An Ominous Premonition
Tang Xiao sneered. "Hmph! Mace Windu and his Blood Knights are actually hiding over on Tangrene? It seems he still can't let go of the Mandalore star sector! Sefrans Tann, what's your assessment?"
He turned around. At some point, another holographic projection had been activated. Sefrans Tann, dressed in a pristine white uniform and radiating authority, appeared within it. She spoke slowly, "My fleet is ready at any time to crush Mandalore's resistance in one stroke. But the problem now is that while destroying Mandalore would be easy, we have no possibility of holding it for the long term. Mandalore's civil war ended too quickly, and Bo-Katan Kryze lost too quickly. We had no time to react at all... Having missed our chance to intervene, we can only wait and see."
Helmut Zemo said, "Clearly, the mastermind behind this knows Mandalore's traditions extremely well. The several short-lived regimes on Mandalore before this, including Bo-Katan Kryze herself, gathered together every voice on the planet opposed to authoritarian rule and dictatorship, then wiped them out in one blow. It could be said that Gal Saxon now has the people's support. Just as General Tann said, defeating them would be easy, but occupying the planet is no longer possible."
"That's right! The one behind this must be the Shadow Collective and Darth Maul!" Tang Xiao said decisively. "We must guard against the possibility of a new power rising in the Mandalore star sector!"
"Could the Galactic Empire be supporting them from behind the scenes?" Zemo asked, turning to Salatan Morse.
Morse shook his head. "The Galactic Empire is unlikely. They have never shown much interest in the Mandalore star sector from beginning to end. This place is too chaotic. But now that Mandalore has returned to unity, I am quite