The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2298, on the verge of breaking out

11BBY, June 6, the headquarters of the Northern Theater Command of the Galaxy, the planet of Palin-Minor.

"Akingano, you bastard!!" Dunn-Wessex rushed into the dungeon like a beast, roaring at the prison cells in the middle of the dungeon.

The door of the prison cell sealed by special metal opened, and a Grisk man was locked inside.

"I don't know what you are talking about... Dear King of the North, Mr. Dunn-Wessex..." Grisk man Akingano showed an ugly smile.

Dunn-Wessex walked over, grabbed the Grisk man and lifted him up, shouting: "Did you leak the information about the Star Gate?! Was it you!!!"

"Hahahaha... How could it be me... Great King of the North." Akingano laughed sinisterly, "Haven't I been locked up here by you?"

"Don't play tricks on me!!" Dunn-Wessex was furious, "Now the Empire is ready to declare war! The reason is because the information about the Star Gate was handed over to His Majesty the Emperor!!"

"Oh... So after I gave you the information about the Star Gate, you didn't give it to him. His Majesty Palpatine?" Akingano pretended to be surprised, "As the loyal king of the North, haven't you sent out the information yet? It shouldn't be!"

"Asshole! !" Dunn-Wessex threw Akingano to the ground, "What else did you not tell me! !"

"Hehehe... Of course there is..." Akingano lay on the ground, reciting a passage of Grisk in a voice that was almost like chanting, [The dark king has awakened, the living fleet has set sail... Cherish the beauty in front of you, 50 years later... Everything will be burned.]

The irritated Dunn-Wessex was too lazy to waste time with him, and waved his hand casually, "Kill him for me!"

The two dark Jedi warriors in black robes behind him immediately drew out their blood-red lightsabers, stepped forward and pierced Akingano's chest directly!

Dunn-Wessex returned to his office, but he was still pacing restlessly and turning around.

A week ago, Emperor Palpatine suddenly got a piece of intelligence about the Principality of Dawn having a stargate, and their expansion in the unknown star field was based on the stargate. The stargate is a heaven-defying technology that can ignore the hyperspace channel and directly conduct point-to-point hyperspace navigation.

This information is exactly the same as what Akingano sent to him before. So Dunn Wessex's first reaction was whether he had leaked the information.

However, after a detailed investigation, it was found that it was not. This information was directly obtained by the Minister of Intelligence Armand Isard, and was reported directly to Palpatine on the same day.

Palpatine praised the Minister of Intelligence Armand Isard at the meeting, and kept praising him for obtaining such critical information. Next, it was the moment when Palpatine changed his face. He was instantly furious and ordered to launch an attack immediately to completely destroy the Principality of Dawn.

Although the Imperial military was not willing to start a war at this time, the Stargate was right in front of them. If they didn't fight now, and waited until the Principality of Dawn really built the Stargate network, the Galactic Empire would really have no chance of winning.

So, even though the Galactic Empire had just ended the war against the Trade Federation and even though the Empire was exhausted, this time, the Empire had to start a war immediately.

Although Dunn-Wessex wanted to stop it at the time, when he saw Palpatine's fanatical expression, he knew that he couldn't stop it.

Because even if he listed 10,000 reasons why he had to go to war, if Palpatine didn't want to fight, then this war would not start anyway. Dunn-Wessex knew Palpatine too well... The reason why he held the information about the Stargate in his hands was because he knew that Palpatine had wanted to go to war a long time ago, but he just lacked an excuse.

If Dunn-Wessex knew that the Principality of Dawn had also calculated everything, thought about countless possibilities, and finally deduced that the Galactic Empire would inevitably go to war, he would definitely respond with a mocking smile. Because this has nothing to do with the Stargate directly, it's just because Palpatine wants an excuse, that's all.

But what really makes Dunn-Wessex furious is that starting a war now will disrupt his plan! Because he is now in charge of the internal disruption of the Chiss Territory, and after deciding to start the war, Palpatine also very considerately asked him not to be responsible for the front battlefield, and focus on the Geth and Chiss Territory, thus handing over the overall command of the first phase of the war to Darth Vader!

But his plan was to take the credit of the Chiss Territory after making certain progress, and then compete with Darth Vader for military power!

"Check it for me! Check it for me!" Dunn-Wessex said angrily: "Find out who gave the information about the Stargate to His Majesty the Emperor!!"

"Yes!" The two dark Jedi saluted and disappeared instantly.

Dunn-Wessex was still furious. He thought for a long time, took out a dedicated communicator from his drawer, contacted several people in succession, and then hurried out of the office.

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11BBY, June 8.

Grand Duke Tang Xiao of Dawn cordially met with the envoys of the Galactic Empire on the planet Dawn, and the two sides had a conversation in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere. Tang Xiao reiterated that the Principality of Dawn is absolutely the best partner of the Galactic Empire, and he claimed that the recent mobilization of the Principality of Dawn is limited to the army, in order to deal with the increasingly rampant liberals and rebels, and is definitely not aimed at the Galactic Empire.

On June 17, the Military Intelligence Department of the Principality of Dawn first monitored the fluctuations of the large-scale fleet movement of the Galactic Empire through the hyperspace outpost. According to the investigation, this mobilization is located near the Imperial Center, the capital of the Empire.

On June 30, the Galactic Empire carried out a large-scale rotation of defenses and reduced the garrisons of the two major border military bases of Fangduo Planet and Kira Planet by 10%. And the media of the Empire widely publicized that this was a peaceful and kind act of His Majesty the Emperor.

On July 1, the Prime Minister of the Principality of Dawn, Francis Underwood, announced his resignation, and the cabinet he formed, including Claire Underwood, was also dissolved.

On July 2, Deputy Prime Minister Daphne Clement became the second Prime Minister of the Principality of Dawn and began to form a cabinet. Hari Seldon, a young official with high hopes, entered the cabinet and served as Minister of the Interior.

On July 24, Hari Seldon announced the construction plan of the Principality of Dawn for the next five years.

On July 33, the Interstellar Banking Association (S), which belongs to the Galactic Empire, launched an investigation into Rendili Interstellar Dynamics, claiming that Rendili Interstellar Dynamics had a large number of false accounts and corruption during the Galactic Republic era. It required the Ulan family to give an explanation and withdraw the stolen money of up to 40 billion credit points.

On July 35, Rendili Interstellar Dynamics refused the investigation and stated that any accounts during the Galactic Republic period had passed the prosecution period and would be ignored.

On August 1, Rush Clovis, co-chairman of the Interstellar Banking Association (S), ordered the formation of an investigation team to go to Rendili Planet to request an investigation.

That afternoon, the Galactic Empire announced that the Imperial Economic Management Department would also send senior officials to join the investigation team.

On August 3, the investigation team was detained by Rendili Planet. (End of this chapter)