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Tang Xiao touched his chin and thought hard, "So last year, Judicial Fleet sent troops to encircle and suppress pirates, can it be involved in the current dispute with Malastare?"
Francis-Underwood replied, "Sheev-Palpatine's most brilliant method is to do the opposite. He is good at creating different situations, so that his seemingly positive behavior has the opposite effect, and people still praise him full of praise."
"After all, he is a master who controls the politics of the entire galaxy..." Tang Xiao sighed.
To be honest, he thinks that among the current Legendary figure, the ones with the greatest effect are Francis-Underwood. Without the help of this old fox in politics, I might have been betrayed by Palpatine in a few seconds, and I would still be grateful to him.
Of course, out of the same consideration, he also has many balancing methods for Francis. For example, wake up Ni Yongxiao and Helmut-Zemo to check and balance, and let Super Lotus go to Francis.
With that super hacker around, no behavior of Francis can escape his monitoring.
"When Judicial Fleet sent troops to encircle and suppress Bislanka pirates last year, Phineas-Valorum was actually opposed to it at first. But then Palpatine convinced him because it was said that Jedi Order's Master Dooku is personally involved in this matter. So rather than saying that Valorum wants to help Outer Rim planets destroy the pirates, it is better to say that he sold Jedi Order to save face." Francis said.
"If I'm not wrong, this is just a way for Palpatine to get both sides. Master Dooku will definitely think that Valorum is selling Palpatine's face, and Valorum will also think so." Tang Xiao sneered.
"The process in the middle is unknown, but the result was very bad. During this encirclement and suppression, Republic Judicial Fleet went out with great fanfare, which caused the news to leak. Bislanka pirates, who was eager to jump over the wall, made a surprise attack and lost 3 cruisers., nearly 5,000 soldiers were killed. Although Judicial Fleet finally recovered and crushed Bislanka pirates with its strong ships and cannons, this battle has become a scandal," Francis said.
Tang Xiao immediately remembered that when he was on Sojourn Planet, Hego-Damask II's tone sounded like he knew Bislanka pirates and their leader Tal Bis. So from this point of view, it is very questionable that Judicial Fleet was attacked due to leaked information.
At least, even if you know the news of Judicial Fleet's arrival, but don't know the location of their hyperspace jump, a sneak attack is impossible.
"As a result, this pirate encirclement and suppression operation, including the loss of cruisers, pensions for fallen soldiers, and other miscellaneous things that followed, resulted in a total loss of more than 50 million credit points. And the insurance company owned by the InterGalactic Banking Clan refused to pay the money. Without the support of these companies, where would Galactic Republic's treasury have money? Even the pensions for those fallen soldiers could not be paid, and a demonstration broke out last year because of this." Francis said.
Tang Xiao finally figured it out, "So this incident makes it impossible for Phineas-Valorum to trust the corrupt Judicial Fleet. In the dispute between Malastare, Valorum has already fallen into a situation where he is not a human being inside and outside. And the most important thing is What's wrong is that Valorum will only blame Judicial Fleet for this failure, but will not blame Palpatine who promoted this bandit suppression. The same is true in the parliament. Judicial Fleet is the one who took the blame, but Palpatine who vigorously promoted this bandit suppression operation became a hero!"
Francis nodded and said, "That's right. So you can see that every move Palpatine makes, he doesn't care about the outcome. Because when the piece is put down, he has already won. Frankly speaking, I am not his opponent for such a person. However, with your prediction of the future, maybe I still have a glimmer of hope."
Tang Xiao felt a chill in his heart.
As the leading politician and conspirator in the entire "Star Wars" universe, or even in all the film and television game worlds he has seen, Sheev-Palpatine's cunning, vision and wisdom are so overwhelming that just the tip of the iceberg is revealed.
And such people are his most direct opponents in the future!
Seeing Tang Xiao's expression, Francis just smiled slightly. He straightened his suit, buttoned the second to last button, and then said, "But the good news is not without it. Senator Palpatine invited me as The representative of Dawn Star Planet attended this Galactic Senate meeting because he believed that the Outer Rim Galactic Mutual Aid Fund we initiated gave us some say in Outer Rim planets. So, with your judgment on the future, I think I know what I should do."
"I will also play my role well in this matter." Tang Xiao nodded and said.
"That's right, the meeting starts in 4 hours. It's time for us to get close to a big tree. Manager." Francis finished this sentence with a pun, smiled, and closed the communication.
Tang Xiao sat back on the sofa and rubbed his temples. After a while, another communication was connected.
Volgograd-Kanidi's figure appeared in the projection. He was still wearing a heavy body armor. "Manager, what are your orders?"
"What was the result of Tatooine?"
"In the past 2 or 3 months, we have destroyed a total of 13 smuggling fleets and 29 spaceships. Moreover, it seems that the bounty Hunter around has already spread the bad reputation of our Black Ship." Kanidi didn't seem happy at all and said with his head lowered.
"This should be something to be happy about, right?"
"No... I have never thought that others would be afraid of me since I was a child..." Kanidi's face was filled with resentment and he was about to cry, "You don't know, the other person's expression when I was talking to a smuggling ship yesterday..."
"It's better for others to be afraid of you than for you to be afraid of others, right?" Tang Xiao felt a little headache.
"I used to be a mine operator and ship pipe manufacturer..."
"You've also driven a cruiser, right?"
"That was in military school."
"Hey... okay. How is Santa Claus over there?" Tang Xiao asked. I don't know when it started, but Santa Claus became Yuri-Orlov's secret code for smuggling weapons.
"Super Lotus has contacted me before. The Trojan she planted through Yifent-Mongolia has indeed affected the network near Tatooine. Now the movements of most of the bounty Hunter around Tatooine are under control. Santa Claus can easily send supplies to Tatooine."
"Well done. In that case, you can come back to Endor system. I still have some specific tasks to give you."
"Finally no longer need to be a pirate?" Kanidi's eyes lit up, "Can you go back to Endor system?"
"Well, I'll rest for two days and I'll leave for Malastare soon." Tang Xiao said.
"Malastare? I know. This is where the bounty Hunter has been talking a lot recently. I heard that they are arguing with the Corporate Alliance."
"That's right."
"Then... you weren't a pirate in the past?"
"I'm definitely not going to be a pirate, don't worry."
"Great! I've been waiting for this day for a long time! I'll be back soon!"
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