The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2568 Farewell to Innocence
2568 Farewell to Innocence

The planet of Bonta is the command center of the main fleet of the Galactic Empire's 12th Army.

Garrosh Tarkin rushed in quickly. He looked at his uncle Gideon Tarkin who was standing upright in front of the holographic combat star map, staring at it without saying a word.

He stepped forward, grabbed Gideon Tarkin's hand, and asked sternly: "General Gideon! Did you order the assassination of King Lee-Char? "

Gideon Tarkin raised his hand coldly and slapped Garrosh Tarkin's hand away, saying: "If you call me General, then you should understand that you are not qualified to question me in this way about this matter."

"Do you know? Once King Lee-Char dies, the civil war on the planet Dark will be imminent! Is this the result you want?!" Garrosh Tarkin said loudly.

Gideon Tarkin glanced at him and said calmly, "So, from your perspective as a top student at the military academy, what will be the outcome of the civil war on the planet Dak for us?"

"Now is not the time to talk about this! Not to mention how many casualties the civil war will cause, the Kingdom of Dawn will definitely retaliate against the Mon Calamari after it finally finds out the truth! How many people will die because of this stupid decision?!" Garrosh Tarkin shouted.

"You said... stupid?" Gideon Tarkin turned around and looked at his nephew with a cold face. "Now the Mon Calamari have been forced into a desperate situation. Their only way to survive is to join us and fight the Separatists to the end... Oh no, it should be... fighting... to death."

He patted Garrosh Tarkin on the shoulder again and said, "So you see, this is actually a good thing for us, isn't it?"

Garrosh Tarkin slapped Gideon's hand away again and said through gritted teeth: "Do you know why the Galactic Empire is regarded as an enemy in almost every place in the galaxy?"

"That's because our military strength is not enough. Don't worry, with the completion of the Death Star, this last shortcoming will disappear." Gideon Tarkin replied coldly, "Don't be naive! This is a war!"

Garrosh Tarkin shook his head and stepped back. "You are the one who is truly naive. Uncle..." After saying that, he turned and walked towards the door.

At this time, a man wearing black tight combat armor, with white Galactic Empire emblems sprayed on both shoulders, a full-coverage helmet on his head, and a ring device hanging around his waist walked in. Seeing Garrosh running out angrily, he tilted his head and stared at his back, seeming to show a little interest, but did not speak, just walked all the way to Gideon Tarkin.

"You have performed your mission well, Inquisitor, Eighth Brother." Gideon Tarkin nodded at him.

"You don't get along well." The eighth brother's voice was a little hoarse, and the tone was slightly sharp compared to his thin body.

"It's just the passion that young people should have." Gideon Tarkin said, "He still has a long way to go before he can grow into a qualified soldier."

"What tasks are there next?" asked the eighth brother.

"You stay with me. I need help when I raid the planet Losar." Gideon Tarkin said, and suddenly changed the subject and asked, "So, if you use the foresight of the Force, can you see the result of my raid on the planet Losar?"

The eighth brother sneered and shook his head, "Now is not a good time."

Gideon Tarkin didn't care. He smiled and said, "Don't worry. The right time...will come soon."

……

Meanwhile, on the planet Targon, in outer space.

A huge asteroid was quietly hovering in the planet's synchronous orbit. In front of the asteroid, there were some exposed mechanical structures and a huge disc-shaped device. This was the Eye of Palpatine - the most advanced and powerful warship in the Galactic Empire.

Compared to the planet Targon, which is still basically in a feudal system and whose technological level is barely enough for interstellar travel, the Eye of Palpatine here is desperately powerful.

However, strangely, the Eye of Palpatine did not attack the planet Targon, nor did it make any demands on the planet. It just stopped there, continuously emitting electromagnetic waves, controlling all the spacecraft within range.

The leader of the planet Targon, "Eternal Klaue", was already frightened. He kept sending communications to the Eye of Palpatine, but received no response. He sent out an envoy, but the envoy's spacecraft was also controlled by the other party and directly recovered into the hangar in the abdomen.

This made Eternal Crow almost desperate. Such a super battleship was as powerful as a god for their planet Targon! And the appearance of a god was an absolute negative factor for him, a tyrant who could even raise taxes to 99%.

At least now, sects that worship the Eye of Palpatine have begun to appear on the planet, wanting to use the Eye of Palpatine to overthrow him as a tyrant.

Forever Klaue also asked for help from the Kingdom of Dawn and the Galactic Empire, but only the Kingdom of Dawn sent a message asking for help, and there was no further response after that, and no spaceship came.

There was really no other way, so he was ready to flee. He asked his men to prepare a state-of-the-art spaceship, ready to take off from this side of the planet when the Eye of Palpatine rotated to the other side of the planet, and then quickly leave here and go to the fleet station of the Kingdom of Dawn.

But before that, he still made a final effort. He sent out another transport ship, loaded it with gold and silver treasures, and prepared to take off the transport ship. When it got close to the Eye of Palpatine, he activated the explosive device on the transport ship, blew up the outer shell of the warehouse, and threw all the treasures out.

Forever Crow thought that in this way, perhaps he could show his sincerity.

His plan was implemented smoothly. After the transport ship full of treasures took off, it activated the explosive device about 10000 kilometers away from Palpatine's Eye. Countless treasures were thrown out, sparkling with bright light under the reflection of the stars.

Immediately afterwards, the transport ship and its crew were controlled by the Eye of Palpatine and headed towards the hangar platform.

But at this moment, the Eye of Palpatine, which had been motionless, suddenly moved! It flew towards the gold and silver treasures, activated the tractor beam, grabbed all the treasures, and dragged them into its hangar!

The Eternal Klaue was overjoyed. He thought this meant that the Eye of Palpatine had finally accepted the money! Since it could accept the money, it meant that they could communicate! As long as they could communicate, there was still hope!

However, soon, all communicators, televisions, radio stations and other signal receiving devices on the entire planet Targun received a signal that was repeatedly broadcast.

[No gold, no crystal, no jade. I want the core element, the core element, the core element...]

In the huge hangar of Palpatine's Eye, countless gold and silver treasures were dragged in by tractor beams and then scattered down, as if a golden rain was falling in the hangar.

However, the people in the hangar at the moment turned a blind eye to these valuable treasures, and just did their own things with dull faces. Some of them were moving and sorting materials, and some were refueling and repairing the various spacecrafts parked in the hangar.

However, many people inside looked weak and powerless, their lips were chapped, and it seemed that they had not eaten for a long time. There were even many corpses of people who had starved to death on the ground.

However, among these people, there was a very tall man who wrapped himself in a tattered cloak. When the gold, silver and treasures fell in, he looked up.

Under the cloak, there was a beast bone mask! A pair of beast-like vertical pupils flashed a fierce light under the mask!
this person……

General Grievous!