The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 364: The Destroyer! The Battle of Yavin Begins! The Final Battleground!
Although the Imperial Star Destroyers have the advantage in numbers, the Destroyer's huge size compared to the surrounding Star Destroyers is like a father beating his son.

The two are not opponents of the same level at all.

After several rounds of laser cannon bombardment, the deflector shield of the Imperial Star Destroyer was shattered first, and then it was completely smashed to pieces by the Destroyer's turbo main gun.

On the dark space battlefield, there suddenly appeared a bunch of floating scrap copper and iron.

In the face of absolute strength, the Destroyer allowed the Imperial Star Destroyer to besiege and bombard it in turns. With a strong enough shield as a defense, the Destroyer could even directly destroy an Imperial Star Destroyer.

The two sides exchanged fire for a long time, but the Destroyer's hull was still intact. The durability of this steel monster was simply despairing.

"I didn't expect this battleship to be much stronger than I thought. I'm afraid that even if the Sojourner Dreadnought comes, it may not be able to destroy it immediately."

Chini on the side exclaimed in amazement, saying that it was worthy of being the flagship of the Galactic Empire. With its quality and hull strength, it was fully qualified to be used as an aircraft carrier for a giant enterprise.

That's true. The Galactic Empire is one of the forces that is most enthusiastic about building giant ships and cannons that the universal giant has encountered in the universe.

The last time the Universe Corporation encountered an opponent like this one that believed in large-caliber cannons and huge battleships was the Covenant in the Halo universe.

At this moment, Paul only ordered the AI ​​Red Queen to control the Destroyer to rush forward and sink all the surrounding Imperial Star Destroyers.

By the time the giant enterprise expeditionary force led by David Martinez left hyperspace and arrived in this star field, this fierce "civil war" had ended.

The wreckage of warships floating in various parts of the star field silently recounted the crimes committed by the Destroyer. The only two Imperial Star Destroyers were anchored in place, waiting obediently for the giant enterprise's captives.

Soon, David Martinez immediately dispatched troops to take over the two Star Destroyers and quickly recalled Paul to the headquarters of the USS Mantle.

After being separated for nearly a month, the two finally met again.

"Paul, you have done a great job again this time!"

The moment he saw Paul Atreides, David walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder. He thought highly of this promising young man.

He has made great achievements one after another, and his efficiency is almost as good as that of V back then.

This time, Paul not only successfully found Obi-Wan, but also persuaded him to go to Mandalore to kill Darth Maul, thus relieving Reed's integration pressure.

They also successfully captured the Destroyer and successfully reduced the power of the Imperial Army.

Both of these achievements are of strategic significance!

"Let's leave the celebration for the future. Now we have to get to Mandalore as soon as possible. They need our help."

Paul is still concerned about the situation on Mandalore. He can only feel at ease after winning this final battle.

However, David shook his head and asked Paul to give up going to Mandalore because there would be a more important battlefield coming up and he would need to go there immediately for support.

And there is where the real victory is decided!

"No, Paul, the place you are going now is not Mandalore, but the Yavin system." David said seriously.

It turned out that while Paul was still on a mission on Tatooine, the Universe Corporation's reconnaissance advance team and the Rebel Alliance received the latest news.

That is the Death Star fleet led by Darth Vader, approaching the Rebel Alliance's headquarters, Yavin IV.

It is said that the Empire's Emperor Palpatine also came to the scene to supervise the battle in person, determined to eradicate the Rebel Army and completely eliminate the Empire's greatest threat.

After that, David also brought Paul a matrix access device and a bottle of super-enhanced spice, which could maximize Paul's potential.

It allowed him to instantly catch up with Palpatine, but the effect did not last long and had certain side effects.

However, after the war, Paul had plenty of time to recover slowly. Now was the critical moment, and everyone had been preparing for this day for too long.

"Yes, I understand!"

Paul took the matrix access device and spices from David. He didn't expect that the Battle of Yavin would break out, and at this critical juncture.

The Battle of Yavin is considered a landmark event in the Star Wars universe, and the significance of this battle directly divides the timeline of the universe.

The timeline before the Battle of Yavin is called BBY, and the timeline after is ABY. This battle also represents the full outbreak of the Galactic Civil War.

The burning galaxy has been in constant internal friction since then and has fallen into decline. It was not until a powerful foreign enemy, the Yuuzhan Vong, invaded that the galaxy temporarily stopped its internal strife!

In the original "Star Wars", the Rebel Alliance relied on 27 fighter planes to destroy the Death Star and achieve a strategic victory, which was also the beginning of the Empire's decline.

But now with the participation of the world's giant corporations, this battle may directly end the rule of the Galactic Empire and usher in a new dynasty!

