The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 359: Death Watch! Darth Maul! Furious Palpatine!

At this moment, the top executives of the giant companies far away at the headquarters of the Wanjie Base breathed a sigh of relief after seeing from Paul’s first-person perspective that the crisis on the front line had been resolved.

In particular, Mrs. Jessica, who was in charge of the improvement and development of spices, finally felt relieved when she saw that the small bottles of spices she developed were effective.

Any spice product used by her son Paul is rigorously formulated, developed and improved by the scientific research team of a giant company led by her.

When it comes to developing spices, Mrs. Jessica is more focused and serious than any other scientific researcher. After all, these things will be used on her son, and she dare not slack off when it comes to interests.

After seeing that the operation on Tatooine was going smoothly, Leon no longer paid attention to that place, but asked Lucy about the latest situation on Mandalore.

"Reed is trying his best to unify the forces on Mandalore, but he is currently encountering some troubles. The local dark force, the Death Watch, is trying to mediate with Darth Maul and Reed Saw."

"That guy named Darth Maul wants a high price. He wants to take over the entire Mandalore planet after the mission is accomplished."

It turned out that just when Reed was leading the Mandalorians in an uprising and preparing to build a defense line, the local local tyrants came out to disrupt the situation and insisted on pestering Reed for benefits.

Otherwise it will cause trouble.

After hearing the news, Li Ang frowned slightly and began to think carefully about the next countermeasures.

The so-called Death Watch are actually local separatists on Mandalore. They believe in the old warrior traditions, which are the ancient doctrines of the Taung people.

In their view, savagery and bravery are the authentic Mandalorians, not being bounty hunters working for others or being enslaved as they are now.

Although this Mandalorian force is very powerful, it is still not strong enough in front of the Galactic Empire at its peak, so it can only do some shameful things underground.

The Death Watch today can be completely regarded as a terrorist organization. Their actions include but are not limited to assassinations, smuggling, robbery and other illegal activities.

And the leader who controls this force is Darth Maul!
"Darth Maul..."

Leon began to recall this man's identity information. In his impression, Darth Maul was once an apprentice of Darth Sidious, the Lord of the Sith Empire.

He became famous for killing the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in a battle and became a famous young genius in the Sith Empire.

But not long after, Darth Maul was avenged by Qui-Gon Jinn's disciple Obi-Wan, and he was beheaded. If it were not for his powerful dark force and hatred and resentment,

Maul couldn't have survived in the weird six-legged spider form until now.

After the end of the Clone Wars and the establishment of the Empire, Maul went out on his own and decided to take revenge on anyone who had hurt him.

First is the Jedi Master Obi-Wan, and second is his own teacher Sidious!

Ever since Darth Maul was defeated by Obi-Wan, Sidious gave up on Maul. In his opinion, Maul, who lost to Obi-Wan, was not worthy of being his apprentice.

Therefore, Sidious did not look for the missing Maul, but instead turned his attention back to his new apprentice, Count Dooku.

There is a famous rule of two within the Sith Empire, which states that a teacher can only teach one apprentice at a time.

So Sidious' choice to teach Count Dooku was equivalent to automatically giving up Darth Maul, which also made Maul change from respecting and loving his teacher to hating him.

Darth Maul is now a person who walks on the edge of the Empire's rule. He neither cooperates with the Empire nor directly opposes the Empire. He can be considered an opportunist.

However, it must be said that Darth Maul is quite good at starting his own business.

Relying on his personal strong hand, he successively established criminal organizations such as Crimson Dawn and developed his own turf on Mandalore.

If the Galactic Empire is the ruler of Mandalore during the day, then Darth Maul is the king of Mandalore at night.

Now Reed led the elite troops of the giant enterprise and the Mandalorians to kill the local imperial inspectors and took over most of the territory of Mandalore.

But it is still tricky to engage in political struggle with a local boss like Darth Maul.

After all, Darth Maul is an outstanding dark force user, and Reed, an Astartes warrior, is just a big guy who can be dealt with with one or two swords in front of him.

It's not worth mentioning at all.

Now Darth Maul can still sit down calmly and negotiate with Reed, but there is no guarantee that one day he will be recruited by the Imperial Army and turn around to kill Reed.

Therefore, Li De’s situation is very dangerous and he needs more help from the global giant.

"Darth Maul must be killed as soon as possible. We can't let him continue to cause trouble for Reed on Mandalore."

Li Ang made up his mind immediately.

In the original plot of the "Star Wars" universe, Darth Maul is a madman blinded by hatred, an uncontrollable factor.

