The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2797. Expansion of the Eastern Territory
As it turns out, at least on Planet Dark, Lin Nan's policies have had a significant effect.

This ignited conflict between races, forcing the Khurun ​​to completely side with the Kingdom of Dawn, at the cost of only the interests of a little over ten billion Monkalamari. Perhaps tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, of Monkalamari will die in the process, but who cares?
In this galaxy, the struggle between races always boils down to two options: you die or I die. This is the underlying logic hidden beneath the veneer of freedom and democracy.

The two races on Planet Dark only embarked on this inevitable path thousands of years after the civil war that nearly led to the extinction of the Quaruns.

Mina Tils, the leader of the Monkalamari who had already committed suicide, could never have imagined that Nosori, the leader of the Khurun ​​people whom she hated so much, was the one who was truly protecting them.

When the first king of the Quarun, Karl-Vinga, ascended the throne, it marked the beginning of the Monkalamari's nightmare.

Cal-Vinga also began implementing a reconstruction plan for the planet Iscaron. Iscaron was once ruled by the Iscaron Alliance, an organization of several aquatic races in the East, but it was later subjected to orbital bombardment by Darth Vader's Death Squadron because it sheltered Jarl Akbar's Deep Sea Fleet.

The planet Iscaron, with a population of over 30 million, suffered devastating casualties in this orbital bombardment, leaving fewer than 6 million survivors. Furthermore, the ocean planet lost trillions of tons of seawater, its sea level dropped by more than ten meters, and its average temperature increased by 3 degrees Celsius!
The seawater evaporated by the orbital bombardment even formed an ice crystal ring around the planet.

This resulted in the near-complete destruction of the environment on Iscaron, causing the mass death of various marine creatures.

However, this is, after all, an ocean planet, and the development value of an ocean planet is far greater than that of an ordinary rocky planet. Therefore, in order to please the Dawn Kingdom, King Karl-Vinga of Planet Dark launched the plan to rebuild Planet Iscaron.

He began a large-scale migration of the Monkaramari people from the planet Dark to the planet Iscaron for reconstruction. The initial plan was to migrate 6000 million Monkaramari people there, and to gradually increase the number of migrants to one billion over the next thirty years.

These Monkaramari will undertake extremely arduous work on the planet Iscaron, repairing its damaged environment and dragging the icy rings back into the atmosphere, where they will melt and return as rain to the planet's surface.

There are also plans to build ten fully enclosed cities on the planet Iscaron for people to live in before environmental restoration.

Then, on Dawn Planet, the super-corporation Solar Power Energy Company set its sights on the planet. Jin Hao invested heavily in the planet's reconstruction and, as always, brought in his business ally, United Mining Group.

Led by the planetary governor appointed by Governor Lin Nanyi, and with the financial support of two super-enterprises and a large workforce provided by Planet Dak, the core force for planetary reconstruction was formed.

Furthermore, there's no need to worry that a large influx of Monkalamari immigrants will lead to the planet being eventually taken over by the cuckoo.

Under Lin Nanyi's behind-the-scenes manipulation, the remaining native inhabitants of Iscaron were granted planetary citizenship, while the Monkaramari remained merely slaves and laborers.

In addition, the bombing of Iscaron by Darth Vader was caused by the Monkaramari, a member of the Iscaron Alliance, who sheltered Jal Akbar's deep-sea fleet, which directly led to the death of three-quarters of the planet's population. This instilled deep hatred in the surviving natives towards the Monkaramari.

Lin Nanyi cleverly exploited this hatred, turning it into a tool for maintaining order. He legislated to solidify the labor identity of the Monkalamari people across generations and authorized the indigenous people to supervise their labor process.

Therefore, through the Givens on the planet Losar, the Quaruns on the planet Dark, and the Semirs, along with the planet Iscaron which was beginning to be rebuilt, and the small industrial zone established by the Vasari in the Hutt space, the Kingdom of Dawn gradually began to establish its own base in the Eastern Sector.

No matter how much the rebels in the Eastern Territory cause trouble, as long as these planets remain unaffected, the foundation of the Dawn Kingdom's rule will not be shaken.