After leaving the flagship USS Mantle and returning to the Destroyer, Paul asked Captain Cassian to contact the Rebel Alliance to get a detailed understanding of the current progress of the war.

And the most important point is, where is the Death Star currently?

Captain Cassian contacted the rebels and relayed the situation: "The Death Star is approaching Yavin IV. The location of the rebel headquarters has been completely exposed."

"We must support them immediately, otherwise all our previous efforts will be wasted!"

Captain Cassian is not a simple officer who only knows how to fight with the Imperial Army. He is well aware that the existence of the Rebel Alliance has very important political significance.

Since ancient times, the first group of rebels suffered the worst, but they also had the highest return.

For the Rebel Alliance, the best outcome is to defeat the Empire in one fell swoop, gain the favor and investment of the powerful, and finally become the master and one of the decision-makers.

The almost certain situation is that they would get into a fierce battle with the Empire, with countless deaths slowly wearing down the Empire's health bar, and then obtain shares from powerful forces, and both sides would join forces to crush the Galactic Empire.

In the original story of "Star Wars", the Rebel Alliance was in such a state. Countless people died before they could fight the Battle of Yavin, and they received investments from many bosses behind the scenes, which allowed them to successfully overthrow the Empire.

But now, the successive uprisings have undoubtedly irritated the nerves of the Imperial Emperor Palpatine.

He was supposed to be on Coruscant, but he actually came to the front line to supervise the battle in person.

This shows that Palpatine has reached the point of being fed up with the Rebel Alliance. He must completely destroy this rebellious force and purge the Empire from within.

Only in this way can we intimidate those fence-sitters who change their stance according to the wind!
Therefore, both the Empire and the Rebel Alliance have reasons to win this battle, and whoever loses will be the biggest loser.

"I hope we're not in time."

Paul had already anticipated the cause and effect of this incident. Princess Leia would definitely not be able to hold out for too long when facing Darth Vader's interrogation.

With the Galactic Empire's methods of questioning and interrogation, there are many ways to make Princess Leia speak.

"Red Queen, adjust the course immediately and rush to Yavin IV!" Paul gave the order.

Under David's command, all the Imperial Stormtroopers inside the Destroyer have been taken over and transferred to other warships.

Due to time constraints, David was certainly unable to carry out complex personnel transfers and troop replenishments, so he could only arrange several thousand clone soldiers and sentry robots for Paul.

Paul went ahead on the Destroyer to the Yavin system to rescue the Rebel Alliance, while David had to wait until the Imperial Stormtroopers were reorganized and deployed before he could rush to the battlefield.

Soon, with the assistance of the AI ​​Red Queen, the Destroyer recalibrated its course and rushed to its destination, the Yavin galaxy battlefield.

At the same time, far away at the star gate of the Ten Thousand Worlds Base, the already assembled Starkiller Base is constantly passing into the "Star Wars" universe.

These Starkiller bases will be distributed throughout the Galactic Empire to form a strategic deterrent. One of them will also be sent to the Yavin system to give Palpatine a broad view!
At this moment, the three forces are about to meet in the Yavin system, bringing the final curtain to the integration of the Star Wars universe.

At this moment, in front of the central console at the headquarters of the Wanjie Base.

[Boss, the situation on Mandalore has basically stabilized. Darth Maul has been killed by Master Obi-Wan. I have arranged for someone to escort Obi-Wan to the Yavin system to support Paul and the others.]

On the hard-light screen, Reed's slightly weathered and tired face emerged. These days, he had been racking his brains to fight with Darth Maul and the crazy group of Death Watch, and they were pulling each other.

On the one hand, he had to win over and gather the Mandalorians and actively prepare to resist the upcoming Thrawn troops, while on the other hand, he had to be on guard against Darth Maul stabbing him in the back.

Fortunately, Master Obi-Wan arrived in time, allowing Reed to successfully take advantage of the opportunity of the Hongmen Banquet to kill the damn Force warrior on the spot.

In order to ensure that Darth Maul died completely and could not die any more, Obi-Wan carefully finished off the man by dismembering him into five pieces and then setting them on fire.

Without the leadership of their boss Darth Maul, the leaderless Death Watch were naturally subdued by Reed.

Today, Mandalore is united in preparation for the upcoming Imperial Rebellion.

Li Ang looked at Li De, whose eyes were bloodshot and looked like he had just finished a hard battle. He nodded to him and said affirmatively:

"Thank you for your hard work. What you have to do next is to delay Thrawn as much as possible to buy time for the expeditionary reinforcements. Don't let Thrawn escape."

"The troops coming to reinforce you this time are the Seventh Expeditionary Army led by Marshal Terrence. You have to hold on."

