2739. One Day Dynasty (Part 1)
Because of Thrawn's early warning, Imperial Intelligence Bureau quickly launched action.
Director Intelligence Bureau Isanne-Isard originally launched a high-pressure operation in Core Worlds to monitor the major Core Worlds nobles. Now she got Thrawn's judgment through Lieutenant General Wullf-Yularen. She also made a prompt decision and immediately mobilized the power of the Intelligence Department to start countering the rebellion.
In fact, for her, it doesn't matter whether Thrawn's judgment is correct or not. If it is correct, then the rebellion will be suppressed; if it is wrong, then it is not a bad idea to use it as a deterrent to those Core Worlds nobles. Anyway, it will be good to push Thrawn out as a scapegoat. Such a non-Human race person will definitely be able to attract firepower.
The most powerful force of the Intelligence Department currently on Coruscant is the army composed of clone veterans. These soldiers are all Kaminoan clone troopers who participated in Clone Wars. However, these soldiers later developed Gene-targeting weapon because the gene pool of Kamino was captured by Confederacy of Independent Systems, so they cannot be used as a force on the frontal battlefield.
And due to the accelerated aging of clones, the physical age of these soldiers is generally around 40 to 50 years old, and they have passed their prime.
But no matter what, the quality of Kaminoan clone troopers is very good. They have been instilling various combat skills since childhood. For ordinary soldiers, they are overwhelming in terms of physical fitness and combat experience.
Therefore, before, Isanne-Isard made suggestions and got approval from Palpatine. Galactic Empire recalled 3 million Kaminoan clone troopers that had been retired, and established a secondary bureau under the Imperial Intelligence Bureau - Imperial Homeland Defense Bureau, referred to as IDA.
The director of the Imperial Homeland Defense Bureau is served by Imperial Marshal Ruffan-Digorinus!
Previously, Marshal Ruffan wanted to promote First System Army's defense change. In fact, he wanted to master the defense power of Coruscant's outer space while mastering IDA, so that he could become the true military master of Coruscant.
As Thrawn said, although his actions indirectly promoted the rebellion, he himself had nothing to do with the rebellion.
Ruffan-Digorinus knew very well that all his power and status came from His Majesty the Emperor, so he had no reason to rebel. Therefore, when Thrawn came to the door, he realized that this was a huge opportunity to gain face in front of the emperor, and Ruffan-Digorinus immediately took action.
He immediately mobilized IDA soldiers to launch suppressive operations in areas where the rebellion occurred.
IDA's Clone Trooper no longer wears the white polymer alloy armor equipped with Imperial Stormtroopers. Their uniforms are gray uniforms made of ordinary materials. As the Public Security Department team under the Intelligence Department, they are not expected to face the hail of bullets on the frontal battlefield, so the precious budget will naturally not be allocated to them.
However, despite their rudimentary equipment, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers far exceeds those of Imperial Stormtroopers composed of ordinary people. In addition, most of these Clone Trooper originally lived in very poor life due to retirement, and most of them were even unable to take care of themselves. Now that they have been summoned again by the Empire, they are naturally grateful to the Empire.
They originally thought that because of the invention of Gene-targeting weapon, they had been completely reduced to garbage that no one wanted, but now they can return to Imperial Center, get a stable income and residence, and no longer have to worry about life. For them, this is a great blessing.
The IDA soldiers with high morale immediately divided their troops into multiple groups and took transport planes to quickly go to the place where the riot occurred to suppress it.
In fact, in the face of a mob like gangsters, IDA's Clone Trooper is as powerful as crushing them. These 'Gray Uniforms' act like Ghost on the battlefield. Their marksmanship is extremely accurate. If they cooperate well, a team of five people can often suppress an entire building controlled by the rebels.
And Clone Trooper is as cold-blooded and ruthless as ever. They don't even care about the life and death of civilians. As long as they can complete the task, they will accept any price. This cold and efficient style scares the rebels, and the resistance in the streets and alleys quickly collapses under the advancement of Gray Uniforms.
At the same time, Ruffan-Marshal Digorinus also began to mobilize his other powerful force-the 20 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer ships in the atmosphere of Coruscant!
