The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1774. Research on Geth (Part 2)

[We will transmit the test data to you immediately, ally. It’s just that we can’t understand why we can’t continue research? 】 Gesi asked.

Darth Malthael said solemnly: "Because this research will make some unknown existence hostile to us. In other words, the hostility has already been generated, and we cannot have a conflict yet."

【Unknown existence? The meaning of our research is to turn the unknown into the known. 】 Gesi said.

"If you want to study the Force, you can. But it must not be the direction you have chosen now." Darth Malthael waved his hand and said, "I need to see your experimental data, and then I can know where it comes from. Problem."

[There are indeed problems in the test, but we have recalculated and analyzed it. There are 3409 solutions, and we will try them one by one. Now that we've stopped testing, we still don't understand. 】 Gesi said.

"Based on your understanding of this underground lair made of chitinous carapace where I stand now, what do you think of this civilization?" Darth Malthael asked.

[This chitin carapace is currently the best material in terms of toughness, ductility, hardness, heat resistance, and corrosion resistance. We did a lot of research but still couldn't figure out its structure. 】Geth replied.

"So, how many corpses in this lair did you find here?" Darth Malthael asked again.

[No corpses other than the black crystal container were found in this nest, but in the base above, we found the corpses of 17 large insects. These corpses were once packed in glass containers, but the containers were damaged and the internal organs of the corpses were completely decomposed, but the insect shells were intact without any corrosion. ] Ges replied, [Now these corpses have been preserved by us. 】

"Then I can tell you something I know now." Darth Malthael said, "Those insects are the Kiliks, the ancient super civilization that once dominated the galaxy more than 100,000 years ago. That chitin The nest made of carapace is their creation. And the base above, judging from the architectural style, should be the base of the Infinite Empire that rose 30,000 years ago. It seems that they have excavated the ruins of this nest and also want to find it. The secrets in the lair ruins.”

[This is helpful information, data, already recorded. 】

"The civilization of the Kilik people is more powerful than we imagined. To a certain extent, they are similar to you, because they are a typical Gestalt consciousness. Moreover, they have mastered various astronomical levels of super technology, and even It can move planets and even black holes," Darth Malthael continued.

[The civilization that dominates the galaxy is as powerful as it should be. 】 Gesi said.

"But such an extremely powerful civilization disappeared in a short period of time 35,000 years ago. The Kilik people's technology, culture and even their intelligence degraded to the medieval level, and then almost disappeared from the galaxy." Das - Malthael said.

[Is it because they studied that black crystal fragment? ] Gesi asked.

"It's not clear, but the only thing I know is that they offended the same existence. It's the one you angered by studying this black crystal fragment." Darth Malthael said.

[We have understood that the experiment will be temporarily suspended, allies. ] The geth finally agreed to Darth Malthael's request.

"Destroy this place." Darth Malthael waved his hand, turned around and walked out.

[As you wish, our ally. ] As Ges spoke, all the surrounding instruments and equipment, including lighting, dimmed at the same time.

A bright red dagger-shaped fighter jet, the Red Comet soared into the sky and disappeared into the sky within a few seconds.

However, at this time, in the already dark base, Geth's soliloquy suddenly came, [Killing Darth Sidious is a very difficult goal. If we cannot understand the Force, our goals will not be achieved...but the covenant will be implemented...our allies...also, master...]

In the Sochoron satellite, the deepest place in the core area of ​​​​the Geth, a man who was soaked in bacta liquid and connected by countless cables and data lines trembled, and then he suddenly opened his eyes! The eyes were pitch black, with no pupils and no whites! There is only that darkness like an abyss!

The next second, the entire underground lair and the proton bombs buried in the base exploded instantly! The extremely powerful bomb exploded in this limited underground space, making the explosion even more powerful!

boom! ! ! ! ! !

At the moment of detonation, the entire ground swelled upwards like a balloon. Then the ground surface could no longer withstand the violently expanding shock wave and flames, and exploded!

At the same time, Vice Admiral Gilad Pellaeon of the Galactic Empire, who learned from the life monitoring system that Pach and several other dark Jedi masters had been killed, once again issued an order for orbital bombing.

The imperial fleet reorganized its formation again, entered the outer orbit of the planet, and then launched an even more violent orbital bombardment at the place where Pah and others had died! !

At this time, the geth fleet had begun to retreat, with no intention of stopping the imperial fleet's actions. They are using transport ships to bring the landed ground troops onto the spacecraft, and they seem to be preparing to retreat.

This allowed the orbital bombing operation to proceed very smoothly.

Since the four Dark Jedi Masters and the more than ten Dark Jedi Knights and apprentices they brought with them all died here, Gilad Pellaeon has marked this area as the highest danger. Therefore, he ordered the orbital bombing without any reservation at all. He wanted to completely plow the entire area to the ground even if it risked causing plate movement!

No! It is not enough to plow the ground! Turn the crust over!

Countless dazzling beams of light fell from the sky, which were shots from the heavy turbolaser cannons on the Jaeger-class battlecruiser in orbit. Every time a beam of light hits the ground, it will cause a terrible explosion and flames! The explosion of fire hadn't dissipated yet, and was immediately swallowed up by another fire!

Continuous bombing!

At the same time, outside the orbital bombing area, Chinasti City, the capital of the planet Feida, began to relocate the entire city. Because regardless of the situation of the geth invasion, after such a level of orbital bombardment there, the city can no longer be used as a suitable place to live.

Immediately afterwards, Lieutenant General Gilad Pellaeon received a personal communication from Emperor Palpatine.

