Chapter 938 Huh? What Happened to that Spaceship ∑(′△｀)? !

'snort! '

‘Members of Parliament present! '

‘We, the Trade Union, declare again: We will never admit any unwarranted crimes imposed on us! Our governor was illegally arrested by the Army of the Federation of Heroes while passing through Naboo. We will never admit those evidences! '

'Therefore, the Supreme Court of the Galactic Republic should release him immediately and unconditionally, and order the Federation of Heroes to compensate us for all losses and severely punish the murderer who ordered the firing, instead of carrying out that kind of unreasonable murder on our innocent governor. trial? '

‘We express our strong protest against the evil deeds and slanderous accusations of the Federation of Heroes! ! '

'therefore……'

'We hereby urge the Parliament and the Supreme Speaker to immediately issue a special pardon order and immediately and unconditionally release His Excellency Governor Newt Gunley, who has been innocently detained for more than ten days, because our respected Newt Gunray Your Excellency the Governor is indeed innocent and framed! ! '

In today's parliament, the representatives and members of the trade alliance are still doing their usual routine, and they are shouting loudly at the Supreme Speaker of the Republic on the rostrum and the opponent on the next seat platform on their platform, and at Representative Nova with.

Although their words have been said many times in the dome-shaped hall of this parliament, similar views have been raised and appealed countless times, and even the protests have made the supreme speaker Finis Valoren and the members of the presidium In addition, the ears of the other congressmen present were almost sore, but today they still ran out in the same old tune, and continued to express their protests.

They had to do that...

Because the various measures of the parliament, or the supreme speaker and his party members, against their trade alliance have become more and more obvious, coupled with the fact that the governor of the trade alliance was captured alive by the other party and the critical investigation and trial work is coming to an end. So, now they have to be secretly anxious, and have to become more and more hysterical, wanting to fool things or continue to delay at such a critical moment?

'besides! '

'We urge the parliament to immediately suspend the implementation of the illegal bill No. "Yin" No. 020200105, and immediately declare that the tax increase on remote trade routes is illegal and revoke the relevant taxation. Otherwise, we will reserve the right to take necessary measures, In order to protect our legitimate interests from infringement? ! '

Now, anyone can see that the growing opposition and division within the Council of the Galactic Republic is already evident.

In the opinion of members of the trade alliance, the Galactic Republic, under the reckless actions of the supreme speaker and some "chaotic partisans", once again voted through the parliament and blatantly restored the one on Nabu star. The agreement to levy high tariffs on important outlying trade routes is extremely wrong, and their trade alliance will never stand still or pay taxes honestly because of this!

But the bad thing now is that the ones intercepting and collecting taxes on the route near Naboo are no longer those small tax surveillance ships from Naboo and those stupid Naboo people who don't dare to offend their trade alliance. It's those damned protoss who don't know where they were recruited by the Federation of Heroes!

Under the blockade of the opponent's advanced and extremely fast warships that can also use the "space warp" ability, in recent days, countless trade alliances and large and small cargo spaceships related to the trade alliance have Smuggling and "suspected refusal to pay tariffs" were forcibly seized, and countless legal or illegal goods were confiscated or destroyed at the same time, causing their trade alliance to suffer extremely heavy losses in just a dozen days.

And this is the reason why members of the trade alliance will continue to clamor hysterically in the parliament today, lodge a strong protest, and even threaten to use force again!

Because, they really can't sit still now...

In fact, their trade alliance has long been unable to sit still, because they are now at an absolute disadvantage in the parliament! As early as a few days ago, seeing that there was no hope of saving the situation, they had already tried to adopt some informal and brutal methods!

For example: Nova, the most important and troublesome figure in the faction that asked people to assassinate the speaker?

But, the people in the trade alliance will definitely not admit that they did it by themselves! After all, now the Jedi Knights are only investigating: it was just a stupid thing done by a group of bounty hunters who fled to the planet Coruscant after receiving an unnamed fund, and it has nothing to do with their trade alliance. connection, because the bounty is not a republic credit, but is issued in the form of precious minerals. That kind of thing is not difficult for a trade alliance that is insanely rich and specializes in various trades and mineral development. It is certain that no one will find out who issued the 'bounties' collected by the other party!

