The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2796, Smoke of War in the East

Griffiths stared at the flashing coordinates on the holographic star map and saw that around the ten Purifier aircraft carriers, there were 100 Purifier reconnaissance aircraft. These reconnaissance aircraft were all white with gold trim, and without a doubt, they were all Purifier products.

“Because the Protoss Council refused to send troops, none of the Phoenix Fighters originally scheduled to be deployed will participate in the battle. Furthermore, the Purifiers have not yet been able to overcome the technical difficulties of developing the key technologies for the Phoenix Fighters. Therefore, the fleet participating in this battle will consist of 10 aircraft carriers and 100 reconnaissance aircraft,” Elena said.

Griffiths nodded; he was reviewing the data on the Purifier reconnaissance aircraft. He discovered that this super-heavy fighter, in terms of size and length, resembled a frigate, but possessed remarkable agility and speed. Combined with its powerful antimatter missiles, this fighter boasted formidable firepower.

Compared to engaging other fighters, the Protoss reconnaissance aircraft is actually better suited to engaging enemy large warships. Therefore, it is a type of aircraft that is called a reconnaissance aircraft but has the maneuverability of a fighter, the size of a frigate, and does the job of a bomber.

He also immediately simulated multiple battlefield scenarios, and he believed that the combination of reconnaissance aircraft and aircraft carriers was the best configuration to counter the Galactic Empire's fleet.

Currently, the Galactic Empire's fighter squadrons have essentially become secondary players on the battlefield. Once Protoss carriers are deployed, their fighters will have absolutely no chance of getting close to their own capital ships.

In this situation, compared to air superiority fighters like the Phoenix, the reconnaissance aircraft's antimatter missiles are precisely what can inflict the greatest damage on the Galactic Empire's star destroyers.

Although Grievous could see in the database that both the Protoss and the Purifiers possessed a large number of advanced weapons and equipment, this was all they could offer at the moment.

However, this is already powerful enough.

A communication was initiated, and the screen showed a Purifier warrior clad in heavy white armor. His deep, resonant voice echoed in the command room: "I am Purifier Commander Mojo. It's a pleasure to fight alongside you, General Griffiths."

(I always thought the mask in the middle was an angry face...)
Elena explained, "Moyo was once a Protoss combat hero. He was an excellent fighter pilot and commander, and he will be your second-in-command in this battle."

Griffiths nodded, then turned to Elena and said, “Connect to the simulated combat system with Moyo. I need a more comprehensive understanding of the Purifiers’ weaponry capabilities. The hypothetical enemy input is the Galactic Empire’s main fleet, including the Executor-class super star destroyer, the Empire II-class star destroyer, the Advocate-class anti-air heavy cruiser, the Night Watchman-class frigate, the Lancer-class anti-air frigate, and the DP-20 anti-air gunboat.”

“This is a formation mode that places a strong emphasis on combat against fighter jets,” Elena said.

“Ah, this is also a likely response from the Galactic Empire,” Grievous said in a deep voice.

"Then, simulated combat system, begin connection." With Elena's voice, the surrounding scene immediately began to change, and an incredibly massive Galactic Empire fleet appeared inside this virtual space.

"Hehehehe... Let's begin!" Griffith let out an excited laugh, ferocious and cruel.

……

The time has entered the 12th year of the Imperial Calendar, which is 8 BBY, January.

The eastern sector of the Milky Way has never been peaceful.

Even though the Galactic Empire's Eastern Fleet, the main force of the Empire's Twelfth Army, had retreated to Chalos IV to consolidate its defenses and remain inactive, the rest of the Eastern Territory was still engulfed in constant warfare.

According to data from the Dawn Kingdom's National Security Bureau, more than 800 uprisings have broken out in the eastern controlled area of ​​the Dawn Kingdom in the past three months.

What does this mean? It's equivalent to an average of 10 uprisings every day!
Lin Nanyi, the interim governor of the Eastern Star Sector, finally experienced the pain of the Galactic Empire. In his jurisdiction, uprisings broke out almost one after another. He had to deploy a large number of mobile fleets and run around the star system with the uprising army and pirates who were running around everywhere.

This made his already limited forces even more strained, and the constant attacks on his rear supply lines also greatly affected his frontline troops.

