The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2425 Thrawn's Request

2426: Thrawn’s Request

Bridge of the Imperial Northern Fleet flagship, the Chimera, an Imperial-class Star Destroyer.

"General! Severance Tann is coming with her Titan battleship!" Fleet Admiral Riel Benting said to Admiral Thrawn who was concentrating on commanding the battle.

Thrawn's originally serious expression immediately became more solemn. He took out a very retro but gorgeous small mechanical clock from his pocket, looked at it, shook his head and said, "At least it's 20 minutes earlier than my worst judgment."

"The Separatist warships are retreating towards the Titan battleships." Leir Benting pointed to the holographic battle star map and said, "The two Revelation-class battleships have been severely damaged. If we let the Lila fire two more salvos, we will definitely be able to blow them to pieces."

However, Thrawn just shook his head and said, "No, we know what the Titan can do, but we still don't know what else it can do. Tell the Lila to abandon the salvo and immediately cycle the deflection shields and adjust all energy to the shield capacitors."

Leir Benting nodded and said, "Yes! Immediately adjust all the energy to the shield capacitor!" He also understood Thrawn's intention.

Because Thrawn was indeed worried, Severance Tann came up without hesitation and fired a doomsday weapon, hitting the Executor-class Star Destroyer hard.

The Super Star Destroyer Leela has also been in high-intensity combat for four hours, and has also been shot at by the high-energy laser arrays of five Prophet-class battleships for four hours. The state of this Super Star Destroyer is also not very good. At present, the power of the doomsday weapon of the Titan battleship Prophet is still unclear. If a direct shot comes and destroys the Leela, then the battle here will collapse completely in an instant!

"The enemy's Titan battleship has an hour of cooling time after launching the doomsday weapon. We must ensure that the Lila survives the first shot!" Thrawn emphasized, "Order all battleships to retreat in an orderly manner! Recycle the shield immediately and cool down the main gun! Prepare for the next round of combat!"

Just as he gave the order, on the holographic battle star map in front of him, an Imperial-class Star Destroyer was being torn into pieces by the Titan battleship USS Divine Envoy!!

The main guns of the Titan battleships are actually the same as those of the Prophet-class battleships, both of which are high-energy laser arrays. Because the Prophet-class battleships are shaped like a pistol, the high-energy laser arrays are installed on both sides, three groups on each side.

However, due to the unique shape of the Titan battleship, the Titan battleship only installed two sets of high-energy laser arrays on the left and right sides of the rear hull. The other eight sets of high-energy laser arrays were installed on both sides of the large disc in front. This was a very clever shot, because the high-energy laser array on the disc shared the energy transmission channel with the focusing device of the doomsday weapon.

The eight high-energy laser arrays installed on the edge of the disk have a very wide firing range with almost no blind spots.

Now the Titan battleship God's Envoy has already opened fire on the surrounding Galactic Empire battleships! A total of 12 sets of high-energy laser arrays are firing continuously, and the barely detectable flash is fleeting, but what follows is the instant collapse and fire of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer in front! !

The same weapon, launched from the Titan battleship USS Divine and launched from the Revelation-class battleship, is not of the same power at all! The Imperial-class Star Destroyer in front of it initially tried to use full firepower to give the USS Divine a warning, but in less than 5 minutes, the Star Destroyer had become a burning fireball! !

The Titan battleship, the Envoy of God, was still moving forward, and its huge hull crashed into the wreckage of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer that had completely caught fire and exploded, instantly smashing the burning wreckage into countless burning fragments that flew in all directions.

At the same time, several towering buildings rose from the rear end of the Titan battleship. These buildings formed a unique array, and an invisible energy began to gather at the top.

At this moment, an alarm sounded on the bridge of the Chimera, and the soldier operating the sensor shouted: "General!! Large-scale hyperspace fluctuations detected!" "Are there more fleets coming?" Thrawn frowned. If so, he planned to run away.

"No... this fluctuation is not the fluctuation of hyperspace jump. It is... similar to the hyperspace stabilizer we used before." The soldier paused, then said affirmatively: "Yes, it is the hyperspace stabilizer!! The Separatist Titan battleship is stabilizing the hyperspace and opening the hyperspace channel!!"

Adjutant Leir Benting screamed, "During the raid on the Model Sector, the hyperspace stabilizer built by the Kuat Power Dockyard? That was a super-giant space building with a diameter of more than 20 kilometers! They actually shrunk it down to the Titan battleship!!"

Thrawn suddenly said in a decisive tone: "Order all ships to attack with all their might! Notify the Super Star Destroyer Leela to launch an assault! Don't give the enemy's warships a chance to open a passage!!"

"Attack? What if they bomb the Lila with doomsday weapons?" asked Leir Benting.

"Until they open the channel and attract more warships, the doomsday weapon will not be launched!" Thrawn said directly, "There is no doubt that Severance Tann is also worried that one launch will not be able to destroy the Lila! So she chose to play it safe!"

He stared at the Titan battleship "Divine Envoy" on the holographic combat star map. His target was very complicated.

Yes, he had planned everything, but he had no way of planning a function he didn't know about! There was no intelligence that could tell him what functional modules the Titan battleship of the God's Envoy was equipped with! He could only judge based on the launch of the doomsday weapon.

As a result, he lost at least 20 minutes, allowing the First Fleet, which was on the verge of destruction, to retreat back to the Titan battleship, the Messenger of God.

"Prepare the conference room and get Dunn Wessex for me!" Thrawn said as he walked towards the conference room.

"General! Dunn, he..." Rell Bending hesitated to speak.

He understood that Thrawn was only looking for Dunn-Wessex to ask for reinforcements. But... considering Dunn's character, Thrawn would definitely be subjected to crazy insults, attacks, and even revenge!

But...if there are no reinforcements, they will most likely be outmaneuvered and all their previous efforts will be wasted, and they may even be destroyed!

With a hiss, the electronic door of the conference room closed silently, cutting off Thrawn's figure and the predictable insults from Dunn Wessex.

In the dark conference room, Thrawn sat alone at the conference table, his hands crossed on his chin, watching the holographic projection image gradually become clearer.

[Hahahaha! Isn't this our future commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy, military hero, Lord Thrawn?] Dunn Wessex's malicious voice came, [What do you want to do by looking for a poor little person like me?]

The holographic projection did not show the image of Dunn Wessex. Instead, what appeared on the screen was just a withered potted plant.

"I ask you to send out the last defense fleet on the planet Palin-Minor. Now, the Separatist Titan battleship is isolated and surrounded by us. If reinforcements can arrive in time, this will be our best and last chance to sink this Titan battleship." Thrawn said in a deep voice.