The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2583: A Blow to the Head (Part )
Planet Dark, capital, Coral City.

This is one of the most beautiful cities in the entire galaxy. This city is composed of the sea part and the underwater part. It is very large in scale, and all the buildings are integrated and full of beauty.

And just as its name suggests, Coral City is built in the middle of an extremely huge coral reef. Especially the underwater part of the city is surrounded by countless colorful coral reefs, making the whole city look present a variety of charming colors.

Countless Mon Calamari people roam freely in it, enjoying the beauty that this paradise-like city brings them.

On the other hand, Coral City is also responsible for the planet's orbital defense.

Coral City, together with the other two giant surface cities on the planet Dark - Foamwander City and Reef Home City, has built a very powerful orbital defense system.

Thanks to the inexhaustible energy of the ocean planet, the three giant surface cities can continuously decompose nuclear fusion fuel from the sea water, and then convert it into extremely powerful energy through huge reactors to attack targets outside the planet.

The three planetary shield generators of the planet Dak are also built in these three cities.

Therefore, although Dark is an ocean planet, once it suffers orbital bombardment, its losses will be much greater than those of an ordinary rocky planet. However, before the bombing can reach the surface of the planet, it will have to face these three huge cities with almost unlimited energy, plus the three-dimensional defense of a large number of orbital space stations around the planet.

Coupled with the planet Dark's developed industrial system and the large fleet they have built, this planet has become a tough nut to crack.

Therefore, no matter when, the invasion of the planet Dak must first start from the inside. For example, during the Clone Wars, Count Dooku first instigated the Quarren to rebel, and then launched an attack from the inside.

All three cities were built by the Mon Calamari and are controlled by them. This is why the Mon Calamari have been the rulers of the planet for tens of thousands of years. Even though the Quarren received help from the Kingdom of Dawn and suppressed the Mon Calamari for a time, the Nosori could only let King Lee-Char, a Mon Calamari, serve as the king of the planet Dak.

But now, in Coral City, the shadow of civil war has once again loomed over the city.

Whether in the surface city or the underwater city, a tense atmosphere is spreading. All civilians have returned to their homes and dare not come out, and armed confrontations are taking place outside almost every key facility in the city!
The Quarren and Mon Calamari each dispatched armed defense forces. The Quarren wanted to march towards the city hall and the royal palace, but the Mon Calamari set up checkpoints at every major traffic route to block the other side's advance.

Neither side has received the order to open fire yet, so for the time being they are just pointing their special underwater blasters, harpoon guns and other weapons at each other.

Civil war is about to break out!
Not only inside the city, but also around it, a large number of submarines and spaceships surrounded the city underwater and in the sky. Various vehicles of the Mon Calamari and the Quarren were confronting each other almost everywhere.

The fuse of the incident was the assassination of Nosori!

Nosori is the leader of the Quarren. Both in fact and in spirit, he has long led the Quarren to resist the oppression of the Mon Calamari. He also established the Quarren Isolation Alliance and joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems as a core member.

In the past few decades, Nosori has been the undisputed pillar of the Quarren people. His assassination is something that the leaders of the Quarren people cannot accept.

Without waiting for Nosori to give orders, the Quarren from all over the place mobilized spontaneously. They took up arms and demanded that the Mon Calamari immediately hand over the murderer and give an explanation.

If Nosori hadn't escaped the assassination with the help of the Salarian Special Forces, the planet Dark would have been plunged into a bloody storm!

Under such circumstances, Nosori made a public statement, saying that the assassination was committed by a small number of radical elements among the Mon Calamari, and that the entire Mon Calamari should not be targeted. He also asked the leaders of the Quarren to exercise restraint and not to provoke a civil war.

Having said that, he did not ask the Quarren armed forces to withdraw, but continued to maintain a standoff.

At the same time, Nosori also announced that former Mon Calamari Senator Mina Tils had returned to Dark Planet. He stated that Mina Tils was a wanted criminal for war crimes, and her return was to bring war to Dark Planet. The mastermind behind this assassination was Mina Tils!
He demanded that the Mon Calamari should immediately arrest Mina Tils and then start negotiations between the two races as soon as possible to seek a peaceful solution.