Although the Yavin galaxy battlefield is the key point of this integrated operation, Leon did not ignore the battle situation on Mandalore.

After all, once Palpatine refused to cooperate with the Universal Corporation, Leon would have no choice but to use Starkiller Base to destroy him and forcibly take over the other party's Galactic Empire.

If Thrawn learned of the death of Emperor Palpatine, he would definitely lead his troops to the outer galaxy as soon as possible, integrate the rest of the Imperial fleet, and establish the First Order.

In this way, we can continue to fight against the world's giant companies!

If this is the case, then the Universal Corporation will have to spend a lot of resources and time to pacify the remnants. Li Ang does not want to leave such a big trouble for himself.

He must trap Thrawn on Mandalore, even if he has to kill him, he must not let him escape. [Yes! ]

Li De nodded in response.

After briefly explaining the follow-up action arrangements to Li De, Li Ang asked Secretary-General Lucy about the situation on V's side.

"Everything is normal with V. There haven't been any accidents so far," Lucy replied.

Li Ang nodded with satisfaction. For the giant companies at this stage, the best situation is to have no accidents.

He spent a lot of brain cells just arranging expeditionary forces to block the various passes of the Imperial Army and deploy Starkiller Base in case of emergency.

If we go to war with the Yuuzhanfeng civilization now, we will really be stretched!
After all, the troops led by V are the strongest elite fleet assembled by the world's giant companies with all their efforts.

There are the Prometheus Legion of the Missionaries, the Fremen Legion where everyone is eating spice, the elite legion of the Covenant, as well as the Iron Hands Chapter, the Autobots and other troops.

If the cosmic giant corporation starts fighting on two fronts, there will be basically no redundant space to control the riots that may occur in other universes.

A true high-level consul will always leave enough room for error. It is impossible for him to go all in. That is what a desperate gambler would do.

"Boss, do you think Palpatine will really cooperate with us?"

At this time, Lucius, one of the top executives of the giant company, couldn't help but ask. He didn't quite believe that the Emperor of the Galactic Empire would give away his foundation so willingly.

In order to seize the property title of the Old Republic, Palpatine changed the name on it to his own. He led the Clone Wars and instigated the Trade Federation to pursue independence.

After putting in so much effort, I finally ascended the throne, but before I can even sit on the bench, I have to give up my seat.

Any lord who has enjoyed ultimate power would not accept this willingly!

"Whether Palpatine will cooperate with us or not will not hinder our determination to integrate the 007 Star Wars universe."

Leon acted indifferent to Lucius's worries. He had no idea about becoming the emperor of the Galactic Empire.

After all, these titles and false reputations mean nothing to him.

When the God Emperor ascended the throne in the Dune universe, Leon merely went to the scene to give a victory speech, then signed his name and left.

The whole process was calm and peaceful, and we just did what we had to do afterwards.

Leon didn't know what Palpatine was thinking, but he was sure that Palpatine was not comfortable sitting on the emperor's throne.

This supreme throne was covered with thorns and poisonous prickles, which caused Palpatine great pain.

Palpatine's rise to power can be simply understood as the continuous cashing in of political assets that led to his becoming the emperor of the Galactic Empire.

From a senator of the Old Republic to an emperor, he set too many ambitious goals and let down too many entrepreneurial partners who followed him wholeheartedly, completely wasting the reputation and influence that he had painstakingly built up in the first half of his life.

For example, he instigated the Neimoidians to invade Naboo and allowed the Trade Federation to break away from the Republic and become independent. Eventually, Palpatine became the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic in this political turmoil.

At this time, he already had power close to that of the emperor.

In the end, the Neimoidians, who helped Palpatine's political career further, only ended up with the nationalization of the Trade Federation.

As a result, the Neimoidians' luck declined, their strength plummeted, and they were overtaken by the Hutts.

The lethality of Palpatine's move was no less than Zhang Yi's bullying of Chu.

Later, in the Clone Wars planned by Palpatine, the Trade Federation and Count Dooku, who represented the interests of the Old Republic aristocrats, all cooperated and sought independence under his guidance.

In order to eliminate the Jedi Order, which was a major threat to him, Palpatine made many demands on the members of the Old Republic, and during the war, Count Dooku was killed by Anakin.

The identity of Count Dooku is not a simple one. He comes from a prominent family, was once an apprentice of Master Yoda, and was also a member of the Jedi Order.

He gave up his identity as a Jedi Knight and joined Palpatine's side because he valued the conditions offered by the other party to the powerful, and even sacrificed himself for it.

After the Clone Wars, the Jedi Order was nearly destroyed.

Logically speaking, Palpatine should give money and benefits to his supporters in a timely manner, and comfort the shareholders who have helped him conquer the world.

