The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 362: Seize the ship! Besiege the enemy and attack the reinforcements! See you on Mandalore!
"Okay then, but we have to be careful not to attract their attention."

Obi-Wan was definitely more familiar with Tatooine than Paul, and since he was a reliable master of the Force, Paul agreed to let him go to the ground with him.

Soon, the heavy stone door slowly rose with the fluctuation of the Force, and Paul and Obi-Wan walked out of the Jedi knowledge base that had been closed for a long time and returned to the surface of Tatooine.

At this moment, after the orbital bombardment of the Imperial Star Destroyer, the surface environment of the entire Tatooine has undergone tremendous changes.

The dark red dust mixed with the crystalline gravel and swept across the devastated land, turning the soft desert into a hard glass floor.

The oxygen content in the air also dropped a lot, and the dust blown into the atmosphere formed a thick layer of garbage, blocking the light of the stars.

This caused the temperature on Tatooine to drop by more than ten degrees, turning it from a scorching desert planet into a cold and dim place.

[Warning! The environment you are in is quite bad, please do not stay here for too long and try to avoid skin contact with rain. ]

At this moment, a prompt suddenly popped up on the holographic screen on Paul's protective mask, informing him that the surrounding environment was seriously polluted.

As dust mixed with violent storms fell from the sky, corrosive acid rain began to fall on this already barren land.

The magma flowing all over the ground solidified into black obsidian after cooling, and the fine sand turned into sharp glass fragments, scattered everywhere.

The entire planet Tatooine is completely ruined. Without decades of transformation, it will always remain a purgatory-like place of death.

If Paul and others had not hidden in the Jedi Knowledge Base in time, I am afraid they would have died in this orbital bombing!

After turning on the force field protection, Paul no longer worried about the corrosion of acid rain. He looked at the desolate land around him. The pungent smoke mixed with sulfur gas constantly assaulted his sense of smell, which made him frown and said:
"Compared to orbital bombardment, neutron annihilation is a kind of mercy from the gods. At least it won't cause much pain."

Paul finally experienced firsthand why the Covenant in the Halo universe always likes to glass other people's planets.

Doing so can indeed demonstrate one's own strong strength and bring deep despair to the opponent.

"somebody is coming!"

Obi-Wan reminded Paul in a low voice, and the two immediately hid behind the obsidian nearby and used the Force to erase all traces they had left behind.

I saw an Empire AT-ST bipedal walker slowly approaching, stepping on the magma that had not yet completely solidified, searching for any remaining life on Tatooine.

The dazzling searchlights cast by the AT walkers swayed everywhere in the dim wilderness, followed by a group of Imperial stormtroopers.

This group of soldiers, equipped with heat-insulated power armor and holding blaster rifles, will fire several shots at any suspicious objects around them to ensure that they can kill the target person.

"Sure enough, the Empire will not give up. Even if they are dispatched, they will still leave a group of troops to search this place."

The movement that Paul and Obi-Wan noticed in the basement was caused by this armored unit.

These stormtroopers seemed to be very bored with the job of searching the ground. They just wandered around here as a routine and did a simple patrol before they were done.

But this is true. After all, after such a round of high-intensity orbital bombardment, there is no survivor in this special strike area.

All you can see is pitch-black obsidian and sticky, semi-cooled magma. Even if there are survivors, they can't survive for long.

They are wasting their time here.

Just as Paul was thinking about his next move, he suddenly received an order from his immediate superior, David Martinez.

[Paul, our people have taken control of the Star Destroyer in orbit of Tatooine. All you have to do now is to clear out the miscellaneous soldiers in front of you, or wait for our people to take action. We will send troops to help you leave.]

It turned out that as soon as Cassio Tag received Palpatine's transfer order to leave, David led the fleet to the nearby area and sent a team of Astartes to board the ship and seize control of the battleship.

The next thing Paul has to do is to take the Imperial Star Destroyer back to Tag's fleet array and cooperate with the Universal Corporation to wipe it out!
Obi-Wan took the lead and rushed to Tatooine to kill Darth Maul, killing this potential threat who could stab him in the back at any time before the final battle.

"clear."

Immediately, Paul informed Obi-Wan of David's plan, but after thinking for a moment, Obi-Wan decided to return to the basement first to discuss it with everyone.

After returning to the knowledge base, everyone was shocked and nervous about the arrangement of the giant enterprise, but also a little surprised. They were going to intercept the Destroyer Star Destroyer and directly participate in the final battle!
This scene is exciting just thinking about it.

