"What do you want?" Jabba asked in a deep voice.
Oruba Goresla laughed heartily. "Reorganize the Hutt Council, then establish a new order in Hutt Space."
"An order under Tang Xiao's leadership?" Jabba shot back.
"Have you received little enough support from Palpatine, Jabba?" Oruba Goresla's smile gradually turned cold. "Hutt Space has long since lost the ability to remain apart from the Milky Way Galaxy. Do you really think Hutt Space will still be so remote with current hyperspace travel technology?"
He glanced around the room. "The new Hutt Council will consist of the four of us here, plus you, Mr. Vito. We will represent the five most powerful families in Hutt Space: Goresla, Desilijic, Besadi, Kunnarac, and... Anjiliac. The others will be expelled and eliminated. Jabba, Gorga, Kiliak, Aruba."
Oruba Goresla extended a hand toward Vito Anjiliac, who had no idea what was happening. "The Anjiliac family naturally cannot be absent from this new Grand Council."
Vito's expression wavered. He was a young Hutt, and faced with such an immense upheaval, he was at a loss.
"If you accept his terms, you'll be betraying Hutt Space and surrendering to the Duchy of Dawn," Jabba said gravely.
"I will report this matter to Patriarch Zieta Anjiliac," Vito said hesitantly.
The Anjiliac family had never been particularly willing to involve itself in the conflicts of Hutt Space. The family operated Black Harbor—Shadowport Point Nadir. It was a massive mobile base built into a comet. The entire comet, over a hundred kilometers in diameter, had been hollowed out and turned into an extremely advanced, enormous spaceport.
With the support of Nadir Point, the Anjiliac family possessed a huge smuggling fleet and the powerful assassin organization Sable Dawn. Rumor also had it that they maintained close ties with several large pirate bands