The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 366 Hyperspace Continuum Fission Cannon! The Emperor is Dead! Defeat!
"What about Palpatine? That old guy is the top prisoner that the boss specifically requested. If we fire this cannon, he might be killed directly."

Galen Erso looked at Johnny and continued to ask.

Although Palpatine was his old boss, he had long disliked him. Now that he had the opportunity to kill him with one shot, he naturally did not want to miss it.

However, considering the overall situation, Palpatine cannot die at this moment.

After all, the Galactic Empire's property title is still in the hands of the other party. If the Universal Corporation forcibly seizes it without going through a series of legal procedures, there will inevitably be some troublesome rebellion wars.

The size of the Imperial Navy is there, and millions of Star Destroyers are no joke.

Even if the world's giant corporations wanted to swallow up all these powerful naval forces, it would not be easy.

But if they could successfully obtain the empire's property deeds from the other party and smoothly transfer power, it would definitely be the best thing for the global giant.

"Don't worry, the boss has already given us permission for this matter, we just need to fire the cannon."

Johnny Silverhand smiled faintly.

According to the information revealed by Leon, every generation of Sith Lords has a unique skill, which is to use the powerful dark side force and rely on clones to complete the soul transfer, so as to achieve rebirth!
The speed of this soul transfer can be so fast that the soul is still in the body in the previous second, and can instantly appear in the clone prepared in advance in the next second.

However, the key point is that the clone must be intact, with no signs of physical damage, otherwise the soul will not be able to merge with the body to complete the restart and will be trapped and die in the clone.

In the end, the soul will gradually dissipate!

In the original story of "Star Wars", when Palpatine fell from a shaft and was on the verge of death, he used this method to transfer his consciousness into a clone.

However, due to insufficient preparation, he was trapped in a broken, dying body for a time, and even his soul almost fell into the chaotic hell.

If it weren't for Palpatine's strong interpersonal relationships, even in Chaos Hell, he would still have the ghosts of ancient Sith Lords to help him.

And the Eternal followers of the Sith Empire repaired the damaged clones by splicing genes and improving physical tissues, so Palpatine really died.

Chaos Hell is considered the "void" plane of the "Star Wars" universe. It is the original state of nothingness and chaos before the birth of the universe.

Sith Lords whose dark side Force strength is not up to standard and who are unable to achieve rebirth from the impure world, or who have turned into ghosts, will fall into this place and suffer eternal torment.

Originally, Palpatine could also enjoy this "special treatment".

But with the help of his former leader above him, who smoothed the relationship, and the devoted servants below who worked frantically and stayed up late to work overtime, Palpatine was able to miraculously come back to life!

Of course, even if the Sith Lord can complete his rebirth through this method, his own Force strength and physical condition are definitely not as good as the original ones.

This is equivalent to weakening one's own strength every time one is reborn, so not every Lord has enough force to complete multiple rebirths.

In order to survive in the world for a long time, many Sith Lords chose a more economical approach.

That is to stay in the human world in the form of "Force ghosts". These ghosts can possess objects that can be preserved for a long time.

For example, the walls of a temple, or a holographic recorder.

Given Palpatine's cunning and shrewdness, he will definitely find a way to resurrect and appear in another place.

By then, Johnny Silverhand will have plenty of ways to make him show up and negotiate honestly with the world's giant companies.

What they have to do now is to give the old man Palpatine a hard blow to open his eyes and broaden his horizons!

"Ok."

After getting David's nod of approval, Galen Erso immediately gave the final order to the employees of the giant company below: "Starkiller, start charging and prepare to fire!"

As the staff of each department turned on the equipment, Starkiller quickly gathered the stellar energy that had already been absorbed, mixed with dark energy, and waited for the next launch instruction.

Long before this Starkiller set out, it had already absorbed enough energy. Now the Starkiller is fully capable of destroying the entire Yavin galaxy battlefield!
"All staff near the muzzle should evacuate immediately and hide in the safe house." David Martinez immediately gave the order.

The Starkiller's cannon barrel almost penetrated the entire interior of the planet. Once this shot was fired, the recoil generated would be astonishingly large.

Therefore, everyone must enter the safe fortifications in advance, otherwise the impact caused by the artillery fire will shatter all life around.

In front of the central console of Starkiller Base, the Death Star that appeared on the holographic image had completed its initial energy storage and was ready to open fire at any time.

At this moment, the combatants on both sides were constantly collecting data and intelligence, desperately calibrating the specific position of the other side, so that they could kill the opponent with one shot in this gun-toting battle between western cowboys.

It’s just that in this real Star Wars, the men at the helm of the Death Star and Starkiller have a completely different mindset.

