The image on the giant screen shifted, revealing the battlefield.
Standing inside the command room, the Captain watched as a planet's surface was repeatedly bombarded by Energy Cannons. The fires that erupted spread outward like glowing sparks from a lit cigarette.
Although no sound came through in the footage, people could still feel and imagine the fear and despair of the species on the planet's surface.
It was a beautiful planet—at least, the parts that had not yet been bombarded were. Its dominant colors were apple green and emerald blue.
Its abundant vegetation and intact atmosphere sheltered all the life on the planet, until the Octopus Monsters arrived.
Dozens of warships surrounded the planet, relentlessly bombarding designated areas. There were also seven or eight stranger-looking but clearly larger warships, using larger-caliber Energy Cannons to bombard the ground.
If the bombardment from an ordinary warship was like a person creating a spark the size of a sesame seed on the surface of this beautiful planet, then the bombardment from these larger warships created a catastrophe the size of an egg!
"Star Destroyers—the Empire's most advanced technological achievement. The energy intensity released by their Main Guns is more than a hundred times that of ordinary warships."
"Of course, their consumption is astonishing as well. When dealing with civilizations that put up extremely tenacious resistance and are highly unlikely to be conquered, the Empire dispatches Star Destroyers to destroy those civilizations directly."
"That is also where their name comes from. As long as those surface civilizations lack the ability to conduct space combat, Star Destroyers can eliminate the entire planet bit by bit!"
"Resources don't disappear. Once we deal with the resistance, we will send slaves to mine them."
When the Commander said these things, he showed no emotion at all. He spoke