The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2256, the strange beginning

11BBY, the 9th year of the Galactic Empire calendar, the 24th year of the Galactic Republic Grand Synchronous Calendar.

The Galactic Empire was established in 20BBY, ​​so this is the ninth year.

The Principality of Dawn adopts the Grand Synchronous Calendar of the Galactic Republic, which happened to be implemented in 35BBY when Tang Xiao traveled through time. So when the Dawn Planet joined the Galactic Republic, it uniformly adopted the Grand Synchronous Calendar and has been used ever since. And sometimes the Principality Calendar is used to record the years within the Principality of Dawn, and now it is also the 9th year of the Principality Calendar.

This is very interesting, because the Principality of Dawn and the Galactic Empire were also established in the same year.

And this year is destined to be a very special year, because from the first month of this year, the political situation in the Milky Way began to move towards a very strange path.

First, the civil war in the Hutt space suddenly stopped, and headed by the Gorensla family, began to plan to establish a unified regime. The tradition of the Hutts for thousands of years was broken, and here faced an unprecedented huge change.

Then the Galactic Empire and the Principality of Dawn quarreled in the air, accusing each other of violating human rights in the Trade Union and Chis Territory. But the problem is that while they quarreled, they continued to suppress and strengthen their ruling power in these areas, and the Galactic Empire's attack on the Trade Union never stopped.

This verbal war has intensified. Now, the two sides, who at least maintained a good relationship on the surface in the past few years, have reached the point of closing their borders to each other.

But the most amazing thing is that on January 20 of this year, the Principality of Dawn actually sent a delegation headed by Prime Minister Francis Underwood to the Galactic Empire to repair the relationship between the two sides.

Francis Underwood seemed to have a strong purpose. He asked the Galactic Empire to reopen the Rendili trade route, and said that as long as this route could be opened, the Principality of Dawn was willing to make concessions in some "areas of interest to the Empire".

In addition to this, the Principality of Dawn also brought many gifts. Although most of them were worthless local specialties, they showed their sincerity anyway.

Galactic Emperor Palpatine didn't want to pay any attention to Francis Underwood, but surprisingly, he didn't refuse and asked Krua van der Long to negotiate with Francis Underwood as a representative.

So the two sides who had cursed and sworn to kill each other immediately a month ago actually started talking?

However, no one can say how sincere such negotiations are. The media of the Galactic Empire and the Principality of Dawn only reported the negotiations briefly and did not publicize them.

On the contrary, some unofficial media were extremely excited and believed that this might be the beginning of peace in the galaxy.

In addition, in addition to Hutt Space, the Galactic Empire and the Principality of Dawn, in the northeast of the galaxy, Mandalore is also experiencing an explosive event - the Mandalore Crusaders, which have been destroyed for more than 4,000 years, have revived!

The current ruler of Mandalore, Super-Vizla, announced that he would ascend the throne and be crowned as Super Mandalore, and would fully restore everything of the Mandalore Crusaders, including beliefs, traditions, systems, armies, etc.

And the day of the coronation is today!

In response to this retrograde move, the former Grand Duke of Mandalore, Bo-Katan-Kryze, immediately issued a declaration, claiming that the Mandalore Crusaders had long been swept into the garbage dump of history and were a backward and outdated system. The people of Mandalore are peace-loving and willing to build their own homes in a peaceful environment. War is only a means of self-defense and should not be a weapon to threaten other planets.

Finally, she declared that she would fight Super-Mandalore to the end, and the rebels of Mandalore would immediately march to the capital Sundari City, vowing to completely destroy Super-Vizla's ambitions!

So, 11BBY, a unique and changeable year, opened the first month of the war on Mandalore.

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Mandalore, about 50 kilometers outside the city of Sundari.

Bo-Katan-Kryze and her 20,000 troops have completed the final combat preparations. This 20,000-man army is basically the local security forces that have revolted and joined the resistance movement. Although the soldiers of these security forces have only received basic training, they are much better than the militias who don't even know how to use guns.

This is also the only army that Bo-Katan-Kryze can bring out that is capable of launching an active attack, and the equipment of this army has also been greatly improved.

Vitaly-Orlov sent another batch of weapons and equipment, and those provided by Mandal Engine Company, including the Brick-Arol-class armed airspeeder, the M3-A Sik light fighter, and some armored vehicles with relatively simple structures and heavy blaster machine guns have also arrived.

There were a total of 150 Brick-Arrol-class armed airspeeders, 60 Sike fighters, 100 modified armored vehicles of various types, and 600 heavy blaster machine guns. This was a luxury for the poor rebels.

And across them, is the capital city of Sundari, and the real elite troops in the hands of Super-Vizla - the 100,000 troops led by Gar Saxon! The weapons and equipment of this army are also the priority supply of the Super-Vizla army. Even compared with the truly powerful armies of the Galactic Empire and the Principality of Dawn, they are still beggars, but compared to the poor and remote planet of Mandalore, they can be regarded as well-equipped.

Not only that, the main force of the Death Guard is also here. There are still more than 200 Death Guard warriors still around Super-Vizla, and these are also powerful warriors who can fight ten people at once.

Moreover, no matter how difficult it is for Super-Vizla's army to supply now, he keeps shrinking his defense line, and with the addition of a batch of supplies sent by the Zahn Consortium, he can still support the battle.

However, in the face of such a powerful force, Bo-Katan-Kryze still decided to take the initiative to attack!

She must tell everyone through her actions that the Mandalorians will never surrender! The cruel and bloodthirsty ghost of the Mandalorian Crusaders will be completely buried!

After the army completed the offensive preparations, Bo-Katan Kryze gave an order, and 20,000 soldiers rushed towards Sundari City fearlessly!

The Mandalorian Restoration Army led by Jango Fett, 20 super soldiers plus John-117 wearing Crusader power armor activated the jet backpack, like 21 sharp knives, directly piercing the positions of the Vizsla government forces!

This kicked off the Battle of Sundari! (End of this chapter)