The Liquidation of The Losers

After the celebration and commendation of the winners, the losers will naturally have to stand on the trial platform for trial.

In the vicious event of the Trade Federation invasion of Planet Naboo, several direct participants have been captured. Among them, Daultay Dofine, the senior Director of the Trade Union, died in the battle with the destruction of the Droid Control Ship. The Viceroy of the Trade Federation, Newt Gunley, and his adjutant, Rune Haako, were in the Palace of Planet Naboo and captured.

Xiao Guanghua, a Military Observer of the Fourth Civilization, was also captured at the same time.

Of course, the term Fourth Civilization is not used in the Galactic Republic. At this time, Xiao Guanghua's identity is the Action Consultant of the Fourth Group. He appeared in this battle, and according to the statement of the Commander of the Gungan Army, Xiao Guanghua appeared as the Commander of the Droid Army.

This situation immediately made the Fourth Group passive in the public opinion of the Senate.

It was also because of this incident that Tang Xiao originally wanted to visit Planet Naboo and have a meal at the celebration of Planet Naboo, but because of the ambiguous relationship between Planet Dawn and the Fourth Group, he was directly rejected by Amidala. The ugly refusal of the Queen made Tang Xiao a little disappointed, so he dismissed Xiao Guanghua in a rage.

During the trial against Nute Gunray, Rune Haako, and Xiao Guanghua, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine immediately showed a completely different spirit from the previous Finis Valorum and he decisively demanded to Indict the three people for war crimes and demand huge compensation from the Trade Federation and the Fourth Group.

But the corruption of the Republic cannot be solved in a day or two. The Trade Federation refuses to admit that Nute Gunray's actions are guilty. Their representative, Lott Dod, has repeatedly emphasized that it was Planet Naboo who broke the contract first, and the Trade Federation's actions were just normal business practice.

He also took out the unequal treaty signed by the former king of Naboo, Ars Veruna, as evidence, showing that Planet Naboo has not fulfilled its treaty obligations in the last whole year, causing 1.2 billion 400 million in damage to the Trade Federation. The loss of tens of millions of Galactic Credits.

However, Planet Naboo refused to recognize the validity of the treaty. Queen Amidala said that it was signed under the oppression of power, and the treaty itself violated the Constitution of the Republic.

Then several parties began to argue about this treaty again, endlessly.

The Fourth Group's attitude towards Xiao Guanghua is even simpler. Gross Shelby, who has been promoted to the Director of the Fourth Group, did not participate in the hearing. Rosanna, a representative of the Fourth Group who was also promoted, attended the hearing.

Rosanna just said lightly, "Xiao Guanghua was on vacation in the past, he didn't do anything, he just watched it for fun."

Gungan Representative Jar Jar Binks said loudly: "I also participated in this battle as a General, and I saw Xiao Guanghua commanding the Droid Army with my own eyes!" But his appearance was not very convincing.

"As we all know, the Droids of the Trade Federation are controlled by the Droid Control Ship. What do you think Xiao Guanghua should do to Command this battle?" Rosanna looked at Jar Jar Binks coldly, "And you actually the general of the Gungan people? Hehe, I think I can imagine why the Gungan people's 100,000 troops were beaten to pieces and discarded their helmets and armor."

Now even the good-tempered Jar Jar Binks was angry. He jumped and said, "There are no cowards in the Gungans! More than ten thousand of our warriors lost their lives in the battle of the prairie! I won't allow you to insult Gungans like this!"

"No offense intended, I'm just stating the facts," Rosanna said.

Her sharp words made Jar Jar Binks, who had never seen such a big scene, almost collapse. He tried to hit Xiao Guanghua with a water glass but was stopped, and the hearing ended without a problem again.

In the end, because the 48-hour detention time had expired, the law enforcement agencies of the Republic had no reason to continue to detain the three people. They could only release them temporarily and asked them to be on call at any time, not to leave Coruscant, and to be on call.

Then Xiao Guanghua boarded Nute Gunray's spaceship that day, and the three left directly, each going back to their respective homes.

But the matter was not over yet. Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine convened an enlarged meeting the next day and immediately put on the table a proposal to impose sanctions on the Trade Federation and the Fourth Group.

According to the content of the sanctions, the Trade Federation will be completely deprived of its Trade Privileges, and the Trade Federation that has lost its Trade Privileges will no longer be a member of the Free Trade Zone, and all their commercial activities in the Outer Ring Star Area will be heavily taxed.

Not only that, this proposal requires the Trade Federation to completely disband its defense fleet, and the work of protecting their routes will be handed over to the Republic's local defense fleet, and the Trade Federation needs to pay a lot of money to maintain the work of the local defense fleet.

For the Fourth Group, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine also proposed a direct fine of 5 billion credits, free post-war reconstruction for Planet Naboo, revoked insulting advertisements for the Republic, and disbanded the defense fleet, stopping the production of combat ships and sales.

If these sanctions are enforced, it will basically be the death sentence for the Trade Federation and the Fourth Group.

But the two companies have no intention of accepting sanctions at all. Not only that, but their Representatives, Lot Dod and Rosanna Goodes, did not withdraw from the Galactic Senate as many people imagined but continued to stay in the Galactic Senate causing kinds of discussion in the Senate.

And at this time, a very delicate situation also appeared in the Galactic Senate.

Those who strongly demanded severe punishment of the Trade Federation and the Fourth Group were mostly representatives of the planets in the Inner Ring and the Core Area, while the representatives of the planets in the Outer Ring were mostly ambiguous, or simply openly supported the Trade Federation.

But Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was also very straightforward. At a meeting, he publicly declared that those planets that supported Corporate Giants such as the Trade Federation were bought by them and were the root of corruption in the Galactic Senate.

He attributed the corruption of Finis Valorum to the bribes and bribes of Corporate Giants such as the Trade Federation, and he began to guide the wind in the Senate. All members who supported the Trade Federation were bought and corrupted. Yes, the sinners of the Republic.

Supreme Chancellor Palpatine intentionally or unintentionally overlooked a fact, because the economic lifeline of many planets in the Outer Rim Star Region relies on Corporate Giants such as the Trade Federation to operate. For some planets that are not capable of interstellar navigation, the connection between them and the Republic also relies on the Trade Federation.

Even if there is exploitation in this process, at least it is a guarantee for their Economic Development and Sector Domain Security, which is exactly what the Republic cannot give. These planets support the Trade Federation, which is actually understandable, and it is also a normal political orientation behavior.

However, Palpatine's approach is to please the developed planets in the Inner Ring and the Core Circle that are truly profound and to label the backward planets in the Outer Ring and kick them aside.

Soon, Senators from the Outer Ring Star District, including Senator Ainlee Teem, began to find that they were becoming more and more isolated in the Senate, and their voices became smaller and smaller. The former Ring Group also fell apart because of the betrayal of the leader Orn Free Taa.

But at this moment, a person stood up.

Planet Dawn Senator, Francis Underwood.