The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2520 Battleship Destruction

But it was too late to know that they were transported from the planet Taris. Thousands of giant whale-class transport ships had already sent nearly 300 million Rak ghouls out.

The route planning of the Kingdom of Dawn was very ingenious. They did not set out directly from the planet Taris, but made a big circle, spread out to other places in the northeastern territory, and then went to their respective destinations.

The northeastern part of the Galactic Empire was actually very chaotic, because it was originally the core area of ​​the former Confederation of Independent Systems, and was the most dangerous place for separatism in the entire galaxy. Now, with the continuous defeat of the Galactic Empire on the front line, those former core planets of separatism have also become noisy.

These planets are under the banner of liberalism, but in reality they are practicing military separatism, making the place a mess.

Therefore, the Galactic Empire treated this place the same way as the Kingdom of Dawn treated the southern border, that is, do whatever you want, no matter what you do. But this also led to the weakness of the defense of the northeastern border, which gave the transport planes carrying the Rak ghouls an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Now, the Galactic Empire was unexpectedly overwhelmed by countless Rak zombies, and the Dawn Kingdom’s Supreme Command began to formulate the next plan.

However, the timing is not right to launch a direct attack on the northern and mainland fronts. Many newly built warships still need further running-in and training. It is not advisable to actively attack the Galactic Empire with superior forces under such circumstances.

After discussion, the Dawn Kingdom's Supreme Command decided that the main force of the navy would not take any action, but General Grievous would launch an attack in the eastern part of the galaxy.

Target—the Galactic Empire’s 12th Army!

General Grievous's legion is actually supported by the Hutt Territory, and its warships mainly come from the remnant fleet of the former Confederacy of Independent Systems, as well as the EVE Minmatar warships built by the Hutt Territory.

Due to the limited industrial capacity of Hutt Space, the fleet of General Grievous was not large, and capital ships were very rare. Many of the warships brought from the remnants of the Confederacy of Independent Systems were outdated warships, the Cole-class battlecruisers were very good, and even the Generosity-class frigates and the Resister-class destroyers could be seen.

However, since the Minmatar warships have excellent maneuverability, under the leadership of General Grievous, they continuously launched guerrilla warfare in the East, harassing the border of the Galactic Empire, which also caused headaches for the Galactic Empire.

This kind of guerrilla warfare is actually what General Grievous is best at. Before he was transformed into a cyborg, he had already led the Kali people in decades of guerrilla warfare against the Yamri people, and finally defeated the latter.

And now, General Grievous has obtained a powerful weapon - the Devastation!

The USS Destroyer was one of three Conqueror-class battleships built by Count Dooku during his lifetime.

Conqueror-class battleships, the first ship, the Fang, was destroyed by Anakin Skywalker in the early days of the Clone Wars; the second ship was equipped with a secret weapon, the Dragon's Breath, which could release deadly toxins to an entire planet, and was later destroyed by Darth Vader in the Battle of Salukami.

The third ship, the Destroyer, was equipped with a super star destroyer cannon. The overall structure of this star destroyer cannon alone reached 3000 meters! Therefore, the Destroyer battleship equipped with a star destroyer cannon has an overall length of 7892 meters. It also retains the biggest feature of the Conqueror-class battleship - high-energy directional electromagnetic pulses.

In this way, the Destroyer Battleship became a theoretically invincible warship. On the one hand, it could directly paralyze enemy warships through electromagnetic pulses, and even small targets such as fighter formations could not escape the ultra-large-scale attack of electromagnetic pulses. On the other hand, it could also use star destroyers to launch devastating attacks on large targets, including planets or enemy battleships.

It can be said that there are no blind spots.

Of course, the theory is perfect, but the reality is very bleak. The Conqueror-class battleship has only so much energy, which is simply not enough to support the energy supply of high-energy electromagnetic pulses and star destroyers. Therefore, the star destroyer takes up to an hour to charge, and its power is not as good as expected. Although it can destroy a planet in theory, it is far from being able to do so in reality. Without a planetary shield, a single shot can only cause the vibration of continental plates and destroy the planet's atmosphere. It is still far from being a "star destroyer".

How about using it to attack the enemy's battleship? The long charging time will also give the enemy ship enough time to react, so there is a high probability that it will not hit the target.

Moreover, the star destroyer and electromagnetic pulse are two independent systems, not only independent, but also interfering with each other. The entire battleship, the front 3047 meters is the structure of the star destroyer, and the back 4845 meters is the structure of the electromagnetic pulse. Therefore, to launch the star destroyer, it is necessary to concentrate all the energy on the star destroyer, that is, to concentrate the energy supply to the front 3047 meters. To launch the electromagnetic pulse, it is necessary to concentrate the energy to the back 4845 meters.

During this time, the other half of the battleship was actually completely defenseless. As long as the enemy caught this point, it would be easy to completely destroy the Destroyer.

Compared with these problems, the 3047-meter structure at the front end of the battleship has no problem with any close-in defense guns, which are just minor issues.

The only good thing was that the Destroyer did not participate in the Battle of Salukami. It was always kept as a treasure by Count Dooku and parked on the capital of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Laxus, which saved this battleship from being destroyed. Later, General Grievous launched a rebellion, directly snatched the Destroyer, and drove it to Hutt space to hide it.

Afterwards, the Kingdom of Dawn sent an engineering team to completely modernize the battleship Destroyer, and this work was helped by a key figure - the genius battleship designer, Ruggle Schmong.

Luger Simon is a Sullust man. He is the chief designer of the Conqueror-class battleship, the father of the Conqueror-class battleship. The extremely powerful high-energy directional electromagnetic pulse cannon is his genius design.

He used the energy overflowed from the hyperspace engine to build an energy network throughout the ship, and then collected and emitted this energy to form a super electromagnetic pulse. It was this genius design that allowed the Conqueror-class battleship, which is only 4845 meters long, to emit an electromagnetic pulse that is enough to paralyze an entire fleet!

You have to know that the energy levels between the two are not equal at all! This is a genius design that achieves great results with small efforts. (End of this chapter)