[…This is orbital position 2111. We encountered a surprise attack by the Empire’s elite team.]
【Kill without mercy.】
[We killed two soldiers, but the others ran away. These people moved very quickly...]
[Karsa Factory reported that it was also attacked here, and an Imperial assault team was wiped out by us. They wanted to kidnap our engineers, but they didn’t expect us to sneak in more than a dozen T-850s wearing bionic skins among the workers.
, Hahahaha! He was caught alive and is being interrogated.】
[Don’t mess around! Let the torture experts from the Ministry of Intelligence deal with these prisoners.]
[Expand the search scope and number each orbital drop pod! Each of these type of drop pods used by the empire can accommodate 12 soldiers. The search must not stop until I see the corpses with the corresponding numbers!]
[Banshee-Theta Squadron, your next cruise mission is 33, 79, 52, 137, please confirm the coordinate route. 】
[Banshee-Theta Squadron received it, the coordinates and route are clear.]
[The Imperial Fleet has withdrawn, let the ‘Christmas Gift’ come over as soon as possible. 】
[‘Christmas gifts’ are on the way, this time there are 230,000 tons. 】
[We need more! There is a serious shortage of weapons on the planet, we must defend Bridge City!]
(Bridge City is the capital and treasury of the planet Cato-Neimoidia. It is a suspended city built on a huge bridge arch rock formation.)
The technician listened to the Trade Federation's military communication channel, raised his head and said: "In this battle, most of the teams we sent did not go well. It is known that the Trade Federation has eliminated at least 76 of our teams."
The hunter opened the electronic map, looked at the target area on it, frowned and said: "If we go to the orbital defense artillery position here to destroy it according to our original mission, I am afraid that the success rate will be very slim. We must find another way."
Crosshair said: "This is the combat request made by General Vader to us. Now that the Trade Federation has deployed a strong defense force on the planet, the fleet cannot attack directly. Therefore, our mission is crucial and we must paralyze the planet's orbital defense.
system."
"The Trade Federation will definitely focus on deploying defenses in their orbital defense positions. With our strength, we can only die." Caihong said, "Even if you die, the orbital defense system is still in operation."
The hunter said in a deep voice: "We must find a way to mobilize their attention... The 'Christmas gift' in this communication makes me very concerned. They are obviously secretly transporting something to the planet... maybe supplies or
It’s a secret weapon.”
"Being able to call it by a separate code name shows that this thing may be really important." Caihong said, "Now that the Trade Federation defenders' attention is on the orbital defense position, we can check this piece of information."
The crosshair was still unacceptable. "Our mission is to destroy the orbital defense position. This is an order." He paused and added: "Good soldier, obey the order."
The hunter shook his head, "I will not lead everyone to die. Since we have arrived at the enemy's core hinterland, we should act according to the situation. We first stay away from the airborne area, and then collect intelligence and strive to deal the greatest blow to the enemy."
He walked over, patted the technician on the shoulder, and said: "This is also for our comrades who sacrificed their lives..."
The technician nodded and said nothing.
…
After launching what could be described as a desperate offensive in the outer space of the planet Cato-Neimoidia, Darth Vader temporarily retreated the fleet and requested more reinforcements from the center of the empire.
Not only that, but all supply lines to the planet need to be cut off.
An intelligence officer brought over a piece of statistical information and handed it to Darth Vader. She continued: "Sir Vader, the battlefield statistics of Planet Rosa have been released. The resistance on this planet is indeed very sufficient.
In addition to a large number of standard assault rifles, there are also many heavy combat vehicles. According to statistics, this level of armament is simply not something Planet Rosa can afford - the planet's military industry was not developed before.
.”
Darth Vader looked at this information, and the heavy sound in the respirator made people shudder. He threw away the memory displaying the information, and said coldly: "The Trade Federation has also mastered unknown hyperspace channels, and is constantly developing them."
The imported weapons and equipment are provided by the Principality of Dawn?"
The intelligence officer shook his head and said: "Although this is the most likely option, after a long period of investigation, we still found no clues that the Principality of Dawn exports a large number of weapons and equipment. Now our borders with the Principality of Dawn are heavily fortified.
Countless hyperspace outposts are monitoring their movements at all times. It stands to reason that such a huge input of weapons cannot escape our surveillance."
"I want to hear the conclusion." Darth Vader said in a cold tone.
"The conclusion is...the weapons and equipment obtained by the Trade Federation may come from within the empire." The intelligence officer quickly ran over to pick up the memory, reopened another intelligence, and said: "Look, although these weapons and equipment are indeed under the flag of the Dawn Duke,
The products of enterprises, including Citadel Standard Light Industry, Tyron Heavy Industries, and the Fourth Group, do look like they were sent from the Principality of Dawn. But in fact, they are not...the origin of these weapons may indeed be the Principality of Dawn.
But in the beginning, it might not have been given to the Trade Federation."
"You mean, these are all second-hand weapons?" Darth Vader asked.
The intelligence officer nodded heavily, and she spoke faster: "That's right. During the Clone Wars, the Dawn Principality exported a large number of weapons to the Separatism. After the fall of the Separatism, most of the weapons were not recovered and destroyed.
It flowed into the black market through various channels. We believe that the weapons obtained by Planet Rosa were once used by the separatists!"
"Within the empire... there are those smugglers and arms dealers." Darth Vader's tone gradually became terrifying, "Let the Hutts help us investigate! Jabba, have you found anyone else?"
"No, Jabba and his nephew Gorga seem to have disappeared, and took away most of the Desiligic family's property. But don't worry, we still have connections with the Hutts, and we can ask them to help find them.
Let’s find out who is operating the weapons that have been leaked from the black market recently,” the intelligence officer said.
"There must be no mistake!" Darth Vader dropped this sentence coldly, turned away and ignored it, and stood next to the holographic combat star map.
…
The crosshair was hidden in the jungle. He adjusted the focus of the special tactical eyepiece on his helmet to see the situation in the distance clearly. Moreover, he couldn't help but gasp.
Over there is a very hidden transfer station, where a large rail transit vehicle is unloading a large amount of cargo. Only one of the truck carriages was opened, and three large robots walked out of it.
These three combat robots are very simple in shape. Their short four-legged legs support two exaggerated twin-mounted turbolaser cannons. Although they do not move very quickly, their joints are very flexible and can easily fire at every angle.
.
Crosshair recognized this kind of robot, and he said in a deep voice: "It's the Scorpion Annihilator robot! When did the Trade Federation get this kind of super robot?!"