Lin Nanyi, the representative of the Kingdom of Dawn, also expressed his support for Nosori through a remote speech. He also strongly demanded that the Mon Calamari immediately take responsibility for the three assassinations. If they fail to give a satisfactory answer, the Mon Calamari will be hit hard by the Kingdom of Dawn.

He also said that the Kingdom of Dawn has sent an investigation team to the planet Dark to specifically investigate and monitor the matter.

However, Nosori and Lin Nanyi's statements did not receive a positive response from the Mon Calamari.

Under the gaze of countless people, the response of the Mon Calamari people was crazy! Mina Tils actually appeared in public and issued a declaration, saying that the planet Dak should have been called the Mon Calamari planet since ancient times! The Mon Calamari people are the masters of the planet, and demanded that the Kingdom of Dawn stop interfering in the internal affairs of the planet.

Not only that, Mina Tils publicly announced that the monarchy would be abolished and replaced with a Governor Council system, and she herself would serve as the first Governor of the Mon Calamari planet and establish a planetary council.

Facing the pressure from the Quarren and the Kingdom of Dawn, Mina Tils simply said that the three assassinations had nothing to do with her, that she was committed to the freedom and independence of the Mon Calamari planet, and had absolutely no intention of provoking a civil war. The mastermind behind these assassinations was someone else.

In addition, Mina-Tils also hinted in a sarcastic way that the Governor of the Given people, Kobori, was not resting in his mansion in the middle of the night, but was found dead near the spaceport, which must have indicated that he was doing something shameful.

This series of actions immediately angered the Quaruns and Lin Nanyi, which was equivalent to adding fuel to the already very tense situation! !
Lin Nanyi immediately made a firm statement that the Dawn Kingdom’s ultimatum to the Mon Calamari was still valid!
Mina-Tils said directly that the Mon Calamari were willing to fight to the end for their freedom. The Kingdom of Dawn was still blocking the route from the Mon Calamari planet to the Perlemian trade route, which constituted an invasion. If the Kingdom of Dawn did not withdraw its troops, the Mon Calamari would not accept any conditions!
The civil war on Planet Dark is about to break out! Lin Nanyi has also reported to General Grievous at this moment, saying that the situation on Planet Dark is likely to be out of control, and preparations should be made as soon as possible to implement armed occupation of the planet.

However, General Grievous remained noncommittal.

Amid such a tense situation, a Lambda-class shuttle secretly entered the planet Dark in absolute confidentiality.

The Lambda-class shuttle landed on the vast ocean, and a submarine was lifted up to dock with the shuttle, and then the submarine dived directly to a secret base in the deep sea. The submarine hatch opened, and the first to come out were four Imperial stormtroopers wearing white combat armor, followed by Imperial Navy Admiral Garrosh Tarkin in a white Imperial general uniform.

Seeing Garrosh coming, Mina-Tils immediately greeted him with a smile, which was completely different from the crazy look she had shown in front of Noso before.

"General Garrosh, welcome." Mina-Tils bowed deeply and continued, "The Mon Calamari are ready for war. We are just waiting for your order. Our deep-sea fleet will immediately launch an attack on the planet Lothal."

Garrosh Tarkin looked hesitant. He thought for a moment and asked, "You mentioned your deep-sea fleet to me more than once. Where is it now? How many warships are there?"

Mina-Tils smiled and said, "Please allow me to keep it a secret, Admiral Garrosh. After all, this is a secret that concerns the lives of the Mon Calamari. But I assure you that although the Deep Sea Fleet cannot compete with the main fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn, it is no problem to cause them enough trouble."

Garrosh Tarkin sighed, closed his eyes and stopped talking. He waved his hand to signal Mina Tils to lead the way, and the group walked directly into the command center of the secret base.