But whether you admit it or not, certain things have already been widely spread in the parliament, so after the members of the Trade Union finished their speeches, other members of the entire parliament did not rush to speak, nor did they act like They started whispering and arguing like before, but continued to watch the confrontation between the two sides with cold eyes.

'...'

'...'

That's right, most of the councilors are waiting for the response from the Supreme Speaker's faction, especially the response from that Nova councilor.

after all,

For the congressmen present, although they are good at wrangling and shirking responsibility in doing things, and they are usually corrupt and extravagant, but no matter what, they are also a group of qualified politicians with a keen sense of smell!

No need to think too much, they already knew who the real talker of the Supreme Speaker's faction was, and who was supporting the gentle and cowardly Supreme Speaker!

so,

Now among them, apart from those MPs who are already in the two opposing factions (Trade Alliance and Speaker faction) have a clearer attitude, the other neutral faction or wall-sitting MPs who account for about 40% of the parliament, On the other hand, he has always been wise and safe, pretending to be neutral, and never speaks easily, just waiting to see the more intense internal fighting between the two factions in the Congress of the Republic that are getting more and more gunpowder-smelling.

In fact, until now, almost all the people of the galaxy's alliance countries on the entire planet of Coruscant, and those Coruscant residents whose number has reached a terrifying number of one trillion, have already learned from various channels that the parliament's plan is coming. The split, knowing the status quo of the parliament that has almost split into two halves in the past half a month...

However, everyone knows that under the bloated and corrupt bureaucratic system, the people of Coruscant, who have long been insensitive, are unable or unwilling to respond too much, even if they are currently in the parliament and are invited to participate in the auditorium The same goes for some of the Jedi Masters.

'...'

'...'

On a special seat platform in the parliament, Master Yoda and Master Mace Windu looked at each other silently, watching the chaos in the parliament but did not dare to speak, because they did not speak now s right!

Standing behind the two of them are Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan master and apprentice, the Jedi knights appearing in the council, it is indeed very strange, but it is not too strange when you think about it, because today's original The issue is to let some of the parties involved state the evil deeds committed by the Trade Federation on Naboo before and the crime of verbally portraying the Trade Governor, so that the Supreme Court can try it at another day?

But it is a pity that they have only been allowed to speak once, and the topic has to be diverted by the group of hysterical trade union members and representatives... Therefore, the representatives of these Jedi knights present here can only To be able to stay innocently in his seat, watching those members of parliament with clear distinctions arguing about a little thing for a full half a day...

perhaps,

The two sensitive Jedi masters present have already noticed that the Republic is indeed showing signs of a growing split?

However, even if they are aware of it, they have no good way!

Because some things have long been beyond the capabilities of Jedi Knights like them, and their Jedi Knights or Jedi Order, to put it bluntly, are just a group of thugs who maintain the peace and order of the Republic. Political affairs are indeed beyond the scope of his ability, and they cannot intervene.

"oh?"

"Take necessary measures? Do you want to continue sending people to assassinate me?!"

At this time, it was exactly as those councilors who were just watching the fun, didn't think it was a big deal at all, didn't make a sound, didn't speak, and didn't try to persuade the fight. Rebutted first:

"If you think that way, please let your horse come here!"

"Hmph! It's not that I, Nova, underestimated you guys, but that the bounty hunters hired by you idiots are really too amateur... You must know that there are dozens of them How long can I persist before I kill them all, it really makes me feel no sense of accomplishment at all!"

"but……"

"Speaking of which, you idiots may not believe it. Before, in an operation, I sneaked into an enemy's military base alone and killed all the enemies in the entire base! More than a thousand people, They were all dead, their throats were cut or they were shot in the head by me, none of them escaped!"

"so……"

"Please, everyone in the Trade Union, next time you send people over, can you find some reliable ones, or ones that are more durable?"

The murderous words uttered from the mouth of Nova, a member of the galaxy, made the already relatively quiet parliament become quiet in an instant, as if everyone was choked by an invisible giant hand?

Even the congressmen and representatives of the trade alliance who were still in hysteria just now took a step back involuntarily after being frightened by the words and deeds of that Nova congressman's first showdown.

"Hmph! I'm done talking!"

