The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2619 Civil War
2619 Civil War

"No! This is impossible! Orman Tag will definitely let the Galactic Empire military intervene in this matter! We are finished...all finished!" Silas Tag screamed almost collapsing.

"The military is intervening?" Casio Tag laughed coldly, "Do you think Tag Corporation is a trade alliance? If the Imperial military fleet dares to fire a shot at Tag Corporation, you can see what will happen to the core circle."

"No! I don't want this... No! Orman... He, he is my elder brother..." Silas Tagg held his head in annoyance.

"So Sonya is still your mother?" Casio Tag subconsciously asked directly, but then he knew that he couldn't provoke Silas like this, so he changed the subject and said, "Wake up! How old are you? Don't you have an independent plan for your future? You were controlled by Sonya before, and now you are controlled by Orman. When will you be able to control your own destiny?"

"But... I don't know..." Silas shook his head.

"That's enough. Let's plan for the future." Casio Tag patted him on the shoulder. "You should understand that no matter what Allman Tag has planned, your name has never been included in his plans for the future. He not only betrayed you, but also betrayed the company and the family... You should understand this. It's not you who betrayed him."

Silas Tagg nodded, his eyes gradually turned cold, as if he had made up his mind. But he was still worried, so he asked again, "Second brother, what about you? What have you been through in all these years?"

"After the defeat in the Model Sector Battle, I left in an escape pod before my flagship was destroyed. After that, I moved to the Outer Rim Sector and lived there. Later, I was really short of money, so I organized a mercenary army to make money in Hutt Space." Cassio Tag took out the story he had prepared long ago, "Actually, I originally planned to come back, but I heard from my people about the conflict between Sonja and Orman. I realized that something was wrong, so I started to investigate secretly."

He glanced at Silas and continued, "But I didn't think it was that serious at the time, so I didn't hide my whereabouts. It wasn't until the assassin came to my door that I found out... Orman Tag wanted to kill me. Not only that, he also attributed the failure of the Model Sector Battle entirely to me."

Silas suddenly said, "But that doesn't make sense! Brother Orman has always been worried about our lack of influence in the military. He has always wanted to join forces with you to create a brilliant future for our family!"

"Is what he told you true? Haha...you don't know him at all." Cassio Tag said, "In his opinion, as long as I am still in the family, he will never be able to truly control the family power. It's like throwing all the family's material and financial resources at the Death Star project. If I were still here, I would never let this plan pass. The reason? You have already seen it."

Silas lowered his head and said nothing more.

"Let's go. I came back this time to help you." Cassio Tag said, "First, we must be able to protect ourselves, and then we can start to win our own supporters. You exposed Allman Tag's financial conspiracy at the family meeting, and now many people are watching. If you don't take this first step, no one will be willing to help you-except me."

Silas nodded and said, "I understand, brother. Then, I'll leave this fleet to you to command..."

Casio Tag smiled slightly. What a superficial and childish temptation. Brother... You are only fit to be a technician in a white coat.

He shook his head and said, "No, I can't show up. If I show up, Allman Tag will definitely escalate the matter, and it will also give the Galactic Empire military a reason to intervene. Therefore, this fleet can only be handed over to you and you will be in charge. I am just a combat advisor."

Cassio Tag put on his half-face mask again and said solemnly: "Go ahead, third brother. I am a soldier, and I am not suitable to lead the family forward. But... you can! Before Domina grows up, only you can do it!"

Silas Tagg's gaze gradually became more intense.

"That's right. This is your last test before you truly take control of the family. In addition, I learned the most important information through the military intelligence network - His Majesty the Emperor is unable to take charge recently due to poor health. Coupled with the major changes in the Imperial Intelligence Agency, now is the best time." Cassio Tag patted his third brother on the shoulder again and encouraged him: "I have made my choice. Now, it's your turn."

He looked at Silas Tagg, whose breathing began to become heavy, with eyes full of pity, as if... he was looking at a dead person.

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9BBY, April 4.

Silas Tag, the third son of the Tag family, arrived on the planet Druckenville, with a mysterious masked man beside him.

Then, Silas Tag immediately used his authority to take over the fleet of the planet Druckenville. This fleet included an escort fleet composed of 19 squadrons, with a total of more than 1200 light cruisers and frigates.

In addition, there is a fleet of 50 old capital ships and more than 500 old light cruisers, which once belonged to the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Druckenville is located in the southeastern part of the Milky Way, in the Central Ring Star Region. It is on the same core hyperspace route, the Corellian Route, as Farin and Christophsis. Currently, this planet is within the radiation range of the Delon defense line that the Galactic Empire has painstakingly built.

Because the political environment in the southern and southeastern parts of the Milky Way is very complicated and liberalism is rampant, the Kingdom of Dawn did not attack in this direction. In fact, the Kingdom of Dawn lacks influence on the star systems along the entire Corellian Passage. The two core routes, the Hydia Passage and the Corellian Trade Ridge, are their home turf.

In the early days, Druckenville was controlled by the Trade Federation, so during the Clone Wars, Druckenville joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems and became one of the important industrial worlds of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. A large number of interstellar docks and a large number of processing factories were built here, and a large number of combat robots and various types of warships were built.

During the war, this was also the headquarters of SGI Systems, a famous robot manufacturer. The famous IG series of assassination robots were produced by this company.

However, with the end of the Clone Wars, the Trade Federation and other super-corporate giants were liquidated. SGI Systems was also sanctioned by the Galactic Empire for its unclear relationship with the Separatists during the war, and the company was forced to be nationalized.

