414. Power
Galactic Republic Capital, Coruscant, Republic Senate buildings.
"I hope Galactic Republic can rule on this matter! Dawn Star Planet colluded with United Mining Group to illegally build a colony in Kuna's Tooth Planet and illegally mined Kuna's Eye!" Ayrou Councilor Muchardis-Murasis (Muchardis Mulaxis made accusations against Dawn Star Planet among MPs.
"Before you accuse us, I hope Congressman Murasis can read through Republic Constitution and see which article Dawn Star Planet violated." Congressman Dawn Star Planet Francis-Underwood responded lazily.
"According to Republic Constitution, when colonizing a planet, you must abide by the rights of the original owner!"
"That's for the aborigines, so you want to say that Ayrou is the aboriginal of Kuna's Tooth? If that's the case, then we can colonize Annaj Planet." Francis said.
"And you didn't even follow the basic first-come, first-served rule!" Murasis said loudly.
"First come, first served? This is an interesting statement. So we only need to build a shabby house on every planet in the galaxy, and then I can tell everyone who wants to come over to develop it what is this 'first come, first served'? Hahahaha, this is really a shortcut to making a fortune." Francis mocked.
There were bursts of laughter in the parliament.
Francis is now a man of the hour in the parliament, and he has many supporters behind him. Compared with Annaj Planet Ayrou, who has little contact with Galactic Republic, their political influence is completely different.
"This situation is completely different! Kuna Cluster is our Ayrou's sphere of influence!" Murasis was naturally no match for the eloquent Francis, and he began to make strong arguments.
"'Sphere of influence'? This is very interesting!" Francis stood up suddenly, biting the word "interesting" very hard, holding the anti-gravity platform with both hands, and said through gritted teeth, "Let me tell you something interesting! The Ayru people, originating from the planet Maya-Kevir, are the first people in the Model sector to possess A race capable of interstellar navigation! After mastering the technology of interstellar navigation, you began to expand in the Model Sector, establishing huge factories on the planet Orville III and the planet Sonar, and then established a colony on the planet Vathian, and finally occupied the largest habitable planet in the Model Sector, Annaji!"
"So what! This is the result of the hard work of our ancestors!"
Francis pointed at his nose and said righteously, "How about it? The origin of Dawn Star Planet is just a group of war refugees! We established a new business in Endor system with our own efforts. My own Homeworld also has a good relationship with the aboriginal Ewok. Now Ewok is an official member of us! We have worked hard all the way, starting from scratch, and we have made progress bit by bit! Homeworld becomes even better! We are committed to helping other planets in the galaxy that are in trouble, even if we ourselves have to tighten our belts! I can tell you very responsibly that last year, Dawn Star Planet was released! Our food consumption reaches 4 billion tons! Based on the calculation that one person consumes 0.5 tons of food per year, this means that we feed 8 billion people! At the same time, what are you Annaj Planet doing to expand your "sphere of influence"?
"You..."
"Me? I can tell you! What I see is a powerful race that has occupied nearly 10 planets with a total population of more than 5 billion, showing off its power in front of a race with a total population of no more than 5 million! We want to transform the atmosphere of Kuna's Tooth. This is something that can only be accomplished in a thousand years, but you are telling us about the 'sphere of influence'? Galactic Republic was founded to Today, our founding principle is to not fear power and resist power! Infinite Empire, Eternal Empire, and Sith Empire have all been defeated by us! But now, in the face of the power of Ayrou, I want to say that we will fight to the end!!" Francis said impassionedly.
"Well said!!" Councilor Malastare Ainlee-Tim was the first to jump up and applaud loudly. Under his leadership, a large number of members of New Rim Faction and members of Outer Rim and Mid Rim Territories also rose up to express their support for Francis.
Councilor Murasis was furious. He shouted to the old god Chancellor Palpatine sitting in the middle, "Is Galactic Republic going to condone such aggressive behavior?"
"It's a pity, Congressman Murasis. Both Kuna's Tooth Planet and Kuna's Eye Planet are uninhabited planets without intelligent aborigines, and Ayrou's sphere of influence on these two planets does not exceed 30%, so Dawn Star Planet's colonization and mining behavior does not violate Galactic Republic's laws." Chancellor Palpatine said slowly.
"This makes no sense!" Murasis rebuked loudly, "When we Ayrou joined Galactic Republic 20 years ago, Kuna Cluster, Zuma Cluster and Modell Sector were our spheres of influence since ancient times! Why will our sphere of influence be affected after joining Galactic Republic?!"
"This is Galactic Republic's law. I'm sorry, Congressman Murasis." Palpatine shook his head and said.
"If that's the case! We Ayrou will defend our 'sphere of influence' in our own way!" Murasis was furious, dropped these words, controlled the anti-gravity platform and flew towards the exit, preparing to leave.
"So you want to use 'power' to solve the problem? Don't forget, this is Galactic Republic! No power is welcome here!" Francis didn't think it was enough and added fuel to the fire.
After Murasis left, Palpatine looked at Francis and asked with a cold smile, "Since when did Dawn Star Planet start to consider itself weak? Compared with Ayrou, which one of you is the stronger one?"
"As we have always insisted, Dawn Star Planet yearns for peace, and is very willing to contribute its own strength to Galactic Republic." Francis responded with a smile.
Endor system, Cave-Beale outer orbit, Glory mothership.
Tang Xiao looked at the document in front of him, smiled lightly and said, "It seems that Pioneer Corps has a lot of opinions on Kanidi. You see, this is the twentieth complaint recently."
"Sir Governor, I think Kanidi's behavior in Kuna's Tooth has really damaged the reputation of our Fourth Civilization. If necessary, I suggest that he be replaced." Chief of Staff Qi Jian said.
"I object. Kanidi's opinion is very correct. You must be cautious when launching any war, especially our target is Ayrou, the overlord of Modell Sector. Their population and scope of control far exceed ours." Head of the Administrative Department Daphne-Clement said.
"But when you say that, you don't actually deny the possibility of war." Helmut-Baron Zemo chuckled.
"The difficulty of the war depends on our preset goals for this war. For now, we have the ability to defeat Ayrou in a short time, but the war must not be delayed. Otherwise, we will fall into a protracted war and we will not win." General Army General Xian Hui said.
"Everyone, this is Galactic Republic. Even if we really want to start a war, Galactic Republic will ultimately need to arbitrate. I hope everyone understands this." Francis-Underwood, who participated in the meeting via remote communication, said.
Tang Xiao nodded and said, "I have decided to continue to retain the position of Volgograd-Kanidi and not interfere with any of his measures at Kuna's Tooth Planet. In order to strengthen his authority, I am going to issue a formal announcement to emphasize this point again."
"This may delay our colonization process in Kuna's Tooth System." Qi Jian said in a deep voice.
"No... I just think things will get interesting." Tang Xiao smiled, "Maybe what Kanidi insists on is exactly what we need."