"Your Majesty the Emperor." Lieutenant General Gilad Pellaeon took off his military cap, stood at attention and saluted, his movements meticulous.

"I have heard about the abnormal situation of the geth on the planet Feida. Tell me the latest progress, General Pellaeon." Emperor Palpatine said slowly with a gloomy face.

"The behavior of the geth is very strange, Your Majesty the Emperor." Gilad Pellaeon finished his salute, put his hands behind his back, and stood with his feet spread apart like compasses, and said seriously, "First, the Dark Master Cricket once saw During a seemingly simple operation, they were suddenly ambushed by a large number of Ges and captured by the Ges. Then three dark masters, Pah, Bolingi, and Mulumba, went to rescue them. However, not long ago, the life monitoring device showed that they also All sacrificed.”

"Yes! Our enemies even have the ability to control death! So don't be fooled. Every general must install a life monitoring system. As long as the system shows death, don't believe it even if they appear to be standing in front of you alive again. !" Palpatine said.

"Yes! We are already strictly implementing this order!" Gilad Perrine said, "Just now, we conducted a thorough orbital bombing of the last location where Pach and others were sacrificed! Now it has been determined There is no organic matter in that area spanning 1,500 kilometers."

Hearing this, Palpatine's face moved, and he seemed a little dissatisfied with the decision of orbital bombing, but he still said nothing, just shook his head and said: "Orbital bombing is still not enough, General Pellaeon. You immediately dispatch robot troops to conduct the most thorough search of the bombing area. If you don't have any robots, ask the Governor of Wessex to transfer them to you. Now that the Empire has lifted the ban on combat robots, you can use them as you like! "

"Yes! I will arrange it immediately!" Gilad Perrine replied.

"Where is the geth fleet?" Palpatine asked again.

Gilad Pellaeon turned his head and looked at the holographic battlefield star map next to him. After confirming it, he answered, "My Emperor's blessing! The geth are in full retreat. It seems that they have given up and continue to attack the planet Feida."

"Well done! My general!" Palpatine finally smiled. "Your year-long resistance in the north has saved trillions of Imperial people! You will receive a message from the Empire." Center, a personal commendation from me!”

"This is my honor! Your Majesty the Emperor." Gilad Pellaeon puffed up his chest and couldn't hide the excitement on his face.

After all, now, even though he is already a vice-admiral of the Galactic Empire, he is still a young man under thirty years old. For him, making achievements on the battlefield is the greatest honor and pursuit.

Gilad Perrine didn't want to care about politics at all. All he wanted was to use what he had learned in his life to create his own value on the battlefield and realize his beliefs.

Because of this, at this earth-shaking moment when the Galactic Republic collapsed and the Galactic Empire was born, he accepted the Galactic Empire very calmly.

He didn't even think about whether the establishment of the Galactic Empire was legal, whether the origin was righteous, or whether the emperor was a tyrant. In his opinion, these things are not things he needs to think about at all.

No matter what, Gilad Pellaeon always insisted that he only needed to be loyal to the man who sat on the highest throne of Coruscant.

Oh, it's not called Coruscant anymore. This planet now is called the Empire Center!

Glory to the First Empire of the Galaxy!

…

The geth's warship has been loaded. Some geth individuals who were too late to take the spaceship, including most of the heavy units such as the geth colossus, were abandoned. Then these heavy units blew themselves up without hesitation to avoid being picked up by the Galactic Empire for reverse engineering.

Gilad Pellaeon looked at the holographic battlefield star map. The geth fleet began to move away from the gravitational range of the planet Feida, and then jumped into hyperspace one after another, disappearing into the vast universe with white light.

Gilad Pellaeon, who had just been personally commended by the emperor, and now achieved a major victory in the battle, his excitement subsided at this moment, and he felt disappointed as he watched the red icons disappear, leaving only the blue icons representing friendly forces. .

He came to the door, opened it and walked to the balcony, looking at the fiery red color on the horizon.

This is not the red of the sunset, this is the red of the flames! This is the boundless flame that ignites the sky red!

When the orderly saw him going out, he quickly brought a respirator and helped Gilad Perrine put it on. Because the harmful gases produced by orbital bombing have begun to spread, it will soon become difficult to breathe here.

Gilad Pellaeon looked down and saw countless soldiers evacuating out of the city. Except for a few clone soldiers, the vast majority of militiamen also wore simple respirators or gas masks, and they were leaving the city.

The only good thing is that during the previous battle, Chinesti City has become the front line, so the civilians here have been completely evacuated.

It's just that on the planet Feida, if you say they are civilians, they are really civilians - because they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. All men and women of appropriate age, even those who could handle a gun, were drafted into the battlefield!

This is a real nationwide mobilization!

This battle of defense and survival was indeed won, ending with this spectacular orbital bombing.

However……

Gilad Perrine closed his eyes in pain and said to himself, "...but what did we get besides victory?"

No……

Except for the devastation and corpses everywhere, there is nothing... nothing...

Even the planet Feida itself will suffer great environmental damage due to orbital bombing. Even if this is just a local orbital bombing, leaving aside harmful gases, the completely burned-out ozone layer in this area's atmosphere alone is enough to have a great impact on the global climate.

That's right, the planet Feida will also be in decline.

Looking down at the militia soldiers who were holding simple respirators but with simple smiles on their faces, Gilad Pellaeon secretly made up his mind that he must do something for this planet!

That's right, first of all, let's apply to the imperial authorities to see if they can bring over a device that can purify and transform the atmosphere...

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