The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2349: Battle of the Mararian Alliance (Part )
2350, Mararian Alliance Campaign (Part )

1000 Geth warships!
This number made Gilad Perrine sweat profusely. He immediately shouted, "Prepare for battle! Form a defensive formation!"

He had never expected that there were so many warships of Geth!

First of all, he was very clear that the Geth were likely to set up an ambush on every hyperspace route. The reason was simple: they were mechanical life forms that could stay still and wait forever in a desolate place until the enemy appeared.

The Geth placed hyperspace blockers in the middle of each hyperspace channel, and then ambushed them with a large fleet. This tactic is something that intelligent creatures can never do. First, the probability of the Imperial Fleet choosing one of the channels is only one in eight, and then, there is no way to know when the Imperial Fleet will set out.

Therefore, the Geth fleet was probably ambushed here a few months ago, and it was likely to travel at warp speed, so there would be no hyperspace fluctuations, making it impossible for the Galactic Empire's hyperspace outposts to detect it. At the same time, all warships shut down all engines, and all Geth individuals entered the shutdown state, so as to minimize energy consumption, and then wait for the one in eight chance.

These places are halfway through the hyperspace channel, and there is nothing around. No planets, no stars, no asteroids, just an empty universe. Apart from that, there is nothing! Not even a speck of cosmic dust can be found!
If it were a human fleet, waiting for several months or even longer in that dark and lonely space that never changes no matter how you look at it, everyone would probably go crazy.

In order to raid the planet Rendili, Darth Vader led the fleet to sail at warp speed for more than two months, and the morale of almost all officers and soldiers at all levels of the fleet was on the verge of collapse. This was because he had built up this fleet, and it was an elite force that participated in the Clone Wars, the siege of the planet Salukami, and the final attack on the core control area of ​​the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

If it were any other fleet, it would be impossible.

But Geth can use this tactic very casually!

Gilad Perrine naturally knew about these skills of the Geth, but what he really didn't know was that the Geth fleet was so large!

If what appeared in front of him now were 1000 Geth warships, then it only meant that there were so many warships in other directions!
There are a total of 8 hyperspace channels from the planet Gler-Anselm to the planet Anxin, which means that the Geth have ambushed at least 8000 warships!
Now, Gilad Perrine finally understood what Dalsana was talking about, that the Geth was always elusive and was doing.

As many as 1000 Geth warships have launched an attack, and dense plasma balls are fired like raindrops, rippling violent energy ripples on the deflector shields of the Imperial-class Star Destroyers. At the same time, the Imperial-class Star Destroyers' counterattack is also extremely powerful and resolute. The XX-9 twin-mounted heavy turbolaser cannons are powered by the L-A2B solar furnace reactor, and each shot carries a power that is almost devastating.

The same model, but the turbo laser beam emitted by the Hunter-class is completely not on the same level!

The Geth warships immediately suffered losses, and more than a dozen Geth frigates were directly destroyed in this wave of attacks. However, such losses were only a drop in the bucket, and more Geth warships rushed up one after another!
Gilad Pellaeon was very skilled in commanding his fleet. He was completely different from most of the generals in the Galactic Empire who relied on nepotism to gain power and were idle. He was very diligent and hardworking in studying the art of fleet command. He also studied countless fleet battle examples and organized countless actual combat exercises.

At the same time, after meeting Vice Admiral Mis-Lo-Nurudo Thrawn, he was impressed by the latter's talent and has been humbly learning Thrawn's command art and growing continuously.

Maybe Gilad Pellaeon was not the most talented one, but he was definitely the one who worked the hardest. He deployed all the Imperial-class Star Destroyers into a spherical array, with all the warships hiding their tails facing the center of the array.

Because the maneuverability of the geth warships is very good, they often perform various tactical maneuvers at incredible speeds on the battlefield. Even cruisers and even dreadnoughts can perform rapid acceleration, rapid deceleration, and sharp turns. During the Clone Wars, when the Galactic Republic fleet first faced the geth warships, they were often bypassed by the geth warships and their engines were directly destroyed, causing the warships to lose their combat capability.

Gilad Perrine used this formation to directly compete with the Geth warships in terms of firepower and size. Not only that, he also deployed all the fighter units in the center of this formation to specifically deal with the Geth warships that got in through the gaps.

After his frigates and light cruisers arrive, these small and medium-sized warships will also be deployed to the center of the formation. While being protected by the Imperial-class Star Destroyers, they will also clear out all the Geth warships that attempt to break into the center.

When necessary, those light and high-speed warships will launch an attack from any direction at the first opportunity.

This tactic is called "Pellaeon Ring", and it turns out that this is the most suitable tactic to fight against the Geth fleet.

After forming the Pellaeon Ring formation, the Imperial fleet finally stabilized its formation. More than 500 TIE fighters fought with more than 10 geth frigates in the center of the formation, while the Imperial-class Star Destroyers kept the geth dreadnoughts out.

Even if it was 80 against 1000, Girard Perrine was not afraid.

The warships in the rear continued to come to reinforce and join the Pellaeon Ring, making the formation larger and more complete.

On the battlefield, countless plasma balls and turbo laser beams flew everywhere, the damaged warships spewed out large amounts of flames and debris, and there were exploding flames and broken wreckage everywhere.

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A group of TIE bombers, escorted by TIE/LN fighters, approached a Geth dreadnought, but the dreadnought was very maneuverable and began to accelerate in an attempt to shake off the bombers' pursuit. However, at this moment, several consecutive turbolaser beams were accurately fired from a distance and hit the center of the dreadnought directly.

A dazzling light flashed, and the deflector shield of the Geth Dreadnought was broken. The middle of the warship was hit hard by a turbolaser cannon. In the violent explosion, the Geth Dreadnought's body suddenly tilted. Seizing this rare opportunity, the TIE bombers rushed forward and took up advantageous positions to launch proton torpedoes!
The point defense artillery on the Geth dreadnought was fired like water, forming a barrage around the battleship, shooting down several proton torpedoes, but it was still directly hit by more torpedoes!

In the explosion and collapse of the light blue proton cloud, the Geth dreadnought silently began to disintegrate and break apart, and was finally blown into three pieces. It flew away from the battlefield under the kinetic energy generated by the explosion.

The Pellaeon Ring formed by the Imperial fleet is like a towering mountain. Even though the Geth warships have ten times their number, they are still very stable.