2740. One Day Dynasty (Part 2)
Mas-Amedda looked at those congressmen, and large beads of cold sweat broke out from his forehead.
You don't need to think about it, there must be something wrong among these people, but the question is, what if they suddenly go crazy? I am controlled by them, what if I am killed by them?
When he thought of this, Mas-Amedda trembled all over.
He is no longer the age when he was still young and wanted to control the new Chancellor of the Republic Sheev-Palpatine. Now he has long since smoothed all the edges and corners under the power of Palpatine and has become obedient and cautious.
He said in a trembling voice, "Um... otherwise... adjourn the meeting temporarily? All members are here, take a rest for an hour...?"
At this time, the congressmen and the Core Worlds noble representatives separated from the middle, and a huge holographic projection was projected.
This man is about 60 years old, with beautiful silver hair neatly combed into a slicked back. He is wearing a dark red robe, has a majestic appearance and a gentle expression.
Seeing this person, Mas-Amedda was stunned, "Cassius-Olcott(Cassius Alcott)... Congressman... Mr. You... why...?"
This person is Core Worlds, the patriarch of Alcott family. He is also the joint representative of Sanbra (Sanbra), Hook. N (Hook. N), Juris (Juris) and other star districts. He is also a high-ranking councilor among Imperial Senate.
But what surprised Mas-Amedda is that Cassius-Olcott has long been a moderate. He advocates controlling Mid Rim and Outer Rim Territories through trade and economic means., and also wrote a special report - <Imperial Economic Symbiosis Theory>, to elaborate on the creation of an economic system centered on the Empire, and through economic blockade, Kingdom of Dawn and the rebels everywhere will be completely marginalized or even starved to death.
His report even aroused Emperor Palpatine's interest. At that time, Kingdom of Dawn was withdrawing from the war. Palpatine also ordered the implementation of this plan and carried out a long-term economic blockade against Kingdom of Dawn.
Although this theory proved useless in the end, and after the war broke out again, Kingdom of Dawn easily broke through the blockade, but being able to get His Majesty the Emperor's personal approval shows that Cassius-Olcott is still very highly regarded.
Mas-Amedda never expected that the person who seemed to be in harmony with Demetrius-Zaarin turned out to be him!
Cassius-Olcott enlarged his holographic projection. As the anti-gravity platform flew to the center of the venue, he turned on the loudspeaker and said in a loud voice, "The Empire's predecessor, Emperor Palpatine, has deviated from the true mission of the Empire, condoned the spread of war, exhausted national power, and created corruption. Leading to the collapse of the front line! Now, he is no longer worthy of being the emperor of the Galactic Empire! Palpatine has been arrested by Demetrius-Marshal Zarin. From this, I declare that Galaxy Emperor Palpatine has been deposed, and Galactic Empire will be taken over by Provisional Governing Council from now on!"
The entire parliament was silent, and everyone was dumbfounded.
Palpatine has always planted a deep fear in everyone's mind, especially after the establishment of the Empire. He has been living in the palace, but he controls it like a spider. All aspects of the Empire. Anyone who dares to disobey him will suffer the most brutal revenge. Every year, countless people die silently in corners, precisely because of the emperor's the Will.
Palpatine has established numerous violent institutions, and through these minions, he serves him. From wars to assassinations, he is behind almost every violent incident.
And now, Cassius-Olcott actually said that he wanted to depose Palpatine?
Seeing the silence around him, Cassius's tone turned cold, "Do you need me to repeat it again? Palpatine has been arrested by Marshal Zarin! Now Galactic Empire has no emperor! I will form Provisional Governing Council, exercise power, and maintain the operation of the Empire! Now, issue a resolution!"
Everyone present looked at each other, and no one dared to move. They all knew that once a resolution was issued to depose Palpatine, everyone present would be guilty of death! No matter how prominent their family backgrounds were, at that point, their families would immediately draw a clear line with them.
Seeing the cowering look of these congressmen, Cassius-Olcott's originally gentle face gradually turned ferocious, and he was willing to risk it all. In the previous conspiracy with Demetrius-Zaarin, and Arden-Lin, Arden-Lin told them with certainty that she could defeat Palpatine.