As a result, Palpatine chose to cash out and become the emperor. The senators from the old Republic were dumbfounded. The Republic was gone, so naturally they, as senators, could not keep their positions.

Palpatine even bluntly stated: What does the pie I painted during the Republic era have to do with my Galactic Empire?

What President of the Republic? I don't know that guy. There is only the Emperor of the Galactic Empire here!

He used the wealth accumulated by the Neimoidians over generations to build a powerful naval fleet, and used the reputation of his first half of his life to leverage the political influence of the dignitaries and congressmen of the Old Republic.

After seeing all these cool moves, Wang Mang called them experts!

In short, Palpatine's series of unscrupulous political monetization tactics have indeed disgusted a lot of people.

The blank check they wrote back then was rejected just like that. BYD is so shameless. If it were in the past, they would have beaten up Palpatine long ago.

But unfortunately, this old bastard Palpatine built an unprecedented super fleet in the galaxy, and no one could threaten him in terms of military strength.

The rebellions now occurring in various parts of the Galactic Empire are essentially the backlash caused by the political bad debts owed by Palpatine. His eagerness to cash out has sacrificed the interests of too many people.

War is always the continuation of politics.

It has always been the civil officials who have restrained the military generals, but Palpatine distributed all the few benefits to the naval generals under his command.

This could temporarily stabilize his armed forces, but other power groups within the empire were far more numerous and larger than his navy.

The growing flames of rebellion will sooner or later burn Palpatine to death.

However, now, Leon can write off all the political debts that Palpatine once promised.

Palpatine can still be the "Emperor" of the Galactic Empire, but he can only be the interstellar governor of a giant enterprise. He can even control part of the military power and expand the empire's territory.

Of course, all the foundations for realizing these beautiful visions must be built on obedience to Leon's orders.

If Palpatine chose to obey, the political system of the Galactic Empire would still be the imperial system. As for the dignitaries of the Old Republic who could not be appeased, Leon would open up new businesses to make money for them.

Help Palpatine settle his accounts.

But if they refuse to obey, then Leon can only follow the will of the people and unite the various forces in the galaxy to restore the republican system.

He was responsible for hosting the Speaker of the Supreme Council of the Republic, winning over several core interest groups, and continuing to integrate the world's giant companies.

The control wheel of the wheel of history of the "Star Wars" universe is in Leon's hands.

Whether it is an imperial system or a republican system, it makes no difference to Leon. All he wants are two words: obedience!
After learning about their boss Leon's ideas, Lucius, Margaret and other senior executives of the giant company nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that the boss was determined to take over the Galactic Empire.

Regardless of whether Palpatine is aware of the current situation or not, the interstellar war in the Yavin system will definitely be a once-in-a-century event!

……

007 Star Wars Universe!
After a period of hyperspace travel, the Destroyer finally appeared in the outer orbit of the Yavin 4 satellite.

But as soon as the Destroyer left hyperspace, Paul found himself surrounded by a large number of Imperial Star Destroyers.

This even includes Darth Vader's flagship, the Executor!

In an instant, countless laser cannons poured down on the Destroyer like a rainstorm.

Obviously, the Galactic Empire was well prepared for Paul's arrival. Since the Universal Corporation could encircle and attack the Empire, the Empire could naturally retaliate in kind.

At the other end of the outer orbit, the Death Star is slowly approaching Yavin IV.

As a combat space station with a diameter of 160 kilometers, the Death Star naturally cannot be as flexible and agile as an interstellar battleship.

Therefore, they did not participate in the siege of the Destroyer.

Under Palpatine's orders, the Death Star's sole mission was to completely destroy Yavin IV and turn all personnel at the Rebel Alliance's headquarters into ashes.

In order to stop the Death Star from exploding, the Rebel Alliance also sent out a few space fighters to try to slow down the opponent's advance.

A handful of X-wing and Y-wing fighters circled around the Death Star, trying their best to slow down its speed, like a bunch of annoying flies.

The Death Star's external defenses are quite good, and it can easily withstand attacks from the main guns of large battleships.

However, the surface point defense system has always been the Death Star's weak point, so the Death Star's close-in defense guns are completely useless against the Rebel space fighters.

For a while, neither side could do anything to each other.

However, the Death Star's target of destruction was always Yavin IV. Faced with these constant harassment from fighter jets, the Death Star simply chose to turn a blind eye.

Paul originally wanted to come up to help the Rebel Alliance, but he was surrounded as soon as he arrived. Fortunately, the Destroyer's shield was strong enough, and the flagship was not in any danger for the time being.

However, the Executor, a super star destroyer of the same level as the Destroyer, is also here. The intensity of firepower that Paul faces this time is countless times higher than the naval battle that took place not long ago!
(End of this chapter)