Palpatine was confident yet doubtful, and what Johnny Silverhand was thinking was that the power of this shot was just right so as not to hurt his own people by mistake.

At this point, the main guns of both sides are ready, and each has completed loading and charging. It depends on who can complete the launch first.

Bang-!
With a flash of strong light, the Death Star's super laser cannon finally opened fire. Although the Imperial Army had not yet fully calibrated the position of the Starkiller, the enemy was so large.

Even if it is slightly off, it is easy to hit the opponent.

Immediately, eight dark green laser beams converged from the surface of the Death Star, forming a dazzling high-energy laser cannon, which blasted straight towards the Starkiller with an unstoppable attack.

This was the Death Star at almost full firepower. When the super laser cannon attacked Starkiller with a precise path, the top officials of the Empire, including Palpatine, believed that they had won.

Even if the opponent is equipped with a planetary shield force field, the shield will still be penetrated and the core of the celestial body will be shattered by laser cannons until it completely explodes and collapses.

Palpatine sat steadily in the command center of the Death Star, watching with satisfaction as the super laser cannon quickly cut through the dark space and rushed straight towards Starkiller.

This shot gave them the upper hand. Whether the opponent's Star Killer was just a fox pretending to be powerful or was really capable would be revealed with this shot!

The Death Star's superlaser cannon was like a shining beam of energy, heading straight for Starkiller from this side, and just as the beam was about to touch Starkiller.

Johnny Silverhand also gave the final order: "Starkiller, fire!"

The next second, a beam of light mixed with dark energy and stellar energy quickly passed through the atmosphere. The shock and sonic boom generated during the process swept across the surface of the Starkiller like the shock wave after a nuclear explosion.

The ripples that appeared were like a meteorite falling on the sea level.

The Starkiller Base itself was transformed from an ice planet, and the recoil of this shot directly shattered the thick glacier.

The entire ice field close to the muzzle became as soft as silk, and ripples appeared on it.

Fortunately, this is a permafrost continent, and the hard and solid continental plates are stable enough to withstand such recoil.

At this moment, the space monitoring system on the Death Star also detected signs of Starkiller's firing, but the top leaders of the Imperial Army simply regarded it as a futile act of the other party's dying struggle.

Because they discovered that the laser cannon fired by Starkiller Base disappeared out of thin air halfway through the launch!
This was simply a huge joke. Many high-ranking officers of the empire laughed out loud when they saw this scene. No one would believe that an ultimate weapon that could not fire could pose any threat to them.

Upon seeing this, Palpatine finally put aside his doubts. After all the fuss and fuss, it turned out that the opponent's Starkiller was just a fake that couldn't even fire!

"Humph! I knew that the rebels were just bullying me. Do you want to bluff me? It won't be that easy."

Palpatine's mood instantly improved a lot. Now he just wanted to witness how the Death Star's laser cannon would tear apart the fake thing in front of him.

However, just as the top brass of the Imperial Army were busy opening champagne at halftime to celebrate their upcoming destruction of Starkiller, an accident suddenly occurred!

It turns out that Starkiller's attack principle is not the traditional sense of shooting a bullet, and then the bullet follows a predetermined trajectory to hit the target and cause damage.

When Starkiller fires the "Fifth Element" energy cannon, which is a mixture of stellar energy and dark energy, it will cause the energy cannon to tear through hyperspace, and then use hyperspace as the muzzle to follow the gravity source to separate multiple energy beams and hit the target.

To put it simply, the bombardment fired by the Starkiller can be scattered into multiple parts and hit multiple enemy units at the same time.

Moreover, the attack trajectory cannot be predicted or observed. By the time the opponent reacts, the Fifth Element Cannon has already landed on the enemy's face, making it completely unavoidable!

What's even more exaggerated is that the Starkiller's attack range can cover the entire Milky Way. This small Yavin Galaxy is completely unable to take advantage of the Starkiller's ultra-long attack distance.

Soon, the Imperial Army's monitoring personnel discovered that the disappeared Fifth Element Cannon had reappeared from behind them.

Moreover, the beam of light actually split into several parts, attacking different areas respectively!
While the top brass of the Imperial Army were still confused and stunned, a shell hit the center of the Imperial fleet.

As the extremely shining light emerged, the Imperial fleet was instantly reduced to ashes, and a large number of star destroyers were reduced to dust, as if they had never existed.

The Death Star's super laser cannon was also hit by one of the fifth element cannons, instantly reducing a lot of its destructive power.

When the laser cannon landed on Starkiller Base, it automatically triggered the outermost shield force field, which was regarded as a fatal blow by the Imperial Army, and there was no movement afterwards.

