The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2608: The Great Change of the Galactic Empire (Part )
2608: The Great Change of the Galactic Empire (Part )

In fact, the mysterious retirement of "Black Hole" also had a far-reaching impact in another aspect - the dark believers.

That's right, the balance of power between the group of Force-sensitive people serving the Galactic Empire and the traditional military and political groups has quietly changed.

As one of the three most powerful dark side force users under Emperor Palpatine, 'Black Hole' not only possesses immense power, but also powerful influence.

After the Black Hole retired and Hydra was "killed in battle", the Inquisition was disbanded by Palpatine and merged into the Imperial Inquisition. However, the remaining forces of the original Inquisition were led by Grand Inquisitor Laddinare Torbin, who was very determined to draw a clear line with the Inquisition and refused to accept the leadership of the Inquisition, thus retaining the last bit of dignity of the Inquisition.

However, there is another very important reason why Latinar Tobin did this, which is that he actually has very deep-rooted conflicts with the Imperial Tribunal.

Because the current second-in-command of the Imperial Tribunal - the eldest sister, Arden Lin, had her right arm chopped off by Latinar Tobin.

It was the Imperial Inquisition that dug Arden Lin out of the grave, and the highest-powered Hydra of the Inquisition was not present at the scene. When Arden Lin just woke up, her mind was fuzzy and she attacked everything around her. Latinar Tobin cut off her hand during the fight and captured her.

Although Arden-Lin, who had just woken up from a 20,000-year slumber, was in a state of chaos both in terms of the Force and her mind, the power to cut off Arden-Lin's arm and capture her was not something that everyone had.

In the current Imperial Inquisition, Latinar Tobin is undoubtedly the strongest person, and he is the only one who has the ability and qualifications to lead the remaining forces of the Inquisition.

But no matter how powerful Latinar Tobin is, he is not as strong as the previous Hydra, let alone the black hole. Moreover, he is extremely selfish and utilitarian, so he is not popular. Basically, he is just a reckless man.

Therefore, one of the three dark side force users under Palpatine, from his sphere of influence to his power to himself, has collapsed.

As a result, the strength of the dark believers has been greatly reduced.

Because among the three dark side force users, Darth Vader is the representative of the military, the Dark Prophet Kadam is the representative of administration, and Black Hole is the representative of intelligence.

Now, with the assassination of her father by Esani Isard, the intelligence department, one of the iron triangle, is equivalent to Palpatine's tacit consent to the handing over of this part of power to the traditional military and political forces. In addition, the reopening of the Marshal's Medal Awarding Ceremony, which was temporarily shelved due to the assassination, also clearly shows that Palpatine has no choice but to compromise with the military and political forces.

Another result of Black Hole's retirement was that the previously intensified campaign to insert Dark Prophets into the super-enterprises within the Empire was also suspended.

The Dark Prophet's actions are now much more low-key.

Not only that, Palpatine also cancelled all meetings that required him to attend in person, and instead worked in his office himself, reviewing reports sent in by various star regions and departments.

Internal information indicates that the health of Imperial Emperor Palpatine has not been ideal recently.

In addition to the black hole incident, a series of battles that took place in the East recently attracted widespread attention. This was because this battle was the first large-scale confrontation between the two sides after the interwar period of more than half a year after the Battle of the North and the Battle of Fangduo.

This battle also demonstrated the different directions of military construction between the Galactic Empire and the Kingdom of Dawn.

However, the Galactic Empire completely concealed the news of the destruction of Palpatine's Eye and refused to acknowledge the existence of this super battleship. Instead, the Galactic Empire made a big fuss about their destruction of the Dawn Kingdom's battleship Destruction.

Since the USS Venom Fang had caused great panic to the Galactic Republic in the early days of the Clone Wars, the destruction of the enhanced USS Destroyer undoubtedly brought more confidence to the people of the Empire.

As for why Admiral Gideon Tarkin fled back to Charros IV and lost half of the jurisdiction of the Imperial 12th Army, it was explained that due to the sudden betrayal of the Mon Calamari, the original military base on the planet Boonta was besieged by the Kingdom of Dawn.

