Rim Faction Reborn (Part 1)
Tang Xiao looked at Ainlee Tim. This Gran senator had appeared in the films, but only as a coward. In reality, however, he truly possessed abilities far beyond those of ordinary people.
He had spent decades struggling through the political arena. At one point, his political prestige had reached the level of former Chancellor Phineas Valorum. Indeed, in the election that saw Valorum step down, his political standing had far surpassed that of Sheev Palpatine at the time.
Even with Palpatine desperately concealing everything, Ainlee Tim had accurately foreseen the Galactic Republic's gradual shift toward centralization. It had to be said that he possessed unique political insight.
The basis for his judgment was a series of seemingly insignificant personnel appointments, political deals between factions, and deeply meaningful institutional adjustments. From these, he concluded that the Galactic Republic's political factions were moving toward centralization and authoritarianism. He had almost immediately found considerable similar evidence in the historical records of countless planets across the galaxy.
The Galactic Republic's power was gradually gathering into the sphere centered around Chancellor Sheev Palpatine.
What frightened him even more was that this circle contained only humans!
A centralized empire of Human Supremacy! This was the worst possible scenario Ainlee Tim could imagine! Under such circumstances, he and the Gran under his rule would face a future without light.
That was why, several months earlier, he had secretly contacted Tang Xiao. At the time, Dawn Star Planet had just occupied the Republic 19th Army's territory, and during that Confederacy of Independent Systems military conference, the Gran homeworld of Kinyen had been placed under their jurisdiction.
Later, when Sefrans Tann launched a surprise attack on Malastare, they secretly devised a plan that could delay—or even destroy—the Republic clone army.
However, Obi-Wan Kenobi learned