After Councilor Padmé Amidala abstained from voting, she walked out of the venue. She frowned and kept thinking. She saw a tall, dark-skinned human councilor coming from a distance, and she quickly walked up.
He saluted slightly and said, "Congressman Bail Organa."
Organa smiled and nodded, and returned the greeting slightly: "Councilor Padmé Amidala." Then the two of them walked together with their entourage.
"The passage of this motion today makes me very worried, Senator Organa." Padmé said with a frown.
"What are you worried about?" Organa asked.
"I think such continuous military expansion will only be counterproductive and give the separatists more reason to arm themselves. I am worried that such an arms race may be the beginning of a war." Padmé replied.
Organa said in a deep voice: "But it is an indisputable fact that the separatist forces are becoming more and more rampant. It has just been a week since the Coruscant blackout. The Speaker is actually right. It is very simple for us to oppose military expansion, but because of this blackout
And for the more than 1,000 workers who died, who should they go to for an explanation? Isn’t it the responsibility of our republic to protect their safety?"
Padme shook her head and said: "Military expansion is not the fundamental solution to the problem. On the contrary, it is equivalent to drinking poison to quench thirst. Because the military expenditures for this round of military expansion are shared, it will be another heavy burden. In this way, those who are already very difficult will
The Middle and Outer Rim galaxies are even more susceptible to separatist seduction."
Organa thought for a while and then said: "Actually, I voted in favor of Bill 87 today."
"Then your consideration is..."
"The corruption problem in the Republic is indeed very serious now, to the point where it has almost shaken the foundation of our country. Moreover, the separatists have carried out more and more armed attacks in recent years, and we really need a team that can truly protect
Our military. And this role, the judicial fleet has not fulfilled." Senator Organa took a deep breath, and then spit it out heavily.
"But this approach is too radical." Padmé also sighed.
"It's time to be radical. I don't know that such military expansion will make the galaxies in the middle and outer rings further fall towards separatism. But compared to reviving the national prestige of the Galactic Republic, these are short-term and affordable
Labor pain. Once the Republic can stand up again and once again prove that it can protect these joined galaxies, then there will be no need for us to do more, the separatism will naturally collapse, and those galaxies will return to our embrace." Bell-O
Garner said.
Padmé nodded slowly, wanting to say something, but she also felt that what Organa said made sense, so she smiled at Organa and said, "That's all I can do now. But I will try my best to be there."
Different voices should be heard in the parliament to prevent the parliament from becoming Speaker Palpatine's voice."
"That's right, Senator Padmé." Organa also said with a smile.
At this moment, the two saw Peacock walking over with a haggard look on her face. She seemed to have stayed up all night and had dark circles under her eyes. She seemed to have lost her luster. She walked forward and said to the two of them.
They saluted respectively: "Congressman Padmé, Senator Organa."
"Hello, Lord Peacock. What are you..." Congressman Organa was a little surprised to see that the Peacock, who had been so graceful in the past, turned out to be like this.
"Yesterday, the Guardian Planet decided to withdraw from the Galactic Republic." Peacock said slowly.
"Your Excellency Peacock, why...why is this happening?" Padmé was shocked.
Peacock smiled bitterly and said: "Because we are indeed unsustainable... After joining the Republic, due to an unnecessary disaster, all the aid the Republic gave us was in vain, but we started the project to integrate with the Republic.
.In the end, I had to rely on debt to survive..."
She sighed again and said: "I'm here to say goodbye to you today. I don't know when I'll see you next time. Maybe it will be when the Guardian Planet has completely become a source of manpower and resources for others.
...Sometimes, I really hope that the electromagnetic nebula in the BY-419 star field has not dissipated. The guardian planet at that time was still a paradise-like home..."
After saying that, Peacock didn't wait for their answer, bowed deeply and left without looking back, leaving only Padmé and Organa stunned.
Organa was stunned for a long time, and then slowly said: "The Guardian Planet is really a paradise planet. Although I didn't stay on that planet for long, I did have a wonderful time.
Time... maybe I shouldn't have voted yes just now..."
"But recently I did hear that in order to repay debts, the Guardian Planet had to open many factories to produce various low-tech parts." Padmé shook her head and sighed: "In fact, what happened to the Guardian Planet,
It also represents the experience of many weak galaxies in the middle and outer rings. No one is willing to speak for them, but there are always many people who are willing to add insult to injury."
Congressman Organa said solemnly: "Due to the assassination of the Speaker last time, the Guardian Planet did encounter a lot of difficulties. Even if they proved that the assassination of the Speaker was what the separatists claimed and was not the responsibility of the Guardian Planet, it did not reverse this.
.Many civilized and developed planets in the core circle and inner circle look at this matter with a joke mentality..."
Padmé said with great gravity: "That's why so many galaxies are willing to join Separatism... I am very worried that one day I will see the name of the Guardian Planet among the Separatist forces."
"Perhaps, this has already happened..." Senator Organa said seriously, "But, Senator Padmé, we must strengthen our beliefs! I hope that the Republic can welcome the Guardian Planet again with a better attitude.
, and other star systems that broke away from the Republic."
"I hope so... No! I believe it will happen! The Republic will definitely sweep away its scourge and stand up again!" Padmé's eyes also showed determination.
…
After leaving the parliament building, Peacock's expression instantly returned to what it was before. She smiled slightly and said: "Svetlana, you and Eliza will stay in Coruscant. Our eyes and influence here cannot be thrown away casually.
Tianwo will hurry up and smuggle some Zealot soldiers from the Guardian Planet to help you. Moreover, the technical bottleneck of mass production of T-X has also been broken a lot. This batch will have five mass-produced T-Xs coming to help. Although the performance
There is a big gap compared with Eliza, but it will be of great help." (To be continued)