Chapter 653: Concerns and Worries
Of course, from Vader's personal point of view, things are simpler. He actually did this more thinking about his son's future. After spending a few days in the expedition's control area, he could naturally feel that the higher echelons of the expedition seemed to favor his son Luke, and intended to let Luke take over the Galactic Empire in the future.
If it weren't for Luke's strength being too weak now, I'm afraid these people wouldn't have cooperated with him at all. As a father, he was both proud and worried. I am proud that my son, who has grown up on his own, has such a high level of attraction and can get such a high level of support.
What worries him is whether Luke will be able to see the situation and continue to work with this organization with unlimited growth potential. It is clear that the expedition was organized in such a way that it was almost completely impossible to eliminate itself.
And they are constantly exploring the wider extraterrestrial planes, and such an organization will eventually grow to be far more powerful than the Galactic Empire. At that time, the cooperative relationship between the two sides will inevitably be revised, and the Galactic Empire may even be annexed or worse.
This is not alarmism, and any political organization that becomes stronger has the urge to automatically expand its influence outward. And if the Temporal Council is known, it is likely that there will be short-sighted people within the Empire calling for the Council to overthrow the Empire's rule.
Vinda can foresee such a situation, and has enough political wisdom to follow the development of the trend. But he was worried that his son would not have that vision. Luke is a strong-willed Jedi, strong-willed, but far from a qualified politician.
He was willing to pass on the empire he had snatched to his son at any time, but he had to do some insurance. What he is doing now is to put on the first insurance, since he has the ability to overthrow the emperor's rule relatively independently, then he will not show up in the expedition in the process.
In this way, both parties can not only maximize their short-term interests, but also greatly delay the outbreak of possible power conflicts. After all, without the pressure of internal and external public opinion. Both of them are more comfortable working together.
Back at the meeting, the nearly 100 commanders sitting in the conference room had no idea what kind of drastic changes their immediate superiors had undergone, and after they questioned Vader's purpose for summoning everyone, Vader simply announced his plan.
He suddenly announced that he was going to organize a surprise attack on the imperial capital of Coruscant, with the aim of killing the emperor in one fell swoop and establishing himself as the new emperor. It can well be imagined. Such shocking news frightened everyone present at once.
Except for a few people at the scene, whose eyes suddenly burst into light, most of the others were stunned and fell into a great mental predicament. As high-ranking officers of the Galactic Empire, they naturally swore allegiance to the Emperor's rule.
Although most people are not very serious about their oaths, and even have some malice towards the emperor himself, this does not mean that each of them is psychologically and materially prepared for "rebellion". For many people, rebellion means a point of no return.
None of you are typical oppressed groups, but rather, rentiers, beneficiaries of the imperial polity. It's especially ironic. All of them had been hunting down the other rebels under the leadership of Lord Vader, and now their commander had become the rebels.
The crowd was speechless for a while, and then quickly fell into an ear-to-ear discussion. On the one hand, they were afraid that the coup d'état organized by Vader would fail like a coup organized by others, and on the other hand, they were worried about how long they would survive if they did not take a stand.
After all, Vader has always presented himself with a harsh, brutal image. If anyone dares to say no. I'm afraid the man won't be able to get out of this room alive. At this moment, one of the battleship commanders, who already had white hair, stood up. expressed their opinion.
"Your Excellency, think twice. We can't be traitors to the Empire......" It can be seen that this officer, who is already close to old age, is really very anxious, and the others around him are already looking at him in the same way as dead people.
Everyone was waiting for the next second, this guy was strangled to death by the lord with his hand, anyway, Vader had always punished people who disobeyed his orders in the past. But after two seconds passed, nothing happened. Vader didn't seem to be provoked, but calmly persuaded him.
"I will not force any of you to participate in this operation, there is a certain risk in the operation to overthrow the emperor, and not everyone hates him as much as I do, so I can understand your thoughts. But this means that you will be immediately dismissed. Can you accept it, Commander? ”
Vader calmly inquired, and as his words were released, the scene fell into an even more eerie silence. All of the officers involved in the meeting looked at Vader in the same way that they looked at strangers, which seemed to be quite different from their impression of their stern superiors. In the past, Vader would never be so tolerant of his subordinates to show understanding, no matter what the reason!