No matter how much benefits you offer when negotiating with the other party, they may not necessarily abide by the rules. Once they get too angry one day, they will break up with you.

Leon clearly remembered that this madman had jumped back and forth between the Rebel Army and the Empire many times, and was finally caught by Obi-Wan on Tatooine, where he was completely killed.

For an opponent like Palpatine who has a vision and brains, Leon can still find a way to negotiate with him.

But for a madman like Darth Maul who is easily swayed by emotions, Leon doesn't want to waste too much time on him. It would be best to kill him as soon as possible.

"Maul is a warrior of the dark side of the Force. Except for Paul who can fight him in close combat, the other Astartes warriors simply cannot accomplish this task."

At this time, Johnny Silverhand shook his head and sighed.

Reed had previously complained to him about how difficult his opponent Darth Maul was. If he wanted to kill a Force warrior, he could only send a more powerful Force warrior.

It’s a pity that in terms of supernatural warriors, the only prominent figure in Universal Corporation is Paul Atreides.

If it were anyone else, those Force warriors wouldn't even have to use their lightsabers to easily kill them.

"Scorpion tail lion virus, neutron killing, matrix access, with so many weapons and methods, is there no way to defeat him?"

Lucy frowned. She didn't believe that Darth Maul could really cause such a huge upheaval.

"No, the range of our weapons is too large and it's easy to accidentally injure other Mandalorians. Even if we rely on the matrix to access it, we have to get close to Maul."

Jack Wells shrugged. He had seen the skills of those Force warriors. Even if Paul came, he might not be able to get close to Darth Maul.

"Then what should we do? Ordinary swords and guns can't do anything to that tricky guy."

As the senior executives were discussing this, Leon only said one sentence: "The only one who can kill a Force warrior is a Force warrior."

In fact, Leon had already thought of who would be the one to kill the bug Darth Maul.

The only candidate is Obi-Wan!
"Immediately give orders to have Paul meet with Luke and Obi-Wan as soon as possible, explain the situation here, and persuade Obi-Wan to go out and kill Darth Maul."

"Jack, go and arrange for the warships to escort Obi-Wan to Mandalore at any time."

Leon was very sure that after Obi-Wan learned the whereabouts of Darth Maul, he would definitely come all the way to kill this little bastard.

Because Master Qui-Gon Jinn, who was killed by Darth Maul, was Obi-Wan's teacher.

In order to avenge his teacher, Obi-Wan would do anything to help the giant enterprise complete this task.

"Yes! Boss."

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Tatooine.

Here, when Luke Skywalker hurriedly returned to his own moisture farm, he found that the area near his doorstep was filled with the corpses of desert stormtroopers.

With doubts in his heart, Luke couldn't help but worry more about the safety of his adoptive parents.

He took out the lightsaber given to him by Obi-Wan and approached the door of his house cautiously, fearing that something dangerous might jump out at any time.

Although Luke Skywalker at this stage did not know how to use a lightsaber or utilize the Force in his body, the lightsaber in his hand still gave him more confidence.

Soon, Luke pushed open the door of his house, and as he walked deeper, he heard loud laughter coming from the dining room of his house.

It was not until Luke ran over to take a look that he discovered Uncle Owen and Aunt Belu were having a peaceful meal with Paul and the others, without any panic or tension at all.

At this moment, Luke was stunned.

On the way back, he had prepared himself for the worst, but he didn't expect that his adoptive parents were still safe and sound, as if they had no idea what was happening outside.

"Luke, you're back."

Owen looked up and saw his nephew returning. He introduced the members of the Rogue Team to him with a smile and told him the truth that he was the owner of the lost robot.

"Don't worry, they are not bad people. Just now some imperial stormtroopers came and wanted to search the house. Thanks to them, they sent those people away."

After listening to Uncle Owen's explanation, Luke wondered if he was hallucinating. Those Imperial Stormtroopers lying dead all over the ground, were they being sent away? They were being sent to hell, right?

"Hello, we are from the Rebel Alliance. We are here to reclaim the R2-D2 and C-3PO robots. I will compensate you for the loss of your property."

Paul walked up and greeted Luke.

"Hello, but I think I left the robot you wanted on the way. I'll go back and get it now."

Luke smiled awkwardly. He was in such a hurry to come back that he even forgot to bring the robot with him.

"Don't worry, Luke. It looks like you met Master Obi-Wan?" After seeing the lightsaber in Luke's hand, Owen felt it was time to tell the child the truth.

