The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2223 Good Soldier

  2224: Good Soldier

The fierce battle in the sky is still going on. After launching more than 200 sets of orbital airdrop capsules, this Cheering-class assault landing ship is desperately trying to leave the planet.

And another 10 Victory II-class Star Destroyers provided cover from higher in the air.

However, the anti-aircraft firepower on the planet Cato-Neimoidia did not intend to let the Cheering-class ship succeed. Countless anti-aircraft missiles and turbolaser cannons were madly involved, vowing to completely destroy the battleship that had entered the planet's atmosphere.

Hunter, commander of the 99th Clone Troop, had led his team out of the orbital drop site and into the depths of the jungle. But even in this dense jungle, the constantly shining fire in the sky still illuminated the surroundings as if it were daytime.

Suddenly, the technician's wrist indicator sounded an alarm, and he immediately whispered, "Take cover!"

Everyone lay down on the spot in unison and moved behind the bunker with imperceptible movements. A few seconds later, a group of vulture robot fighters flew low over, making an unpleasant whistling sound. However, they did not find Unit 99, but flew towards the place where their orbital airdrop pod landed.

"Be careful, there are usually Banshee fighters near the Vulture robot fighter formation. With the equipment we have, we cannot detect the Banshee fighters." The hunter whispered.

"Don't worry. Although we can't see the banshees, they can't be invisible forever. As long as we find the pattern of their patrols, we can avoid them." The technician said, "I'm trying to hack into the military communication channel of the Trade Federation..."

He operated quickly on the micro terminal on his wrist, "The Knox is providing me with data support now... but I don't know how long it can last... It won't work! Leave the battleship now! Leave!" He said the second half of the sentence to the other end of the communicator.

"Is it the short-haired female technician you hooked up with a few days ago?" Rainbow turned around and said seriously, "Then you'd better let her escape to the lifeboat as soon as possible."

"I'm just letting her escape!" The technician became a little anxious, "But she's still transmitting the Trade Federation's communication data to me!"

Medical soldier Tie He looked up at the damaged and constantly exploding Cheering-class assault landing ship in the sky, shook his head and said, "It won't hold out for much longer, Knox."

However, at this moment, on the technician's micro-terminal, the small progress bar was still moving slowly forward... 71%, 72%, 73%...

Boom boom boom! ! ! ! There was another burst of dense explosions in the sky, and a formation of small frigates flew over the Knox Cheerleader-class assault landing ship and fired a dense array of missiles from above!

  These missiles exploded immediately after being launched, and then more micro-missiles were fired directly at the warship, causing a large number of explosions!

"HALO cluster missiles! This is the Valkyrie-class frigate of Terran Heavy Industries!" The crosshair adjusted the focus of the tactical eyepiece and said in a deep voice, "The Knox is finished, we must leave here as soon as possible! Once the Knox falls, we don't even know if it will fall on us!"

"Go! Speed ​​up!" said the hunter, patting the technician on the shoulder.

The nine members of Troop 99 immediately ran forward. The rugged and winding woodland could not stop the agile figures of the clone soldiers.

However, the technician was still the last one to fall behind. He stared at the micro-terminal on his wrist and kept muttering, "Stop! Stop! Run! Run!!"

  But the progress bar was still slowly and steadily increasing, 85%, 86%, 87%... Suddenly there was a terrifying roar in the sky! Accompanied by the continuous explosions like firecrackers... The technician looked up and saw that the Cheering-class assault landing ship had completely lost control. The engine nozzles were no longer spewing plasma jets, but fire mixed with billowing smoke! The attitude of the battleship also began to tilt, the rudder had failed, and the battleship was spinning in the air! What was even more desperate was that the engine had obviously almost lost power, and the battleship had begun to fall!

But the progress bar is still moving forward, 96%, 97%, 98%...

Escape pods were continuously launched from both sides of the battleship, indicating that the captain had issued an emergency order to abandon ship.

"Asshole! Go away! Go! Leave me alone! Leave me alone!" The technician shouted desperately into the communicator.

At this moment, a terrifying loud noise was heard in the sky! Even the earth was shaking at this moment! The reactor of the Cheering Class Assault Landing Ship burst into a dazzling light comparable to that of a star, and then it was directly broken into two pieces in the terrible explosion!

The sound of metal breaking resounded through the sky, as if the battleship was groaning and lamenting its impending fate.

99%...100%...

Hiss~~~~A burst of electric current sound came from the technician's wrist, [This... Valkyrie-Alpha Squadron, mission... completed... Hiss... The enemy ship was shot down...]

[Roger that, female fighter, Alpha, head to coordinates 90.73.112 immediately. 27 TIE fighters are attacking the factory.]

[Understood. This is just a one-shot thing... It's showtime!]

"Success!" Ye Zi's tone was full of excitement, "You hacked into the Trade Federation's command and communication system!"

  Boom~~~~~~!!! The triangular bow of the Cheering-class assault landing ship plunged straight into the ground. The violent explosion was accompanied by an earthquake of at least magnitude 4, and then, there was the flame that shot up into the sky!

The sky seemed to be on fire, and everywhere was red...

The technician looked at the direction where the battleship fell. Although his full-coverage helmet obscured his expression, his figure seemed lonely and desolate...

Force soldier Rainbow shook his head. He could sense the endless sadness in the technician's emotions. He seemed to see a short but determined figure sitting in front of the battleship's main engine. Even though the explosions and flames around her were constantly devouring everything, she was still operating quickly, assisting the technician in processing every instruction...

Her clothes were set on fire, her hair was singed, and her fingers were swollen and bloody, but she still didn't leave. Until the most violent explosion engulfed everything, the charred fingers finally typed out the last command...

The hunter walked over, patted the technician on the shoulder, and said, "Don't let her efforts go to waste."

"Good soldier, obey orders." Zhuixing also walked over and patted the technician's other shoulder.

"I would rather...she wasn't a good soldier." The technician looked at the sky, "At least, she still has a chance to survive."

The vulture robot fighters were seen capturing the lifeboats in the sky and bringing them back to the air force base. It was obvious that the Trade Union did not think it could hold out to the end, so the escape pods contained prisoners that could be used to negotiate terms.