"Master, are you really going to leave us and go to Mandalore alone?" Luke asked reluctantly. He had not yet learned how to use the Force.

Without Obi-Wan's guidance, he didn't know how much effect his last-minute cramming would have.

"Yes, the people on Mandalore need my help more than here. Don't worry, we will meet in Mandalore soon."

Obi-Wan smiled and patted Luke on the shoulder. He believed that these three days were enough for Luke to initially master the power of the Force. The rest would require continuous accumulation of experience through actual combat.

A chosen one like Luke would be able to master anything related to the Force countless times faster than an ordinary person.

When Din Djarin learned that Obi-Wan was going to Mandalore to help his people fight against the Empire, he also wanted to step forward and go with him.

But after thinking about it, he realized that Paul needed his help more than Mandalore. After all, taking down the Destroyer was also a difficult and difficult task.

"So what exactly should we do now?"

Luke asked blankly, it would not be so easy to intercept the Destroyer. If a fight really broke out, it would be useless with their limited manpower.

"Our people will come down soon to pick us up in the Imperial Star Destroyer. Then we will find a way to return to the Destroyer array, sneak into the flagship, and seize the Destroyer."

In Paul's vision, the best outcome would be to successfully capture the Destroyer, and then cooperate with the Giant Enterprise's troops to control all other warships.

He then drove the Destroyer to Mandalore and fought against the main force of the Imperial Army together with other expeditionary forces of the Cosmic Corporation.

Doing so can minimize the war costs for giant companies.

To take a step back, even if they failed to capture the Destroyer, resulting in a naval battle between the troops led by Tag and David, they could still complete the strategic task of encircling the enemy and attacking the reinforcements.

This can also greatly alleviate the defensive pressure that Reed faces on Mandalore.

"Oh my god! This is too crazy. How dare you come up with such an outrageous action plan?"

Just hearing about this plan, Cassian felt that it was too risky. If Tag suddenly realized that something was wrong, they would all die at the hands of the other party.

"This is something we should do. Someone has to stop Tag anyway. Now that the headquarters has given us this task, it's a great opportunity."

After saying this, Paul looked at Captain Cassian deeply, as if to tell him that this was his best chance to become a regular employee after selling his life to the Rebel Alliance for so long.

Now working for a global giant, is this the only chance we need?

"The Destroyer is a flagship Star Destroyer of the same class as the Executor. There are less than 50 of them in the Empire. Each Destroyer-class flagship can form an elite corps."

"We are not the only ones participating in this operation. There is also an expeditionary force from the Universal Corporation. However, we must try to avoid a large-scale naval battle unless it is absolutely necessary."

Cheni's addition instantly gave Cassian and others confidence.

If they can capture the Destroyer, they will have accomplished a great feat. Not only will they be offered a permanent position in a large company, they may even be able to get a small official position.

What's more, with the expeditionary forces of giant enterprises backing them up, they don't have to worry at all.

The most important thing is that Paul is also participating in the operation this time. Since this abnormally strong guy is here, they really don’t need to worry too much.

"Everyone, this operation is indeed dangerous, but I will not force anyone to complete this mission."

"If you don't want to go, you can follow the giant enterprise's troops back to the rear base and wait for the final battle to end."

"If anyone is willing to join me in taking the Destroyer, please raise your hands and vote."

As soon as Paul finished speaking, Chini immediately raised her hand and looked at him firmly. As Paul's most trusted partner, Chini would definitely not miss any opportunity to carry out missions with Paul.

"By the way... I'm just a small protocol robot. I don't need to do such exciting things, right?"

C-3PO poked his head out and raised his hand to ask timidly, but he was shocked by R2-D2 the next second, so he immediately changed his words: "But I like excitement."

The Mandalorian Din Djarin did not speak, but silently wiped the gun, showing with his actions that he would participate. "By the way, this is another reward."

"Just owe it to me for now. I'll ask you for the balance after the war is over."

Although the members of the Rogue One team had different thoughts, they still firmly chose to fight to the end. Now that it has come to this stage, they have to fight for their dignity no matter what.

"very good!"

Paul was quite satisfied with everyone's performance. No matter what they were fighting for, at least at this moment everyone was a fighting partner working together.

"Then let's set off to avenge Tatooine, Mandalore, and everyone who died because of the Empire!"