With the stargate on Losar planet repaired and traffic gradually returning to its peak, Lin Nanyi also began to implement his further plans.

First target – Planet Jabim!

In fact, the closer the relationship between King Otto Stratus of Jabim and Tang Xiao was during the Clone Wars, the more he hated Tang Xiao now. He hated him so much that he made his elite force, the Cloud Rain Commando, stick Tang Xiao's picture on targets during training.

Otto-Stratos is a quintessential libertarian, as Jabim is relatively inconvenient to access and suffers from a harsh climate due to its perennial rainy season. However, Jabim is also rich in resources, has a relatively developed industry, and its people are highly warlike.

Essentially, Jabim's greatest desire is to achieve planetary autonomy, which would make them the undisputed sector-level hegemon of the region. Then, by exporting weapons, mercenaries, and security companies, they could sit back and enjoy substantial profits.

During the Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic staged a coup on Jabim in an attempt to overthrow Otto Stratus's rule. They later sent troops to invade directly, with four Jedi Masters and dozens of Jedi Pakkos participating.

At that time, Tang Xiao dispatched the army of Dawn Planet to reinforce Jabim Planet, and after three months of bloody fighting against the Galactic Republic, finally drove out the Republic's army. During this process, Otto Stratus was very grateful for Tang Xiao's help. At the time, in the council of the Independent Star System Confederation, he also exchanged opinions with Tang Xiao many times and firmly stood on the side of Dawn Planet on many issues.

However, with the defeat of the Independent System Confederation, Jabim was forced to join the Galactic Empire. But because of their remote location and the fact that this planet was indeed difficult to conquer, they weren't given much attention, allowing Jabim to enjoy a short period of "autonomy."

However, when the Kingdom of Dawn began its advance into the East and clashed repeatedly with the main fleet of the Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army, the planet Jabim was once again drawn into the war.

The Dawn Kingdom wanted to leverage past relationships to persuade Jabim to allow its fleet to resupply at their spaceports. However, Jabim, largely left to its own devices by the Galactic Empire, clearly did not want to be involved in any more interstellar wars; breaking away from the Galactic Empire was merely a nominal act of rule. Doing so would mean losing their current autonomy.

Therefore, Planet Jabim rejected the Dawn Kingdom's request. This caused Lin Nan's plan to outflank the Galactic Empire's main fleet to fail.

In retaliation, General Grievous arrived and destroyed all orbital structures on Jabim. Despite prior warnings, the direct attack still resulted in tens of thousands of civilian casualties on those orbital structures.

This attack led King Otto Stratus of the planet to swear an oath that he would never let the Kingdom of Dawn live to see him again! If he ever encountered Tang Xiao again, he would have to use the King's Sword, the ancestral treasure of the Jabim royal family, to behead Tang Xiao!
However, such oaths and vows were ineffective, and with the Galactic Empire fleet retreating to Chalos IV, Jabim would no longer receive their protection.

Having somewhat recovered from the previous great battle and uprising, Lin Nanyi once again mobilized his forces, dispatching 30 capital ships and 400 medium and small warships to blockade the planet Jabim. Lin Nanyi sent an ultimatum to the planet, demanding that within the next seven days, Otto-Stratos and all high-ranking officials and generals on Jabim who harbored hatred towards the Dawn Kingdom hand over; the list they provided numbered as many as 300.

Just ten minutes after receiving the ultimatum, Otto Stratus connected to the public communication channel and berated Lin Nanyi, telling him that unless they razed the planet Jabim to the ground, they would fight the Dawn Kingdom to the bitter end.

Although Lin Nanyi was extremely angry at this moment, he at least remained rational and did not immediately order the planet Jabim to be razed to the ground.

Because once he did that, he would never have a day of peace in the Eastern Territory again—with the example of Jabim, everyone on every planet in this sector would live in fear and outwardly comply with the rule of the Dawn Kingdom, and even rebellions would break out in large numbers.

Therefore, Lin Nanyi assembled more than 400 million combat robots and completed their airdrop deployment in geosynchronous orbit on the planet Jabim, while simultaneously launching a landing operation against six major cities on the planet.

