The Current Situation on Mandalore (Part 2)
At the sight of those black ships, fear immediately appeared on the townspeople's faces. They hurriedly packed up their stalls, slung their bundles over their backs, and fled home in panic.
The black ships landed directly in the market streets with utter arrogance. The powerful gusts from their engines blew down the makeshift stalls, while their heavy landing gear crushed goods that had not been moved away in time. The once-lively market was instantly reduced to a complete mess.
A black star insignia was clearly painted on those ships! More than a decade ago, this symbol had made countless planets across the Milky Way Galaxy tremble!
Black Sun! Once the largest criminal syndicate in the galaxy!
Back then, Black Sun had been wiped out under the combined assault of the Fourth Civilization, the Mega-corporations including the Trade Federation and Corporate Alliance, as well as Sith Lords such as Darth Sidious, Count Dooku, and Darth Maul. Their primary bases were destroyed, their assets divided up, and their smuggling markets seized by the Fourth Civilization and the Hutts.
It could be said that a major reason the Fourth Civilization had made such enormous profits from Spice Smuggling was because Black Sun's destruction had opened up vast smuggling markets.
And now, the appearance of this black star insignia signaled that the galaxy's largest criminal syndicate had returned!
The hatches opened, and Black Sun members wearing vicious masks filed out one after another. They carried distinctive U-shaped blaster pistols, another symbol of Black Sun. These pistols could fire two blaster bolts at once. Though they had little practical combat value, they were certainly intimidating enough.
The last person to step off the ship wore a red mask. He waved a hand and shouted, "All right! Time to