The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2486: Operation Poseidon (II)

"Invisible special forces ships? Assholes! What to do! Kill them quickly!!" The Imperial Colonel Commander was furious. He was just a second-line, not even third- or fourth-line staff officer. He knew about the invisible special forces ships written in the Imperial Navy Manual, but he was completely confused on how to deal with them.

"Fight... Fighter formation!" Another operations officer nearby raised his hand and said timidly, "The Navy Operations Manual says that fighter formations should be used to detect and destroy these stealth special service ships."

Don't blame him for being so timid. In an environment like the Imperial Navy, speaking casually may lead to responsibility. Everyone is trying not to make any achievements but to avoid mistakes. In this battle situation where the sky is collapsing, he dared to speak up and express his opinions. He was already a very brave naval officer.

"Our fighter formation! Uh..." The combat commander was about to order the fighter formation to attack, but then he thought, where did the fighter formation come from! Now all the fighters have either been shot down or followed into the Death Star!

Finally, he responded, "Let the light cruiser fleet come back immediately to provide support! Kill all those invisible special forces ships!"

The 50 Aquitens-class light cruisers immediately gave up attacking the transports and turned back to defend, guarding around the Imperial-class Star Destroyers. The Purification-class stealth special service ships were indeed greatly restricted in their actions and could no longer pose a threat to the Imperial-class Star Destroyers.

At this time, the large number of transport ships finally lost their threat. They all flew into the atmosphere of Talasia, and some of them were even able to fly directly to the Death Star!

When the transport ship entered the atmosphere, it couldn't even wait to land. The hatch opened and a dense, black mass of fully armed Geonosians flew out!

These are all Geonosians who came here from the planet Geonosius and would rather fight and die than save their queen!

There were a total of 6 million of them, and even though many were shot down by the Aquitens-class light cruiser formation on the way, more than 5 million still reached their destination. They either entered the planet of Talasia or entered the interior of the Death Star and immediately joined the battle.

Unlike the Geonosians who revolted on the planet Talasia, these Geonosians from their home planet received funding from the Kingdom of Dawn. Each of them was fully armed and even carried heavy weapons.

Not only that, a large portion of these Geonosians are warriors! Their combat capabilities are far superior to those of the rebellious laborers.

Geonosian warriors hold their specialty sonic blaster rifles, which can not only cause damage through blaster beams, but also emit directional high-frequency sound waves that can penetrate armor and bunkers, causing stun effects on people behind. The only drawback is that the range is short.

The arrival of these millions of Geonosian warriors finally caused the war situation on the entire planet of Talasia and inside the Death Star to completely get out of control!

On multiple battlefields, the imperial garrison forces that had been able to hold on finally collapsed.

A Gemini anti-aircraft missile launched by a Ghost fighter during the battle was deviated from its direction due to interference from an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, and exploded on the outer armor of the Death Star with a bang.

This was also the first damage the Death Star had suffered since the battle began.

Then, under the command of the T-series tactical robots, the warships of the Kingdom of Dawn turned their guns and fired at the Death Star! Countless heavy turbolaser shells fell on the Death Star, exploding countless huge fireballs.

However, these warships were also retaliated by the Imperial Fleet, and one after another was destroyed. After destroying another Imperial-class Star Destroyer, the Purification-class stealth special forces ships were destroyed by the escorting light cruisers.

At the same time, after the light cruisers and frigates returned to defend, the Dawn Kingdom's Ghost fighter fleet could hardly find an opportunity to attack the Star Destroyers. Most of them flew into the Death Star to delay time and reinforce the Geonosians.

After suffering heavy losses, the Imperial Navy finally regained control of the war.

But... it's too late!

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Boom! Boom! Boom!!

Explosions continued to sound, and with each explosion, the ground shook violently, as if an earthquake was erupting at any time and anywhere.

Orson Krennic, who was in the energy control center inside the Death Star, finally felt the threat of death. He held his head with both hands and shouted, "No! No! We are going to die! We are going to die!!"

"Enough! Shut up!" Prophet Dara grabbed him and yelled at his face, "Where are the reinforcements? When will they arrive? "

Orson Krennic finally came to his senses and said, "There are still two hours! The Empire will send a main fleet to reinforce! No... It's too late... I will die here!"

"That's right. If we stay here, we will die!" said the prophet Daara. "The Death Star has been invaded by a large number of Geonosians. We will be surrounded soon!"

"What should I do? What should I do? No... I shouldn't have come here! I'm going to die..." Orson Krennic screamed in collapse.

"No! We still have a way to turn the situation around!" said the Prophet Dara, "Follow me! Bring the Death Guard with you! This is our last chance!"

"Where are we going? Back to the battleship?" Orson Krennic asked blankly.

"No! Bastard! Follow me to the lair of the Geonosis Queen!" said the Prophet Daala. He had to convince Krennic to go with him, otherwise, those Death Guards would not follow him.

"The Queen's Lair? No! I won't go! I'll be dead if I go!" Orson Krennic was terrified. "That bastard Bogle was trying to trick me into the lair! There must be a trap there!"

"No matter if there are traps or not, we will just kill our way through! As long as we capture Emperor Kalina, those millions of Geonosians will be quiet immediately!"

"No! I won't go!" Orson Krennic didn't have the courage to carry out such a risky combat operation.

The prophet Daala was immediately furious. He grabbed Krennic by the collar and shouted, "Do you think you can survive if you don't come with me? Look here!! Look at the construction site of the entire DS-1 project!! Haven't you discovered it yet? You are finished! Finished! You are dead!! How do you think the Emperor will deal with you? Do you think you can survive his wrath?"