At this moment, the top Imperial Army officers on the Death Star suddenly realized that the cannons fired by the Starkiller never disappeared. They just split into multiple beams, attacking them from unobservable directions.

"What exactly is going on!"

Palpatine had never expected this to happen. The Death Star should have been the most powerful ultimate weapon in the galaxy.

How could it be so easily resolved by the opponent's beam and force field shield? This is unreasonable! His first reaction was that there was some error in the firing procedure of the super laser cannon, resulting in the failure to fully release the energy of the hypermatter reactor.

In addition, Palpatine really couldn't understand how Starkiller's disappearing energy beam could suddenly reappear after disappearing and split into so many beams.

This is obviously wrong!

On the other hand, other technicians who had participated in the design and construction of Starkiller Base were already frightened.

Could it be that——!
This is Starkiller's sub-hyperspace continuum fission cannon mechanism!

The Imperial military researchers who participated in the design of Starkiller Base naturally knew what the perfect Starkiller would look like, and everything that was happening now was in line with their expectations.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will be the next ones to be hit!
"Your Majesty, I advise you to leave here as soon as possible, really..."

Before the Imperial Starkiller project manager could finish his words, several fission beams suddenly flew out from hyperspace and hit the planet near the Death Star.

These dispersed fifth element cannons carried destructive power and completely destroyed the entire crust of the planet in an instant, followed by collapse and disintegration!

Paul witnessed the entire battle in outer space from the blind spot of the Death Star. The Starkiller's hyperspace fission cannon completely caught the Imperial Army off guard.

They didn't even observe where the energy cannon came from before the entire imperial fleet was destroyed, but the horrific scene had just begun.

Just as the planet near the Death Star was destroyed, the next second another beam of energy cannon crossed the hyperspace tunnel and attacked the Death Star, and this time it hit the bull's eye.

At this time, Palpatine was in the command center, watching the strong light coming.

The dim starlight around it had long been blocked by this strong light, as if the entire universe had been completely dissolved at this moment.

Palpatine's eyes began to blur, and his soul seemed to be suddenly taken away from him. In an instant, he and the entire Death Star's command room disappeared under the bombardment of the Starkiller.

The fifth element cannon fired by Starkiller easily penetrated the entire Death Star, just like a high-temperature armor-piercing bullet piercing a plastic plate. No matter how hard the shield force field was, it was useless at this moment.

The shot was quite accurate and just destroyed the Death Star's command center, paralyzing the Imperial Army's command system. They became leaderless lambs to be slaughtered.

Because all this happened so quickly, most of the Death Star's senior executives had not yet realized what was happening. They only felt a flash of strong light before their eyes, and then the dust settled.

The only thing the Imperial Stormtroopers could be thankful for was that this beam attack was the last wave of fission cannons, and its power was far less than the previous ones.

Therefore, the energy cannon only left a huge, hideous hole on the surface of the Death Star, but the overall structure was not completely destroyed.

It was not until this moment that the survivors on the Death Star suddenly realized how terrible the Starkiller bombardment just now was.

In comparison, the Death Star, which they regarded as the ultimate weapon, was completely insignificant in front of the Starkiller. The gap between the two sides was like heaven and earth!

It’s no wonder that the other side was so confident and deliberately waited for them to fire first. It turned out that they were well prepared.

The results of this round of bombardment showed that everyone had witnessed the true power of Starkiller Base.

The millions of Imperial stormtroopers on the Death Star had almost completely lost their will to fight. They were both panicked and secretly grateful that they did not die in this "one-second-as-you-show" star war.

At this time, Emperor Palpatine himself and his command center had been completely destroyed, and the Imperial Army, including the Death Star and the remaining Imperial fleet, fell into a state of chaos and disorder.

In an instant, more and more storm troopers began to scramble for airships and spaceships to try to escape from here. Once the trend of defeat is formed, it will trigger an endless wave of deserters.

No one dares to say that they can continue to win in this war with such a huge disparity in strength.

Even the emperor is dead, so there is no one worthy of their service anymore!

The high-ranking officials of the empire, who were already sophisticated egoists, boarded the lifeboats and tried to escape.

But the limited number of lifeboats had already been snatched up by a large number of Imperial stormtroopers, and they had begun killing each other for a chance to escape.

No one wants to stay here and wait for the next round of fission cannon bombardment from Starkiller!
Paul and his crew, who were originally hiding inside the Death Star, suddenly found that they no longer needed to hide carefully.

Even if they walked out in a swagger, these defeated Imperial Stormtroopers would have no intention of paying any attention to them.

Do whatever you want!
Without central command and with morale low, coupled with a strong desire to survive, the entire Death Star was in chaos.

