2298. On the verge of breaking out
11 BBY, June 6, the Milky Way Northern Theater Command Headquarters, Palin-Minor planet.
"Arzingano, you bastard!!" Dunn-Wessex crashed into the dungeon like a beast, roaring at the layers of fortified cells in the middle of the dungeon.
The cell door sealed by special metal opened, and a Grisk man was locked inside.
"I don't know what you are talking about... Dear King of the North, Mr. Dunn-Wessex..." Ajingano, a Grisk man, showed an ugly smile.
Dunn-Wessex walked over, grabbed the Grisk man, lifted him up, and roared: "Did you leak the information about the Stargate!! Did you!!!"
"Hahahaha...how could it be me...the great King of the North." Ajingano laughed sinisterly, "Have I not been locked up here by you?"
"Don't follow me. Playing tricks!" Dunn-Wessex was furious, "Now the empire is ready to declare war! The reason is because the Star Gate information was handed over to His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Oh...so I am. After giving you the information about the Stargate, didn't you give it to His Majesty Palpatine?" Ajinjano pretended to be surprised, "As the loyal King of the North, haven't you sent the information out now? "Yes!"
"Asshole!" Dunn-Wessex slammed Ajingano to the ground, "What else did you not tell me!"
"Hehehehe... of course..." Ajingano was lying on the ground, reciting a piece of Grisk language in a voice that was almost chanting, [The king of darkness has awakened, and the living fleet has set sail... Cherish what you have in front of you... It's wonderful, but in 50 years... everything will be burned down. 】
The irritated Dunn Wessex was no longer bothered to waste time with him, and waved his hand casually, "Kill him!"
Two people in black behind him The dark Jedi in robes immediately pulled out his blood-red lightsaber, stepped forward and pierced Ajinjano's chest directly!
Dunn Wessex returned to his office, but he was still pacing and turning around restlessly.
A week ago, Emperor Palpatine suddenly received information about the Dawn Principality owning a star gate, and that their expansion in the unknown star field relied on the star gate. The star gate is a heaven-defying technology that can ignore hyperspace channels and directly conduct point-to-point hyperspace navigation.
This piece of information can be said to be exactly the same as what Ajingano sent to him before. So Dunn-Wessex's first reaction was whether there was a leak on his side.
However, after a detailed investigation, it was found that it was not the case. This information was obtained directly by Intelligence Minister Armand Isad and reported directly to Palpatine on the same day.
Palpatine greatly praised Intelligence Minister Armand Isad at the meeting, constantly praising him for obtaining such critical intelligence. Next, came the moment when Palpatine changed his face. He was instantly furious and issued an order to launch an attack immediately to completely destroy the Principality of Dawn.
Although the imperial military is not willing to start a war at this time, the Stargate is right in front of us. If we don’t fight now, and when the Principality of Dawn really completes the Stargate network, then the Galactic Empire will really have nothing to lose. No chance of winning.
So now, even if the Galactic Empire has just ended its war against the Trade Federation, even if the empire is exhausted, this time, the empire must launch a war immediately.
Although Dunn Wessex wanted to stop it at the time, when he saw Palpatine's fervent expression, he knew that he could not stop it.
Because even if there are 10,000 reasons for starting a war, if Palpatine does not want to fight, then this war will not be fought anyway. Dunn-Wessex knew Palpatine too well... The reason why he held the Stargate information in his hands was because he knew that Palpatine had long wanted to start a war, but he just lacked an excuse. If Dunn-Wessex knew that the Principality of Dawn had exhausted its mechanisms and considered countless possibilities before finally deducing that the Galactic Empire was bound to go to war, he would definitely smile sarcastically in response. Because this has nothing to do with the Star Gate directly, it's just because Palpatine wanted an excuse, that's all.
But what really makes Dunn Wessex furious is that starting a war now has completely disrupted his plan! Because now he is presiding over the internal disruption operation against the Chiss Territory, and after deciding to start the war, Palpatine also very considerately asked him not to be responsible for the frontal battlefield and focus on the Geth and the Chiss Territory, thereby turning the first phase of the war into The overall command was handed over to Darth Vader!
But his plan was to take advantage of the Chissland's achievements after the Chissland achieved certain progress, and then compete with Darth Vader for military power!
"Check it for me!! Check it for me!!" Dunn Wessex said angrily: "Find it for me, who gave the Stargate information to His Majesty the Emperor!!"
< br>"Yes!" The two dark Jedi warriors saluted and disappeared instantly.
Dunn Wessex was still angry. He thought for a long time, took out a dedicated communicator from his drawer, contacted several people one after another, and then hurriedly walked out of the office.
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11BBY, June 8th.
Grand Duke Tang Xiao of Dawn cordially met with the envoys of the Galactic Empire on the planet Dawn, and the two sides talked in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere. Tang Xiao once again emphasized that the Principality of Dawn is definitely the best partner of the Galactic Empire, and he claimed that the recent mobilization of the Principality of Dawn is limited to the army, in order to deal with the increasingly rampant liberals and rebels, and is definitely not aimed at the Galactic Empire.
On June 17, the Military Intelligence Department of the Principality of Dawn monitored the fluctuations of the Galactic Empire's large-scale fleet movement for the first time through the hyperspace outpost. According to the investigation, this movement was located near the Imperial Center, the capital of the empire.
On June 30, the Galactic Empire carried out a large-scale defense change and reduced the garrison of the two border military bases on Fangduo Planet and Kira Planet by 10%. And the imperial media vigorously promoted this as a peaceful and charitable act by His Majesty the Emperor.
On July 1, the Prime Minister of the Principality of Dawn, Francis Underwood, announced his resignation, and the cabinet he formed, including Claire Underwood, was also dissolved.
On July 2, Deputy Prime Minister Daphne Clement became the second Prime Minister of the Principality of Dawn and began to form a cabinet. Hari Seldon, a young generation official with high hopes, entered the cabinet and served as Minister of the Interior.
On July 24, Hari Seldon announced the construction plan for the Kingdom of Dawn in the next five years.
On July 33, the Interstellar Banking Association (S), which belongs to the Galactic Empire, launched an investigation into Lundili Interstellar Power Company, claiming that Lundili Interstellar Power Company had a large number of false accounts and corruption during the Galactic Republic era. corrupt behavior. The Ulan family is required to explain and withdraw the stolen money of up to 40 billion credit points.
On July 35, Lundilli Interstellar Power Corporation refused to investigate and stated that any accounts from the Galactic Republic period had passed the prosecution period and would be ignored.
On August 1, Rush Clovis, co-chairman of the Interstellar Banking Association (S), ordered the formation of an investigation team to go to the planet Rendili to request an investigation.
That afternoon, the Galactic Empire announced that the Imperial Economic Management Department would also send senior officials to join the investigation team.
On August 3, the investigation team was detained by the planet Rendili. (End of this chapter)