When he made the decision to have the Plague withdraw from the planet Cato-Neimoidia, Tang Xiao had actually already made his choice.
Between the Trade Federation and the Plague, he chose the former, which may even lead to Darth Lilim, his loyal disciple, and now arguably the most powerful commander in the entire galaxy, Severan.
Silk Tann.
But these things are not as important as the trade alliance.
As long as you can gain the allegiance of the Trade Federation, it will be more valuable than 100 Plague ships. General talents are indeed rare, but that's all.
But that doesn't mean he doesn't do anything.
On October 32, 22 BBY [Note 1], the Titan battleship Plague of the Fourth Civilization was forced to leave the planet Cato-Neimoidia alone due to pressure from the Trade Alliance.
The Galactic Republic fleet, which had already received the news, was even more prepared. Even though the warships everywhere were stretched thin, and the number of warships gathered everywhere was not large, the Republic still found more than 100 warships to surround Cato Neimoidia again.
Planet, vowing to completely destroy this threatening Titan battleship when the Plague is left alone.
Not only that, but there is also the separatist general who twice threatened the core circle of the Republic - Severance Tann!
However, when the Titan battleship Plague flew out of the low-orbit spaceport on the planet Cato-Neimoidia, its appearance surprised all the officers and soldiers of the Republic fleet, including Master Windu.
Because the shell of this huge Titan battleship is densely covered with Vulture robot fighters, and the number has exceeded 5,000! The Trade Federation played a word game. After all, the Plague is only here for supplies, but no one stipulates supplies.
You can't hang thousands of fighter jets outside a battleship, right?
When the Titan battleship Plague rushed out, the Republic fleet on the periphery of the planet immediately opened fire! And the vulture robot fighters hanging densely outside the Plague immediately took off like locusts, rushing towards the Republic fleet desperately!
At this moment, Newt Gunray, the Governor of the Trade Federation, is tremblingly facing the terrifying shadow in front of him, a figure wearing a black cloak projected from the holographic projection...
Darth Malthael.
Malthael said nothing and just stared at Newt Gunray. Just such an action made Newt Gunray almost pee from the fright. He fell to the ground with a plop and cried out in a mournful voice: "
Death... Lord Angel of Death... this time, this time it’s really not me who wants to betray you! It’s really... it’s us... I, I have already thought of a way to hang all the fighter jets on the planet on the Plague.
, these fighter jets can cover the Plague into hyperspace, I don’t want to either...I, I..."
"Hehehehe..." Unexpectedly, Darth Malthael suddenly sneered, "I sacrificed the Titan battleship Plague to help your Trade Alliance maintain its current position, hehehehe... I think, we
Our relationship is not that good yet, what do you think?"
"What do you want me to do? Whatever you want me to do...anything is fine!" Newt Gunray quickly got up and showed his courtesy. However, as soon as he finished speaking, an invisible force grabbed his neck.
Darth Malthael's voice became ferocious, "I helped you because you are still useful! I threw away the Plague because you are more useful now. You'd better not let me down, otherwise I will
The next time I take a multiple-choice question, I can't guarantee which side I will put you on."
"No...no way! Lord Necromancer, I am absolutely loyal to you, absolutely, absolutely!" Newt Gunray was out of breath and he said while struggling.
"Then, give me that..." Darth Malthael let go of Newt Gunray's neck and said one word.
Newt Gunray's face changed drastically, "This, this is impossible! That, that is the place that Count Dooku values the most, there is no way he will relax his control!!"
"Soon you will find that doing this will only benefit you." Darth Malthael said, "I have told you, if you want to survive, you can only win the war, and if you want to win the war, you can only win the war.
There is a road to follow—the road I have paved for you.”
Newt Gunray collapsed and fell to the ground again, nodding with horror on his face.
…
Severance Tann commanded the Plague Titan battleship to break through the heavy siege of the Republic fleet. Under the cover of those vulture robot fighters, it finally broke out of the planet's gravity circle, started the hyperspace engine and disappeared instantly.
But her face was still extremely solemn, and she knew that this was just the beginning.
The hyperspace engine level of the Titan battleship Plague is not high, which is also the biggest shortcoming of the battleship. The distance of the hyperspace jump this time is not long, and the Republic's outposts all over the core circle will soon discover the whereabouts of the Plague again, and then
Their fleet will follow.
The communication was connected, and Tang Xiao's figure appeared on the screen. "It seems that you have taken the most difficult step." He said lightly.
"The Trade Federation still seems to be leaning towards us. Your plan has succeeded. Lord Governor." Severance Tann said this, but her tone was a little cold and unwilling.
A sneer appeared on the corner of Tang Xiao's mouth, "I have told you before that when your value is greater than others, the choices left to me will be simpler, and obviously, you lost this time. So,
Try to make yourself more useful."
Severance Tann gritted her teeth, "Is this what you call politics?"
"Yes, this is politics." Tang Xiao said, "Politics is very simple, interests come first, and everything can be put on the scale. But at the same time, politics is also very complicated, because it is difficult for you to grasp the changing general trend."
Severance Tann took a deep breath, suddenly took a step forward, knelt on one knee, lowered her head and said: "I want to go back alive, Lord Governor... please save my life..."
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[Note 1: The chronology of the Galactic Republic in "Star Wars", the seconds, minutes, hours, and days are all the same as those on the Earth, and then there are 5 days in a week, 7 weeks in a month, and 10 months in a year, plus a separate 3 weeks and 3 days.
holidays, so there are 368 days in a year and 35 days in January. This day is determined based on the revolution and rotation data of the capital Coruscant. In addition, the size and orbit of Coruscant are close to those of the Earth, so the calendar is also close.
Maybe I used the wrong time in some places in the previous content, and I will pay attention to it later. But fortunately, this issue is not an important issue, and it does not affect reading. In fact, it doesn't matter even if you bring the time standard of the earth.
As for Monday to Friday, there are also unique names in the "Star Wars" world. For example, Monday is called Prime Day, which is even more troublesome. From now on, it will be called Monday to Friday.]
