"I'm sorry, Prime Minister, I lost my temper that day. I will take responsibility for this matter." In the office of the Prime Minister's Office on Dawn Planet, Douglas Stamp looked annoyed.
"I can only say that this matter is indeed wrong Doug." Francis Underwood, Prime Minister of the Dawn Principality, shook his head, "Helmut Zemo is using the media and public opinion to attack us, and we
This excuse should not be given to him."
He stood up, came to the window, lifted a corner of the curtain, and looked at the crowd of demonstrators outside the Governor's Palace.
With a cold smile, Francis lowered the curtains and said: "Momentary anger cannot solve the essential problem. If the overly radical war policy is not alleviated, more resistance will appear. We cannot repeat the Galactic Empire.
’s mistakes.”
"The recent situation makes me feel that this storm is unstoppable..." Douglas Stamp sighed.
"That's just an illusion." Francis Underwood said lightly, "Zemo and Ling Liang tried to start a movement and use the movement to dilute the contradictions. Others talk about labor time with them, they talk about doctrine with you; others
Talk to them about exploitation, and they talk to you about doctrine; when others talk to them about war, they talk to you about doctrine... That's it."
"What about us?" Douglas asked.
"We should focus on the substantive things." Francis Underwood made a grasping motion. "Will war come? Of course it will, I never deny it, but it should be a defensive war.
war. Our main fleet should not fight within the territory of the Galactic Empire. This will only reduce our advantage. The Galactic Empire is not stable internally, and they face more enemies. Everyone knows this. If they dare
If we take the initiative to attack, they will definitely be the first to collapse."
"That's right. Our work so far has been very effective." Douglas Stamp nodded, "It was our two large-scale battles in the Model Sector and the Yago-Dur System that completely destroyed the foundation of the Galactic Republic.
.The current Galactic Empire is more extreme and radical, but their power is not necessarily stronger than that of the Galactic Republic."
"This is exactly the key." Francis tapped his knuckles on the table. "What we have to do now is not to have a larger military than the Galactic Empire! The most important thing for us now is to prove that we are greater than the Galactic Empire."
The empire is superior and more prosperous! We must prove to the people of the galaxy that we are truly fair, just, and free! Does Tang Xiao want to be dictatorial? There is no problem. As long as he can guarantee the bottom line of people's lives, then nothing is a problem.
The people of the galaxy will naturally make their choice."
"Yes, our policy should be biased towards defense. As long as the current situation continues, many people who cannot stand the Galactic Empire will naturally come to our side. The general trend cannot be reversed." Douglas said, "But Zemo and the others
…”
"It's still the same. We have to prove that Zemo is wrong and we are right." Francis said, "Tang Xiao, because of the dark side of the Force, often makes decisions that are more emotional than rational.
Now he can't be contacted for the time being, which is a good thing, because it also keeps him away from villains like Zemo. When he comes back, he will naturally see our fruitful current situation."
"We will definitely succeed." Douglas nodded.
"Next, we will try our best to promote new economic policies, at least to put this policy on the table. If Zemo continues to advocate his war plan, then this choice on the table will make the people
It is natural to distinguish between good and bad. As I said, the enthusiasm aroused by public opinion is only temporary... What do the people really need? Interests. Therefore, we must firmly grasp this point in order to grasp public opinion.
With public opinion, we have a foundation."
"Yes. This is the wisest choice." Douglas said.
Francis leaned back on the backrest and crossed his fingers, "Tang Xiao will eventually understand that the position of Prime Minister of the Empire was not given to me by him, but by me. For this goal, I paid an unimaginable amount of money."
effort."
"That's what we're trying to do," Douglas said.
"And you Doug... I'm sorry. You must give the public an explanation for this matter." Francis said calmly, "Convene a press conference, publicly apologize, and then take the blame and resign. Come back to me,
Keep a low profile for a while, just like before. Find a few outstanding people to write your speech, and show it to me after it is written. You should know that the point of an apology is not to apologize, but why did you do this? Why?
