The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2196 The Empire Strikes Back (Part )

2197: The Empire Strikes Back (Part )

The core circle of the Milky Way, the capital of the Galactic Empire - Imperial Center (formerly the planet Coruscant), the headquarters of the Imperial Intelligence Agency.

An intelligence officer rushed into the minister's office in a hurry, almost bumping into him, and said in panic: "Sir... Report, Sir! The Principality of Dawn has a large-scale troop mobilization!"

"What did you say?" Armand Isard, the Minister of Intelligence, was in his office at the moment. Upon hearing the news, he frowned and immediately asked, "Where? What transfer?"

"The second Infinity-class supercarrier, the Eternal, has appeared on the planet Dawn! And four hours ago, the planet Dawn announced a military exercise, temporarily blocking all entry and exit to the Endor system!" the intelligence officer said anxiously.

"According to previous intelligence, the Eternity is heading towards Chis Territory. Contact the informant in Chis Territory immediately to confirm the situation there!" Armand Isard said seriously.

"It has been confirmed! The Eternal left Chiss Territory two days ago and its whereabouts are unknown. But now it appears on the planet Dawn!" said the intelligence officer.

Isard stroked his chin and pondered, "Two days... Chiss Territory is located in the unknown star region, and in the northwest of the Milky Way. And Dawn Planet is in the southwest of the Milky Way. Starting from Chiss Territory, they need to go around a big circle to get to Dawn Planet... Could it be true that the information that the Principality of Dawn has mastered some very fast hyperspace navigation methods...?"

The intelligence officer continued, "In addition, Severance Tann, who has been active in the Mandalore sector, has also taken action. The Infinity-class supercarrier Infinity left the spaceport an hour ago and its whereabouts are unknown."

"Why is it the Infinity-class again? Are all the recent deployments of the Principality of Dawn related to the Infinity-class?" Isard thought for a moment and said, "We have obtained some data on the Infinity-class before. Let's retrieve all the data on the Infinity-class immediately! Organize a team to analyze it immediately. What does the Principality of Dawn need two Infinity-class ships for!"

"Yes!"

"Anything else?" Isard asked.

"In fact, if we link the actions of the Principality of Dawn this time with the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier, we found another piece of information. The Principality of Dawn built at least three Infinity-class super aircraft carriers, and the first one, the Eternity, left the spaceport and disappeared about a year ago. We judged that it might have gone to an unknown star region." said the intelligence officer.

Isard nodded and said, "Pay attention to this matter. I will report to His Majesty the Emperor immediately."

"Yes!"

Isard did not dare to delay. After informing Emperor Palpatine's eunuch, he immediately walked out of the office and drove to the Imperial Palace.

However, just as the hovercraft was about halfway there, he received another emergency call.

[Minister! Urgent military information! The Infinity, the third Infinity-class supercarrier of the Principality of Dawn, has just breached seven of our border outposts, three of which were destroyed and the other four have lost contact!]

Izard was shocked and stood up suddenly. As a result, the space inside the car was small and his head hit the roof with a bang. He covered his head and shouted, "This is an invasion! This is a war! Notify the military immediately!"

[The military has learned about this, and they are urgently summoning a defense fleet! ]

In the palace of the Galactic Empire, Emperor Palpatine, who received the urgent military information, immediately convened a supreme military meeting. "My Lord, the news has been confirmed that an Infinity-class supercarrier of the Principality of Dawn has broken through our border, destroyed seven border outposts, and has now entered the Rafa system." Darth Vader said in a dull voice in the holographic projection.

"Is Tang Xiao finally tired of living? Hehehehehe... That's perfect! Gather the troops immediately, I want to completely raze the Principality of Dawn to the ground!" Palpatine laughed crazily.

"Our main fleet is besieging the Trade Federation's planet of Cato-Neimoidia. We lack the strength to attack the Principality of Dawn until the war here is ended," said Darth Vader.

"Then end the war with the Trade Federation!! When can we capture Cato-Neimoidia? I need some time!!!" Palpatine roared.

"The offensive we launched last month failed. I have executed seven commanders above the rank of major general who were in charge of the operation. We are currently reorganizing the fleet and expect to launch a new round of general offensive in 40 days," said Darth Vader.

"So now you are telling me that in the face of Tang Xiao's provocation, I can only wait and do nothing?!" Palpatine's anger was almost visible to the naked eye, and everything around him was shaking and trembling under his extremely powerful dark side force.

"The Rafa system is located in a remote area of ​​the Milky Way and has no strategic value. I am mobilizing the surrounding defense fleets to go there and try to block the Infinity-class supercarrier in the Rafa system and sink it." Darth Vader said.

Palpatine rarely stopped going crazy at this time. He suddenly frowned and said, "Since the Rafa system has no strategic value, why did Severance Tann lead the Infinity there in person?"

Armand Isard, the Minister of Imperial Intelligence, stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, we have reviewed all the data on the Rafa system and found an anomaly."

"Say!"

Isard immediately controlled the terminal to project a large amount of information on the holographic projection in front of him, and said: "After investigation, we have maintained a research team in the Rafa system. The project this team studies is an ancient civilization called the Saru people. Moreover, this research project was started by the Galactic Republic a hundred years ago and has lasted for three generations. However, the research has not produced any results, so it has been gradually abandoned. At present, we still have an annual allowance of 100,000 credit points, but there are few research results."

"Are you saying that the Principality of Dawn is heading for the ruins of the Saru people?" Palpatine asked coldly.

Armand Isard nodded and said, "We have obtained key evidence. The research team of the Saru civilization, led by leader Yaco Vesdi and consisting of fourteen people, has betrayed the Empire. And there are other insiders in the Empire who helped them sell the research results to the Principality of Dawn. And their research has made a major breakthrough, so Severance Tann took such a big risk and openly broke through our border outpost and broke into the Rafa system."

What he didn't say was that the latest data he had on this research project was ten years ago. He didn't know what the team was like now, how many people were there, or even whether Jaco Vesti was still alive.

However, this would make the matter appear as a serious dereliction of duty on his part as the Minister of Intelligence, so he simply accused him of being a traitor and made the matter more serious.

Since there is a conspiracy to betray the country, the Principality of Dawn must be behind it. Add to that other traitors within the empire, and the Intelligence Department's dereliction of duty is not so obvious compared to such a major event.

As expected, Palpatine's face became extremely gloomy. He slowly said, "Now that we have evidence, we will immediately arrest all members of the team headed by Yaco Vesti! And arrest their families as well!!"

"Yes!"

Sins of a Solar Empire II is really a great tool for killing time... I started to plant the field for a while, and three hours passed... The computer came to siege, and another afternoon passed...