This is normal. Even the Death Star's super laser cannon can't do anything to the Starkiller on the opposite side, so what else can they do?

The cruel and cold truth was right in front of them, and the most important thing now was to escape quickly.

A small number of Imperial officers knew that the Galactic Empire was doomed, so they could only close their eyes in despair and use the blaster rifles in their hands to send themselves off in dignity.

In stark contrast to the atmosphere of panic and collapse on the Death Star, the rebel allies on the ground of Yavin IV were cheering.

Even if they were sitting on the ridge of a field in the countryside and looking up at the starry sky, they could see the scene of the huge Death Star being hit by a fission cannon.

Everyone saw how the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star, was destroyed by the Cosmic Corporation.

The Galactic Empire, which was once so powerful that it made people despair and tremble with fear, will no longer be that invincible army!
This victory not only increased the health bar of the Empire, but also reduced the Empire, which had only three blood bars, to a near-death state with only a little blood left.

The song of victory completely eliminated the Rebel Alliance's fear of the Empire. The Death Star, which once made them uneasy, became a laughing stock at this time.

Jyn Erso and Captain Cassian pursed their lips, as if trying hard to hold back tears of joy.

As the first members of the Rebel Alliance to fight against the Empire, they have experienced too many setbacks and hardships, and have seen too many of their comrades die in the Empire's bombardment.

Now that revenge has been achieved, all disputes will end with the demise of the empire!
After the Death Star completely lost its ability to move, Johnny Silverhand gave the order to have the Infinity-class aircraft carriers on Starkiller Base take action to destroy the remaining Imperial fleet.

Starkiller Base is not only a huge celestial-level weapon, but also a mobile military fortress that can accommodate two complete expeditionary corps of giant companies.

Soon, the giant corporate fleet led by Andrew, Raleigh, and Asako Mori went to the battlefield like the murderous Black and White Impermanence to reap the remaining imperial warships.

The Imperial fleet, which had already been devastated by the bombardment of the Starkiller and was questioning its own lives, chose to surrender or stay where they were and wait to be captured.

Only a very small number of Star Destroyers would go head-on with the Infinity-class aircraft carriers, intending to fight to the death.

And Andrew will also meet the opponent's needs, use the hard light main gun to execute the death cannon, and send the opponent on his way safely.

At this time, the Executor's captain, Kendall Ozzel, was under threat from Darth Vader and did not dare to surrender easily for the time being. He ordered all units to continue to stay at their posts and not to act rashly.

But his few words were simply not enough to control the restless hearts of people.

What's even more terrible is that Andrew also released a large number of AI aircraft to invade the Executor, and reminded everyone through broadcasting that they would not be killed if they surrendered.

With these words, the stormtroopers on the Executor immediately mutinied, rushed into the bridge headquarters, killed General Ozel, and surrendered to the Universal Corporation.

The surrender of the Super Star Destroyer Executor basically announced that the Imperial Army was doomed and the Battle of Yavin would be settled.

The Death Star was scrapped, the Executor surrendered, and the Imperial Army no longer had any military power to fight against the Cosmic Corporation!

At the same time, the Hyperion and Phoenix set sail from Starkiller Base one after another, carrying Master Obi-Wan, Penny, Sam and a large number of landing troops to the Death Star.

Now that the Death Star has completely fallen into a state of paralysis and chaos, it is the best time to take over this ultimate weapon.

Especially arresting Darth Vader and finding the whereabouts of Palpatine!

At this time, Paul and others were walking on the passage leading to the core area of ​​the Death Star. They decided to guard the Death Star's hypermatter reactor.

After all, this thing is made up of a large amount of Kyber crystals, and it cannot be destroyed in the turmoil.

On the way, a large number of imperial personnel were running out in panic, trying desperately to find an escape route among the crowd, and almost no one was still walking inside.

Watching countless Imperial Stormtroopers passing by them, Captain Cassian and others looked stunned, but felt it was natural.

In this chaotic situation, who cares what they want to do?

The physical and psychological damage that Starkiller Base dealt to the Imperial Army was devastating.

What Paul saw most along the way were deserters and imperial officers who shot themselves. All of them were shrouded in deep despair and a cramped and high-pressure environment.

"Is this the boss's plan..."

Paul couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

From the very beginning, the Universal Corporation never thought about competing with the Galactic Empire in terms of troop explosion capabilities, but instead used the opponent's technology to develop the ultimate weapon that could kill with one blow.

Perhaps today's situation had already been determined by the top management of the giant company a year ago, or even several years ago.

This is the top-level design capability of a giant enterprise!

(End of this chapter)