1935. Right of exploitation
The capital of Alderaan, Aldera City (Aldera), outside the royal palace area.
A beautiful and charming woman with long, silky golden hair tied back in a ponytail, wearing a sports casual outfit, was sitting on the grass, looking at the palace not far away, with a lazy expression on her face.
"Ah, this is it...Alderaan Palace." The woman took out a piece of bubble gum from her pocket, put it in her mouth, chewed it, blew out a big bubble and then popped it with a pop. "In my opinion, this place is completely undefended."
[Don't underestimate the enemy, Nova. The cohesion of Alderaan cannot be seen on most other planets in the galaxy... well, except Dawn Star Planet.] Another female voice came from the micro communicator in the ear.
"Of course there is cohesion... Highly automated productivity, relatively low taxes, clean administrative bureaucracy, and equal human rights. To a certain extent, this is a perfect utopia." As he said this, Nova's face was full of ridicule, "But what is hidden behind all this peace?"
[Uh... ice cream?] The woman in the communicator was obviously not interested in this topic and said something perfunctory.
"Super Lotus, now I'm going to educate you about the mission objectives... Well, hidden behind this prosperity is privilege." Nova's eyes became cold. "Let me be more specific, it is the 'right to exploit' that can legally exploit other Mid Rim and Outer Rim planets."
[Okay, you successfully aroused my interest. Let's talk about it, after all, during this period of time, I don't think Alderaan will exploit others.]Super Lotus said.
"Alderaan was one of the first planets to join Galactic Republic when it was founded. During the difficult days when Galactic Republic just started to develop, Alderaan also played a great role. In the following wars, Alderaan also assumed the obligation to provide a fleet for Galactic Republic." Nova said.
[Does this have anything to do with their current situation?]Super Lotus asked.
"Because of their glorious past, Galactic Republic gave them... privileges." Nova had a sarcastic look on her face. She was disgusted with such things from the bottom of her heart. "After that, Galactic Republic continued to expand., and finally became the overlord of the galaxy. In return for the planets that supported Galactic Republic from the beginning, Galactic Republic gave these planets sufficient privileges, including extremely low taxes, including more parliamentary seats, and more industrial investment."
With a snap, Nova blew another bubble, "And officials of the departments directly under Galactic Republic have no right to deal with these planets directly. In other words, even if these planets have committed crimes, Galactic Republic cannot handle them and must submit them to the parliament for discussion... And who are the people in the parliament? It is those who control the right to speak. Like Alderaan, they are privileged planets. During the development of these planets for 25,000 years, the relationships in all aspects are complicated. They can make countless Galactic Republic officials work for them with just one word. Unless they openly treason like Rendili Planet, there is nothing Galactic Republic can do against them."
[So, what about exploitation?]Super Lotus is completely insensitive to such political topics.
"The taxes on these planets have been reduced and the privileges have been increased. In order to meet their development needs, more planets are needed to overload and provide more materials for their use. You are right, Alderaan is peaceful and the people are simple. They don't look like people who exploit others at all... But... they are enjoying the materials and privileges that Galactic Republic exploited for them. Do you understand? This is the so-called - the right to exploit."
[Oh, so they don't exploit it themselves, Galactic Republic helps them exploit it, I understand. But now Galactic Republic is no longer there?]Super Lotus asked again.
"Galactic Republic has become Galactic Empire. That is a reorganization, not a revolution. Galactic Empire will still retain the original administrative foundation of Galactic Republic... Even Palpatine does not dare to do so easily He must offend those intricately-connected privileged planets and wealthy nobles. After all, he relies on these people to secure his throne," Nova said, "If he touches these people, Galactic Empire's economic and industrial foundation will collapse in an instant."
[It sounds like Palpatine is quite frustrated, huh.]Super Lotus said.
"So, Tang Xiao told me an interesting inference... He said that when Palpatine masters absolute force, he will attack these people without hesitation, and then truly take all the power in the galaxy into his own hands." Nova's tone was cold.
[The force of the Galactic Empire is now so powerful that it makes people despair... How many ships did Imperial-class Star Destroyer build... Last year I hacked into a database of Kuat Drive Yards, and the number shown in it was... 3100 ships. And there are nearly 2,000 ships lying on the production line!]Super Lotus said.
"Oh, these privileged planets and wealthy aristocrats have a heritage of more than 20,000 years. They have never seen any wars. Can Star Destroyer scare them?" Nova blew another bubble. This time, she blew it loudly. "If you really want to scare these people, you have to be... DS-1..."
Bang! Nova took the initiative to pop the bubbles, then flicked his white fingers, and the bubble gum accurately flew into a trash can in the distance.
[Nova... This thing is the top military secret. Can we not talk about it during the mission?]Super Lotus sighed.
"Is it allowed to chat during the mission?" Nova asked indifferently.
[You are chatting, but I have been busy!]Super Lotus said, [Okay, I have blocked the signals of the surrounding guard drones, you can start scanning.]
Nova then picked up the headband eyepiece that was casually thrown beside him, pressed a few buttons, and checked the situation heading to the Alderaan palace through the tactical eyepiece. Under the scanning of the tactical eyepiece, the terrain and guard positions of the entire palace were marked.
Alderaan The palace is very large, and the power of this tactical eyepiece is limited after all, so this scan can only be done bit by bit.
[The shielding effect remains for 30 seconds.]Super Lotus reminder.
Nova sneered, glanced sideways at a figure walking not far away, put away the eyepiece, "Let's call it a day and continue from another angle in the afternoon."
At this time, a fashionably dressed man had already walked towards Nova. He was obviously attracted by Nova's beauty, and even his walking posture was light and airy.
"Ah, madam, your beauty is as intoxicating as the stars in the sky. I have to say that the first time I saw you, I was deeply fascinated by you." The man took out a bouquet of flowers with his backhand. "In order to set off your beauty, I specially found golden evening flowers around. It is like your blond hair, lighting up my heart..."
[Hahahaha, congratulations to you Nova. I'm afraid this guy has even thought of the names of your two sons.]Super Lotus was laughing so hard on the communication side.
Nova rolled his eyes, looked at this enthusiastic man, and imitated his tone. "Ah, this handsome guy, I am fascinated by your enthusiasm. So I want to say to you..."
She raised her middle finger very politely with her backhand, "Get out!"