This news greatly shocked the Galactic Senate, because from the beginning of the war until now, the Givin had firmly maintained their status as a neutral system. They barred ships of the Confederacy of Independent Systems from passing through, and they did not allow ships of the Galactic Republic through either.
For that very reason, the Yag'Dhul system had become a wall wedged between the jurisdictions of the Galactic Republic 18th Army and Galactic Republic's 19th Army, and that of the 20th Army.
But now, reports had emerged that the Givin were building warships on a massive scale in the Yag'Dhul system?
Faced with the Galactic Republic's demands for answers, the Givin senator stated that they were building warships solely for self-defense, and guaranteed that the vessels they had built had never been used in war.
However, Speaker Sheev Palpatine, who had already caught the scent of something amiss, refused to let the matter rest. In an imposing and righteous tone, he demanded that an investigative team be sent to determine exactly what the Givin had been doing in their own system. If they were producing warships, what kinds of warships were they producing, and how many?
Naturally, the Givin refused to agree even unto death, claiming that the Galactic Republic's actions trampled upon their sovereignty and that they would resolutely resist. Furthermore, the Galactic Republic was effectively slapping every neutral planet in the face, disregarding the Galactic Republic Constitution and using the war as an excuse to practice power politics and dictatorship.
The two sides argued endlessly in the Senate, but the Givin were clearly in the wrong on this matter. Trade Federation representative Lott Dod had just endured Plague's raid on the Nubian Planet and could barely protect himself, so he did not dare speak in support. Only