Chapter 127

As screams filled the air, some people frantically ran away from the gate in an attempt to avoid being shot. "MONSTER!" They shouted in terror and panic and they ran away.

"Cease Fire" Shouted the Commander as he noticed that the civilians were dispersing so there was no more need to continue to shoot them.

All soldiers stopped shooting but kept their weapons aimed forward just in case they came back for more.

Meanwhile Abeloth started at the scene with an amused expression on her face since she didn't think that Alexander would resorted to such methods. She thought that he would have used the force to make the Mob freeze in place and scare them a little.

But she was completely wrong and Alexander instead used violence to solve the problem. She didn't care about the decision that he made since as his Wife she will naturally support whatever decision he makes.

"Effective immediately, this planet will be under martial law until I deem it unnecessary. Additional troops will be sent to enforce this order, so follow your orders accordingly," Ordered Alexander to the Commander.

"Yes Sir" Replied the Commander as he watched Alexander walk back to his shuttle. Once Alexander was some distance away the Commander turned around and started barking orders at his troops.

He also contacted the troops at the Garrison outpost and gave orders to all troops to deploy around the planet to enforce Martial Law.

Circarpous IV is a major trade location in the Circarpous System so there were traders coming and going off of the planet. So the small skirmish between the Mob and the Arcadian troops didn't go unnoticed.

In fact it was recorded by one of the people in the Mob who didn't waste anytime posting it on the Holo net. In a matter of hours the video had began to trending all across the Galaxy but instead of getting a negative reaction the video had many people who still supported the Terran Ascendency.

Especially those that lived inside of the Terran Ascendency since they knew the Laws which governed the Terran Ascendency. While they were given a lot of freedom as Terran Citizens the Government and Royal Family held power over everything.

Alexander was worshipped by the Rakatan species as a living deity who has saved them from extinction and brought them back to glory. They were like a cult with Alexander as their God.

So anything he does they will naturally not have any negative opinion of him. And that cult didn't stop at just the Rakatan species as many other species could also be considered apart of this cult.

80% of the population of the Terran Ascendency worshipped Alexander. While the remaining 20% were just neutral people who wanted to live their lives. The reason it was 80% was simple, it was because of Indoctrination.

In the schools of the Terran Ascendency all students no matter their race, gender or any other identifications were taught to worship Alexander. The History including the foundation of the Terran Ascendency was taught in schools going back to where Alexander first landed on Lehon and subjugated the Rakatan people.

From their his exploits and the History of the Terran Ascendency was taught and it emphasized Alexander's greatness.

So nobody inside of the Terran Ascendency even criticized his actions in the video. But in the Galactic Empire it was different.

The Empire had used this video as Propaganda against the Terran Ascendency to try and get more hatred towards them. But the Empire had did worser things so they couldn't really influence the population.

In face most had seen this as the Emperor enforcing Order among the people.

Long story short the Video had little to no effect at all on Alexander Reputation. People still fled from neighboring Empires an onto Terran worlds.

However, there was a faction that strongly disapproved of the video's content. And this group happened to be the Jedi Order.

The Rebel Alliance didn't voice any opinion on the matter since they wanted to keep the benefits that they could get from the Terran Ascendency.

And the last person who was conflicted about this matter was Padme. She stood for Freedom and democracy despite her being married to an Emperor. The Terran Ascendency had some elements of Democracy and then it had elements of Authoritarian.

Padme saw the video and she saw how violent the people were getting but she knew that Alexander could have handled it another way. She don't know why but the people dying didn't really affect her, instead it was the decision that Alexander made which made her conflicted.

And right now she was headed back to Lehon since she wanted to get a direct answer from him on why he made that decision instead of thinking of some other way.