2741. One Day Dynasty (Part 2)
Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer opened fire this time, causing the Thrawn fleet to fall into brief chaos.
Because all sensor detection was blocked before the war started, they did not know that Super Star Destroyer existed in the Zaarin fleet.
According to known information at that time, the Zaarin fleet only had 10 Imperial II-class Star Destroyers, as well as some auxiliary warships, plus some experimental prototypes including TIE Defender fighter. This force was actually comparable to the 12 Star Destroyers and 23 Light Cruisers brought by Thrawn.
But the sudden appearance of Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer made officers and soldiers at all levels of the Thrawn fleet immediately feel the fear of doomsday. What's more, now the Eclipse-class actually opened fire!
On the Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer's 17,500-meter-long and extremely heavy hull, more than a hundred Turbolaser cannons fired fiercely, but it seemed a little sparse. However, the actual damage caused was far less than the psychological fear. Several warships in the Light Cruiser high-speed formation sent by Thrawn immediately turned around and tried to run away.
Thrawn made a decisive decision and immediately ordered that anyone who deserted the ship would be sentenced to death, and their family members would also be arrested for treason. Only then did the morale of the military stabilize a little, and each ship resumed its planned course and continued to attack the core of the Zaarin fleet.
At the same time, Thrawn was also very keenly aware of the problem that the firepower of this Eclipse-class was actually very sparse. It seemed that his judgment was correct. This Eclipse-class was just an empty frame and had not yet formed a combat capability.
He immediately powered on Wilhuff-Governor Tarkin, as well as another Imperial Marshal, Orman-Tagge, to consult Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer about the weapon system and overall architecture.
Wilhuff-Tarkin sent a reply. At present, the miniaturization of the Death Star weapon system is still out of reach and it is impossible to put it into practical use. Orman-Tagge also replied that Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer has only completed the hull design and the structure of the energy transmission system, but the warship's own super reactor, energy supply system, and weapon system have not yet been finalized.
If it were any other time, let alone Thrawn, who is still a lieutenant general now, even if he is still a lieutenant general, he would have no qualifications to talk to Wilhuff-Tarkin and Orman-Tagge, two high-ranking bosses, let alone ask about such a top-secret project as Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer.
But now a rebellion broke out in the Empire's capital, and His Majesty the Emperor was trapped in the rebel fleet. They did not dare to neglect at all. Although they were far away and unable to provide support, they still had to have a basic attitude.
Thrawn decisively ordered not to pay attention to the Eclipse-class, directly bypass it and continue to attack the core of the Zaarin fleet!
However, after this brief chaos, the reorganized cruiser formation was overtaken by the TIE Defender fighter squadrons that came from behind. This extremely powerful fighter jet bombarded those Light Cruiser indiscriminately! Two of the Carrack-class fast cruiser with thinner armor were directly hit hard and had to turn around and retreat.
Thrawn did not panic. He continued to command the fleet calmly and continued to put pressure on the Zaarin fleet.
The strength of the two sides was almost the same, but under his command like flowing clouds and flowing water, Imperial fleet actually formed an encirclement!
At this moment, a black Lambda-class shuttlecraft suddenly broke into the battlefield and rushed directly to the center of the battlefield like Blitz!
At the same time, a communication was connected to the bridge of Thrawn.
A figure covered in terrifying black armor appeared in the holographic projection, accompanied by the rhythmic heavy breathing!
Das-Vader! Emperor Palpatine's apprentice and confidant!
[Launch an assault directly to the coordinate point, and I will go to rescue His Majesty the Emperor.] The dull voice of Darth-Vader came.
At the same time, the coordinates of Group One were sent to Thrawn's navigation computer. Thrawn discovered that this was not the center of Zaarin's fleet, but a position further back. In other words, without this coordinate, he might have to search for a while to find His Majesty the Emperor's location.
Then, without waiting for Thrawn to reply, Das-Vader closed the communication. The black Lambda-class shuttlecraft, like Ghost, penetrated the dense firepower network in an instant and penetrated into the depths of the battlefield.
At the same time, Demetrius-Marshal Zarin's flagship, "Honor" Star Destroyer, was on the bridge.
