"Protest!!"
"Honorable senators, please allow me to say a few words..."
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"Hey! Ignore that guy..."
"Huwww!!"
"Γεια..."
"..."
"Order!!"
"Honorable senators! Remember who you are! Maintain order in the Senate!"
"Now, the Republic Senate's presiding committee will allow representatives and senators from the Trade Federation to speak on the destruction of Naboo and the Trade Federation's warships!"
"..."
On Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, this impossibly prosperous and overcrowded planet had more than five thousand layers of crust and a permanent surface population of one trillion. Inside the deep, bowl-shaped Senate chamber, beneath the curved dome of that enormous steel mushroom, senators representing the various member worlds of the Galactic Republic had once again turned the place into a marketplace that morning, just one day after the new chancellor had been elected and sworn into office.
Of course, the senators were not making such a racket because they questioned the new chancellor's legitimacy or anything else. There was absolutely no problem with that! The real reason was still the long-delayed matter concerning the Trade Federation and Naboo.
Only...
The argument was no longer about the Trade Federation's blockade and invasion of Naboo. It was about the Trade Federation's Droid Control Ship, which the Hero Federation's warships had destroyed without warning, causing devastating losses among the countless Neimoidians and other personnel aboard, along with their equipment and supplies. The debate also concerned the millions of B1 battle droids, various equipment and military supplies, and the Trade Federation's viceroy, Newt Gunray, who had been captured by Naboo and the Hero Federation after the loss of the Droid Control Ship.
So the matter under debate and the positions of the two sides had completely reversed from just a few days ago! Now it was the Trade Federation's representatives and senators—the