The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2229: Battle of Cato-Neimoidia (Part )

2230. The Battle of Cato-Neimoidia (Part )

As the flames of war intensified across the galaxy and the clouds of war gradually loomed, 12 BBY came to an end.

After entering 11BBY, the situation of the Trade Federation went from bad to worse. They were no longer able to continue the war. All the remaining resistance was just a desperate struggle, a last ditch effort.

After experiencing the initial chaos, the Galactic Empire quickly stabilized the situation by relying on its strong military and industrial power.

First, the Outer Rim regions were temporarily cut off from the outside world because the trade alliance cut off their shipping routes or refused to share navigation data. These places also experienced large-scale riots when the traffic was cut off at the beginning, killing officials of the Empire and overthrowing the Empire's rule. However, with the efforts of astronomers, hyperspace experts, deep space navigation robots and other aspects, the Galactic Empire gradually restored traffic after a few months.

And those planets where riots occurred, without exception, were brutally and bloodily suppressed!

Such suppression naturally aroused more resistance. The seeds of resistance had basically been planted on these planets, and under the command of an invisible hand, they broke up into small pieces, hid again, and waited for the opportunity to appear.

The Galactic Empire is now in a state of chaos and they have not noticed that the resistance movements in various places have gradually changed from random destruction by scattered soldiers to becoming more organized. Moreover, this kind of organization is not based on planets or star regions, but even involves the layout of the entire Milky Way!

Secondly, the companies that were in danger because of the attack on the Trade Union gradually calmed down under the comfort of the Galactic Empire. After all, they were all businessmen, and businessmen were driven by profit. They were not willing to stand up and confront others head-on, especially when the target was the invincible Galactic Empire.

After making a lot of promises, the large enterprises and consortiums within the Galactic Empire also accepted the official mediation of the Galactic Empire and accepted the statement that this military action was only aimed at the Trade Alliance.

And more importantly, there are substantial benefits! For example, Vulture Planet and Alacod Industries.

Although the Vulture planet was destroyed by the war, it was not completely ploughed into the ground, and many factories on it were still able to work. This was especially true for Arakord Industries, which was one of the three largest robot manufacturers in the galaxy. Its industry and supply chain were not limited to the Vulture planet, but a huge system spanning thousands of planets. These became the spoils of the Galactic Empire and were placed on the table for those corporate consortiums to share.

  The existence of the Trade Union, which was once the largest commercial entity in the galaxy, is an even bigger pie. The size of Alacorte Industries is just a part of the Trade Union. In the past glory of the Trade Union, there were thousands of companies, and some of them were even larger than Alacorte Industries!

These companies and enterprises all became the targets of plunder by the Galactic Empire. At the same time, this was also the most substantial benefit. It shut up other companies and allowed these capitalists who had sucked the blood of the Trade Alliance to sit down again, talk about their loyalty to the Galactic Empire, and imagine the next target of division.

Maybe...the fourth group is not bad.

Of course, if we can break into the planet Mygeeto, then the Interstellar Banking Association (M) will naturally be an excellent target!

Many nobles, wealthy families, giant companies, and capital gradually forgot the horror and despair of the Clone Wars and began to fantasize about the benefits that war could bring.

In terms of diplomacy, the Galactic Empire suppressed the Principality of Dawn, and continuously organized military exercises and cruises in the two places where heavy troops were gathered, Fondo and Kira, to publicize its military presence. The Principality of Dawn also responded by conducting a series of military exercises in the corresponding two places, Yago-Dur and Eriadu. Both sides acted as if they would start fighting at the slightest disagreement, but in fact, they were just fighting with a stick - both sides were afraid, and neither wanted to start a war at this time. They both felt that their preparations for war were not yet complete, and they also felt that once the preparations were completed, they would inevitably achieve the final victory.

Therefore, at this stage, neither the Galactic Empire nor the Principality of Dawn want the affairs of the Trade Federation to hinder their original plans.

But no matter what, this action of the Galactic Empire did make the Principality of Dawn dare not go beyond the line, and it never really sent forces to reinforce the Trade Alliance, but only played supporting roles.

Finally, there are the people who sympathize with the Trade Union.

The Galactic Empire's propaganda agencies spared no effort to portray the Trade Federation as an evil, cruel, and ruthless super-corporation, and made all the people believe that their miserable lives were caused by the fact that the Trade Federation controlled transportation and logistics in most parts of the galaxy, levied high transportation fees, and thus caused prices to skyrocket.

In addition, the trade alliance did not really have any influence in many areas, so this kind of propaganda was quickly accepted by the public.

Not only that, the Galactic Empire also announced the establishment of the Ministry of Public Transportation to take over the transportation and logistics business of the Trade Union. And the Ministry of Public Transportation promised that reducing transportation costs and thus reducing prices is the direction of their future efforts.

So in this series of actions, the Trade Federation eventually became an isolated force, struggling alone in the war against the Galactic Empire.

The war had now spread to the three wealth worlds of the Trade Federation in the core circle of the Milky Way - Cato, Deco and Kru. Among them, the planet Cato-Neimoidia was the most intense place for the battle.

Darth Vader believed that a direct attack on the defenses of Cato Neimoidia would inevitably cause severe losses, so he launched a special operation, airdropping more than 200 groups of the most elite warriors to the planet, including the 99th Clone Troopers.

Although most of these troops were wiped out by the defenders of the Trade Union, the fierce fire refined the true gold, and the troops that survived in the end were all the elite among the elite!

These fighters continued to sabotage the planet, including assassinations, kidnappings, and bombings of high-value targets such as spaceports, warehouses, and material transfer stations, causing very serious losses to the Trade Alliance. And even more fatal than the losses was the leakage of a large amount of intelligence.

The intelligence now on Darth Vader's desk includes a large amount of information such as military deployment, material supply, and personnel transfers within the planet.

Moreover, the warships gathered from all over the place further strengthened Darth Vader's fleet, and he really began to think about the timing of the general attack!