The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2295 Intelligence
2296、Information

11 BBY, *****, 11:30 AM galactic time. NSA headquarters, Dawn.

A staff member was typing away at the keyboard of a personal computer. After completing a report, he checked it, quickly entered the data into the memory, and walked quickly towards the office.

But before she could enter the door, the storage device was taken away by a mechanical arm that stretched out from behind.

She only saw the tall figure of General Kalani appear behind her. He put the memory into his reading device, his electronic eyes flickered, and he nodded and said, "I know. The meeting will be held in 30 minutes."

"Yes!"

National Security Agency Director Peggy Carter walked quickly into the conference room. She was wearing a civilian military uniform. The army green shirt and one-step skirt made her look capable and smart. Her long wavy blonde hair hung on one side, making her look quite charming.

She came to the table, but did not sit down. Instead, she supported the table with both hands and said seriously, "I will attend the joint meeting of the intelligence departments in an hour and report on the recent events immediately!"

"In the past seven days, the Galactic Empire's intelligence department has been very active, and the frequency of espionage operations has increased hundreds of times compared to before." Several intelligence officers began to report.

"The spies' activities are mainly concentrated on the planets of Lundili, Annaji, Yago-Dur, and Eriadu. Even traces of spies have been found on the planet Dawn."

"Specifically, our traffic management and transportation logistics departments were hacked, but we took proper precautions and no critical intelligence was stolen."

"Census Department, the database was hacked early this morning for 16 minutes and 37 seconds. The stolen data is unknown."

"Building Management Department, the database was hacked early this morning for 12 minutes and 44 seconds. The stolen data is unknown."

"Civilian spacecraft regulatory department, the database was hacked early this morning for 19 minutes and 10 seconds. The stolen data is unknown."

"In the past five days, the department's action team has conducted 5 sorties, including 43119 false alarms, and arrested 11208 suspects, of which 129122 were confirmed to be Imperial spies and 3497 were confirmed to be bribed informants."

"On the Dusk Covenant side, the Sky Squad launched 42 sorties, of which 4 were in contact with the Imperial Inquisition. The Ogus Group launched 16 sorties, without any contact with the Imperial Inquisition."

Various data and reports were summarized to Director Peggy Carter and Deputy Director General Kalani. Carter nodded without saying much. He just grabbed his hat from the table and put it on, nodded to General Kalani, turned and walked out.

……

17:02 pm Galactic Standard Time, Conference Room 07, Supreme Command of the Principality of Dawn.

The three major intelligence departments of the Principality of Dawn gathered here for a joint meeting. The Director of the Principality's National Security Bureau, Margaret Page Carter, Deputy Director General Kalani, the Minister of the Principality's Military Intelligence Department, Saratan Moss, the Minister of the Principality's Secret Intelligence Department, Solomon Ryan, and Deputy Minister Gabriel Tosh, attended the meeting together.

The meeting lasted for two hours, after which it was reported to the Grand Ducal Office, requesting the convening of the Principality's highest military meeting.

……

At 19:32 pm, Galaxy Standard Time, the Supreme Command of the Principality of Dawn, Meeting Room 01. Grand Duke of Dawn Tang Xiao, Prime Minister Francis Underwood, Chief of Staff Qi Jian, Minister of Defense Cheng Shitao, Acting Navy Commander-in-Chief Carls Walton, and Army Commander-in-Chief Xian Hui.

The five major star district governors - Volgograd-Kanidi, the governor of the Model Star District, BIG-BOSS, the governor of the Haven Star District, Ling Liang, the governor of the Sesvenna Star District, Xien Morabito, the governor of the Chis Territory, and He Ru, the governor of the Developer Star District. In addition, the chief minister of the cabinet Helmut Zemo, the commander-in-chief of the Mandalore Special War Zone, Admiral Severance Tann, and the secretary general of the Prime Minister's Office, Hari Seldon, were specially present.

Together with the heads of the three major intelligence departments, they formed the participants of this supreme military conference.

Tang Xiao's expression was extremely serious. He first looked around at the people around him, without saying a word, and just nodded to Saratan Moss, the Minister of Military Intelligence.

The Salarian intelligence chief cleared his throat and said, "According to the joint statistics of the three major intelligence agencies, in the past seven days, the frequency of the Galactic Empire's espionage activities against us has increased by more than a hundred times, far exceeding the normal level, and it has no intention of taking into account the diplomatic status quo of both sides. This is a dangerous signal."

"What is the main target of the other party's espionage activities?" Ling Liang asked.

"In addition to daily military targets, the Imperial Intelligence Department has focused on investigating population, construction, transportation, logistics and other departments. And the intelligence of some departments has been stolen, and the specific content of the theft is being investigated." Saratan-Moss said.

"What is the Military Intelligence Department's judgment?" Chief of General Staff Qi Jian asked with a serious expression.

"The continuous exploration of military targets indicates that the Galactic Empire may have large-scale military operations in the near future. On the other hand, the infiltration of civilian targets such as population and buildings shows that the Galactic Empire has other purposes." Saratan-Moss said, "According to our analysis, the Galactic Empire is likely to have doubts about the immigration situation of the planet Rendili. They may think that our immigration speed is unusual."

"They must have obtained more accurate intelligence or inferences, and then they invested huge costs to conduct investigations." Xian Hui nodded.

"Do they suspect that we used the Star Gate?" Helmut Zemo asked with a frown.

Ling Liang shook his head and said, "It may also be that they suspect that we have other hyperspace routes. I am checking the intelligence data, which shows that the Galactic Empire is adding a large number of hyperspace monitoring outposts recently. There are more than 50000 that can be confirmed."

"That's for you to see." Saratan Moss waved his hand with certainty. "The Galactic Empire is suspicious of the Stargate."

"We maintain the highest level of confidentiality for the Star Gate. What evidence do you have for saying that the Star Gate leaked secrets?" Tang Xiao finally spoke.

Saratan Moss raised two fingers and rubbed them together, saying, "Intelligence input and output. This is essentially the same as industrial production. The difference is that the raw materials for intelligence input are money, spies, beauties and other costs. Among all the intelligence related to the immigration plan of the planet Rendili, none of them is worth this price. Except... the star gate."

"You don't have direct evidence?" Tang Xiao continued to ask.

"No. But sure," Saratan-Moss said.

"So what is your conclusion?" Tang Xiao asked again.

Saratan Moss didn't say anything this time, but he turned his head and stared at the Chief of General Staff Qi Jian.

Qi Jian also understood what he meant, and stood up and said, "If the Galactic Empire really sets its sights on the Star Gate, then according to the contingency plan we have made for the Galactic Empire... the Galactic Empire will only have one choice... war!"