However, Nova didn't care about the other person's face, she just hugged her arm and stared at the other person's reaction leisurely.

These days, except for rest days, she has been teasing those members of the trade alliance in the parliament almost every day, and she has long been used to it.

'...'

'...'

The council was a little cold for a while, because no one would doubt what Nova said!

The fact that the other party was targeted and assassinated by the bounty hunter has almost spread throughout the entire planet of Coruscant! Of course, what spreads more is that the opponent not only does not run or call for support when they are under siege, but instead faces the enemy alone and kills all the incoming bounty hunters. Explosive fun!

Especially when the protagonist of the story is also a beautiful young congresswoman?

Of course, this kind of thing is just a private guess from the news media and some channels, even if the guess is almost indistinguishable, but without conclusive evidence, no one has ever brought it to the surface Pass.

'you! '

‘I, we protest! ! '

‘This Nova Congressman, you are slandering! Naked slander! ! '

'That's right! It is slander! '

‘Our trade alliance has absolutely no connection with that despicable bounty hunter! We are all law-abiding businessmen of the republic, and such a vile thing as sending someone to assassinate a congressman will never happen to us! '

'So, we will never accept the wording you just said! '

After a long time, after being stunned for a long time, the trade union representatives and councilors who realized something and were unwilling to accept that kind of 'slander' all refuted collectively, and continued to pretend to be like that just now. Hysterical and growling, as if the louder they were, the more they showed their innocence?

Although, almost all the congressmen present knew about that kind of thing, it's just that everyone tacitly said it without conclusive evidence, and didn't say it outright?

"oh?"

"If you were legitimate businessmen, you wouldn't besiege and invade Naboo for no reason; if you were legitimate businessmen, you shouldn't have so many armed battleships and battle robots; if you were legitimate businessmen, you wouldn't return Been pestering MPs in Parliament for so long over taxes!"

"In my opinion, it must be right that you are a group of businessmen, but whether it is legal or not is open to question."

Nova looked at the instrument on the platform of her seat, and saw that the numbers on it showed that it was getting close to the time to end work, and then she stopped talking with a sneer.

'protest! ! '

‘We reiterate once again: Our Trade Alliance has never surrounded or invaded Naboo from the beginning to the end. That is a slander without evidence at all! And our Governor-General is definitely innocent, he must be acquitted as soon as possible! '

'That's right! '

"There are interstellar pirates everywhere on the distant route. The tax collectors and Jedi knights of the Republic can't protect us, so we must have our own means of self-defense, and those are not warships, they are just merchant ships with self-defense weapons , that is in line with the relevant laws of the Republic! '

‘Senator Nova, your sarcasm is groundless! '

‘We can all testify that we have not been entangled in the issue of taxes, and we have paid those reasonable taxes on time! And now, what we are entangled with is the unreasonable part! The Republic should not impose heavy taxes on remote waterways. It is illegal and unreasonable without a full vote of the parliament. We have reasons to resist! '

'On the contrary, you, your protoss fleet surrounded Naboo, and openly built a military base on Naboo's agricultural and tourist planet, and held Queen Padmé Amidala and Naboo hostage. It is a shameful thing to attack the passing trade union governor! ! '

‘In this regard, you must give us an explanation! ! '

'Give me an explanation! '

‘Release our governor, compensate our losses and abolish unreasonable tax treaties! ! '

Now that the matter of Naboo has basically been settled, their trade alliance actually planned to suffer from being dumb and did not plan to entangle them any more, so a group of their representatives clamoring on their own seat platform is just to confuse the public.

However, in any case, the issue of the Governor of the Trade Union and taxation must be resolved. This is not negotiable. The reason for almost paralysis.

"snort!"

"Forget it, I still think it is reasonable for the council to collect taxes on remote trade routes, and the taxes collected are too low. You guys who smuggle in the name of trade should be heavily taxed. yes?!"

Nova snorted coldly, and indifferently revealed to the other party the next plan to reform the taxation of the Republic that she was planning: that is to levy heavy taxes on the trade alliance!

Because only then will the Republic have enough tax revenue to do some of the things she intends to do, such as conscription and formation of the Republic Army? Anyway, if she doesn't plan to pay for blood transfusions to this corrupt country, she, Nova, has no other better way than attacking dissidents and extracting oil and water from them, which is the most efficient and quick method.

