The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2166, Political Turmoil

12BBY, August 17. On the fourth day after Tang Xiao returned, Hari Seldon was acquitted from prison. After being detained for more than a month, he finally saw the light of day again.

However, the official of the Principality of Dawn did not give any more explanation for the acquittal of Hari Seldon, but just released him.

On August 18, Francis Underwood, Prime Minister of the Principality of Dawn, submitted his resignation on the grounds of health problems.

On August 20, Francis Underwood's resignation was rejected.

On August 26, Hari Seldon resigned from the post of Governor of Haven Star District and was transferred to the Secretary-General of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Principality.

On August 27, BIG-BOSS, the former commander-in-chief of the Giant God Security Company, retired from the mercenary group and returned to the Principality of Dawn. At the age of 72, he became the governor of the Haven Star District. He used John Doe as his official name. The current commander of the Giant God Security Company is Mira Han.

BIG-BOSS is also one of the key figures in the early awakening, but he rarely participates in the core affairs of the Fourth Civilization. His greatest achievement is to lead the Titan Security Company to gain a foothold in the chaotic Hutt Space and become one of the best mercenary groups in Hutt Space.

For 20 years, under the leadership of BIG-BOSS, the Titan Security Company has fought in the Hutt Space from north to south, not only successfully disrupting the situation in the Hutt Space and becoming one of the fuses for the Hutt civil war, but also playing a key role in the Dawn Principality's secret military presence in the Hutt Space.

During the Clone Wars, with the counterattack of the Galactic Republic, the Independent System Confederation, whose core is located in the eastern part of the Milky Way, and the Dawn Principality, whose core is located in the southwestern part of the Milky Way, still maintained a certain connection because of the existence of the Hutt Space. And in this process, the Titan Security Company is an important link.

Now, BIG-BOSS has entered the political arena and become the governor of the Haven Star Region. In fact, this also means a change in the future policy of the Dawn Principality. You know, the Haven sector has always been a sector with economic and cultural development as its main goal, but now, BIG-BOSS has become the governor as a senior military commander, which means too much.

Along with the personnel transfers of BIG-BOSS and Hari Seldon, there are also a series of more adjustments. However, it is worth noting that not only was Francis Underwood's resignation not accepted, but his wife, the current Minister of the Interior, Claire Underwood, also did not change her position.

But there is another transfer worth mentioning, that is, Francis Underwood's long-time confidant, Chief of Staff Douglas Stamp, was transferred to BIG-BOSS and became the Chief of Staff of the Haven sector.

Compared with his former position as Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister's Office, Douglas Stamp was indeed demoted, but you have to know that he was dismissed before that! Now he is re-activated and transferred away from Francis, which seems to be another signal.

This series of personnel changes made many people with keen sense of smell realize that a storm was brewing in the political arena of the Principality of Dawn. It seemed that the Principality of Dawn also intended to quietly complete its internal transformation while the Galactic Empire was fighting a life-and-death battle with the Trade Union.

However, at this moment, while the Principality of Dawn and the Galactic Empire were engaged in various open and secret struggles over the Trade Union, some changes began to appear in the Hutt Civil War in Hutt Space.

August 30, 12BBY, Hutt Space, Barab Planet Outer Space.

A large-scale encounter broke out between the fleets of the Desiligic family and the fleet of Besadi, the two warring parties in the Hutt Civil War.

In this civil war, the once large fleet of the Hutts has changed greatly as the war progressed. The old warships built over thousands of years have been damaged in the war, and in order to continue the war, the Hutts have also begun to buy a large number of various warships on the black market.

By the way, although the Hutts have a huge industrial system inherited from the former Hutt Empire and a complete warship manufacturing production line, none of this has developed for thousands of years. Since the Hutt Empire was reorganized and became a nominal dominion of the Galactic Republic, the Hutts have devoted all their energy to various smuggling activities, spice trafficking, and slave trade to build their own underground criminal empire.

In this case, heavy industry does not seem to be so needed. The Hutts only maintain their warships that have been used by the Hutt Empire for thousands of years, and occasionally make some minor repairs and upgrades. Because of the existence of this fleet, coupled with the remote geography of Hutt space, complex hyperspace channels, and more complex racial relations, this is enough to prevent the Galactic Republic from completely occupying Hutt space.

In fact, in this galaxy, before the outbreak of large-scale wars, it is not uncommon for some spaceships and warships in good condition to become ancestral treasures and be passed down from generation to generation. As long as they rarely enter the atmosphere and remain in the vacuum of the universe for a long time, the possibility of oxidation and corrosion of parts is eliminated, and they can be used for a long time with repairs.

The first large warship of the Fourth Civilization was the Hammerhead-class cruiser built more than 1,200 years ago, which was captured from pirates.

Therefore, in this large-scale battle around the planet Barab, you can see that many of them are warships that were eliminated during the war or were severely damaged and considered unsuitable for continued service, or were resold due to various corruptions.

Some of the main battleships after landing include the Higra-class battlecruiser, the Bountiful-class communication frigate, and the Resister-class light destroyer. There are also some relatively advanced warships, including the Victory I-class Star Destroyer, the Hunter-class battlecruiser, the Cole-class battlecruiser, the Rookery Hook-class battleship, etc.

You can even see a few Providence-class destroyers!

And the small and medium-sized warships that appeared in the Clone Wars on both sides of the war are countless-Arquitens-class light cruiser, Karak-class light cruiser, Apocalypse-class light cruiser, Puppet-class drone mothership, Brown Bear-class heavy destroyer, Vengeance-class destroyer, Corellia DL-20 gunboat, Guard-class air defense destroyer, etc. This is simply a large display area for old warships!

It should be pointed out that these warships appeared on both sides of the battle at the same time. Coupled with the Hutt commander's strategy of "charge" without any strategy or tactics, the fleets of both sides soon fell into a melee. In this way, you have no idea which side these warships belong to...

In the complex electromagnetic environment of the battlefield, the endless electronic interference makes the enemy identification codes of both sides sometimes not so reliable, and the result is that they are all fighting randomly!