510. The first shot of the civil war
Sheev-Palpatine finally got what he wanted, he successfully bypassed the voting for "Military Creation Act".
He secretly controlled Count Dooku and asked him to order Jango-Fett to assassinate Padmé-Amidala. Although it was unsuccessful, Senator Amidala fell into a coma.
Then, he took advantage of Jar Jar Binks' kindness and heart to serve Galactic Republic, and kept hinting that only by obtaining emergency ruling power could he be able to protect Galactic Republic. He also kept hinting that if Padmé-Amidala was here, he would definitely make this decision.
Jar Jar Binks finally stood up bravely and proposed a motion that no one in the entire parliament of tens of thousands of members dared to propose - granting Sheev-Palpatine emergency ruling powers.
Although the final trend of history proved that his decision was wrong, in that period when everyone was for themselves and everyone was a coward, Jar Jar Binks was the bravest one.
Although his decision ultimately ruined Galactic Republic's final national destiny, looking at this time, allowing Galactic Republic to immediately establish an army to resist Separatists's offensive also truly protected those Outer Rim planets who were still loyal to Galactic Republic from the pain of war.
Sheev-Palpatine won, and he got the supreme power of the entire Galactic Republic. The emergency ruling power allows him to have one vote to veto and one vote to pass any bill, and he can even pass an directive directly without going through parliament through an executive order.
Although this emergency ruling power is temporary, he has publicly promised that he will return this power to the parliament, but who knows what will happen in the future?
After he ordered the establishment of Grand Army of the Republic (Grand Army of the Republic), the impatient industrial giants who were already gearing up and waiting immediately started working with all their strength. The warships that had already begun preliminary construction were dragged into the interstellar dock, and outfitting was quickly completed under the control of countless engineering robots.
Hunter Class Battlecruiser, Aquitenes-class light cruiser, Broadside-class missile cruiser and other new warships have entered the production line and begun production.
Many war machines that had already been built were delivered to Grand Army of the Republic for use, which allowed this army to be armed to the teeth in a short period of time.
And the reform of military institutions has also begun. Groups of young and talented officers have been promoted, and those officers who were full of brains and fat bodies were eliminated.
This series of efficient measures shows that Sheev-Palpatine is well prepared for the establishment of the army. But those congressmen don't think so. They just feel that Chancellor Palpatine has lived up to their trust and that the threat of Separatists can be solved soon.
Republic Strategic Command (Republic Strategic Command), which had been dormant for a long time, began to operate rapidly again. The ubiquitous Galactic Republic agents and intelligence personnel were activated and began to report pieces of information to the Republic Intelligence Department, and handed them over to the Strategic Command for decision-making.
After Master Yoda arrived at Kamino, Kaminoans had already prepared 200,000 Clone Army who had completed training in advance. Wearing white polymer alloy armor and a full-coverage helmet, Clone Trooper is fully armed and has boarded the 12 Acclamator-class assault ships that have been docked in the giant space port in batches, ready for battle at any time.
Jedi Order also made arrangements. Since this Clone Army was created by former Jedi Master Seve Dias, Jedi Order also decided to continue this project.
Master Shake Ti, one of the highest Council member, stayed at Kamino to supervise the production of the Clone Army and monitor the actions of Kaminoans at any time to prevent them from having any evil intentions.
After that, Republic Strategic Command took over the command of the 200,000 Clone Army, and Zilkin Colonel Meebur Gascon accompanied the fleet as Tactical Advisor.
This fleet has a total of 20 Acclamator-class assault ships, 12 of which are fully loaded with the Clone Armys, and the remaining 8 ships serve as escorts.
Each Acclamator-class assault ship, which is 752 meters long and 460 meters wide, can carry 16,000 Clone Troopers and the weapons and supplies they need, including 320 suspended combat motorcycles, 80 LAAT gunboats, 48 AT-TE walkers and 36 SPHA self-propelled artillery.
Earlier, Master Windu had led Jedi Order to Geonosis.
After receiving the news forwarded by Padmé-Amidala, unlike those congressmen who were only thinking about political goals, Master Windu was very keenly aware of it at the first time - war is imminent!
Therefore, he was very decisive and brought all the Jedi Knight he could bring, a total of 212 people. Jedi Order has now begun to decline, but the total number of people is about 10,000, but most of them are scattered throughout the galaxy to perform tasks. After excluding those apprentices who have not completed their training, he brought 212 Jedi Knight this time, which can be said to be an all-out effort.
If Count Dooku is on Geonosis at this time, then being able to capture him is the best result. In this way, a civil war sweeping the entire galaxy may be avoided.
While traveling, Master Windu also received the second piece of information from Obi-Wan-Kenobi, which determined the location of Count Dooku, which made Master Windu even more determined.
More than 200 starfighters made several hyperspace jumps driven by the hyperspace ring, heading straight towards Geonosis!
A dense white light flashed, and more than 200 star fighters left hyperspace and arrived at their destination. What greeted them was intense artillery fire!
Because of the previous commotion between Obi-Wan-Kenobi and Anakin-Skywalker, Geonosis was already on the highest alert, and the arrival of Jedi Knight was immediately discovered.
The five Geonosian cruisers immediately turned around and flew in the direction of these star fighters. A large number of Nantex-class territorial defense fighters were densely parked in the bellies of these cruisers. There is no Hangar Platform in this kind of cruiser. The fighter jet is directly connected to the cruiser at the tail, and hanging on it looks like the belly of the cruiser is covered with dense bean sprouts.
The Geonosians pilot quickly entered the fighter from the rear, started the engine, broke away from the cruiser, and headed straight for the Jedi Knight fighter! More than 1,700 fighter jets took off in this wave!
After all the fighter jets were released, Geonosian cruiser began to adjust its posture and enter the shooting angle. Several double-mounted heavy-duty Turbolaser cannons installed on both sides aimed at the target...
Fire!!
Oh~~~~~!! The thick red blaster beam pierced the dark universe, starting the first civil war in the galaxy, the first shot of Clone Wars!!