In order to reinforce the ground forces' offensive, Lin Nanyi sent 100 escort ships into the planet's atmosphere to provide artillery cover.

However, the surface of Jabim is covered with mud and swamps after the rain, and the combat robot forces are often stuck in them. Sometimes, when 10000 combat robots are mobilized for an offensive, fewer than 2000 of them can cross the swamps to reach their attack positions.

In addition, the transport fleets along the way were constantly attacked by rebels and pirates, making logistical support extremely difficult, and the front-line combat robot units could not get enough ammunition and energy packs.

As a result, Lin Nanyi's six landing attempts from six directions all ended in failure. More than 40 escort ships that attempted to enter the atmosphere were also sunk, resulting in heavy losses.

A disheveled Lin Nan convened a meeting to discuss how to overthrow Otto-Strauss's rule without causing a large-scale massacre, which would worsen the already dire political situation in the East.

At this point, his fiancée, Colonel von Liss, made a suggestion: to involve the Semirians in the war and invade the planet Jabim.

Von-Liss proposed that the Semirs were a gastropod race whose warriors could move freely in swampy environments. Moreover, they were enormous and incredibly strong, capable of carrying large amounts of heavy equipment; a fully armed Semir warrior equipped with a personal shield was practically a small armored vehicle.

Her suggestion was accepted, and Lin Nan sent a request to the Semirs to join the war.

The Semirs were just looking for a place to serve the Kingdom of Dawn, so they readily agreed to the request and immediately organized an army of one million men.

Moreover, the industrial sector on the planet Semirth is very advanced. Although it is still somewhat backward in terms of building the most advanced warships, it can still arm an army of one million people with one million small armored vehicles.

Commanding this large army was Cummings, a combat hero of the Semirth people.

That's right, it's Huang Yehao's old comrade-in-arms and good brother, who is now a front-line commander of the Fourth Army Corps. After joining the Fourth Army Corps, although there were no problems in the early stages, the Fourth Army Corps mostly received special operations, so the large and cumbersome Samirse man, Cummings, was not very suitable for the combat requirements of the Fourth Army Corps.

After several battles that left him in grave danger, Justin Reeves, the leader of the Fourth Legion, decided to have Cummings retire from the Fourth Legion and return to the planet Semirth.

Cummings then returned to his home planet as a war hero and was soon appointed as an army general.

Now, he will lead this army to launch a full-scale invasion of the planet Jabim!

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When Governor Lin Nanyi received news that General Grievous had returned to service and was about to arrive with his fleet, he had just come out of his bedroom and was washing up with the help of several robots.

Upon receiving the message, he waved for the robot to leave, casually draped his coat over his shoulders, and returned to his bedroom.

All that could be seen was a graceful figure sitting in front of a dressing table, quietly combing her beautiful long hair. Her slender waist was without an ounce of excess fat, and even from behind, the rounded edges of her breasts could be vaguely seen.

It was this charm that captivated Lin Nanyi.

He walked over and hugged his fiancée from behind, gently kissing her long hair.

Where Lin Nan couldn't see, a smug and cold smile appeared on Feng Lisi's lips. She reached out and stroked his cheek, responding to his affection.

"Looks like you've received some good news after the Semirs just crushed Otto Stratus's Third Army yesterday, my hero." Von Lis's slightly deep voice was even more captivating.

"Our current predicament is about to take a turn for the better! My dear," Lin Nan said excitedly, "General Grievous is back!"

With her back to Lin Nanyi, von Lis's smile instantly turned gloomy, but she quickly adjusted her mindset and slowly said, "It is indeed good news, congratulations. With General Grievous here, you can finally relax."

"Haha! That's right. According to the Supreme Command's arrangements, he will be in charge of military affairs in the East, and I will focus on administrative matters." Lin Nanyi didn't sense von Lis's change in mood. He continued, "I will concentrate my efforts on completely stabilizing the rear! The Monkamaris, the Losar natives, I won't let them get away with this!" (End of Chapter)