Here, the core leaders of the Mon Calamari war faction, including General Jar-Akbar, the supreme military commander of the Mon Calamari, are all here.

Mina Tils invited Garrosh Tarkin to sit at the head of the conference room, and then said excitedly: "Now all our preparations are complete! With the generous help of the Galactic Empire, the stargate of the planet Lothal has been destroyed, and the reinforcements from the Kingdom of Dawn have been cut off! Now is the best opportunity to completely defeat Grievous and drive the Kingdom of Dawn out of the East!"

She turned to face Garrosh Tarkin and said, "General, please make your battle plans!"

Garrosh Tarkin's expression kept changing. He shook his head, sighed again, and said nothing.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. After a long time, Mina Tils finally couldn't stand it anymore. She asked, "General Garrosh? Galactic Empire, are you having any problems?"

Garrosh Tarkin then opened his eyes and said wearily, "There are no reinforcements, none."

"The Kingdom of Dawn does not have any reinforcements. We have confirmed that," said Mina Tils.

Garrosh Tarkin seemed to have made up his mind. He stood up suddenly and shouted, "Enough! Stop this farce! The Galactic Empire will never send troops to reinforce the planet Dak!"

Mina Tils seemed to freeze in an instant. Her body trembled visibly, and the smile on her face was uglier than crying. "General Garrosh... you... stop joking... now is the best chance! The Empire's main fleet will cooperate with the super battleship Eye of Palpatine to attack Grievous' fleet from both sides. The rebels will launch an uprising on the planet Lothal, destroy the spaceport, and cut off supplies. Then our deep-sea fleet will completely destroy the stargate and quickly come to besiege Grievous!"

She spoke faster and faster. "Is there a better opportunity than this? Don't you want to destroy Grievous here once and for all?"

"No! Nothing at all!" Garrosh Tarkin shouted, "The Eye of Palpatine has lost control! We can't give it any combat orders at all!!"

This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, shocking everyone present.

Garrosh continued, "You have all been deceived by the Galactic Empire! Gideon Tarkin never thought of giving you so-called citizenship! All non-human races have no human rights in the Galactic Empire! Even if you can eliminate Grievous, the result that awaits you is still enslavement by the Empire!!"

"but……"

"No buts! Do you know what Gideon Tarkin wants me to do? He wants me to deceive you! He wants me to let you send troops to attack the planet Lothal immediately! In this way, he can get more time to find a way to reactivate the Eye of Palpatine! Do you understand? He just intends to use your lives to delay time!!" Garrosh Tarkin almost roared.

Jarl-Akbar said in a deep voice: "Then, this is not just a matter of one fleet. We cannot fight against General Grievous' fleet alone. Once the battle fails, we will be retaliated by the Kingdom of Dawn, or even massacred..."

"They won't care." Garrosh Tarkin shook his head in pain.

Mina-Tils almost collapsed. She jumped up and pointed at Garrosh's nose and yelled, "You bastard! Bastard!! What are you doing here, a loser like you! What are you doing here!!???"

"I want to come and save your lives!!!" Garrosh directly retorted, "Because you are deceived by the Empire and destroy all 270 billion people on the planet Dak!!!"

General Jarl-Akbar then took a deep breath and asked, "So, which side do you represent now? General Garrosh."

"I am no longer an admiral of the Imperial Navy. From now on." Garrosh Tarkin said, tearing off his admiral badge and slamming it on the table.

With a thud, Mina Tils fell to the ground powerlessly. She played with the badge of the Imperial Navy Admiral in her hand in a daze.

This thing that represents supreme authority and can independently command an interstellar fleet is now just an alloy product that is not even exquisite.

"Hehehehe...Hahahahahahaha! Hahahahahaha! Ahahahahahahahaha!!!" Mina Tils laughed out loud.

"Hahahahahaha!" Her laughter was so wild, even hoarse, that it was difficult to tell whether she was crying or laughing.

Because countless tears were pouring out of her eyes.

"Hahahahaha! Hahahahahahahaha!!!" The laughter continued to echo in this secret base. (End of this chapter)