The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

223, 33BBY

Another year has passed in the Milky Way in chaos. During this year, turmoil broke out in many places in the Milky Way, making the already precarious Republic even more shaky.

Disputes between the planet Marathal and the Enterprise Alliance, followed by the Battle of the Malastal Fjord;

The conflict between Jabba the Hutt and Gardulla broke out on the planet Tatooine, and a direct confrontation broke out between the two;

A famine broke out on the planet Rodia, and brain plague broke out on the planet Jabim;

The king of Naboo, Als-Veruna, was involved in a series of scandals and finally announced his abdication;

The Black Sun was suddenly attacked by the Interstellar Banking Association, the Fourth Group, and the Enterprise Alliance, and conflicts broke out almost simultaneously on hundreds of planets;

A mysterious planet Sojorun was suddenly blown up for unknown reasons;

The conflict between the conservatives and the technological movement intensified on the planet Ceria, and finally a civil war broke out...

In addition, there are many other things happened, such as the Hark suddenly invaded the homeland of the Kali, and the two sides immediately entered a state of all-out war; the Injoli tried to seek greater political and military status, etc...

Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, is no longer peaceful, and the position of the speaker, Phinis Valorum, is in jeopardy. After a series of stupid operations, he completely lost the support of the judicial fleet and became a toothless tiger. And Deputy Speaker Botain, who has supported him for more than ten years, is being impeached.

In contrast, the outer ring planets are the main ones, and the ring faction members who seek to have more rights and interests of the outer ring planets are becoming more and more powerful. They have made a loud voice in the Galactic Parliament. The impeachment of the deputy speaker Botan is theirs Provoked first.

At the same time, the Naboo planet member Sheev Palpatine, who had great prestige in the parliament, was steadily improving his influence.

With the passing of the old year (34BBY) and ushering in the new year, many suffering people in the galaxy are making wishes and praying that in the new year, the chaos will be corrected, hoping that their lives will become better and the galaxy will return to peace. .

But this is destined to be just wishful thinking...

The conflicts that broke out before were just some manifestations of the intensification of conflicts, but they were far from reaching the time of real detonation.

In 33BBY, the main contradictions in the Galactic Republic have been reflected in the contradictions between the inner ring, the inner circle planet and the outer ring planet, as well as the contradiction between the government of the Republic and the corporate giants!

Trade alliances, enterprise alliances, interstellar banking associations, commercial guilds, and technology alliances, the leading trust groups in the galaxy [Note 1] are becoming more and more powerful. Their tentacles not only extend into all aspects of the economy and people's livelihood, but also in There are also many supporters in the Galactic Council, and the power and money transactions are almost unscrupulous.

It is also because of them that the Galactic Republic has practically lost its influence on the outer ring planets, which makes the members of the Ring faction more and more dissatisfied with the status quo of the Republic. In other words, this has truly affected the unity of the Galactic Republic!

But in fact, almost no one can see clearly, the domineering corporate giants, the chaos of the outer ring planet, all these things, there are people manipulating them behind the scenes!

It's like saying, when you see a ping pong ball, you will understand that it is spherical, but when you look down at your feet, you can't tell the truth that you are also standing on a ball.

When a conspiracy is big enough, no one will think it is a conspiracy!

The chairman of the Galactic Council, Finnis-Valoren, will never know that instigating the continuous outbreak of turmoil on the outer ring planets, secretly supporting corporate giants to make them stronger, and constantly provoking incidents has made the Jedi Order more and more involved in these conflicts. At the same time, he was still boasting about his loyalty to the Republic in the parliament, and pushing him to speed up the process of taxing the outer ring planet...

They are all written by the same person, or two people!

One person plans, one person executes...

And they are the greatest enemies of the Galactic Republic, the Sith!

It was Darth Plagueis who planned it all, and Darth Sidious who executed it all.

In front of the public, one of them is the influential financial tycoon Hego-Damask II, and the other is the highly respected member of the parliament, Schiff Palpatine.

With the old year finally over, the Galactic Republic, played by them, is heading towards the end step by step.

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The capital of the Galactic Republic, Coruscant, 33BBY.

In the Galactic Parliament Building, in the office of Speaker Phinnis-Valorum, Speaker Phineas-Valorum, Deputy Speaker Botan, and Naboo Planet Councilor Shiv-Palpatine are sitting together to discuss in a low voice.

"I hope this business summit can allow us to reach a certain consensus with the Trade Federation and the Enterprise Alliance, Senator Palpatine, what do you think?" Phoenix-Valoran asked.

Palpatine always had that warm smile on his face, "It's great to be able to start a dialogue. I conveyed my message to the Governor of the Trade Federation through some relationships. I think they are willing to participate. However, if you want to We need to expand the scope of the meeting if we are going to move forward with the Outer Rim taxation bill."

"Tell me your opinion."

"The Enterprise Alliance is sure to participate. In addition, we can invite giants such as the Interstellar Banking Association and the Commercial Guild, as well as some smaller organizations. I think the Galactic Republic still has enough deterrents for these organizations. Powerful," Palpatine said.

Phyllis-Valoron said: "Very well, just do as you want. The planet and venue for the summit must be arranged as soon as possible. In the recent period, I have worked hard for you."

"Where, this is what I should do." Palpatine said with a smile, "In addition, this matter still needs to rely on the energy of Deputy Speaker Botan. The elders are here to hold the line."

Valoren nodded and said to Botan: "I hope so too, Botan. We have been working together for more than ten years, and you have been under too much pressure recently. You put down the things in hand first, and Palpa Mr. Ting will go to these planets together, just to relax. We have already inquired about all aspects of this summit, and it will definitely be a successful summit. With this successful experience, I believe you should Can run smoothly through the end of his term and retire."

Deputy Speaker Botan smiled wryly and said, "I will do my best."

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[Note 1: It should be noted that these giants are not independent enterprises, but the organizational form of trusts. That is, a joint monopoly organization composed of a large number of enterprises with similar industries and products]

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