After completing the pre-war mobilization, Paul and others returned to the ground again. When Cassian and Jyn Erso saw the scene outside, they were obviously stunned.

He was obviously frightened by the hellish scene before him.

The pungent and foul-smelling sulfur smoke, the flaming magma, and the suffocatingly turbid air made their lungs feel extremely painful and unbearable.

Without breathing filters, they would be poisoned to death in no time.

"I can't believe we are still alive. If Uncle Owen were here, he would be scared to death." Luke said with lingering fear.

"Maybe this is the luck of the chosen one!" Cassian joked with Luke with a smile.

Paul nodded thoughtfully.

It has to be said that their luck was indeed good. If Luke had come back later, or if they had not been able to meet Obi-Wan earlier, they might have really died in the Imperial Army's orbital bombardment.

"I still think this is a wrong decision, R2. Why don't we just go back and hide? We can't do anything to help anyway."

C-3PO said to his old friend R2 the robot while muttering in a low voice.

But the only response is the current from R2.

R2-D2 followed closely behind Jyn Erso the entire time, and although the C-3PO robot kept complaining, its body still followed honestly.

Soon, everyone saw dozens of tall and mighty Astartes warriors, holding hard light weapons and standing in a steel ruin.

The Imperial stormtroopers that Paul and Obi-Wan had seen earlier had now been assassinated by this group of Astartes warriors.

In addition, the Star Destroyer in the low-Earth orbit of Tatooine was also taken over by the warships of the Cosmic Giant, and the technicians continued to create the illusion that the signal was normal.

"Paul, it's great to see you here again!"

At this time, one of the Astartes warriors came forward, until Penny Wells showed his face through the helmet of the power armor.

Luke and the others then realized that these murderous iron cans, each more than three meters tall, were actually "human beings".

Just recently, Pani led a group of Astartes warriors to the ground, relying on the invasion of the AI ​​virus to destroy the walkers and the acumen of this elite marauding team.

Almost without making a fuss, all these Imperial Stormtroopers were annihilated here. The whole process was smooth and there was no drag at all.

"Is everything going smoothly at the headquarters?"

Paul didn't chat with Panny for too long. His biggest concern right now was the construction status of Starkiller Base.

After all, all the operations and missions he had previously carried out were for Starkiller Base, to gain precious strategic time for the giant enterprise.

Individual efforts are always limited. If we want to win this integration war in one go, we have to rely on the power of the world's giant companies.

"Don't worry, the first batch of finished products has been put into the trial stage, and I believe it will be useful soon."

Of course, Panny knew what Paul was thinking about, so she responded with a chuckle.

"That's good."

Paul finally felt a little relieved. As long as the Starkiller Base was brought here, the integration operation of the "Star Wars" universe would soon be coming to an end.

It’s not your turn to worry about the rest.

"You guys should get going as soon as possible. We have already forged the communication signal and sent a request to the Destroyer flagship to return."

"You must report back to Tagna as soon as possible and seize control of the Destroyer. Commander David's troops are right behind you. If anything goes wrong, they can support you at any time!"

Pani relayed David's orders again. The most crucial point was to capture the Destroyer flagship where Tag was.

As for the other Imperial Star Destroyers, they were nothing but insignificant small fish in front of this battleship and could not cause much trouble at all.

"Okay, see you on Mandalore!"

Before they were about to separate, Tiffany gave Paul and Chini a batch of hunting darts. Paul was very familiar with this assassination weapon from the Dune universe.

"You'll definitely be able to use this, so here it is!"

After the two said goodbye to each other, Panny took Master Obi-Wan on a shuttle, preparing to take the fastest warship to Mandalore to do business.

Paul took Luke and others to follow him to the Imperial Star Destroyer to pursue Cassio Tag's Destroyer Fleet.

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Not long after, the Star Destroyer that Paul was on was incorporated into the array of the Destroyer flagship. Faced with the dangerous environment surrounded by enemies, the rookie Luke was so scared that he broke out in cold sweats.

Through the battleship's portholes, he could clearly see the Imperial Star Destroyers surrounding the battleship.

When Luke saw the stormtroopers walking back and forth on the opposite side, his breathing would subconsciously stop, for fear of alarming the stormtroopers in another battleship.

Not long after successfully returning to the team, the crew from the Destroyer headquarters issued an order:

[Star Destroyer ICSD-9527, please bring the remains of the criminals you have found to the command center as soon as possible. I repeat...! ]

Bodhi, the Imperial pilot who had defected earlier, responded to the headquarters very skillfully according to the procedure: "Yes, we will arrange for the team members to return and report."

