2166. Political turmoil
12BBY, August 17th. On the fourth day after Tang Xiao returned, Hari Seldon was released from prison without charge. After being imprisoned for more than a month, he finally saw the light of day again.
However, Duchy of Dawn officials did not provide any further explanation for Hari Seldon's acquittal, they just released him.
On August 18, Liming Prime Minister of the Duchy Francis-Underwood submitted her resignation citing physical health issues.
On August 20, the resignations of Francis-Underwood were rejected.
On August 26, Hari Seldon resigned from the post of Governor of the Haven District and was transferred to the position of Secretary-General of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Principality.
On August 27, the former Titan Security Company General Commander BIG-BOSS retired from the mercenary group and returned to Duchy of Dawn. At the age of 72, he became the Hoth Sector Governor. He uses John-Doe (John Doe) as his official name. Titan Security Company The current Commander is held by Mira-Han.
BIG-BOSS is also one of the key figures in the early awakening, but he rarely participates in the core affairs of Fourth Civilization. His greatest achievement is to lead Titan Security Company to gain a foothold in the chaotic Hutt Space and become one of the top mercenary groups among Hutt Space.
For 20 years, Titan Security Company, under the leadership of BIG-BOSS, fought in Hutt Space's north and south, not only successfully disrupted the situation of Hutt Space and became one of the triggers for the civil war in Hutt, but also played a key role in secretly maintaining Duchy of Dawn's military presence in Hutt Space.
During the Clone Wars period, with the counterattack of Galactic Republic, Confederacy of Independent Systems, whose core is located at Eastern Outer Rim, and Duchy of Dawn, whose core is located at Southwest Territory, still maintain a certain degree of contact because of the existence of Hutt Space. In this process, Titan Security Company is an important part.
Now, BIG-BOSS enters the political arena and becomes the Governor of Hoth Sector. In fact, this also means a change in Duchy of Dawn's future policies. You must know that Hoth Sector has always been a star district with economic and cultural development as its main goals, but now, BIG-BOSS has become the governor as a veteran military Commander. The meaning behind this indicates too much.
Along with the personnel transfers of BIG-BOSS and Hari Seldon, there will also be a series of more adjustments. However, it is worth noting that not only was the resignation of Francis-Underwood not accepted, but the position of his wife, current Minister of Internal Affairs Claire-Underwood, also did not change.
But there is another transfer worth mentioning, that is Francis-Underwood's long-term confidant, Chief of Staff Douglas-Stamp was transferred to BIG-BOSS and became Chief of Staff of Hoth Sector.
Compared to his previous position as Prime Minister's Office Chief of Staff, Douglas-Stamp was indeed demoted, but you must know that he was dismissed before that! Now it has been reactivated and moved away from Francis. This seems to be another signal.
This series of personnel changes made many people with a keen sense of smell realize that a storm is brewing in Duchy of Dawn's political arena. It seems that Duchy of Dawn also plans to quietly complete his own internal transformation while Galactic Empire is fighting to the death with Trade Federation.
However, at this moment, while Duchy of Dawn and Galactic Empire were engaged in various overt and covert fights around Trade Federation, Hutt Civil War also began to undergo some changes in Hutt Space.
12BBY, August 30, Hutt Space, Planet Barab (Barab) outer space.
A huge encounter broke out between Hutt Civil War's warring parties, Desilijic kajidic's fleet and Besadi's fleet.
In this civil war, Hutt's once large fleet has greatly changed as the war progresses. The old warships built over thousands of years were damaged in the war. In order to continue the war, Hutt also began to purchase various warships in large quantities on the black market.
By the way, although Hutt has a huge industrial system inherited from the Hutt Empire and a complete warship manufacturing production line, none of this has developed for thousands of years. Because since Hutt Empire was reorganized and became a nominal dominion of Galactic Republic, Hutt has devoted all its energy to various smuggling activities, spice sales, and slave trade, creating its own underground criminal the Empire.
Under such circumstances, heavy industry seems to be less necessary. Hutt is just maintaining the warship that Hutt Empire has been using thousands of years ago. It is enough to make some minor repairs and upgrades occasionally. Because of the existence of this fleet, coupled with Hutt Space's remote geographical location, complex hyperspace channels, and more complicated racial relations, this is enough to prevent Galactic Republic from all attempts to completely occupy Hutt Space.
In fact, in this galaxy, before a large-scale war actually breaks out, it is not uncommon for some spaceships and battleships in good condition to become heirlooms and be passed down from generation to generation. As long as it rarely enters the atmosphere and remains in the vacuum of space for a long time, eliminating the possibility of parts being oxidized and corroded, it can be used for a long time with repairs.
Fourth Civilization The first large warship was the Hammerhead-class cruiser built more than 1,200 years ago and captured from pirates.
Therefore, in the large-scale battle taking place around Planet Barab, you can see that many of them are warships that were eliminated during the war or due to equipment updates, were seriously damaged and were considered unfit for continued service, or were sold out due to various corruptions.
Some of the capital ships after landing include Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, Generous-class Communications Escort, Defiant-class light destroyer. There are also some relatively advanced warships, including Victory I-class Star Destroyer, Hunter Class Battlecruiser, Kohl-class Battlecruiser, Luukri-Hok-class battleship, etc.
We can even see a few Deceiver-class destroyer!
There are countless small and medium-sized warships that have appeared on both sides of the war in Clone Wars - Aquitenes-class light cruiser, Kallak-class light cruiser, Revelation-class light cruiser, Puppet-class drone mothership, Grizzly-class heavy destroyer, Revenge-class destroyer, Corellia DL-20 gunboat, Garda Flak Frigate and so on. This is simply a large display area for old battleships!
What needs to be pointed out is that these warships appeared on both sides of the war at the same time. Coupled with Hutt Commander's strategy of having no strategy at all and only knowing "charge me", the fleets of both sides quickly fell into a melee. In this way, you have no idea which side these battleships belong to...
In the complex electromagnetic environment of the battlefield, the endless electronic interference makes the identification friend or foe codes of both sides sometimes unreliable. The result is that they are all fighting randomly!