Orson Krennic looked at the flames of explosions everywhere, the constantly flashing laser beams, and listened to the explosions and screams that came one after another. He almost collapsed and sat on the ground with a thump.

"That's right...it's over...I'm finished..." he muttered to himself.

"You still have one last chance! Capture Emperor Kalina! Quell the entire rebellion immediately, and then catch the culprit who sneaked in! Only in this way can you put the blame on those separatist agents! Only in this way can you have a chance to be forgiven by His Majesty the Emperor!" Prophet Dara shouted, "Now! Get out of here!!"

He dragged Orson Krennic up from the ground and walked outside.

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The other side of the Death Star.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Three consecutive gunshots, the bullets coming from three different angles.

However, Prophet Tana simply turned sideways and dodged all the attacks. She held the blood-red lightsaber upside down and rushed in one direction.

With the help of the Force, she was extremely fast, jumping more than ten meters high and crossing hundreds of meters in less than thirty seconds.

A figure flashed by in front of him, wearing tight combat uniform and full-coverage helmet. It was Nova! However, Prophet Tana just smiled coldly, "You expect to fool me with this little trick?"

She kept walking and dodged the simulated holographic image. She raised her hand and a large number of steel bars flew up from the side and shot directly into the empty air!

Nova dodged the attack of the steel bars in a somewhat awkward manner, and continued to shuttle through the complex Death Star construction site with a grappling gun, trying to distance herself from the Dark Prophet. But the Prophet Tana was determined to catch her and chased her relentlessly, and she couldn't get rid of her at all!

No matter what traps Nova set or where she ran, she could not escape the perception of Tana the Prophet.

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"Are you still planning to run?" Prophet Tana said coldly, "I told you that you will never be able to escape. Just surrender... Your future is already determined. You will spend the rest of your life in the darkest and cruelest dungeon in the empire, suffering torture. If you simply surrender, I will give you a quick death."

She was shot in the head in response! Nova used the C-10 sniper rifle in her hand to great effect. She didn't even aim, but shot backhanded with one hand and hit the forehead of Tana Prophet!

However... the bullet was stopped by an invisible force less than half a meter away from Prophet Tana's forehead.

"Heh." Prophet Tana smiled coldly, and the bullet flew back instantly. Nova felt the crisis at this moment and quickly twisted her waist, but was still hit in the shoulder.

The powerful impact knocked her to the ground, and blood gushed out of her shoulder.

"It seems... you have chosen a painful path." Prophet Tana showed a cruel smile and walked over step by step. "I will personally be responsible for your interrogation."

"So you are the Inquisitor? It doesn't seem like it..." Nova snorted coldly. She sat up from the ground and calmly placed a small device on her shoulder. A tiny mechanical claw immediately extended from the device, went deep into the wound and dug out the bullet!

Nova groaned in extreme pain.

"Relax. This kind of pain will only be your daily routine for the next few decades..." Prophet Tana comforted her, "Now, tell me your plan. You won't have to suffer in the future."

She had already arrived in front of Nova, with the blood-red lightsaber pointing at Nova's forehead.

"Don't you think you've run far enough?" Nova suddenly asked back.

"What? You still expect those Geonosian bugs to save you?" Prophet Tana sneered.

Nova didn't say anything either, just looked up at the ceiling.

Suddenly! A gloomy and powerful voice suddenly came from behind the Prophet Tana, "Na vazil (We destroy)..."

Before Prophet Tana could react, her head flew up and her headless body fell to the ground with blood gushing out from the broken neck.

In the dark void, a shadow gradually took shape. A tall and thin figure stood in front of Nova. It was a Protoss Dark Templar! He was wearing purple armor of unknown material, a piece of black cloth on his face, and even his eyes were emitting purple light.

If you know something about the Protoss, you will understand that this is the characteristic of the Lenassa tribe among the Nerazim.

"This is too risky, Nova." The Dark Templar of the Lenatha tribe turned his head to look at Nova, his eyes emitting purple light staring at her wound, and a powerful voice came from her mind.

"There's no way. I'm not sure I can defeat her in a head-on fight, let alone kill her...Voidarath, thank you." Nova began to treat the wound. She sprayed the wound with first aid spray.

Dark Templar Vordaras helped her bandage her and said, "I didn't find any trace of Galen Erso inside the Death Star. He should be on the Imperial battleship."

Nova's face darkened. "Hmph! Those guys in the Empire still protect their top talents very well. Since we can't find it, there's nothing we can do. We should destroy the Death Star as much as possible. Let's find a way to blow up the energy core of this big iron ball."

Voldaras shook his head and said, "I don't think Emperor Karina will agree to this plan. She may even ask her men to stop us."

"She wants to occupy the Death Star and run away, haha! That's just an unrealistic fantasy... What does she think of the Galactic Empire? Ignore her, let's go." Nova stood up from the ground, nodded at Vodaras, activated the cloaking device and disappeared into the air.

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Orson Krennic and Prophet Daala had already entered the atmosphere of the planet Talasia on a shuttle under the protection of two Aquitens-class light cruisers, flying towards the Geonosian nest.

Along the way, the Aquitens-class light cruiser had no scruples at all and launched a frantic bombardment of ground targets! The turbolaser cannons rained down from the sky, blasting the ground into a sea of ​​fire, and all the Geonosians around were blown to ashes.

At this point in the battle, with the Dawn Kingdom fleet's suicidal attack on the Death Star, resulting in heavy losses, the Imperial Navy's warships have become an unshakable presence on the battlefield.

Under the cover of powerful firepower, Orson Krennic and Prophet Daara led the Death Guard to force a landing and charged into the nest!