Target—Kuna Cluster!
"Then what is the situation within the InterGalactic Banking Clan now?" Darth Malthael asked.
San Hill said, "It is already very clear... humans and Muuns. But this is not a direct confrontation between two species. It is a crushing struggle between two different circles of interest. On one side are the Muuns' traditional consortiums and powers within the InterGalactic Banking Clan; on the other are emerging forces backed by those human nobles in the Core Worlds."
"What about the Core Five?" Darth Malthael asked again.
The Core Five was an organization within the InterGalactic Banking Clan similar to a supreme council. It consisted of five Muuns who, together with the Co-Chairman, formed the highest governing body of the InterGalactic Banking Clan.
"This is the last position we can rely on. With the Core Five and me as Co-Chairman, the uppermost ranks of the InterGalactic Banking Clan are still under our control. But as the human side gains more and more support from the Core Worlds, it is only a matter of time before we are sidelined," San Hill said.
"Besides that investment on Geonosis, what else have they been doing? A mere super tank project would cost, at most, several billion credits. That would not be enough to shake the internal balance of power within the InterGalactic Banking Clan," Darth Malthael said.
San Hill nodded heavily and spoke a single term. "The DS-1 Project!"
"DS-1... the Death Star? Heh. Darth Sidious has finally found an opportunity to restart the project we shut down." Darth Malthael's expression darkened as well.
"That's right. The super tank project is merely bait. The true main course is the DS-1 Project! Conservative estimates put the investment at over a trillion! Even for the InterGalactic Banking Clan, that is an investment severe enough to