The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2325 Dawn Celebration
2326: Dawn Celebration

Since the battle of Kira Planet ended, the Galactic Empire has been shaken to its core. Almost all military officials at all levels of the Empire became anxious when they heard the word Dawn Planet, and almost all noble families were also worried at this moment.

In a nutshell, they are no longer optimistic about the war prospects of the Galactic Empire.

As for the Imperial high-ranking officials, they began to publicize that in the battle of Kira, the Imperial fleet still caused serious losses to the Principality of Dawn, and the Principality of Dawn lost more than 500 battleships on Kira. Since then, the Principality of Dawn's mobile fleet has suffered heavy losses, and the Imperial Navy will launch a counterattack to completely destroy the Principality of Dawn.

On the other hand, the Galactic Empire also launched a massive public opinion campaign, claiming that the Principality of Dawn had used anti-human virus weapons on a large scale in the battle on the planet Kira, causing billions of casualties on the planet Kira.

The Galactic Empire's military increased the number of orders to major industrial giants and asked them to come up with plans as soon as possible to deal with the massive swarm interceptors of the Archon-class aircraft carriers.

This soon produced a result. A company called Damorian Manufacturing Corporation almost immediately came up with a plan - the Tartan-class patrol cruiser.

This warship is 250 meters long and equipped with 20 laser cannons and the most advanced sensor system, as well as a powerful fire control array that can quickly lock onto a large number of small targets. At the same time, the Tartan-class patrol warship has very fast and flexible maneuverability, can maneuver at the fastest speed, and will not be thrown away by the opponent's fighters using their maneuverability during the battle with the fighter cluster.

In fact, it was a coincidence that Damorian Manufacturing could come up with this plan immediately. They were just a small industrial company that had built the Karak-class high-speed cruiser for the Galactic Republic and accumulated a lot of capital. However, after the Karak-class was retired, they lacked a new generation of products and gradually withdrew from the military market.

However, when all the major manufacturers in the Galactic Empire were targeting the battleship market for capital battleships, Damorian Manufacturing Company was very pragmatic and chose escort battleships that specialized in fighting fighters. Therefore, the Tartan-class patrol battleship came into being, and when the Galactic Empire military just proposed how to fight against the Archon-class aircraft carrier, Damorian Manufacturing Company immediately came up with their plan.

After a series of tests on the prototype, the Galactic Empire military directly issued an order to build 10000 Tartan-class patrol warships! This order will include Tartan-class patrol warships and at least 5 subsequent improved models, and requires Damorian Manufacturing Company to complete the construction of at least 500 patrol warships within two months through outsourcing!
At the same time, a large number of production lines need to be transformed to mass-produce Tartan-class patrol warships.

Not only that, the Galactic Empire military also increased its investment in the Vindicator-class heavy cruisers, because according to the situation of the Kira planet battle, they found that the Vindicator-class heavy cruisers' air defense capabilities are still very good. At that time, the Vindicator-class heavy cruisers and the Tartan-class patrol warships will form a combination of one light and one heavy, and with a large number of TIE/LN fighters, they will be able to effectively fight against the Archon-class aircraft carriers!

However, this series of measures made Kuat Power Dockyard feel a little nervous. Because the main development direction of Kuat Power Dockyard now is the direction of fleet decisive battle. For this reason, Kuat Power Dockyard's chief engineer Lila Wessex even forced her father, Willix Blissex, to improve the design of the Imperial class for her and launch the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, which is mainly used for fleet decisive battle.

(After marrying Dunne-Wessex, Lila changed her last name to Wessex.)
However, at this moment, Kuat Power Dockyard discovered that the Galactic Empire's military actually focused on anti-aircraft warships? Doesn't this mean that the huge amount of resources they invested in the fleet decisive battle are now all in vain?

Such worries were directly transmitted to Lila Wessex's husband, the doting wife-loving man and the King of the North, Dunn Wessex, which almost led to the loss of the northern border of the Galactic Empire. Of course, this happened a few months later.

On the other hand, in order to have more financial funds to order more warships, the Galactic Empire began to call on the nobles in the core circle to buy war bonds and donate to the war. In order to get them to open their wallets, the Galactic Empire did not hesitate to use coercion to achieve its goal. For a time, the core circle of the Milky Way fell into a very tense atmosphere.

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However, unlike the Galactic Empire which was in mourning, the whole country of the Principality of Dawn was jubilant after their epic victory in the Battle of Kira Planet.

On August 8, Grand Duke Liming Tang Xiao announced that a national celebration would be held the next day, August 12, to celebrate this great victory.

On August 8, the grand celebration was held as scheduled.

Grand Duke of Dawn Tang Xiao, with his wife Adele Ulan, his children Tang Xing and Tang Yun, and Leia, who was nominally his apprentice, boarded a high platform built by countless drones and loudly announced the start of the celebration.

Dawn City, the capital of Dawn Planet, was immersed in a sea of ​​joy. People sang and danced, expressing their admiration and worship for Duke Dawn in various ways.

However, just when the celebration was reaching its climax and the Dawn Principality's superstar Alia Isabella was singing a moving song, something strange suddenly happened!

Only the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Baron Helmut Zemo, suddenly flew in a drone in front of Grand Duke Tang Xiao who was watching the performance, and then fell to his knees with a thud!
At the same time, Alia Isabella's singing was interrupted, the surrounding music and fireworks all stopped, and the entire Dawn City suddenly fell into silence.

Helmut Zemo was heard kneeling on the ground, saying loudly: "My Lord! The Galactic Empire has committed atrocities, causing great suffering to the people. Under the rule of the Empire, the people have suffered great hardship and exploitation, countless people have died, and countless people have been displaced! And the instigator of all this, the false emperor Palpatine of the Empire, is high above, enjoying the throne forged by countless people with their blood and lives!"

"Under the leadership of the Grand Duke, our Principality of Dawn has its people living and working in peace and contentment, a harmonious and stable society, rapid development of civilization, and a rapidly changing economy! The current Principality of Dawn is the undisputed light of the Milky Way! Compared to the evil and reactionary Galactic Empire, the Principality of Dawn is the bright future of the Milky Way!"

"It is inappropriate for the Principality of Dawn to still accept the title of the false emperor of the Galactic Empire!"

"Now, I beg my Lord to break the seal and ascend the throne as king!"