The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

957. Betrayal

Hearing Barris Ofina's naive question, the two actors looked at each other and said helplessly, "This is something about their big shots...we don't understand."

They are also exquisite characters like human beings, so naturally they dare not distinguish in this matter on this occasion.

Obi-Wan Kenobi also exchanged a look with Luminara Anduri, and the expressions of the two were also somewhat helpless. The situation of the planet Marathal, in fact, the conflict that broke out when the planet Marastal was blocked more than ten years ago, the Battle of the Malastal Fjord, has already fully explained the problem.

Although the planet produces high-quality gas fuel and can also produce pod racing engines, in fact this planet only exists as a vassal of the Enterprise Alliance. The enterprise alliance controls almost all resource mining and industrial production on the planet, making Marathal planet only a resource output place and a product processing factory, without any independent industrial system of its own. Without the enterprise alliance, even Self-sufficiency is difficult.

Coupled with the struggle between the Grans and Dags on the planet, the situation on the planet is even more difficult.

However, the behavior of the Galactic Republic is extremely chilling. They are biased in the struggle between the Grans and the Dags, and everything is biased towards the Grans. It is because the Grans have greater political influence, and standing on the side of the Grans under such circumstances can solve the problem more conveniently, at least on the surface.

This is not the first time the Galactic Republic has done this, it did the same thing during the war between the Kali and the Yamri.

It takes a lot of energy to fight against the strong, but it is much more convenient to bully the weak together with the strong, and it can be done in a few days.

This was also the case in the later battle of the Malasthal Fjord. The Enterprise Alliance blocked the planet. Although the Republic sent troops to intervene, in the end, it still suppressed the matter from the surface with a palliative but not the root cause. It was Maras who was injured. Tar planet.

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luminara Anduli have no choice but to be here. There are too many planets that have fallen into the arms of separatism for this reason, even from their perspective. Many things can actually be avoided, but after all, their position is here, and there is no way around it.

The only thing that can be counted on is to first preserve the existence of the Galactic Republic and stop this civil war, and then hope that those politicians can learn from the painful lessons brought about by this civil war and reform the politics of the Republic.

And how high the possibility of doing so is, to be honest, they don't know for sure.

"Who is the Separatist commander? Where are they?" Obi-Wan Kenobi softened his tone.

"Their commander is called Xiao Guanghua...Sometimes you can see a scary burly man with a plush toy around his waist, but I don't know the name...there is another one holding a shield and looking Stupid guy, his name is Shi Aimin." The Gran actor answered honestly.

The Dag actor also said: "But we don't know where they are. Every time they take the initiative to come to us...My lord, we are just acting, and they can't let us know about military things... ...Even the troops under us are...also..."

"And what?" Luminara asked.

"There are also many pro-republic factions in the planet... In fact, most of the troops that were sent to the battlefield were troops in the hands of these factions... For example, in the battle we fought in the business district the day before yesterday, our troops were all from Tata Kezhou, the representative of this state is pro-republic...and this army was completely annihilated by you the day before yesterday, and the representative of Tatako state announced his resignation yesterday..." said the Dag man.

"These bastards!" Obi-Wan Kenobi said indignantly.

"It's like we wiped out the factions that were close to the Republic on the planet Marathal one by one with our own hands? The factions that still exist on this planet and have great strength are all separatist factions?" Luminara-Ann Derry's face is very ugly.

"Yes...For example, the troops in places like Modata Industrial Continent and Ranneng Continent did not go into battle." The Dag people replied.

Obi-Wan Kenobi took a deep breath and said, "I must report the situation here to the Jedi Temple. The battle situation is very complicated now, and the hidden strength of separatism may be stronger than we imagined, even if we have reinforcements It may not be an opponent."

"Ainle Tim, the parliamentarian representative of Planet Marathal, undoubtedly played an important role in this matter. I will immediately notify the parliament and arrest him first." Luminara Anduri Nodding, he also picked up the communicator.

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The capital of the Galactic Republic, Coruscant.

The Galactic Parliament was as noisy as ever. Thousands of members were arguing endlessly about the next military investment and the direction of the counterattack. The fierce quarrel covered up the fact that there was one person missing in the parliament.

In a hotel on the 10th floor of Coruscant, more than a dozen heavily armed and ferocious Gran bodyguards are guarding a Gran man in a fine attire to leave quietly through the back door. He is an elite fighter who has experienced many battles among the Orchids.

What they are protecting is obviously the representative of the Marathal planet, Ainle-Tim.

As the leader of the ring faction members who once had a strong influence in the Galactic Parliament, Ainle-Tim has a very high reputation in the parliament. After the former speaker Finnis-Valorum finally stepped down, he was once the next Strongest contender for Speaker.

However, at the time of the final election, the sudden defection of another very prestigious leader of the ring faction, the representative of the planet Ryloth, Aoun Free-ta, made the entire election a disaster, and finally led to Schiff- Palpatine was elected Speaker.

This incident also led to the complete collapse of the Ring faction. Although the New Ring faction was once established with the help of Francis Underwood, the representative of Dawn Planet, with the outbreak of the war, many members of the New Ring faction planets have joined the Confederation of Independent Galaxies, and the New Ring faction ceased to exist.

But Ainle-Tim has been staying in the Galactic Republic Council, because the Marathal planet did not join the Confederation of Independent Galaxies at that time, and their initial idea was to remain neutral and not let this war affect them.

However, as the war progressed, the Golden Rock Planet, the home planet of the Granites, also announced its participation in the war, which greatly affected Ainle-Tim's decision. Francis Underwood's secret visit made Ainle Tim finally make up his mind to join the Confederation of Independent Galaxies!