Although the Imperial Army fought bravely and destroyed the battleship Destruction, causing heavy losses to the Dawn Kingdom's superior fleet, it also suffered heavy casualties. In order to avoid further losses, it took the initiative to return to the planet Charos IV.

Victory turned into yes.

The Empire also claimed that the Mon Calamari's betrayal was the result of the Kingdom of Dawn colluding with the rebels, which equated the two as an alliance of rebel forces that conspired to overthrow the Empire's rule. The Empire called on all people to stand up and resist this evil alliance.

Imperial Admiral Garrosh Tarkin was also believed to have been kidnapped by the Rebels, and Emperor Palpatine instructed Darth Vader to arrange for a rescue as soon as possible.

Darth Vader sent Arden Lin, the eldest sister of the Imperial Inquisitor, and her team to carry out this mission, asking them to find Garrosh Tarkin as soon as possible and rescue him.

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In addition to the power struggles within the empire, the imperial military is also seizing the opportunity to expand its own strength.

During this period, three more Executor-class Super Star Destroyers completed final construction and were put into service, namely the Guardian, Iron Fist, and Reaper.

In addition, two other ships, including the Annihilator and the Attacker, have also entered the final stage of outfitting.

Other Executor-class Super Star Destroyers under construction include the Enforcer, Intimidator, Marauder, Razor's Kiss, and Destroyer.

In other words, including the sunken Lusankaya, the Leela in the North, the Morak in Wilhuff Tarkin's hands, the Executor in Darth Vader's hands, and the Hegemony in Palpatine's hands, there are actually a total of 15 Executor-class Super Star Destroyers under construction by the Galactic Empire.

Of the three Executor-class Super Star Destroyers completed this time, the Iron Fist was incorporated into the Imperial Defense Fleet and stationed in the Imperial Second Legion, Corellia System.

The Reaper Super Star Destroyer was also deployed to the North, but its main mission was to defend the planet Scipio and it was not directly under the command of Dunn Wessex, the King of the North.

The Guardian Super Star Destroyer was deployed in the Imperial Center, and together with the Hegemony formed the most powerful deterrent force in the Imperial Center.

Among the other super star destroyers under construction, the Destroyer has also confirmed its deployment location. It is scheduled to be handed over to the Tag family and become the flagship of Orman Tag. The Destroyer was handed over to the planet Kuat as the backbone of the defense of the empire's largest industrial center. In fact, the Destroyer, which is already in the final stage of outfitting, is already carrying out this mission.

The commissioning of three Executor-class Super Star Destroyers and the completion of more Super Star Destroyers also gave the Galactic Empire more confidence.

In addition, their confidence comes from other areas.

In order to cope with the huge advantage of the Kingdom of Dawn in fighter jets, the Galactic Empire has been committed to developing its own advanced fighter jets. At present, their research and development directions are mainly in three aspects-TIE Avenger, TIE Phantom and TIE Defender.

The TIE Defender, whose full name is TIE/D "Defender" Multi-Role Starfighter, is a new fighter developed by Admiral Demetrius Zaarin.

This fighter is a complete numerical oddity. According to Admiral Zaarin, the developer, the TIE Defender fighter will allow Imperial pilots to have the strongest firepower, the highest acceleration, the fastest sub-light speed, and the lowest turning angle. Its acceleration can reach 4220G at the fastest speed! This terrifying acceleration was previously only achieved by Jedi Knights flying fighters. Not only that, the TIE Defender fighter will also be equipped with a hyperspace engine and a permanent shield system.

The Galactic Empire military has the confidence that the TIE Defender fighter can defeat any fighter in the galaxy and become the strongest among them.

In addition, there is the TIE Phantom fighter, whose full name is TIE/PH "Phantom" Multi-Role Stealth Starfighter.

This is a new type of fighter developed by Imperial Admiral Martio Batch. Unlike Admiral Zaarin, whose main focus is on a powerful fighter with awesome stats, Admiral Batch's research and development goal is a stealth system.

Since the days of the Galactic Republic, their fighter pilots have been deeply hurt by the Dawn Kingdom's stealth fighters. In every air battle, the Dawn Kingdom's stealth fighter formations, represented by ghost fighters, can cause them heavy damage. Even if they have the advantage in numbers, they cannot ensure victory over these invisible fighters.

