1524.Grand Duke of Dawn (1)
You must conquer or submit; you must prevail or be humiliated; you must be the hammer or the anvil. ——"History of the Fourth Empire", Chapter 24, Section 1.
20BBY, the end of May, Dawn Star Planet capital, Dawn City.
An extremely grand ceremony unfolded here - Dawn Star Planet, which has become the largest military and political group among Confederacy of Independent Systems, has officially taken a step to the next level.
Governor of Dawn Star Planet Tang Xiao announced the appointment of Grand Duke of Dawn, clearly placing more than 1,700 galaxies within the radiation range of Dawn Star Planet's power under his rule!
Before that, Governor of Dawn Star Planet, this title was actually the same as Naboo Planet Queen, Zyggeria Queen, Toydaria King, which were just planet-level titles. Because when they are mentioned, the word 'planet' is added in front of their titles.
Therefore, although Dawn Star Planet actually has a very broad sphere of influence, Tang Xiao, as Governor of Dawn Star Planet, is only nominally on an equal footing with other planets.
In terms of status, it is indeed inconsistent with his current status. After all, when we are having a meeting in Confederacy of Independent Systems capital Raxus Prime, look at those Zyggeria Queen, Geonosis Grand Dukes and the like, do you dare to fart in front of Tang Xiao?
And during the meeting, Tang Xiao was also talking to Trade Federation Governor Newt Gunlay, InterGalactic Banking Clan Co-Chairman San Hill, and Corporate Alliance Chairman Pasay Er-Argent and the others sit together in the top row, but in fact these inter-galactic Mega-corporations leaders only dare to sit half-assed in their seats, and they absolutely dare not show any disrespect in front of Tang Xiao.
Tang Xiao has long become the most authoritative existence among Confederacy of Independent Systems, second only to Count Dooku.
The faction with Dawn Star Planet as its core has become the largest force among Confederacy of Independent Systems, much more powerful than Trade Federation, which is known as the largest enterprise in the galaxy.
So now, Tang Xiao is taking advantage of Chancellor of the Republic Sheev-Palpatine to launch Order 66. Now, when the entire galaxy is in turmoil, Grand Duke of Dawn is announced to be in office and officially becomes a separatist force.
According to the plan, Count Dooku will officially become Chairman of the Confederacy of Independent Systems shortly afterwards, which will also officially confirm his rule over Confederacy of Independent Systems.
This is why they chose to make this announcement at this time - Galactic Republic will never tolerate this happening.
You must know that before, even if the war broke out and the warring parties had been fighting fiercely for more than two years, Galactic Republic still defined this war as a civil war. In other words, Galactic Republic thinks this is just an internal contradiction within their Galactic Republic.
Neither Count Dooku nor Tang Xiao has formally established a claim to rule over their own forces. In other words, although everyone knows that Count Dooku is the leader of Confederacy of Independent Systems, and he himself acts as a leader, he has never put this title into practice.
But now, Tang Xiao has announced his appointment as Grand Duke of Dawn. This is truly announcing that he is completely independent from Galactic Republic!
So the key to the matter is not whether the title is Grand Duke, King, or something else. The real key is that Tang Xiao completely draws a clear line with Galactic Republic through this title.
This is not only a matter of fact, but also a legal and political distinction.
In other words, the contradiction between the two parties has officially transformed from an internal contradiction in Galactic Republic into an external contradiction between countries.
Although the facts are still the same, ideologically, they are completely different.
In other words, both sides will fight to the death on this day!
At the ceremony where Grand Duke of Dawn was officially announced, all the lights in Dawn Star Planet were turned off, and the entire planet was shrouded in darkness.
Then, the huge industrial Star Ring stopped rotating and stopped directly above Dawn City!
You must know that normally, Star Ring needs to continue to rotate following the rotation of the planet. In simple terms, it is moving along the huge gravity of the planet, and the rotation of Star Ring is generally faster than the rotation of the planet.
Because if not, Star Ring would have to expend a huge amount of energy to contend with the planet's gravity, which would outweigh the gains and may even cause damage to Star Ring.
However, now, Dawn Star Planet's industrial Star Ring has stopped spinning!
It is not a stop in the absolute sense, but under the action of the huge anti-gravity device and Reverse Thruster, it forcibly fixes its orbit above Dawn City, and keeps in sync with the rotation of the planet!
Just for this seemingly simple action, the amount of energy consumed is a frightening astronomical figure!
Several rays of light shine directly from several different angles on Star Ring and fall on Tang Xiao. I only saw him standing directly in mid-air!
In fact, he was standing on a small anti-gravity platform, but under the clever lighting, it looked like he was really floating in mid-air.
And the light shining directly from Star Ring makes this scene look like God is coming!
In order to achieve this effect, all clouds above Dawn City are continuously cleared!
Tang Xiao, standing in mid-air, said slowly in a low and solemn voice, "... We have gone through hardships and twists and turns, and finally came here, Dawn Star Planet, and established our own Homeworld. We were once displaced, and we once wandered around, but now, we are down to earth! Now, we bathe in the sunshine! Now, we have our own Homeworld!"
"Countless races and countless planets recognize our ideas and accompany us to this day! We are not alone in this galaxy! We are extremely powerful! And we will become even more powerful! We will use our hands to protect our Homeworld! No matter where the enemy comes from! No matter who the enemy is!"
"Dawn Star Planet, is our Qidian! Calamity spirit, is our soul! And today, all this will become a reality! Dawn Star Planet, will not It's just a planet, but a whole! It's a symbol! Whether to go further, fly higher, or be shattered in the struggle... I, as Grand Duke of Dawn, will take the lead and go to the end with everyone!"
The light from Star Ring began to change, and Tang Xiao seemed to be standing in the light. At this moment, he was the only light in the sky above Dawn Star Planet!
Then, Count Dooku stood on another anti-gravity platform and flew over, came to the side of Tang Xiao, and said loudly with that rich voice, "It is my honor to witness all this! Confederacy of Independent Systems will also become more powerful because of the existence of Grand Duke of Dawn!"