Zaarin looked at the holographic combat star map projected by the command center with a livid face. On the side, the genius Colonel Commander Raven (Raveen), whom he trained with his own hands, was talking to the staff team They commanded the fleet to fight together. However, the battle situation was completely controlled by the invisible big hand of Thrawn. No matter how hard Colonel Raveen struggled, he could only passively follow Thrawn's strategy.
Arden-Lin has now put handcuffs on Palpatine to suppress the Force, locked him in a laser cage, and came to the bridge to watch the battle.
"This is completely different from your plan, Marshal Zarin." Arden-Lin said coldly.
"No! There is still a chance!" Demetrius-Zaarin said through gritted teeth, "As long as we can re-establish the communication and let the entire the Empire people see that their emperor is being held captive by me like a dog, then everything will go smoothly!"
"Who is commanding Imperial fleet? Why did they come so fast?" Arden-Lin asked while looking at the holographic combat star map.
"I don't know." Demetrius-Zaarin shook his head, "Every senior military general in Imperial Center is under the surveillance of Congressman Cassius. If he If they take action, Senator Cassius will definitely take action. Ruffan-Digorinus also absolutely do not have the ability to command a fleet to this extent... bastard!"
Marshal Zarin punched the console hard and said sternly, "Gather all the battleships immediately and charge directly towards Coruscant!"
"Are you crazy? Once Coruscant activates the orbital defense system, we will be completely finished." Arden-Lin said loudly, she turned and walked outside, "Leave it to me! I will bring a squadron of TIE Defender to directly attack the opponent's flagship! Jing Fang, follow me!"
"Oh... Okay, okay!" Jing Fang was watching the whole process. He still felt it was completely unreal. He actually experienced a rebellion? He also captured Emperor of the Empire?
However, before taking two steps, Arden-Lin suddenly stopped. She turned around suddenly and looked in one direction of the vast universe, her face becoming extremely solemn.
"What's wrong?" Zaarin asked.
"The plan failed, prepare to retreat." Arden-Lin said slowly, "Darth-Vader, he is here."
"What?!" Marshal Zarin was shocked. If the most terrifying person in the Empire is Palpatine, then the second most terrifying person is definitely Darth-Vader!
"Impossible! Shouldn't he be on Denon Planet's defense now?" Zaarin roared angrily.
"He's here." Arden Lin said in a deep voice, "Get ready to evacuate immediately! Leave him alone at Cassius! Go to Skako first, and I'll kill Palpatine!"
With that said, she quickly ran towards the cell where Palpatine was held.
"Damn it!" Marshal Zarin stomped his feet fiercely, and immediately turned around and gave an order to Colonel Raveen, who was directing the operation, "Call the ships to shrink their defenses immediately! Let Super Star Destroyer take cover, and we are ready to evacuate!"
Arden-Lin ran directly to the cell with Jing Fang. Now that Darth-Vader has returned, who knows if he brought the fleet. Under such circumstances, it has been determined that the coup has failed and the emperor cannot do it. So in this case, we will continue to do nothing, kill Palpatine, and completely muddy the water of the Galactic Empire, so that we can have the last chance of survival!
However, when they ran to the prison where Palpatine was imprisoned, they found that the place was already empty!
The laser rays that completely enveloped the entire cell are still outputting powerful energy. Arden-Lin has personally tested it, and it is absolutely impossible to escape from such a cell on your own.
But the problem is, Palpatine actually escaped!
"What happened!" Arden-Lin immediately understood that something was wrong, "Quick! Palpatine must be found!"
There is not much to worry about now. Once Palpatine escapes, he will have the ability to kill everyone on this battleship except herself!
However, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. The black shuttle has flown straight over and is constantly circling around Honor Star Destroyer. Although the close-in defense artillery fire on the battleship is shooting wildly, the black Lambda-class shuttlecraft is dexterously shuttled between the gunfire and cannot be hit at all!
Immediately afterwards, the shuttle suddenly slowed down and entered the shield range directly at a speed lower than the reaction threshold of Deflector Shield. The hatch opened, and a black figure jumped down directly. Standing firmly in the vacuum of space, he flicked the black cloak, and the blood-red Lightsaber appeared in his hand, and stabbed directly towards a weak maintenance hatch on the hull!