To this end, Arden-Lin also demonstrated it herself - she punched a big hole in Imperial-class Star Destroyer's main armor belt! Moreover, she was wearing heavy metal armor and asked several soldiers to restrain her with tractor beams. In the end, she forced her way through the restraint, and even the power of the tractor beam could not stop her actions.
Several people who participated in the conspiracy were convinced at that time, and they also had accurate information that showed that Palpatine fought Tang Xiao for many times in Northern Territory and Palanci Planet, with the result that both sides suffered losses. This further strengthened their confidence.
Now that the problem of Palpatine can be solved, and then First System Army was transferred away by their conspiracy, plus the advanced prototypes brought by Demetrius-Marshal Zarin, they are sure that this rebellion can succeed!
Cassius-Olcott and Marshal Zarin have the same view. They both believe that Galactic Empire is going to perish under Palpatine's rule. In order to avoid In order to prevent the madness before the Empire's destruction from affecting all of them, and at the same time, they did not intend to be buried with Palpatine, so they made up their mind to launch a rebellion and depose Palpatine!
However, as things developed now, Cassius felt that the situation was a little out of control... First of all, he was unable to contact Marshal Zarin and Arden-Lin. The communication channels were blocked and there was no signal. Once the exact news of Palpatine's arrest from their side could not be transmitted, they would not be able to suppress Imperial Center's various high-ranking officials, nobles, warlords, and careerists. This would instead cause greater chaos.
On the other hand, the mercenaries he secretly introduced into Coruscant, as well as the gangsters he bribed, have also been cut off from communication. Although he can know that rebellions are being successfully launched in various places, he does not know the final result.
Finally, Lieutenant General Commander Victor-Hermann-S Traak seemed to want to go back on his word after seeing that the situation seemed a bit unfavorable to Capital Defense Fleet who had been bribed by him.
At this point, there is no way to wait any longer!
Cassius-Olcott glanced sharply, raised his hand, and a parliamentary resolution that had been drafted was sent to the screen in front of all the members. Then his rebel soldiers immediately rushed forward ferociously. They climbed onto the anti-gravity platform of those members, grabbed their hands and forced them to sign the resolution!
The whole Senate Chamber suddenly fell into chaos. Those congressmen knew that once they signed, they would definitely die. They resisted desperately and struggled with the soldiers. During the fight, some congressmen even fell from the anti-gravity platform, falling hundreds of meters high, and were instantly bloody.
When Imperial Senate's decision to depose Emperor Palpatine was announced, Thrawn was leading 12 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer and 23 Light Cruiser troops towards Marshal Zarin's weapons testing area.
Although Ruffan-Digorinus directly issued instructions, Capital Defense Fleet and the 18 Star Destroyer ships in the atmosphere of Coruscant must obey Thrawn's dispatch, however, Capital Defense Fleet stood still. Only 12 of the 18 Star Destroyer agreed to accept the command of Thrawn, and the other 6 ships also stood still.
However, it was too late. The two Star Destroyers guarding Palpatine had sent distress signals many times, indicating that they were no longer able to resist the attack of the Marshal Zarin fleet and that the warships were about to be destroyed.
Thrawn made a prompt decision, brought the existing fleet with him, and quickly rushed towards the target.
At this moment, the parliamentary resolution has been issued, and the entire Imperial Center is in an uproar, but the situation is still under control for the time being. Although the parliamentary resolution has spread through various channels, Coruscant has not spread to the entire the Empire because of communication interference.
However, if Palpatine is really controlled and the video message is successfully transmitted, then the situation will become extremely bad!
Coruscant's counter-insurgency operations on the ground are going very smoothly. The financial center identified as the rebel command center is also under siege. Cassius-Olcott, one of the masterminds of the rebellion, is likely to be in this area.
Now that things have come to this, we must not let the rebel Jedi come back! The key to everything is right in front of us!
Thrawn's fleet is already close to the weapons test area of Marshal Zarin. The radar shows that the two Star Destroyer are in fierce exchanges with five other Star Destroyer, and there are a large number of fighter jets bombing around them.
