2931, Star Killer
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Borsk Feliya and Bail Garm Iblis were in discussion.
Feliya said earnestly, "Mr. Iblis, although I strongly agree with the leader's views, we truly need a powerful fleet right now—primarily to maintain relatively stable borders and areas under our actual control. Our enemies are not merely the Fourth Empire and the Galactic Empire, but also elusive pirates, as well as... yes, those planets with ulterior motives."
Bail Garm Iblis glanced at him. "You mean the matter of Nixor?"
"That is precisely the planet I mean, or rather... this type of planet," Borsk Feliya said. "They pretended to want to break free from the Galactic Empire's rule and asked us for support. After our advisers and reinforcements arrived, a government was indeed overthrown, but none of us knew at the time that it had merely been a coup..."
Looking at Iblis, he said, "In other words, they were actually nothing more than anti-government militants... a band of bandits. Yet under the banner of an uprising, they deceived us and successfully launched a coup. Then they began paying lip service while defying us in practice, refusing to cooperate with any of our actions and even refusing to allow us to establish military outposts."
"I understand what you mean..." Iblis snorted. "We need a permanently deterrent fleet, one that will make those with ulterior motives fear us."
"Exactly." Borsk Feliya said, "The people of Nixor will not talk to us about convictions. What we need is a fleet capable of making such petty scoundrels pay the price."
Bail Garm Iblis said, "But I heard that Hutt Space is now sheltering Nixor. If we directly dispatch a fleet there, we may end up clashing with the Hutt. You should know that the Hutt fleet is not easy to deal