Through his influence in the parliament, he forcibly transferred this fleet from the First System Army on the grounds that Capital Defense Fleet was insufficient in strength. For this reason, he also had very sharp conflicts with the First System Army's Imperial Marshal Oswald-Tessik, and even openly confronted each other at high-level meetings.
These 20 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer are the favorites of Ruffan-Digorinus. His purpose was to establish himself in Imperial Center 's sphere of influence, so of course he would not hand over these battleships to Capital Defense Fleet. By accident, this turned out to be the trump card of the Galactic Empire loyalist Jedi's counterattack!
The current movements of Capital Defense Fleet are very suspicious. Faced with the rising rebellions on Coruscant, they, who were supposed to be responsible for suppressing the rebellion, stood still and took no action at all.
No, it would be wrong to say that they did not take any action at all. They blocked the waterway around Coruscant, but this action... It is difficult to say whether it is helping the Empire to stabilize the situation, or helping the rebels to block the Empire's reinforcements.
After Ruffan-Marshal Digorinus had a brief conversation with Thrawn, he handed the 18 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer to the command of Thrawn, and he himself went to the headquarters of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau.
Why 18 ships? Because there are two Star Destroyers, the two ships that followed Palpatine to the weapons testing ground of Demetrius-Marshal Zarin!
In the opinion of Marshal Ruffan, the core of this rebellion lies in the political aspect. As for the military aspect, it is left to Thrawn to worry about.
What he needs to discuss with Isanne-Isard is how to obtain the highest benefits after the rebellion subsides.
And Thrawn did not disappoint him. He immediately found out that the key to the entire rebellion was the life and death of Emperor Palpatine, and the priority of whether the emperor was still alive was lower than whether the news would reach Coruscant.
Therefore, he immediately urgently contacted the two Star Destroyers guarding the emperor in the name of Ruffan-Marshal Digorinus, asking them to immediately activate electromagnetic interference and cut off the communication between the weapons test site and Coruscant no matter what.
The captains of the two Star Destroyer were reluctant at first, but they immediately found that they could not contact the emperor. In addition, Thrawn asked Marshal Ruffan to personally give the order, so they still carried out the order.
As the electronic interference unfolded, Demetrius-Zaarin, who had successfully raided Palpatine, was very shocked and angry to find that the news that he had captured Palpatine could not be sent back to Coruscant!
This made him very confused, because logically speaking, there was no reason for the two escorting Star Destroyer to do this. They couldn't get any news at all, and they should have found a way to verify it before reacting. Even if the communication was blocked, they should at least send a shuttle over.
However, they directly cut off the communication without receiving any news! This is an act that completely disregards the emperor's life and death!
Such decisiveness and ruthlessness are not like Imperial Navy's style at all!
Demetrius-Marshal Zarin had no choice but to send out its own TIE-Defender fighter formation to attack the two Star Destroyer. Although the TIE-Defender fighter quickly destroyed the carrier-based aircraft formation on Star Destroyer, it would take time to sink them.
But now Marshal Zarin is short of time! He must send the news of Palpatine's capture back to Coruscant before the Empire's reinforcements arrive, so as to control the initiative of public opinion. But the communication is locked, and the breakthrough is blocked. Every delay is destroying his strategic advantage.
He knew that the action on Coruscant had already begun. According to the plan, those MPs and Core Worlds nobles who participated in the rebellion should immediately force a Imperial Senate meeting, and then force Palpatine to publicly announce his abdication at the meeting, and abdicate the throne to him. Only in this way would the rebellion be considered successful.
Marshal Zarin is not stupid. He naturally knows that it is impossible to control the entire the Empire by himself and the Core Worlds nobles who support him. Therefore, holding Palpatine in your hands and controlling the Empire through Palpatine is the only option.
But now, he has indeed caught Palpatine, but others don't know it at all!
At the same time, the riot operations on Coruscant are suffering a devastating blow.
The strategy of cutting off communications in different areas proposed by Thrawn has achieved very significant results. The local communication networks of those rebels are still usable, so they continue to launch rebellions at target locations as planned, trying to seize key facilities. However, at the same time, they did not receive instructions from the top of the rebellion, so they just followed the original plan.