The two Star Destroyer escorting the emperor had been riddled with holes and billowing with smoke, but inside the warships chosen to escort were officers who were die-hard loyal to the emperor. They fought to the death and delayed until this point.
Without any hesitation, Thrawn immediately ordered all fleets to open fire. At the same time, a fighter formation took off and quickly approached the battlefield to cover the two Star Destroyer.
At the same time, he ordered the scanning device to be activated again to detect how many warships Marshal Zarin had brought in the weapons testing area.
However, the scanning device gave no feedback at all!
Under the scanning device that is enough to scan the entire galaxy, all you can see is darkness! How many warships are there and where they are, I don't know! Marshal Zarin doesn't know what technology was used to directly block all signals in that area!
Thrawn frowned, and he ordered all the warships to spread out immediately, forming a Claw Formation array, and launch attacks from eight directions at the same time. He expanded the width of his formation as much as possible, and then asked each ship to send out reconnaissance aircraft to conduct a comprehensive reconnaissance.
At the same time, the fighter formation he took off had already exchanged fire with the fighters of the Zaarin fleet. The result was as usual, the TIE Advanced X-1 fighter equipped on his side was easily killed by the TIE-Defender fighter of Marshal Zarin. Thrawn was not willing to fight, and immediately ordered all the fighters to return immediately. He knew that a frontal attack would only lead to unnecessary consumption.
After observing the deployment of enemy ships on the battlefield, Thrawn suddenly showed a smile of understanding. He found that although the defender fighters of the Zaarin fleet were powerful, their range of activities was limited by the energy supply of the mothership and could not be far away from the battle. The enemy formation was expanded but hollow, and Core Worlds must have a fatal flaw - yes, Emperor of the Empire, Palpatine!
This deployment of Zaarin is not intended to let him come into contact with Palpatine!
He immediately ordered that his fleet continue to disperse their formations, stretching the entire battlefield to a width of tens of thousands of kilometers, and continuously attack from different directions.
Under his meticulous command, the warships in eight directions advanced alternately and moved away at the touch of a button, completely avoiding any entanglement with Marshal Zarin's fleet. Once TIE Defender fighter squadrons was discovered to be attacking, the attacked warship formation immediately retreated to create a distance, so that even if TIE Defender fighter squadrons could sink those warships, it would inevitably stay away from other directions, allowing other warship formations to have the possibility of a breakthrough.
At the same time, Thrawn also asked the fighters of his fleet to focus their firepower on those TIE bombers covered by TIE Defender fighter. As long as these bombers are destroyed, the firepower of TIE Defender will no longer pose a threat to the warships.
His strategy really put Zaarin's fleet into a state of losing sight of the other. They wanted to eliminate Thrawn's fleet, but also wanted to ensure the safety of the battleship Palpatine was on. They were so timid that even with such advanced weapons as TIE Defender fighter, they were still in chaos.
During the constant pulling, Thrawn was also constantly observing the opponent's formation. Finally, he narrowed his eyes and decisively issued an order to have 20 Light Cruisers attack directly, seize the loopholes in the Marshal Zarin formation and get directly in, heading straight for his flagship - "Honor" Star Destroyer!
The command system of the Zaarin fleet was visibly in chaos. TIE Defender fighter squadrons began to quickly return to defense. However, this gave Thrawn's other battleship formations an opportunity to break through, and the entire formation was suddenly riddled with holes.
The strength of both sides is almost the same, but Thrawn takes the initiative with tactical planning. He does not intend to directly annihilate Zaarin's fleet. The key to the matter has always been Palpatine. As long as Palpatine is rescued, everything will be easy.
However, when his Light Cruiser Squadron broke into the area, an extremely huge figure suddenly appeared on the battlefield!
17,500 meters in length, brass-colored paint, and a bow like an aquiline—it's Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer!
The moment this battleship appeared on the radar, the captains of the Thrawn fleet were even frightened and wanted to turn around and escape! But Thrawn forcibly suppressed them and asked them to continue moving forward.! He told those captains that the current Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer cannot form effective combat effectiveness. Otherwise, Marshal Zarin only needs to put this Super Star Destroyer into battle, and everything will be over long ago.
However, this Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer suddenly opened fire!