Because of your ideals and your beliefs! Yes, talk about your beliefs.”
"I understand." Douglas nodded, not swayed at all by the request to resign.
…
"Your Majesty...this is the beginning and end of the recent political turmoil in the Principality of Dawn." Harus Ison, deputy director of the Imperial Security Bureau, stood in the audience very respectfully, bending forward to the throne.
Report to the person who represents the highest authority in the empire.
Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire sat on a tall throne, with almost his entire upper body shrouded in shadow. Only his pair of golden eyes shone with a ferocious look in the darkness.
Today, Palpatine held a secret meeting. Just as the Principality of Dawn has been talking about the Galactic Empire, what they were discussing was also the Principality of Dawn.
The Governor of the Fourth Army, Wilhuff Tarkin, the Governor of the Ninth Army, Dunn Wessex, the Governor of the Twentieth Army, Octavian Grant, the mysterious director of the Imperial Security Bureau, and the Imperial Intelligence Department.
The Dark Advisor Black Hole, the Emperor's Advisor Crueya-Vandron, the Dark Prophet Kadan, and the leader of the New Order Protection Committee Ishin-Il-Raz. I really don't know why this II is in the middle.
The core members of the empire, including Aishin II Raz?) are all here.
"Tang Xiao...hehehehe..." Palpatine let out a distorted laugh, "He is just a little kid who made his fortune by stealing Hei Ge's inheritance. He is proving that he does not have the ability to rule the Principality of Dawn.
, soon... everything about him will fall apart, and he himself will be torn into pieces by me. Tell me his whereabouts."
"Tang Xiao has not appeared in public in the past four months. We believe that he is probably not in the Kingdom of Dawn." Harus-Ison said, "Considering the Kingdom of Dawn's recent actions in the unknown star field, we believe that he
We’re dealing with the trouble over there.”
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"If he is not here, what are the chances that we will launch an attack immediately?" Palpatine asked with a grin.
"There are difficulties, Your Majesty." Wilhuff Tarkin stepped out and said: "The main fleet of the Imperial Navy is currently too scattered. We maintain a force of 1,000 Star Destroyers in the Laxus system, the core area of separatist activities.
In order to monitor the Hutt space where the civil war is breaking out, the strength of the Thirteenth Army has also been strengthened to 800 Star Destroyers. To guard against the indiscriminate forces of the Principality of Dawn, separate forces were deployed in the direction of the Yago-Dur system and the Eriadu system.
1,000 Star Destroyers were deployed. Then our wise and powerful Governor of Wessex, in the name of fighting the geth, occupied 3,500 Star Destroyers... and then excluded fleets used for defense elsewhere, such as the
There are 2,000 Star Destroyers in a system army, which allows us to use less than 1,000 capital ships as a mobile force."
As he spoke, he did not forget to give Dunn Wessex some eye drops, glanced coldly over there, and then said: "According to our plan, if we want to wipe out the Principality of Dawn in one fell swoop, we will need to use at least 5,000 fighter jets.
The strength of starships. Taking into account the occupation and attrition in various places, we will have such a force in the next five years."
"I've said it many times! I don't want to hear again that our battleships are not as good as theirs, so we must use numbers to win! The Principality of Dawn's fleet has less than 1,000 ships, why must we wait until five years later!" Palpatine
growled.
"The three-body environment of the Yago-Durr system and the solid defense system of the Eriadu system are all difficulties we need to face, Your Majesty." Octavian Grant stepped forward and said: "And we must admit that Dawn
After the Principality occupies the vast territory of the 18th Army and the 19th Army, they have greater strategic depth, which is also a factor that will digest the strength of our fleet."
In fact, Governor Octavian Grant was not as influential as Dunn Wessex and others during the Galactic Republic. However, because he is one of the current generals of the Galactic Empire, he has continued to fight against the Principality of Dawn for a long time.
The longest one, although most of them were failures, it still allowed him to have a greater say in such meetings.