"Yes, Master Obi-Wan said that I have a talent for the Force." Luke nodded and smiled.

"Because your father is an outstanding Jedi Knight, and you have Jedi blood flowing in your veins. This small place is destined to not be able to keep you."

Owen looked at the grown-up Luke and thought it was a good opportunity to let Luke go out and explore the world and find his own way. "This young warrior is also a Jedi Knight. You and him can be companions and leave Tatooine together."

Luke looked at Paul in astonishment, his voice mixed with surprise and disbelief: "Really? Master Obi-Wan told me that there are only a few Jedi Knights left!"

"The force I use is somewhat different from yours, but you can barely consider me as another kind of Jedi."

Paul did not deny his identity as a Jedi Knight. He was well aware that in the Star Wars universe, it would be easier to get things done with this identity.

After all, this is the key to entering the core circle of the universe, just like Lu Mingfei in "Dragon Clan", who entered Kassel College with high-purity dragon blood.

What's more, Paul also received orders from the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Worlds Base.

Jack asked him to invite Master Obi-Wan as soon as possible to follow the employees of Megacorp to Mandalore to assist Reed in killing Darth Maul.

If he had the identity of a Jedi Knight, he would be able to meet the Jedi Master he wanted to meet, Obi-Wan, more quickly.

After listening to Paul's explanation, Luke Skywalker, who had only a vague understanding of the Force, blinked and looked confused, obviously not understanding what Paul meant.

Could it be that there is a force in this world that is different from the Force? !

"Everyone, now is not the time to talk about this. We need to leave here as soon as possible."

At this time, Qini stepped forward to cooperate tacitly, cleverly changing the subject and said: "The empire's pursuers will arrive at any time. I don't think anyone would like to stay here and wait for death."

【I have no opinion. 】

K-2SO immediately voted. This security robot with a round head, long legs and a black body was very perceptive and also knew that it was not advisable to stay here for long.

Luke had no objection to this. He rushed back mainly to confirm the safety of Owen and Bello. Now that his family was fine, he was relieved.

"Where are our robots? Where are they?"

Captain Cassian asked, they didn't come here to do good things, the key was to find the robot left by Princess Leia.

"They are with Master Obi-Wan. I'll take you there now." Luke responded happily.

Before everyone left, Paul reminded Owen and Belu, who had not yet gone out and had seen the situation outside:
"I didn't have time to tell you just now, there's a lot of 'clutter' outside, you have to be prepared."

"Also, you can't stay in this place any longer. Our people will be here soon to pick you up. I hope you can go with them."

"We will meet again!"

Of course, it was impossible for Paul to kill all the imperial soldiers and then leave Owen and his wife here to wait for death.

After dealing with the Imperial stormtroopers, he applied to headquarters for an additional assault boat to pick up the couple from Tatooine as soon as possible.

By then, the giant corporation will arrange a planet with a beautiful environment for them in the main universe and allocate some fertile land to Owen.

Let them live out their days in that paradise, together with other farmers.

This arrangement is better than letting these two old men stay in Tatooine, a deserted and crime-ridden place.

"Okay, take care on your journey."

After watching Luke, Paul and others leave, Irving prepared himself mentally in advance, slowly pushed open the door and looked outside.

When they saw the piles of Desert Stormtroopers, he and Belu exclaimed in surprise at the same time, "My God, no wonder they are running so fast!"

Now Owen realized the seriousness of the matter. If the Imperial Army knew that so many storm troopers died here, he would definitely be held accountable no matter how he explained it.

"I hope the people who are taking us away will come soon."

Owen and Belu prayed.

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The capital of the Galactic Empire, Coruscant!

At this moment, reports from all over the empire were piled up on Emperor Palpatine's desk, which made him furious.

During this time, more and more battles, big and small, and chaotic troubles, like ineradicable fleas, crawled all over his body.

If I had known that being an emperor was so difficult, I would have continued to sit on the Republic Committee and be a member of parliament who controls the overall situation. At least I wouldn't have to be the first to get beaten.

Palpatine looked at the documents placed on the table in order. The first one was the report on the battle of Jedha, the second one was the report on the battle of Scarif, and the third one was the latest rebellion on Mandalore.

At first, after learning that Jedi Knights appeared on Jedha and Tarkin used the Death Star to destroy the planet, Palpatine was just a little distressed, but did not say much.

After all, Jedda is a resource star that produces Kyber crystals. It would be a pity for him to see it blown up.

But soon after, a group of unidentified fleet forces appeared on Scarif and colluded with the Rebel Alliance to steal the Death Star design drawings.