"Huh? Ah, no problem, sir. I'm going to hand over the command now, thank you, my lord......" The middle-aged and elderly officer expressed his gratitude almost gratefully, which was to rejoice that he had saved his life. He immediately relinquished his command and was subsequently taken out by Vader's guards.
There is no doubt that this guy's future future is over, no matter whether Vader's rebellion is successful or not, whether the emperor hangs up or not, this guy will no longer be able to mix in the imperial military circles. But it's also much better than hanging up in battle or being shot as a traitor.
Suddenly, many officers who also did not want to participate in the coup d'état also had the idea that they should hand over the command and watch from the sidelines. Although this is a good strategy, it seems to be relatively safe. But before anyone dared to do so, Vader did something that shocked them.
I saw Vader stand up, take off the combat gloves on his hands, turn off the ventilator on his chest, and then took off his helmet very simply. His move made everyone panic.
There are really few people in the fleet who have seen Vida's face, and even fewer who have seen the sea alive. Others only know that the Lord had been disfigured years ago, and that he had to rely on ventilators and mechanical limbs to survive and move. And everyone knew that the lord was very disgusted by others seeing his appearance under the mask.
The few well-informed people also knew about the feud between Vader and the Emperor, and knew that it was his mechanical body that really kept Vader from opposing the Emperor. Of course, those who know this are basically the emperor's insiders.
But when Vader revealed his current face and hands, everyone was shocked, especially the few insiders who worked for the emperor. Because the Vader they saw at this time showed no signs of disfigurement at all, and her hands were very normal.
While the sparse hair on his head and his unhealthy complexion indicate that he has only recently regained his appearance, the disappearance of his mechanical arm means that he has regained all of his physical mobility, meaning that he has once again become the greatest threat to the Emperor's safety.
"You must report to Your Majesty immediately and prepare to get rid of Vader!" "It's a common idea among several insiders at the moment. Of course, with the help of the expedition team in secrecy, their attempts must have been arduous and fruitless.
"You've been fighting with me for years, and you should all know that I will do what I say. Recently, I just used new technology to repair my body that was damaged many years ago. As you can see, I am no longer subject to my mechanical body. Vader took off his helmet and began to walk around the conference table, slowly convincing the officers in the room.
"Some of you must know who I was before I became Lord of the Empire, and why I have been slow to rebel against the Emperor's rule. Now, the situation has changed. I have decided to fulfill my mission to remove the Emperor. You can give me a helping hand in this process, or be a bystander. ”
"For the emperor, it won't make a difference. I've been with him for 20 years, and for him, you're not soldiers of the Empire, you're not the pillars of his rule. He won't give you a choice like I did. ”
"In fact, in his opinion, you, as my subordinates, are now equivalent to participating in the rebellion. Now, you have a hard choice to make. Either follow me to overthrow his rule, or be killed as a traitor by the Emperor. ”
"Of course, I don't expect you to blindly follow me. All those involved in the operation will be promoted to the next level after success...... "Vader began to coerce and induce his subordinates to follow him. He roughly announced the operational steps of his rebellion plan, of course, only the general steps were announced so far, and several important details were deliberately downplayed and concealed.
Because those few details are precisely the key to the decisive victory, he can't release these details until he makes sure that all the inner ghosts are found out. But the steps he announced were convincing, at least for everyone in attendance.
The Emperor's security was not invulnerable, and there had been several assassination attempts against the Emperor that had been nearly successful, the closest to success had been organized by opponents within the Imperial Army a few years earlier. If it weren't for the fact that the organizers of that plot underestimated the Emperor's level of Force cultivation, that assassination would have been the Emperor's end.
In the conference room, Vader spent about two hours convincing most people to follow him, and a few still chose to lose their positions to save their lives. As for how many of the people who support him are really persuaded and how many are waiting, it depends on the final monitoring results. (To be continued......)
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