The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2579: Hidden Dangers Behind
"The bomb behind Grievous..." Garrosh Tarkin pondered.

Gideon Tarkin asked the intelligence officer beside him: "What is the current status of the Eye of Palpatine?"

The intelligence officer replied: "The technical team is still unable to restore control. Basically, at this point, it can be confirmed that it is completely out of control. We tried to send a reconnaissance plane to investigate and found that Palpatine's Eye is still cruising near the planet Targon. It continues to brainwash the planet's residents with strong electromagnetic waves and control all spacecraft that enter the range."

He forwarded a long list of intelligence information to the screen in front of Gideon Tarkin, and then said: "In addition, we have discovered that the Eye of Palpatine lacks supplies, especially core elements. I think this may be the reason why it has not carried out large-scale maneuvers during this period of time. In addition, there is this..."

The intelligence officer pulled out another set of photos. "Look, based on this set of photos, we can see that there was a fire inside the Eye of Palpatine for a while. We believe that the Separatists may have sent agents to destroy it, but they failed in the end."

Gideon Tarkin nodded, turned to his adjutant and said, "We must restore the combat capability of the Eye of Palpatine. Send a high-speed transport ship with enough core elements, hypermatter, concentrated blasting gas and other supplies, and then let the Eye of Palpatine control it, so that it can get supplies."

The adjutant nodded and replied, "Yes! I will arrange it immediately. We can send a high-speed transport ship through the smuggler route in Hutt space. Although the route is very unstable, it is still passable for a very small fleet."

"Send someone more capable. Remember not to let them know that this is a one-way ticket," said Gideon Tarkin.

"Please rest assured, General. They will not know their final fate. They will be controlled by the Eye of Palpatine." The adjutant showed a cold smile and turned around to make arrangements.

Garrosh Tarkin was standing nearby and heard the entire conversation. His face turned a little ugly.

Just as he was feeling angry at this completely inhumane order, Gideon Tarkin turned around and faced him, saying, "Jabim and Dak are the planets we need to strive for as much as possible."

Garrosh Tarkin nodded and said, "General Grievous has chosen to resolve the problems of these two planets in the toughest and fastest way. It is foreseeable that these two planets will definitely respond in the toughest manner. We can indeed help the Jabiim and Mon Calamari people to protest against Grievous' actions, or at least interfere with the shipping lanes in their area..."

However, Gideon Tarkin said coldly: "Protest? Is it useful? What I need now is for these two planets to immediately launch an armed uprising! Otherwise, what do you think I meant by having King Lee-Char and Governor Koberi assassinated?"

Garrosh Tarkin frowned. "General, if we retreat to Charos IV, it will be difficult for us to support the two planets, especially the Mon Calamari resistance! If it's just harassment and protest, it's fine. Once the situation turns into a full-scale military confrontation, General Grievous will undoubtedly massacre the two planets!"

"These two planets... hehe..." Gideon Tarkin sneered, "Don't they want freedom? Then let them die for freedom. As for the massacre, that's perfect. The massacre also takes time. With this period of time, we can have more time to make arrangements, so that Grievous will be distracted!"

"But..." Garrosh Tarkin wanted to argue, but was interrupted rudely by Gideon.

"No buts!" Gideon raised his voice and said, "I asked you to follow orders, not to argue with me here! The political situation on the planet Dark has become irreversible with the death of King Lee-Char and Governor Kobor! What I want is for you to go over and light this last fire for me!"

Garrosh Tarkin's face began to turn pale, and his hands were shaking slightly. He understood what Gideon Tarkin's order meant... It meant that once a military confrontation broke out between Jabimu and Dak, hundreds of millions of people would die!

And for Gideon Tarkin, these lives of hundreds of millions of people might just be enough to delay General Grievous for a few months!

A few months is enough time for Gideon Tarkin to continue to find ways to allow the Eye of Palpatine to continue to exert its extremely powerful combat power and cause truly fatal damage to General Grievous' rear!
"Now, act immediately!" Gideon Tarkin said, "You don't have to worry about your safety. We have enough power on the Mon Calamari side to make them support us in all our actions. All you need to do is use your status to give the Mon Calamari a false promise."

As he spoke, he tapped lightly on Garrosh Tarkin's badge.

Garrosh Tarkin bit his lower lip for a long time. When Gideon showed an unhappy look on his face, he nodded heavily and said, "Yes! I will set off immediately to the planet Dak!"

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Gideon Tarkin waved his hand and said to the staff: "Okay, start organizing the action immediately and evacuate the planet Bonta within one day!"

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The news of the Galactic Empire fleet's withdrawal also reached the Dawn Kingdom's Eastern Fleet.

At the command center of the bridge of the fleet's flagship, the Apollo-class battleship, Vice Admiral Lin Nanyi took the intelligence and walked over to General Grievous with a look of joy on his face. He said, "General, great! The Galactic Empire fleet has retreated!"

During the battles in the past few days, he was convinced by General Grievous's sharp strategic command, so he took the initiative to help General Grievous undertake a lot of communication and coordination work - just as he had done when he was with General Severance Tann.

Especially in the past few days, he clearly felt that General Grievous' condition was getting worse and worse.

"This is bad news. There is nothing to be happy about." General Grievous said in a low voice, "We do not have the ability to reach the planet Charos IV. Cough cough cough cough!"

"Then we..." Lin Nan frowned.

"Have the Mon Calamari responded?" General Grievous asked again.

"They handed over four or five people, claiming to be the murderer, and also provided a hyperspace navigation data of the surrounding star regions. However, this data did not contain the route information of the Galactic Empire's raid on the planet Losar." Lin Nanyi said. (End of this chapter)