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Inner Rim of the galaxy, Manaan.

This was an isolated ocean planet that had drawn attention because it produced a medicine called Kolto. During the Sith Wars thousands of years ago, Manaan had become a contested battlefield between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, and the planet had suffered severe devastation in the war.

However, after Bacta fluid was discovered, the less effective Kolto was abandoned, and the Republic's pharmaceutical companies shifted toward planets that produced Bacta fluid.

Thus, Manaan was abandoned, and the planet's native Selkath retreated into ancient cities deep beneath the ocean, cutting themselves off from the outside world.

Even now, countless relics from that war thousands of years ago could still be seen in the space around the planet. Wrecked warships, ruined space stations, and even corpses preserved intact in the vacuum, merely dried out and desiccated.

Because Manaan lay deep within the heart of the Republic's Inner Rim, and was not located along any major hyperspace route, transportation was inconvenient. No scrap merchants had ever come here. After all, they could not be bothered to deal with the Republic outposts scattered throughout the Inner Rim Territories and the endless questioning from border guards just for some junk.

But on this day, Manaan stirred.

After a burst of intense white light, an enormous warship appeared in space. There was little paintwork on its hull; it retained only the original metallic sheen of its armor. Combined with the rough workmanship of much of its external plating, it exuded an industrial brutality and a lifeless chill.

What was even more terrifying was the absurd scale of this warship.

14,100 meters long!

At this size, it was the largest warship in the entire Milky Way Galaxy. The next largest was the Republic Navy's outdated