Lin Nan originally intended to move his combat base to the planet Bonta, which had once been a military base for the Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army, but was later abandoned by Admiral Gideon Tarkin. However, due to instability in the rear, Lin Nan had no choice but to leave a squadron on Bonta for defense before leading the main fleet back to the planet Semires.

The planet Semirth was jubilant, for they had finally broken free from the control of the Galactic Empire and returned to the embrace of the Kingdom of Dawn eight years after the destruction of the Independent System Confederation.

Previously, the representative of the planet Semirth, Thunbak Tula, led the planet's remaining forces in a fierce resistance against the Galactic Empire's fleet, but suffered a crushing defeat, and Thunbak Tula also died on the battlefield.

This corrupt, vain politician who kept a gigolo fulfilled her vow at the last moment and became a hero to the people of Semirs.

But Thunbak-Tura's resistance ultimately led to the Galactic Empire's brutal exploitation.

The Galactic Empire subjected the planet Semirth to five years of resource plunder and oppressive rule, even establishing a special tax bureau to collect exorbitant taxes, resulting in economic decline and widespread suffering.

The only good news is that the native industries of Samirth were not destroyed, but were allowed to continue to produce various war supplies for the Galactic Empire.

Now, with the Galactic Empire's defeat in the Eastern Frontier, especially the destruction of the super-battleship Eye of Palpatine, they have abandoned vast swathes of territory in the East and retreated to the Eastern Central Sector. The Semirthians have finally confirmed that the Kingdom of Dawn has truly fought its way here!

Therefore, the Semirs eagerly announced their joining the Kingdom of Dawn and smoothly integrated their industrial system with that of the Kingdom of Dawn—after all, their industrial system was initially established with the assistance of the Kingdom of Dawn.

However, the Semirs are already one of the few friends of the Kingdom of Dawn in the East.

The Eastern Sector was once one of the core controlled areas of the Independent System Confederation. The last fortress of the Independent System Confederation—the planet Sarukami—was located in the Eastern Sector. However, don't assume that this will make the Dawn Kingdom's entry into the Eastern Sector easy; in fact, quite the opposite. The resistance the Dawn Kingdom encountered in ruling the Eastern Sector was no less than that faced by the Galactic Empire.

Because what is the essence of the Independent Galaxy Confederation? It is separatism, it is liberalism! All the planets that joined the Independent Galaxy Confederation were liberals who rejected centralized power and longed for autonomy.

Faced with the rule of the Galactic Republic and its super-corporation giants, they resolutely rose up in rebellion, refusing to pay taxes, rejecting economic integration, and resisting the Republic's administration. They demanded planetary autonomy, economic independence, and free markets, and were willing to rebel for these goals.

Later, faced with the centralized rule of the Galactic Empire, they rose up in resistance with unwavering courage and determination. Under the Galactic Empire's authoritarian and oppressive rule, they had absolutely no freedom, and because they were the core region of the Independent Star System Confederation, the Galactic Empire, in retaliation, exploited these planets even more severely.

In many cases, the people on these planets don't even have control over what they can eat—because the governors appointed by the Galactic Empire would occasionally restrict the types of food imported, leaving these planets with only one staple food for an entire year.

But later, after the Kingdom of Dawn arrived, these planets also found that their situation was not much better.

The Dawn Kingdom's rule was indeed much more lenient than that of the Galactic Empire, but with a formidable enemy at hand, Lin Nan still adopted a high-pressure policy, preparing to quickly incorporate these planets into the Dawn Kingdom's economic system.

Unfortunately, the Dawn Kingdom's foundation in the Eastern Territory was too weak, and the destruction of the stargate on the planet Losar by the rebel Ghost Squad further increased the pressure on the Dawn Kingdom. In order to rebuild the stargate as soon as possible, and before that, to achieve self-sufficiency in supplies for the main fleet, Lin Nanyi had no choice but to implement wartime economic control over all the planets under his control, forcibly requisition resources, centrally allocate supplies, and establish a temporary military committee to manage local government affairs.

In this way, in the eyes of these planets, the rule of the Dawn Kingdom is no different from that of the Galactic Empire, except that the officials they sent were a little nicer!

Absolutely unacceptable!

Inverted!

