goalkeeper Plan" would bring the Empire to the brink of strategic collapse. However, at this moment, Palpatine was no longer willing to see this Imperial Marshal, and he was rejected directly.
Palpatine's nerves are extremely sensitive now. For him, Oswald-Tessik, who holds heavy troops, is no longer trustworthy. For Imperial Marshal who is no longer trustworthy, his greatest value is to be sent to the battlefield with Kingdom of Dawn and fight with them to the last drop of blood.
For Palpatine, First System Army staying in Imperial Center is the biggest threat to him.
Therefore, under the personal promotion of His Majesty the Emperor, "Goalkeeper Plan" was approved, and First System Army had to move the defense line forward and began to prepare for combat according to the plan, and it is expected to launch an offensive in 40 days.
As an alternative, the second-line Capital Defense Fleet took over the defense of Imperial Center. This fleet was temporarily handed over to the command of Imperial Marshal Ruffan-Digorinus. At the same time, in Imperial Center established a triumvirate with Prime Minister Sartre-Pestach in charge of administration, Isanne-Isard in charge of intelligence and security, and Ruffan-Digorinus in charge of the military.
The new power structure seemed stable, but in fact there was an undercurrent. Both Pestachi and Isard were the emperor's confidants, but Digorinus was from the old aristocratic camp, and being entrusted with military power was just a temporary measure. This arrangement did not make the situation better, but instead left cracks for a long time.
This directly led to Capital Defense Fleet led by Ruffan-Digorinus. Because they did not receive enough intelligence support, they were often blind.
However, before Oswald-Tessik left, he still left behind a backup force. He secretly inserted a group of elite officers into Capital Defense Fleet's command to prevent the fleet from completely losing control after the First System Army left.
In addition, he also left another 10 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, demarcated a military isolation zone in the outer space of Coruscant, and claimed that this fleet was to protect the new weapons experiments and demonstration activities of another Imperial Marshal, Demetrius-Zaarin.
This reason is very legitimate, and the designated military isolation zone is 1.2 million kilometers away from Coruscant, which will not affect Imperial Center's political situation. In addition, Demetrius-Marshal Zarin is well-known as a good old man, so all forces are not wary of him. Therefore, this military deployment has been implemented.
The flagship of this fleet is Majestic (Majestic), and Marshal Zarin also moved his command headquarters to this battleship.
While the undercurrent in the Empire's capital city is surging, another planet Core Worlds is also at the center of this storm - Scipio.
As the financial center of the Galactic Empire, Scipio has always had the most top-level defense deployment. Scipio's vault stores a large amount of rare metals. This is the Empire Financial provides the greatest guarantee for issuing bonds. Moreover, the database here also records a large number of financial transaction keys and Imperial treasury's core secrets. Once leaked, it will shake the economic foundation of the entire the Empire.
Therefore, when Scipio began to be harassed by the small fleet of Geth, it immediately aroused Galactic Empire's fragile nerves.
It can be said that the root cause of this Imperial Center turmoil is because of Scipio.
After Bilbrin Planet was captured, from there all the way to Scipio, although there was still a long distance and many hyperspace channel nodes along the way, there was no place where there was a very strong defense Fulcrum.
To defend against the enemy's attack, the best thing is naturally a fortress planet, followed by an industrial planet. No matter how bad it is, it needs to be a densely populated planet. However, all along the way, it is a planet dominated by the financial industry. Once it faces an attack, it will be extremely vulnerable.
Therefore, facing the threat of Kingdom of Dawn, First System Army could only press its defense line against Palanci Planet, and gathered heavy troops in this place with almost no industrial facilities. This was also a helpless move.
However, in this most sensitive place of the Galactic Empire, something big happened again!
First System Army Three days before the defense change, August 32.
Inner Rim of the galaxy planet--Datar (Datar).
"You threw me on this planet out of bad intentions, Luthen Rael." A young man in his twenties sighed and said to the communicator while sitting in the driver's seat of a spacecraft.
[Of course... give you a chance to make a fortune. Mr. Cassian-Ando.]