Obviously, the Imperial Army's attitude towards seeing people alive or dead is quite strict.

Even if the target person was killed in the explosion, they would dig three feet into the ground to dig the person out and confirm his or her condition of death before they would stop.

"That bastard named Cassio Tagg is really cautious. But it's a good thing. It gives us the opportunity to enter the Destroyer flagship!"

Captain Cassian seemed eager to try, which saved them the trouble of finding a way to sneak in. After all, the headquarters of the Destroyer flagship was not something that could be entered just by wanting to.

Although they would inevitably be questioned and suspected by the Imperial Army on the way, as long as they could successfully land on the flagship, they would have completed the first step of their goal.

Soon, everyone dressed up as Imperial Stormtroopers and boarded an airship to the Destroyer flagship. Bodhi, who was in charge of piloting the ship and acting as the captain, was very worried:
"There will definitely be a lot of stormtroopers coming to question us soon. I can only delay them for a while. As for the rest, I'm afraid I can only rush in by force!"

Bodhi had served in the Imperial Navy for a period of time. He was very familiar with all aspects of the Imperial Army's rules and regulations. With their disguises full of loopholes, they were stopped before they could even enter the headquarters gate.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we can find a way to land, everything else will be easy to solve."

Paul was particularly confident this time. With the help of the expeditionary force led by David and his right-hand man, the Master Chief, he could still complete the mission even without Obi-Wan.

Soon, Paul and others successfully landed in the cabin of the Destroyer.

Just as Bodhi expected, just as they were about to drive into the hangar, a group of fully armed Imperial stormtroopers had gathered below.

They were on guard the whole time, as if they were guarding against what happened during the Battle of Scarif, where someone disguised themselves as a stormtrooper and infiltrated the city.

However, this time Paul never thought of sneaking in by lurking. He came here with only one purpose, which was to force his way into the flagship's bridge command room!
But to be on the safe side, Paul asked Chirrut in advance: "Are there any powerful Force warriors on the battleship?"

The last fierce battle with Darth Vader almost left Paul with psychological trauma.

If there is a powerful dark side force warrior here, then Paul can only consider retreating.

"No, there is not even a single Force-sensitive person here." Chirrut responded with certainty. In this star field, Paul was probably the only one who could be considered a half-Force warrior.

In fact, although Cassio Tag was an excellent fleet commander, his attitude towards the Force was quite disgusting.

He even publicly mocked Darth Vader's Force as a "wizard's trick" in front of him, and was almost strangled to death by Vader's Force.

If Tarkin had not called for a stop in time, Tag would have died at Vader's hands. From that day on, Tag hated the so-called Force users more and more.

Under such psychological changes, Tag would naturally not allow any Force users to appear in his fleet, including those who are sensitive to the Force.

After confirming that there would be no powerful Force warriors coming out to disrupt the situation this time, Paul felt more confident about the next actions.

"Guys, get ready for some action!"

As Paul finished speaking, several hunting darts suddenly shot out from the cabin of the airship at lightning speed.

These miniature assassination weapons, which are transplanted with intelligent AI, can automatically search for nearby enemies and hunt them.

Like a ghostly hunting dart, it drew several elegant and deadly arcs in the air and quickly pierced the carotid arteries of several Imperial Stormtroopers below.

Before the Imperial Stormtroopers on the side could react, the hunting dart turned like a roller coaster and pierced another group of Stormtroopers.

Each hunting dart is injected with 5 grams of deadly toxin. Once it pierces the target person, it only needs to release a dose of 1 milligram to instantly paralyze the body.

Coupled with the extremely fast reaction speed of the hunting dart, the killing effect was that the storm troopers were completely unaware of what was happening and only saw the people around them falling down one after another.

There were no cries of pain, no signs of gunfire, and a large number of soldiers died silently!
When the hunting dart completed a circle and returned to the palms of Paul and Chini, all the Imperial Stormtroopers that had originally surrounded the airship had been killed.

The whole process lasted less than three seconds, and the storm troopers didn't even have time to report the situation here!

At this time, the cabin door of the airship slowly opened, and Paul walked out leisurely, as if he had anticipated the scene before him.

This left Luke and Cassian dumbfounded.

Who could have thought that the deadly weapons controlled by the global giant corporations could be so abundant? Why didn’t Paul use such a useful thing earlier!

(End of this chapter)