Dunn-Wessex said: "Based on the current simulated combat results, our Empire II-type Star Destroyer can achieve an overwhelming advantage in the battle against most of the capital ship types of the Principality of Dawn. Including Martha-class missiles
Heavy cruisers, Cole-class battlecruisers, and Imperial II-class Star Destroyers can all achieve a record of more than 1:5 in simulated battles, and the record of Behemoth-class battlecruisers is also 1:3. The only troublesome thing is that
Hell's Angel-class battlecruiser and Catastrophe-class battlecruiser...the former's defense system allows it to persist for a longer time in the face of Empire-class firepower, while the latter's particle light spear is always a headache."
He projected some simulated battle scenes on a light screen, and then said: "But the firepower of the Hell's Angels is very different from that of the Empire II, so there is nothing to be afraid of. As for the disaster class, this can be solved through excellent tactical organization.
.A high-speed assault fleet and a powerful carrier-based aircraft fleet can become a real disaster at the disaster level. At the same time, in order to gain an advantage at the fighter level, we have installed the most advanced anti-stealth radar on the Chaser-class aircraft carrier. The Principality of Dawn
The stealth fighter will be invisible. And the most important thing is..."
The huge and majestic figure of the Executor-class super Star Destroyer appeared on the screen. Dunn-Wessex said proudly: "The Titan battleships that the Principality of Dawn is proud of will be completely invincible in front of the Executor-class.
All doubts are wiped out!"
Wilhuff Tarkin sneered: "What? Are you talking to your wife again? Has the battleship built by Quat ever been reliable?"
At this time, the sinister voice of the Imperial Intelligence Minister Hei Dong came, "The Principality of Dawn has new battleships put into use, and the number of Archon-class aircraft carriers that got us into huge trouble before is also increasing. Your complacency is still too early.
, Wessex.”
"Although the information is unclear, there are no traces of mass production of those new warships. In other words, they are just vanity toys used by Tang Xiao to satisfy his great ambition. And the Executor-class super Star Destroyer? From the beginning, this
It is a mass-produced equipment, and we have sufficient plans." Dunn-Wessex said.
Harus Ethan, deputy director of the Imperial Security Bureau, said: "Wessex is right about this. The Principality of Dawn has focused on the relocation of the planet Rendili in recent years and has built a huge number of
Passenger ships. From the perspective of production capacity, they have not put their industrial strength into the construction of warships at all. Their sights are set on a long time later."
"You mean their stellar ring and the unknown mine with huge output?" Palpatine's voice deepened, "Black hole, I asked you to explore this matter, do you have any results?"
"The principle of the stellar ring is not complicated. In fact, we also use stellar energy collectors very extensively. Their stellar ring is just a very large-scale array. I organized a large number of experts in energy science, astronomy, and engineering to discuss it.
They also tend to believe that very large arrays like stellar rings will actually cause energy overflow, which means that if there is no equivalent energy consumption, the collected energy will still be useless." Black Hole said, "So,
The most suspicious thing about this matter is the mine with huge output."
"With the scale of that stellar ring, at least several mineral planets need to be hollowed out. After all, materials that can withstand the temperature of stars at close range are not easy to create." The black hole continued, "But how to mine is still a problem... We
Some experts believe that the Principality of Dawn may directly blow up some mineral planets and then directly smelt the metal's planetary core. However, this matter is not very credible, because to blow up a planet, I don't think the Principality of Dawn has this ability.
.”
"In other words, you still have no results." Palpatine said coldly.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I will continue to strengthen the intelligence force." Black Hole said.
"Put your tribunal to good use and leave the matter of hunting down the Jedi to the tribunal." Palpatine waved his hand, "Arden-Lin is back in the arms of the empire, which is good. With her taking action,
There is no problem in hunting Jedi Knights. Just concentrate on this matter."
Hearing Arden-Lin, Heidong's expression was a little cold, but he still nodded and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. With the help of the Tribunal, the secrets hidden by the Dawn Principality will not be hidden!" ()