At this time, Tag Corporation took the opportunity to purchase the development rights of this planet from the financially tight Galactic Empire. To say it was development rights was actually to buy the planet. After the Clone Wars, the Galactic Empire used this method to deal with many of the planets it had captured from the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Because the Galactic Empire simply did not have the ability to manage those planets where separatism was prevalent, it had no effect except for more and more resistance and riots.

For Tag Corporation, Druckenville is also an important springboard for them to enter the military industry, because there are shipyards for building warships on this planet, as well as many retired and scrapped separatist warships, and a complete heavy industry system, although backward.

Through the reconstruction of the planet Druckenville, Tag Corporation is also accumulating its experience in the military industry.

Due to the defeat of the Confederation of Independent Systems, the fleet that originally existed on the planet Druckenville was also abandoned, and most of the warships were parked in a desert on the planet, waiting to be scrapped and dismantled.

In order to accumulate experience in warship construction, Tag Company invested heavily to repair some of the warships in better condition, including 17 Bountiful-class frigates, 3 Divine Providence-class destroyers, 14 Resister-class light destroyers, 1 Rookery Hook-class battleship, 8 Higra-class battlecruisers, 5 Cole-class battlecruisers, and 2 Martha-class missile heavy cruisers.

Of course, even the Cole-class and Martha-class warships produced by the Kingdom of Dawn, which were much more advanced than the Bountiful-class, were actually old models with no guarantee of combat effectiveness. Not to mention the other warships, a few Imperial-class Star Destroyers would be enough to smash this fleet to pieces.

But no matter what, this is also a battleship.

Tag Company modernized these warships as much as possible so that they could keep up with the times and have a little combat capability, but they are still far from being able to actually go to the battlefield.

Of course, the benefits of repairing this fleet are also obvious - that is, the industrial system of the planet Druckenville has recovered rapidly under the investment of Tag Company, and has begun to play a greater role for the company. So later, Tag Company set up the base of 19 squadrons of its huge escort fleet here.

In recent months, due to the establishment of the Tag Star Zone, most of those planets no longer support Tag Corporation, so most of the escort fleets are staying at home.

Thus, this became an important force occupied by Silas-Tag.

After taking control of the fleet, Silas Tagg quickly issued a public statement, accusing Allman Tagg of financial fraud, which put Tagg Company on the verge of bankruptcy. He demanded that the company immediately convene the highest board of directors to thoroughly investigate Allman Tagg's economic crimes and remove him from his position.

With the fleet in hand, Silas Tag was naturally confident. At the same time, the fence-sitting forces within the company began to gradually move closer to Silas. After all, no matter how much Allman Tag promised or how much he had falsified, the company's financial situation was deteriorating rapidly, and even the senses could sense it.

This was the situation that Orman Tag faced after returning to Tepasi from Scarif. He almost fainted from anger!

His most trusted brother actually announced the company's confidential financial documents at the company meeting and brought the Imperial Court into the company. Then, Chief Inquisitor Latinar Tobin died in the company headquarters!

Finally, he even ran all the way to the company's most important industrial world, raised his arms and hoisted the banner - rebellion!
Allman Tag felt that even if he used the most horrific punishment in the entire galaxy on Silas, he would never be satisfied. He was so angry that his eyes, which were injured by Darth Vader, were broken and he had to receive emergency treatment.

Then he found himself facing a helpless situation - the timing of Silas Tagg's rebellion was so good that it seemed as if it was specially arranged.

Because not long ago, the Kingdom of Dawn had just launched an offensive in the East, destroying the super battleship Palpatine's Eye that the Galactic Empire had built with great difficulty. Then, someone did something that involved Black Hole, causing Black Hole to retire. Even His Majesty the Emperor was in poor health and could not manage the affairs of state during this period!

Now, Silas Tagg is rebelling within the company, and Allman Tagg can't even find foreign aid.

Who should I go to? His Majesty the Emperor? He was not feeling well and did not even attend the Imperial Senate meetings. The military? I had just lost face in front of Wilhuff Tarkin. If I went to them again, I was afraid that I would not even get a scrap of food on the Death Star project. Moreover, the military was also busy with the East Frontier Campaign.

Look for the Imperial Intelligence Agency? Their behind-the-scenes leader Black Hole retired, the Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition Hydra died in battle, and now another Grand Inquisitor Latinar Tobin died in his own company! The Intelligence Agency was kind enough not to cause trouble for Tag Company!

Darth Vader? This was his enemy, and he was also helping Wilhuff Tarkin rescue Garrosh Tarkin who had disappeared during the Battle of the East.

Dark Prophet? These charlatans are so mysterious and can't be trusted at all.

Therefore, this matter can only be solved by Allman Tagg himself. And what about the forces he has cultivated in the company? I am afraid that except for his own loyal forces, those who are colluded together because of their interests will be dissatisfied with the confidential financial documents disclosed by Silas Tagg, and thus stand aside and watch.

Allman-Tag could only declare Silas guilty of treason and report to the Galactic Empire's Ministry of Commerce and the Imperial Intelligence Agency, demanding that the Imperial authorities take action against Silas.

However, Silas Tag reiterated his loyalty to the Galactic Empire. He publicly stated that the rebellion against Allman Tag was just an internal business behavior of the company. After dealing with the internal affairs of the company, Tag Company will continue to serve the Galactic Empire with a new attitude.

At the same time, Silas Tag also declared that as the head in charge of scientific research, Tag Company under his control will focus on scientific research, will never interfere in the military, politics and other aspects, and will absolutely maintain its duties.

This actually made the Imperial Army quite excited. So, the Imperial Army decisively chose to stand aside and watch.

As a last resort, Orman-Tag had to start organizing his own fleet!

The civil war in Tag Company is about to break out!