As a result, the rebels can only fight on their own and fall into isolation. What's worse is that they don't even know it!
Under the attack of IDA Gray Uniforms, the rebel forces collapsed one after another.
At the same time, Thrawn, who had already boarded a Imperial II-class Star Destroyer and started to establish his own command system, was standing on the holographic combat star map to direct operations.
He was observing the riot situation on the surface of Coruscant at the moment. The hologram clearly marked the areas where communication was blocked, and a large amount of frontline combat information was pouring in. However, such chaotic information was quickly peeled off in front of Thrawn, and the clearest context was sorted out.
Thrawn tapped an area and said, "This is the rebel command center on Coruscant!"
The adjutant on the side looked at this place and asked doubtfully, "Isn't this the financial district? The rebels have their headquarters here?"
Thrawn showed a cold smile and said lightly, "It's not that they set up the headquarters here, but someone here participated in and organized this rebellion."
"That... rebellion isn't Marshal Zarin?"
"If Zaarin wants to launch a rebellion, he cannot do it on his own. He must find allies in all aspects, such as people who can defeat His Majesty the Emperor, people who can control the fleet, people who can influence the parliament, and, that's it These allies among the Core Worlds nobles..." Thrawn said, "And this person, when Zaarin is stationed outside, will be responsible for Coruscant's rebellion."
He pressed his finger in the direction of the financial district and said, "The mercenaries in this area are shrinking in defense, which is completely different from the rebels in other areas who are still fighting fiercely and thinking that they have a chance to win. This means that they can get the news and know that the progress in the direction of Palpatine has not been reported at all, and the situation may get out of control."
The adjutant looked at the extremely messy information and data on the hologram, as well as a large number of videos and communications, which marked the action directions of the rebel combat teams. Even though Thrawn had pointed out that the rebels in this area were shrinking their defenses, but hundreds of combat teams were moving at the same time, he could not tell what the combat purpose of these teams was.
He scratched his head, with disbelief in his tone, "You... how did you see it?"
Thrawn did not answer. He just patted the adjutant on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's leave the matter here to Marshal Ruffan and IDA. It's time for us to rescue His Majesty the Emperor."
"How did you know that His Majesty the Emperor needed to be rescued?" The adjutant still found it difficult to understand, "In other words, how did you connect the riots on Coruscant with His Majesty the Emperor?"
"The only purpose of launching a rebellion in Coruscant is the supreme power of the Empire, so the goal is very clear. In addition, if His Majesty can handle this rebellion, then he has killed the rebels and appeared in person. But..." Thrawn looked at the time, "It has been nearly two hours, and there is still no news from him."
"Let's go!" Thrawn looked out the window and said calmly.
At this time, Republic Senate Building.
A team composed of dozens of Imperial Senator, as well as many Core Worlds nobles, military generals, and senior officials broke into the place directly and announced that a parliament would be convened immediately.
The reason they gave was that His Majesty the Emperor had something important to announce.
Imperial Senate's current speaker is Palpatine's deputy when he served as Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, Mas-Amedda. He is also a very rare non-Human race senior official in the Empire's central authority.
At this moment, Mas-Amedda had been caught by the soldiers and forced into the venue. Forced by Blaster rifle with his head on his head, he could only announce the order to convene an emergency meeting to all the members.
Imperial Senator arrived at the venue one after another. Those who really couldn't come also participated through remote communication. Their holographic projection appeared on their own anti-gravity platform.
Republic Senate Building became lively again. Since Palpatine began to suppress the Core Worlds nobles, Imperial Senate has not held a plenary meeting for a long time.
Not to mention that this is said to be an emergency meeting!
Many people have speculated that His Majesty the Emperor is going to dissolve the parliament... After all, there have been clues before, and everyone is mentally prepared.
However, when most of Council Representative arrived, Mas-Amedda looked at the soldiers behind him and didn't know what to say for a moment. Moreover, the members, nobles and senior officials who asked to convene the parliament also had pale faces and stayed there constantly playing with the communicator, as if they were very busy.
But... didn't it mean that His Majesty the Emperor had something important to announce?
What about...His Majesty the Emperor people?