"Requisitioning civilian spaceships, and even hijacking civilians and taking them to the battlefield!! This is simply ridiculous! When did the Galactic Republic become so inhumane! It is a shame to bring such a bill to the parliament for discussion!!" Padmé
- Senator Amidala controlled the anti-gravity platform and flew into the middle, pointed at Palpatine's nose and almost cursed.
However, Palpatine just stood there motionless and did not speak in the face of Padmé's questioning. He just smiled and looked at her and the angry congressmen.
"There's nothing we can do about it! Do you know what's going on in the Corellian galaxy now? Do you know what the midpoint station means?" There are also many congressmen who support Palpatine, including Gideon, the representative of the planet Kuat.
-Daniu stood up and said loudly.
"Are our armies just decorations? Why do we have to let civilians go to the battlefield!?" Hannah Brimer, a member of the planet Humbalin, stood up to refute.
"Do you think that the Midpoint Station is an existence that can be defeated casually? If the army is useful, why would you take such a trick?" Lexi Dio, a member of the Planet of the Wit, sneered.
"If the army is useless, then what is the use of the huge military expenditures that the people have to tighten their belts to pay!!" Padmé Amidala said sharply.
Gideon Danio jumped up and shouted: "In terms of military expenses, how much did your planet Naboo give? We..."
"Silence!!!" Mas Ameda suddenly shouted. His voice was very loud. With the help of the loudspeaker, it instantly spread throughout the parliament hall. Everyone fell silent because they knew that the Speaker
It's time to speak.
Padmé Amidala was still furious and glared at Palpatine before slowly sitting down.
"My colleagues in the Parliament, first of all, I must recognize and thank you for your hard work over the years. It can be said that it is because of everyone's hard work that the Republic will be so... prosperous." When he said the last word, he
A hint of ridicule flashed at the corner of his mouth, and then he bowed deeply, and then continued: "Everyone has seen that the Republic is now facing the most serious threat in history! It surpasses the Infinite Empire, the Hutt Empire, and even the Western Empire.
Threat from the Sri Lankan Empire.”
Then he raised his hand, and a huge logo of the Confederacy of Independent Systems was projected, "Separatism. It incited the outer ring galaxies and some businessmen with ulterior motives to proactively provoke a war. They used a large number of robots in a very despicable way, and the war spread to them.
Everywhere, people are displaced.”
Then another Five-Star Alliance logo was projected, "Corellia Galaxy. They were originally a member of the Republic, but they were unwilling to take responsibility. They wanted to take advantage of the war to make a fortune, and they didn't care at all.
What a blow the republic would suffer from their independence."
Finally, Palpatine projected an image of the Midpoint Station, "Midpoint Station. This was a creation of the Killik people 100,000 years ago. It was this incredible power that created Corelli, which has five habitable planets.
The Sub-Galaxy can also use this power to destroy any planet within the Milky Way. We don’t know how powerful the Kilik Empire was 100,000 years ago, and we don’t know the extent of their technology. But I
What you know is that the Midpoint Station is by no means an existence that the Republic can rival."
After that, all the projections disappeared, leaving only Palpatine's slow and heavy voice: "Just two hours ago, I issued an order to the fleet stationed near Corellia, asking them to immediately send troops to Corellia.
The Leilian system launched an attack with a total of 200 warships. However, just now, we still have a total of 44 warships left."
Suddenly there was a sound of inhaling from the scene, obviously extremely shocked by this number.
"156 battleships and 1,154,400 soldiers perished in the icy starry sky of Corellia within 2 hours." Palpatine's voice seemed choked, "I put aside all pride and supported Dan-
Solo's restoration is to give us the last chance. The rebel army captured the anti-gravity device of the planet Selonia, temporarily preventing the midpoint station from firing, giving us the opportunity to deploy our troops. I will let these 200 warships
, 1.15 million soldiers went to die because Corellia colluded with the separatists, and now their robot army is besieging the planet Selonia! I am buying the last time for us... with 1.15 million lives!"
As he spoke, his voice gradually became louder, "I recruited all the spaceships of the Republic, and even kidnapped civilians and stuffed them into the passenger spacecraft! This is to give our fleet a fair chance to compete, instead of being invisible without even seeing the enemy.
The gravitational waves tore it into pieces!! Because I understand better than anyone else that I am responsible for the Republic!! I am responsible for Coruscant! I am responsible for Kuat!! I am responsible for every Republic-affiliated planet!!
Because I know that once the Midpoint Station targets these planets and opens fire, billions or tens of billions of people will die!!!"
"So..." Palpatine's voice became calm again. He controlled the anti-gravity platform and flew directly to the platform where Padmé Amidala was, staring at her face to face, and asked slowly: "Ai
Congressman Midala, in this time bought with the lives of 1.15 million soldiers, I sincerely implore you to come up with a plan as soon as possible to defeat separatism and retake the center point..."
Padmé Amidala's face turned pale. She stood up angrily, but had no way to defend herself. She could only point at Palpatine's nose and said loudly: "You...you scoundrel!!"
"
It's true. When Palpatine, who is the Speaker of the House, said this, he was really being a rogue. Padmé is indeed very kind, and in today's popular terms, she is indeed a 'Holy Mother'. But
She is not brainless, on the contrary, she sees it more deeply than most other congressmen. The reason why she is anti-war is not for the sake of anti-war, but because she understands that there is an invisible force behind it.
Promote this war. Therefore, she extremely hopes to control the scale of the war and prevent both sides from becoming red-blooded, so that there is still room for change and to calmly think about why this war is being fought.
But now, Palpatine directly put the results of all this in front of her, but intentionally or unintentionally ignored why the war broke out before and why Corellia became independent. Such a situation
Of course, she could only be speechless! Because everything Palpatine created was to serve this result, and the plan he proposed must be the most effective plan among this result, but there are few
Someone can see that this result could have been avoided.
At this moment, Padmé Amidala understood all of this! She understood that the impassioned old man in front of her, the elder, the speaker of the Galactic Republic Parliament, was the one who promoted this war!!! However, everything was over
Too late, her beautiful face turned red with anger, and the word "rascal" uttered out of extreme humiliation revealed all her inner thoughts.