1907. Spark (3)
Ahsoka-Tano had no choice but to walk up. She did not dare to use the Force blatantly, and her abilities were not sophisticated enough to give hints to this officer, let alone there was a clone of Imperial Stormtroopers next to her.
The first-generation Spartan clones produced at the end of Clone Wars basically either died on the battlefield or was recycled. Now that the pressure of frontline combat is much less, the new generation Spartan clones has also appropriately extended its growth cycle, which has stabilized the spirits of these clones a lot.
Therefore, these Clone Trooper and the Will are much firmer than ordinary people. This is where Ahsoka-Tano can do nothing.
The officer looked Ahsoka up and down and scolded, "What are you still doing? Go get your seeds!!"
"Sir... I am not farming and have no land." Ahsoka-Tano said flatly.
"Don't farm? Then what are you doing on Daka planet?? The Empire doesn't support idle people!" the officer said.
"I am the Mechanic, who specializes in repairing agricultural machinery for them." Ahsoka-Tano said, pointing to the parts that the robot just snatched from the little girl's hand. "These things are used to repair agricultural machinery. Without them, the Ratt family can only rely on his own hands to plant high-energy crops for the Empire."
"Hmph! Take me to your work shed!" the officer snorted coldly.
"Here." Ahsoka-Tano pointed to his workshop very obediently, and then asked, "Can I take these two parts away?"
"Oh, go get it yourself!" the officer said contemptuously.
Ahsoka-Tano brought the officer and a few soldiers to his workshop. The officer made a gesture, and those the Empire Stormtrooper immediately rushed forward ferociously, turning over the entire workshop up and down. Then a soldier came over and reported, "Sir, there are no suspicious items. Agricultural machinery is indeed being repaired here."
"Be honest with me! Do your job well!" The officer dropped these words and walked away.
In the next few days, Raada Planet, which was taken over by the Empire, underwent tremendous changes. The Empire officers began to promulgate a series of provisions, including a ban on gatherings of more than three people, night curfews, food rationing, a ban on alcohol, limiting the operating hours of bars and restaurants, and organizing farmers to adopt shift production. It's completely militarized management here.
Such a life is absolutely unacceptable to the originally free Raada Planet people, but looking at the Gozanti-class armed freighter parked in the open space and the TIE fighter passing by in the sky from time to time, people can only bury their dissatisfaction deeply.
Ahsoka-Tano also try to hide themselves as much as possible, keep a low profile as much as possible, and try not to have any contact with the Empire soldiers.
But things were still gradually fermenting. After the first batch of high-energy crops matured three months later, the Empire officer took away all the harvest, leaving them with only a small amount of money, barely enough for people to starve to death. Then immediately let people start the next round of farming without giving them a day's rest.
This caused great dissatisfaction among people, and some people began to question Officer the Empire as to why they had put in so much labor, planted so many high-energy crops, and completed the tasks they had given themselves, only to get nothing.
He got the reward given to him by the Empire - a brutal beating.
Then some gentler people asked Officer the Empire if he would distribute some fertilizer to everyone to restore the fertility of the land, so that the harvest of the next round of sowing can be guaranteed.
But officer the Empire still refused. He told these people not to think so much and go back to work immediately. Whether it is Shi Fei or not, experts from the Imperial Agriculture Department will naturally explain it.
Under the threat of Imperial army, people can only drag their exhausted bodies home and prepare for a new round of work tomorrow.
In the evening, Ahsoka-Tano came to the bar in the village. The laughter and laughter of the past were no longer here. Everyone just sat at the table in pairs, numbly drinking bland drinks. Only in another corner of the bar, four or five Stormtrooper gathered together, drinking and laughing wildly. They glanced at each drinker with their peripheral vision. If there were more than three people at a table, they would immediately overturn the table and beat them.
After those Stormtrooper left, some voices started to be heard in the bar.
A strong young farmer came to Ahsoka-Tano and said softly, "The Empire doesn't treat us as human beings at all! We made an appointment to find an opportunity to blow up their spaceship! Ashla, you will help us, right? If you can modify some machines for fighting..."
Ahsoka-Tano immediately interrupted him and said, "It's best not to do this. Even if you blow up this Gozanti-class ship, there are two others elsewhere on the planet. These ships patrol everywhere and will not stay in the same village for too long. And if you do this, it will only make the Empire send more reinforcements... Maybe next time, it will be Star Destroyer."
"No! I can't stand it anymore! Those the Empire dogs bully people too much!" The young farmer obviously regards Ahsoka as one of his own.
"We can only try to coexist with the Empire... This is our only way. At least, we can survive..." Ahsoka-Tano advised earnestly.
The young farmer left disappointed.
Three days later, Ahsoka-Tano received news of the farmer's death. It is said that he got himself drunk from his own stash of wine that day, and then smashed the empty wine bottle on the officer's head - he was executed on the spot by Stormtroopers.
Afterwards, the the Empire officer hung his body at the entrance of the village for public display, announcing that the farmer had broken the prohibition order and was plotting to rebel.
Ahsoka-Tano looked at the young corpse with a livid face, and returned to her work shed numbly, but her body was trembling a little at this moment.
She went to a cave behind the work shed and began to meditate.
[Execute, Order 66!] [Execute, Order 66!] [Execute, Order 66!] [Execute, Order 66!] [Execute, Order 66!] The lingering nightmare haunted her heart again.
"Hiss..." Ahsoka gasped and opened his eyes suddenly. But I found that the sky was already starting to get dark. During the failed meditation, I fell asleep unconsciously.
New seeds were distributed, and Raada Planet farmers began a new round of work again. But this time, they found that the seeds distributed seemed different from last time. When I asked the officer, he just said coldly that this is a new variety invented by the Agriculture Department and has nothing to do with you farmers.