The high temperature of Lightsaber immediately melted through the hatch, and the terrifying figure of Dath-Vader jumped directly into the battleship.
At this moment, a large number of rebel soldiers have gathered in this direction, preparing to fight to the death. However, the last sight they saw in their lives was the terrifying blood-red Lightsaber!
Honor The battleship suddenly shook, and Engine Department suddenly exploded! The lighting inside the battleship went out instantly.
"No! Palpatine is over there at the reactor!" Jing Fang was shocked, "Let's go! Let's catch him!"
However, Arden Lin grabbed his shoulder and said in a deep voice, "It's over... take Zaarin, let's go!"
"But..."
"No buts! Those soldiers can't stop Darth-Vader, and Palpatine must have hidden some tricks just now..." Arden-Lin said, "We must keep Zaarin, he is our last life-saving talisman!"
The two of them quickly retreated towards the bridge, and took Gamorrean Sok who was eating a lot in the cafeteria. They returned to the bridge and grabbed Zaarin without any explanation, and quickly ran towards the hangar.
Marshal Zarin also understood that the situation was completely out of control. Although they successfully captured Palpatine, everything that happened after that was beyond their control. The rebellion had failed, and what was needed now was what to do next.
When Arden-Lin and the others were escaping quickly in a TIE Defender fighter, Darth-Vader also fought his way directly inside the Honor. He met his master, Darth-Sidious, in the corridor leading to the bridge.
"You're too late! Darth-Vader!" Darth-Sidious said coldly, "I asked you to stay on standby on the planet Alsakan Planet (Alsakan), not to let you watch a show!"
Das-Vader immediately knelt down on one knee, his expression obscured by his black mask, but his voice did not fluctuate at all. He just said dullly, "Skako, declared independence. It should be to coordinate the rebellion of Zaarin. Core Worlds and Inner Rim have caused riots on hundreds of planets."
"Jiejiejiejie...Skako? Technological Alliance... It seems that they are living very well." Das-Sidious laughed twistedly, "I'm just curious, when did they collude with Zaarin..."
"Zaarin is in charge of the Research Department, and it is normal for him to have contact with the Technological Alliance." Das-Vader said.
"Then... I'll leave it to you to handle it. Jie Jie Jie Jie... I don't want to see anyone alive." Das-Sidious said coldly.
"Yes." Das-Vader stood up slowly, Lightsaber in hand, and Dark Side Force surging around him.
Meanwhile, Imperial Center.
Representatives Cassius-Olcott did not know that Zaarin had already suffered a disastrous defeat. Just now, according to the resolution passed by Imperial Senate, it was announced that Emperor Palpatine was deposed and Provisional Executive Committee was established. He serves as the ruling chairman of the committee. In other words, at this moment, he is the supreme ruler of the Galactic Empire.
He immediately sent the news that Palpatine had died and been deposed, especially the governors of several legions and the generals with military power. At the same time, he also required all the garrison of the Imperial Palace to immediately hand over their command authority, and senior officials of various departments working in the palace must also immediately swear allegiance.
However, no one paid any attention to this farcical statement.
Not only that, Cassius finally discovered that the financial district where he was hiding had been surrounded, and tens of thousands of IDA soldiers were constantly narrowing the encirclement and inspecting every building in the financial district!
There is no doubt that their goal is very clear - they are here for themselves.
Cassius quickly notified the military officers and congressmen who occupied Republic Senate Building, and immediately ordered IDA, requiring them to immediately lay down their weapons and accept the reorganization of Provisional Executive Committee.
At the same time, Cassius also continued to send letters to Capital Defense Fleet's Commander Victor-Hermann-S Traak, asking him to immediately send warships into the planet's atmosphere and carry out Orbital Bombardment operations on IDA's troops!
At this moment, he was completely crazy.
However, Hermann-Sis Traak, who had vowed to overthrow the emperor and establish New Order during the previous conspiracy, was shrinking back like an ostrich at this moment, without any response at all!
Hearing the gunshots getting closer and closer, Cassius understood that everything was over.
The throne he and Zaarin dreamed of only lasted less than a day.