2265. As far as the eye can see
"Archangel of Death? Who is this?" Gal-Saxon is very unfamiliar with this name.
That's right, he didn't experience the ten years from Separatist crisis to Clone Wars, and he had never heard of the name 'Archangel of Death', Sith Lord, which was rising at a rapid pace.
Asajj-Ventress said coldly, "Perhaps his other name is more familiar to you - Grand Duke of Dawn, Tang Xiao."
Gal-Saxon's expression changed, and he even couldn't help but take a step back.
Grand Duke of Dawn Tang Xiao!!
Compared to Yinhe Emperor Palpatine, who openly admits that he is Sith Lord, Grand Duke of Dawn Tang Xiao is obviously much more low-key, and he has never admitted that he is Sith Lord on any occasion. However, Grand Duke of Dawn is another powerful Sith Lord, and this fact has been confirmed by many people. However, due to the lack of an official statement, there are many different opinions about the version of Tang Xiao. As a result, some outrageous versions have spread widely, causing many people who do not know what is going on to have a fear of Tang Xiao.
Gal-Saxon is one of them, and from his perspective, this matter may mean something even worse.
"You mean, Duchy of Dawn started to interfere with Mandalore?"
"It's not confirmed yet, but this is a high probability." Asajj-Ventress said, "But it is unlikely that he will come to Mandalore in person, so it is very likely that his men will come."
Gal-Saxon said, "Now the fleet of Sefrans-Tann is near. If there is another person like this, how should we deal with it?"
Asajj-Ventress said coldly, "Our master naturally has a perfect plan, you just need to do your own thing well."
After saying that, he turned around and left, ignoring Gal-Saxon.
Being so ignored, Gal-Saxon looked a little gloomy, but his current troubles didn't stop there. Just yesterday, Galactic Empire issued an administrative order directly from the public level, requiring Mandalore to pay taxes owed over the past nine years, a total of 3.3 billion Imperial credits.
These 9 years are counted from the Mandalore referendum and the disappearance of Duchess Satine-Kryze.
This is simply blackmail! Because Mandalore has experienced so many years of turmoil, not to mention destitute, but at least it can be considered impoverished. Most of Zann Consortium's 5 billion investment is not in cash, which can directly allow Gal-Saxon to launch an ambitious five-year plan. Now we have to ask them to come up with 3.3 billion in cash. Even if you cut up Mandalore's land, you won't even have that much money!
However, this is actually forcing Mandalore to surrender. At this time, Gal-Saxon took out some symbolic money, then issued an IOU, accepted the investigation by the the Empire investigation team, and then provided them with delicious food and drinks, and then filled the Speeder trunk of the investigation team. Basically, the matter was over.
But the problem is that Gal-Saxon is simply a puppet. Tiber-Zayne has made it clear that it is impossible to give a penny to the Galactic Empire. But at the same time, it is also required that Mandalore must not quarrel with the Galactic Empire. At this time, it needs to be delayed.
This is playing politics.
You ask Gal-Saxon to lead the troops and kill one in the enemy's formation with seven in and seven out. He can do it. But you let him pretend to be a snake and make a fool of himself? This is really difficult for him.
So Gal-Saxon thought for a long time, and simply told the people at the Galactic Empire that his subordinate Mandalorian warrior was attacked. Moreover, he even added insult to injury by saying that the condition of the deceased was strange and his vitality had been completely drained. It looked like it was done by Grand Duke of Dawn Tang Xiao.
But the problem is that Tang Xiao is building momentum in Dawn Star Planet in the past two days, hyping up the peaceful and friendly relationship between Duchy of Dawn and Galactic Empire. He made many speeches, clearly expressing Duchy of Dawn's peaceful will, and building momentum for Francis-Underwood who were visiting Galactic Empire.
This news directly caused Galactic Empire to pay great attention to it. If what Gal-Saxon said was true, then even if Tang Xiao did not do it himself, it would definitely have something to do with him.
So Galactic Empire dispatched a task force composed of 10 Imperial-class Star Destroyer to Mandalore, but they did not dare to get too close. After all, the fleets of Sefrans-Tann were also nearby, so Galactic Empire's fleet was temporarily stationed on the periphery.
In fact, this move does not have much impact on the overall situation of Mandalore star sector. That is, Galactic Empire and Duchy of Dawn are staring at each other from a distance and do not let the other party cause trouble to Mandalore.
But for the Galactic Empire senior executives, the situation is completely different.
11BBY, January 30th.
Galactic Empire Fourth Army Governor Wilhuff-Tarkin submitted a report to Emperor Palpatine. According to his report, Duchy of Dawn was infiltrating Mandalore, just as they had done to Hutt Space and Trade Federation before.
Governor Tarkin said that if Galactic Empire does not respond in time, 'Mandalore will become an important part of Duchy of Dawn's construction of the Galactic Empire's surrounding network'.
However, after the report was submitted, Palpatine was handed over to Imperial Senate for discussion. The final conclusion was that the current situation of Mandalore was unclear and it was not suitable for armed intervention. It was recommended that Mandalore star sector maintain its military presence and wait and see what happens.
Waiting and watching, it became the common choice of the Galactic Empire and Duchy of Dawn.
However, two days later, on January 32, the situation changed again! The incident happened at the bases of Nal Hutta and Black Sun.
The Smuggler's Moon Nashadda satellite is the well-deserved core of Hutt Space. The satellite of the planet Nar-Heta is not large, but it accommodates a population of 100 billion, and there is no order and law here at all, only disorder and chaos.
Even now that Goresla Family has nominally integrated and unified Hutt Space, Oruba-Goresla is still helpless against Nal Hutta. He has no way to manage this place at all.
This leads to the fact that even now, Nal Hutta is still a lawless place.
The current headquarters of Black Sun, once the largest gangster organization in the galaxy, is here. They originally had a home base in Mustafar, but since Mustafar was mortgaged by the Corporate Alliance to Duchy of Dawn, Black Sun's underground activities there were nowhere to be found, so they also left Mustafar one after another.
Of course, in Nal Hutta, not to mention Black Sun, at least half of the gang organizations in the entire galaxy have their respective strongholds here. If someone just blows up Nal Hutta, maybe the crime rate in the entire galaxy will drop by ten percentage points.
Now, in a Nal Hutta looking extremely luxurious club, more than a dozen Falins wearing luxurious robes are having a meeting, and the one Falin with two little Beards at the head is the current leader of Black Sun - Xommit Glenset!
Opposite these Falin, stood a voluptuous Night sisters, Silri.
"You want to tell me that Zann Consortium wants to cooperate with us? Hahahaha." Glenset said with a sneer.