The Galactic Empire spent a lot of time developing stealth systems and built its own stealth ships, but the results were not satisfactory. Either the stealth effect was not good, or the cost was too high to be mass-produced.

Therefore, Admiral Bachi set his sights on a type of Stygium crystals. By stimulating the energy of this crystal, an invisible energy field will be formed, achieving the invisibility effect.

At the same time, this will also simplify the manufacturing process of the stealth system and meet the conditions for mass production.

But the problem is that the Steigen crystal's cloaking field is very strong. Once fully deployed, no equipment can detect it, including our own people. Even the pilot of the TIE fighter will lose control of the fighter after the cloaking field is deployed, resulting in cloaking failure.

This is the problem Admiral Bache is currently addressing.

TIE Avenger fighter, full name TIE/ad "Avenger" fighter (TIE/ad Avenger starfighter).

This fighter was designed as a successor to the TIE Advanced X1 fighter, and was designed to replace the original TIE/LN light fighter.

In other words, the Galactic Empire plans to completely withdraw TIE/LN fighters from the front-line forces after the TIE Avenger fighter is fully put into production, and then use the TIE advanced X1 fighter as the mass-produced main force and the TIE Avenger as the mass-produced core force structure.

As a general fighter designed for ordinary pilots, the TIE Avenger has been designed to maximize the performance of ordinary pilots. The performance of this fighter far exceeds that of the TIE Advanced X1. As for the original TIE/LN fighters, they can only be swatted to death like a fly in front of the TIE Avenger.

These three models of new TIE series fighters are designed with the purpose of TIE Defender as an elite model, TIE Phantom as a special model, and TIE Avenger as a core model. It is planned that after the replacement is completed, they will eventually have a crushing advantage over the fighters of the Kingdom of Dawn.

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In the field of battleships, the Galactic Empire has also made some achievements.

In addition to the Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer, which has been under research but to no avail, the Galactic Empire is also developing several new types of Star Destroyers.

The first is the Bellator-class dreadnought, a 7200-meter-long dreadnought that is the successor to the Commander II-class dreadnought.

This dreadnought is a complete redesign of the Commander series of dreadnoughts. Based on a reduction of 800 meters in length, it emphasizes high-speed assault as its main feature and is called a "high-speed dreadnought" within the project team.

Then there is the Assertor-class Command Dreadnought, which is 15000 meters long and has ordinary weapons and equipment compared to the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. However, this dreadnought is equipped with a large number of sophisticated hyperspace communication systems, sector-level long-range sensor arrays, theater combat simulation systems and other cutting-edge command and communication systems.

At the same time, among the 125000 crew members, there is also an entire strategic analysis team and a senior staff team, equipped with the most advanced combat analysis computers to command the entire battle situation.

Only one Assertor-class sector command ship is needed to command and coordinate the simultaneous operations of multiple main fleets in an entire sector.

The emergence of the Assertor class solved the problem that during every large-scale battle, the star governor could only sit in the command center of his own planet and watch helplessly, allowing the star governor to go to the battlefield in person to command the battle.

Obviously, the Warrior-class dreadnought was designed and built to deal with the Revelation-class battleship, while the Assertor-class sector command ship was obviously prepared for the twelve subsequent Imperial Marshals.

Combined with the increasing production of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, the Galactic Empire military believes that it is still capable of competing with the battleships of the Kingdom of Dawn. Not to mention a confrontation of equal forces, at least with superior forces, victory in the battle can be ensured.

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The research and development and construction of a series of new weapons can be said to have been largely contributed to by the Orman-Tag cutting-edge technology alliance.

Although many of these new weapons were originally developed by the Galactic Empire's project team and then reassigned to the Advanced Technology Alliance, and Allman-Tag only played the role of organization, coordination, and funding, after all, with so many research results, Allman-Tag naturally received the emperor's praise.

However, no matter how much praise he received, it was all empty. Allman Tagge understood that his real hope of soaring into the sky still lay in that real super weapon.

Death Star!!