After that, Scarif was bombed again!
Palpatine became increasingly dissatisfied with Tarkin's behavior of selling his father's land without any regret. There were a lot of data and files on Scarif that had not been transferred in time.

However, the most crucial question is where did that so-called global giant corporate force come from!

Originally, Palpatine suspected that the Neimoidians, who were in charge of the Trade Federation, were betraying their own people and secretly funding the enemy to cause sabotage.

Unfortunately, after interrogating and investigating for a long time, he did not find any signs that the trade alliance was collaborating with the enemy.

In the end, the matter could only be dropped.

These days, Palpatine did not pay much attention to the rebellions and battles within the Empire, and basically left it to senior officers such as Tarkin and Thrawn to deal with.

Most of his attention was focused on reorganizing the political resources of all parties in the empire and balancing the power of various princes.

The rebellious sentiment among the old senators of the Old Republic is growing stronger, and even the Neimoidians, their former partners, are demanding more trade rights.

These damn businessmen have been sucking the blood of the Republic since the Old Republic era, and now in the Empire era, they are still thinking about sucking blood.

Although Palpatine forcibly nationalized the Trade Federation, he did not touch the core interests of the Neimoidians too much.

Otherwise, it would be easy to force the other party to stand against oneself. The theft incident on Scarif once made Palpatine doubt whether this was pressure from the Neimoidians.

After all, there are not many forces in the empire that can build warships. Coupled with the name of the Universal Corporation, it is hard not to believe that this was not done by the people of the Trade Alliance.

"How's the reconnaissance going on in the extragalactic galaxy?"

Palpatine pinched his brows, trying to divert his chaotic thoughts away from various affairs. The political environment within the empire was treacherous and complicated, but he did not forget what was happening outside.

"We have deployed additional troops to the edge of the Milky Way. The only suspicious sign we have found so far is the presence of another type of reconnaissance device."

The person who spoke was Palpatine's trusted aide Thrawn. He took out a palm-sized miniature AI detector and presented it to the emperor.

It was a Scorpion AI micro-drone manufactured by the military technology department of a global giant, but it was affected by signal fluctuations in the past few days and lost its stealth and lurking functions, which is why it was intercepted by the Imperial Army.

Looking at the device in front of him, which had a completely different appearance and style from the Yuuzhan Vong civilization's reconnaissance device, Palpatine's brows furrowed more and more.

It seems that more and more extragalactic civilizations have begun to pay attention to the Milky Way!
"Continue to monitor and report any updates to me immediately."

Even though Palpatine knew that there were mysterious species and forces in the extragalactic galaxy, he still did not dare to send troops out rashly.

It was too risky to do so, so he tried to keep the situation as stable as possible. In addition, he also equipped the border troops deployed on the edge of the Milky Way with the most elite troops and weapons.

If a coup d'état occurs within the Galactic Empire, this iron army can also preserve the empire's vitality and prepare for its recovery.

"Yes!" Thrawn responded.

"Also, gather an Imperial fleet immediately and have Tarkin relinquish command of the Death Star. I've had enough of these incompetent bastards. The rebellion on Mandalore must be stopped immediately!"

Palpatine almost used his throat to force out the weathered and aged voice.

The uprising on Mandalore was the most unacceptable and infuriating thing for him.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Palpatine, like Tarkin, believed that tough measures were needed to suppress unstable terrorists in special times.

That’s why there is the so-called Tarkinism, which relies on the threat of armed violence to rule and suppress all forces in the galaxy.

But as the situation continued to change, Palpatine found that the more he suppressed the rebellion, the more intense the empire encountered, and their military expenditures gradually increased.

A shrewd old politician like him would certainly not allow the cost of his rule to increase day by day, otherwise the Galactic Empire would sooner or later be dragged down by endless wars.

In order to calm down Tarkin's insane thug, Palpatine decided to let him go and rest for two days, and let Thrawn lead the team to settle the rebellion on Mandalore.

This time, they must not use the Death Star easily unless it is absolutely necessary.

"understand!"

Thrawn nodded. As the Imperial Navy Admiral, he had ample combat experience, so dealing with this kind of rebellion was not a difficult task for him.

Palpatine waved his hand, signaling Thrawn to go down and do his work. He now had to continue thinking about how to coordinate the interests of all parties.

The rebellion that took place on Mandalore has already made the fence-sitters within the empire ready to make moves. If the situation is allowed to continue to be chaotic, I am afraid that this new empire will not be able to last long!

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(End of this chapter)