As a result, the planets rose up in rebellion, attacking the Dawn Kingdom's transport fleets, killing appointed officials, and destroying established factories, preventing the Dawn Kingdom from establishing effective control over these planets.

Lin Nanyi is also constantly trying to find ways to deal with this.

In addition to adding escort and mobile fleets, Lin Nanyi also implemented an important measure—he agreed to allow the super-enterprises under the Dawn Kingdom to enter the Eastern Territory and outsourced the management of some uncontrollable planets to those enterprises.

Mega-corporations such as Tyron Heavy Industries, United Mining Group, Solar Dynamics, Umbrella Corporation, and Saab Standard Industries have all entered the Eastern Territory.

Even companies like Solosub and the Retail Group, which gradually joined the Kingdom of Dawn as it expanded, came to try and get a piece of the pie.

These companies brought with them substantial capital, advanced technology and management expertise, as well as security forces such as corporate mercenaries and escort fleets, and efficient production systems, rapidly restoring order and production capacity to parts of the planets.

The problem is that these companies are far more ruthless and cold-blooded in their management compared to the administrative officials of the Dawn Kingdom. This approach, in turn, has driven the wave of resistance in the Eastern Territory underground, giving rise to a more covert and resilient resistance network.

Governor Lin Nan also contacted the Rebel Alliance through diplomatic channels, hoping they could restrain the rebels in the East. After all, the Galactic Empire was a common enemy of both sides, and there was no need to hinder the Kingdom of Dawn in this matter.

But the rebel leader simply replied calmly that most of the uprisings on the Eastern Planet were spontaneous, not initiated by the Rebel Alliance. Therefore, to quell the flames of rebellion in the Eastern Planet, they should reflect on their own misdeeds.

Therefore, the Dawn Kingdom currently has three relatively stable locations in the Eastern Star Sector.

Aside from the die-hard Semirth planet, the first stable place is Losar. The number of Given immigrants on this planet has been increasing, and even though the stargate has been destroyed and is being rebuilt, the military bases, spaceports, and industrial zones established by the Givens here still firmly suppress the local inhabitants.

Although the local inhabitants of Losar felt they had a chance because of the bombing of the stargate, the Jiven people, who revered mathematics, always prioritized efficiency, and their suppression was utterly ruthless.

The second one is Planet Dark.

After the Monkaramari leader Mina Tils nearly sparked a civil war on the planet, and after Jar Akbar secretly established the Deep Sea Fleet and led it to join the Rebel Alliance, the Quaruns have now revealed their hand.

They finally realized that even though Planet Dark had a population of 270 billion and industrial capabilities that ranked among the top in the core region, the fate of their planet was no longer in their own hands.

Especially the Khurun ​​people, whose fate is already tied to the Kingdom of Dawn. Once they break away from the protection of the Kingdom of Dawn, both the Monkaramari and the Galactic Empire would love to exterminate them!

Under these circumstances, the policy of independence and autonomy once pursued by the spiritual leader of the Quarun people, Nosori, was quickly abandoned, and Nosori officially stepped down from the front line.

The Quarun elected their own king, Cal vengar, a representative of the hardliners, ending the tradition of the planet's king being a Monkalamari and siding entirely with the Kingdom of Dawn.

On the very day after Karl-Vinga was sworn in as emperor, he immediately signed the "Dark Planet Security Agreement," allowing the Dawn Kingdom's army to establish military bases and directly station troops on the planet. He also relinquished control of Dark Planet's orbital defense system and shared its intelligence network with the Dawn Kingdom. Furthermore, he accepted senior military advisors from the Dawn Kingdom and fully cooperated with its strategic direction.

Then, the Quarun began a brutal reprisal and persecution of the Monkalamari!
Thousands of years of hatred erupted at this moment, turning into a reckoning of blood and fire. Large numbers of Monkalamari were enslaved, their property was confiscated, their assets were seized, and they all lost their citizenship.

Karl-Vinga also publicly declared that the Moncalamari people would not regain their citizenship until the Deep Sea Fleet commander, Jal Akbar, returned with his fleet to surrender!

The Monkalamari will forever be considered a traitorous ethnic group, barred from holding any public office and receiving higher education. Their settlements will be designated as controlled zones, with curfews and pass systems enforced by the Dawn Kingdom and the Khurun ​​United Military Government. (End of Chapter)