254. Aftermath
Eriadu Commerce Summit is destined to become a farce.
After the robot riot brought the summit to a screeching halt, representatives from all sides went home angry, and it didn't end there.
First, the angry Chancellor of the Galactic Senate Phineas-Valorum announced a thorough investigation into the terrorist attack. He concluded that there must be someone inside who was cooperating with Nebula Front.
And Jedi Master Qui-Gon-Jin also caught the leader of Nebula Front when she was at Eriadu, which also confirmed that Nebula Front was directly involved in this matter. However, nothing could be asked from her, because Republic Inquisitor was surprised to find that although someone must be cooperating with her, this poor fool didn't even know who that person was!
The investigation was carried out arduously, but all the clues were cut off at the very beginning. The officer who received the goods, the technician who maintained the scanner, the transporter who transported the robot, just these three or two kittens. If you continue to investigate, you will immediately feel that a big net is covering everything, and the investigation cannot proceed at all.
Military personnel must have been involved in this attack, because they knew exactly where the defenders were deployed and could deploy the problematic robots in the most critical places. However, even so, the investigation against the military was still unable to be launched at all, and nothing could be found.
In the end, we can only place all the blame on Nebula Front, and then arrest a few clerks, radical reporters, and relevant people at the bottom.
And because of this terrorist attack, the organizer of the summit, Galactic Republic Senate, was also widely questioned. Amidst the outcry, Vice Chancellor of the Galactic Senate Bota sadly stepped down and died at home due to illness a few months later.
Naboo Senator Sheev-Palpatine, who has a high reputation, declined the proposal to take over Vice Chancellor. In the end, Vice Chancellor of the parliament was held by the young and powerful Mas-Amedda.
Such a result will obviously not satisfy Phineas-Valorum. In fact, this terrorist attack has pushed him into a corner. In despair and madness, Speaker Phineas-Valorum vented his anger on Jedi Order.
He issued an order, ordering Jedi Order not to participate in any affairs of Galactic Republic from now on. If there is anything that requires Jedi Order to participate, it must be entrusted by Galactic Senate before Jedi Order can participate.
As for Jedi Order, although Mace-Master Windu was angry about this resolution, Master Yoda just accepted it very calmly.
Afterwards, Phineas-Valorum determined that there must be those corporate giants behind this terrorist attack, and the issues at the summit had not been resolved in any way, so he unilaterally announced that Galactic Republic would implement the tax policy in Outer Rim Territories, and every Outer Rim Territories planet must cooperate with Galactic Republic to complete the economic census and the settlement of tax officials.
This decision caused an uproar in the parliament. Rim Faction Senator, mainly composed of members of Outer Rim Territories, left the meeting angrily on the spot and issued a joint statement. Outer Rim Territories rejected Galactic Republic's tax policy unless Republic Judicial Fleet could prove that they could defend Outer Rim planets.
Among those corporate giants, the Commerce Summit terrorist attack also caused a stormy change.
The fourth convoy attacked by Nebula Front was actually the convoy of Trade Federation. During this attack, almost all representatives of Trade Federation were wiped out, including representatives of Kuat Drive Yards, the largest shipbuilder and industrial giant in the galaxy.
Several top-level leaders died at one time. Kuat Drive Yards expressed anger towards Trade Federation, and they announced their withdrawal from Trade Federation. A month later, he announced his withdrawal from the Technological Alliance, going completely solo and drawing a clear line with those Corporate Alliances.
However, Trade Federation also had troubles that they couldn't tell, and it was clearly them who suffered the loss this time.
However, a bigger change has occurred, and Trade Federation cannot take into account the negative impact caused by Kuat Drive Yards's withdrawal from the alliance and the drop in stock price.
Because the current governor of Trade Federation was killed in this terrorist attack, not only the governor, but also the entire management team around the governor. Now Trade Federation, one of the largest economic entities in the galaxy, has actually entered a power vacuum.
At this time, Newt Gunray, who had been preparing for success, suddenly emerged, quickly defeated all competitors with thunderous means, and officially assumed the position of governor of Trade Federation.
During this process, a group of Trade Federation senior officials, including Rune Harkou, almost all lined up with Newt Gunray, helping him quickly stabilize the situation and take control of the entire Trade Federation. And they also entered the core of power of Trade Federation as they wished.
Behind this change of power, Darth-Sidious's support for Newt Gunray, and Francis-Underwood's support for Rune Harkor, both allowed them to successfully extend their tentacles into this huge economic entity.
The withdrawal of Kuat Drive Yards and the rise of Newt Gunray marked that Trade Federation was completely controlled by Neimoidian, and their economic policies began to tilt.
The co-chairmen of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, Fod-Tonis, were also frightened by the terrorist attack. He announced that he would no longer participate in next year's general election. As a result, among the remaining candidates, Thornhill's advantage is almost unshakable, and he has basically been determined to be the next co-chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan.
After more than a month of chaos, the corporate giants who finally sorted themselves out internally also fought back against Galactic Republic's series of actions.
Trade Federation, InterGalactic Banking Clan, Corporate Alliance, Merchant Guilds, and Technological Alliance issued a joint statement stating that they never recognized Galactic Republic's unilateral tax collection on Outer Rim Territories, and claimed that this was a trampling on the democracy of the galaxy.
And in response to the increasingly severe security situation, these corporate giants also unilaterally declared the restrictions on the specifications of warships owned by companies in Rusan Reforms to be invalid. In other words, they will start building and purchasing large warships without limit.
Fourth Group firmly stands on the side of Trade Federation, also joined this joint statement, and publicly condemned Galactic Republic. However, the advertisement they made using the previous video of Battle of Malastare Canyon was removed - after all, it was the instruction of Sheev-Palpatine.
In response to the provocation of corporate giants, Galactic Republic, which has lost the support of Judicial Fleet, is unable to respond. On the contrary, Kuat Drive Yards silently announced the spacecraft project they are currently testing as a tit-for-tat answer——
Acclamator-class assault ship (Acclamator-class assault ship)!!