Chapter 1089 Chapter One Thousand and Eighty Eight The Despair Galactic Republic (Part 1)
1088. The Despair Galactic Republic (Part 1)
The capital of the Galactic Republic, Coruscant.
The Supreme Strategic Command of the Republic.
Master Windu walked quickly to this huge building with only three floors above ground and more than 50 floors underground, running through the first and second floors of Coruscant. He walked quickly, and the mechanical components installed on his abdomen and spine made rhythmic whining sounds as he moved.
This already very busy place on weekdays is now even more crowded. There are at least a million people here performing their duties, directing the battles in every war zone and even every planet in the entire galaxy. The general defense level of this place is the highest on the entire planet, even higher than the Republic Capitol Building.
The reason why it is said to be routine is that although the Jedi Temple does not have any military defense, its actual defense power far exceeds any military force.
Not long after entering the headquarters building, several senior generals walked over quickly, gave Master Windu a military salute, and said eagerly: "General Windu, Chancellor Palpatine Waiting in the conference room. Rama-Su, the Prime Minister of Kamino Planet, is also here.”
Master Windu frowned slightly when he heard Palpatine’s name, but he still nodded and walked away. Go in.
Coming to the conference room, a large number of red flashes were marked on the huge Milky Way star map in the center. These are areas where battles are breaking out in the Milky Way.
It can be clearly seen that the red flashes are most dense in the western, northern and relatively central locations of the Milky Way. Of course, these are just the terms southeast, northwest, and direction on the flat star map. The directions cannot be distinguished on this spherical hologram, so we can only use the customary terms.
Master Windu stopped in front of the holographic star map and watched, silent.
"The battle in the Eriadu system and surrounding systems, the Antar-Dron system battle, and...the ever-expanding geth problem." Palpatine's voice behind Master Windu came, "This is now a serious problem for our republic, and it has affected the life and death of our republic."
Master Windu turned around and stared into Palpatine's eyes, with a red light on the left The electronic eyes adjusted the focus, but all they could see was peace, and no mania belonging to the dark side could be felt at all.
Even now that he had obtained the information that Palpatine might be the Sith Lord, he could not see any clues from Palpatine.
This even made him once again doubt the authenticity of the news.
But Master Yoda is indeed right. There is really nothing that can be done directly against Palpatine now, and judging from the current situation, the possibility of a second Sith Lord is indeed very high.
In addition to the previously identified Death Angel and his apprentice Darth Lilim, there should indeed be someone else who trained Darth Maul and Count Dooku. Darth Sidious...Master Windu continued to stare into Palpatine's eyes and asked slowly, "So, what do you think? Mr. Speaker."
< br>"Oh, this is not like your style, Master Windu. Hahahaha..." Palpatine smiled bitterly, turned to the Kaminoan Prime Minister Rama-Su and said: "Mr. Prime Minister , please tell me about the current situation on Kamino Planet.”
Rama Su nodded and said: "As I reported before, the planet Kamino suffered heavy losses in this separatist raid. Nearly a quarter of the capital Tipoca City was destroyed. In addition, Three other cities were severely damaged, with more than 4 million casualties. Even now, there are still an unknown number of separatist Trident-class amphibious landing ships and A-Q series underwater robots in the ocean. Completely annihilated."
"This level of casualties has profoundly shaken my approval rating, and it is basically certain that I will not be able to be re-elected as Prime Minister." Rama-Su paused and then said calmly. "In addition, the clone soldiers also suffered heavy losses. According to statistics, 170,000 clone training soldiers and underage clones died in the battle, which means that the next batch of clone soldiers we can provide to the Republic will only be 4,000. "
Master Windu shook his head, "This cannot meet the needs of the war situation at all"
"This is a huge crisis, Master Windu," Palpatine said with a sigh. , "To be honest, I'm very frustrated. I don't even know how to continue the war. Is it true... that we can only make peace with the separatists and then recognize the existence of the so-called Confederacy of Independent Systems they established?"< br>
Rama-Su ignored them. The Kaminoans had almost no emotions. He just continued to report: "Then for the clone factory, according to the instructions of Master Seve Dias, on 12 The first batch of factories built two years ago and the second-generation factories that have been expanded in recent years were almost completely destroyed, and the human cloning embryo bank was completely destroyed. Of the 40 million embryos, only close to 1,700 could be rescued. If possible, the remaining embryos must also be examined to determine whether they will produce bad fetuses.”
He clicked on the hologram, and a section of a huge undersea building appeared on it, "This is the third-generation clone factory built in accordance with the Arms Update Act. In fact, this factory started construction last year. The construction funds were guaranteed by the finance of the Galactic Republic, so after the "Arms Update Act" was officially passed three months ago, the factory could be put into production immediately. In order to meet the needs of the war, it was set up to be available in one place. It matures within years, but its entire lifespan is only 5 to 10 years. "
"The third-generation clone factory is built on the seabed and has a very strong protective layer, so during this separatist attack. The third-generation factory survived. After simple repairs, it can continue to produce, but after all, the output cannot be compared with the larger first- and second-generation factories.”
Lama- After Su finished speaking, he turned to Master Windu, "Furthermore, the DNA data has been stolen. Through reverse engineering, the Separatists should be able to master our modifications to the DNA original body and respond. In other words, in the next war, we will , is very likely to face directed genetic weapons specifically designed to kill clone soldiers."
Palpatine shook his head and said to Master Windu: "So you ask me what I think...Master Windu. , my idea is...no idea. Without the clone army, we will lose this war."
Master Windu did not expect this to come from Palpatine. What he said out of his mouth, in turn, blocked any response he wanted to make, because in this case, he would not be able to test Palpatine in any way and could only follow his wishes. Walk.
Palpatine, or Darth Sidious, simply retreated to advance, putting Master Windu in a very contradictory situation.
(End of this chapter)