'you! ! '

Reasonable? Nonsence!

Representatives of the trade alliance and members of parliament said that if it is reasonable to collect heavy taxes, who would smuggle in such remote waterways? In the final analysis, isn't it because only smuggling can make huge profits?

And if they all pay taxes honestly, what is the trade alliance sending so many cargo ships to go to the remote shipping lanes like Naboo, why not do it in the core area of ​​the Milky Way and the Republic, which is safer, more convenient and more prosperous? Legit small business?

'! ! '

'you dare? ! '

‘We will never pay unreasonable taxes for even one credit! '

'That's right! '

‘The illegal bill No. “Silver” No. 020200105 must be revoked today! '

‘Rescind the motion! '

'Against tyranny against legitimate businessmen! ! '

'...'

Soon, under the lead or hint of the trade alliance, many members of parliament who had some interests with them started clamoring and clamoring, and once again tossed a good Galactic Parliament into a busy place outside of Coruscant.

'quiet! ! '

'The time is up. Since the members of the Congress cannot reach an agreement, today's topic is temporarily put on hold, and the vote is also temporarily cancelled. Let's go here first, and the meeting is adjourned now! ! '

If this kind of meaningless wrangling meeting is held too much, everyone will feel tired, even the two parties involved?

So soon, without waiting for the members and representatives of the Trade Union to continue to complain or refute, the member of the bureau who is very experienced in interrupting disputes between the two sides, the guy with horns on his head and neck stood up and said Loudly announced the official end of today's parliamentary resolution with his authority.

For some things, he said that he was used to it... Anyway, the two parties have been arguing like this, and it is likely that they will continue to quarrel like this, so there is no point in continuing the quarrel. MPs to deal with it themselves?

'...'

'well……'

Seeing those members of parliament stand up and leave the venue as usual, Master Yoda and Master Mace Windu, who were fortunate enough to come to the parliament to observe today, looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed, and got up together with others And turn around and leave from the entrance behind the seat platform.

Today, they have seen the management ability of those bureaucrats...

Today, the parliament has been arguing in vain for a day, but until now half a day has passed, and until the end of the meeting, the two sides have not been able to come up with any satisfactory results for both sides. They just saw that the two sides have been uncompromising and tit-for-tat After making a fuss for a long time, everything finally came to nothing!

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When the members of the presidium of the Galactic Republic's parliament announced the adjournment, and when the members of the parliament filed out of the huge steel mushroom-shaped capitol one after another, and left one after another, a silver-white, shiny ship The streamlined J-type 327 Naboo royal starship has finally arrived at the place where it once came and left safely - the planet Coruscant!

"finally reached!"

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Watching the spaceship fly towards the atmosphere of the Coruscant planet that looks like a huge glowing steel planet in space, and enter the capital of the Galactic Republic according to the route arranged by the robots of the Coruscant Immigration Department, Little Annie, who had been bored on the boat for three full days, finally cheered.

"Next time, I say next time! Miss Amidala, she will definitely never take this slow and broken spaceship of your Naboo again!!"

s(??｀ヘ????;)ゞ

Yes, Little Annie said that this broken spaceship that can't directly use the space warp, can't reach directly with a 'swish', but can only rely on the backward superluminal engine to sail, she said that she is really a bit disgusted!

"..."

"Clean up, there may be important officials welcoming us later, Anne, as the head of a country, you can't be too rude."

After standing up and seeing that there was nothing wrong with her makeup and clothing, Padmé Amidala walked out, blaming a little girl who she insisted on following, but now regretted it on the road.

And behind her, in addition to her maid guards, there is also a representative of the Naboo Gungans, her old friend Jar Jar Binks, who will become the representative of the Naboo Gungans And permanent in the capital of the Galactic Republic and get a representative seat in the parliament.

And the reason why they returned to the planet Coruscant this time, in addition to solving some things, was mainly to attend the court against the Trade Federation and its governor a few days later, and to deal with some evil deeds of the Trade Federation and the governor. Make a complaint!

"Wait for me……"

o(??▽｀)o =3 =3 =3

The spaceship finally flew here to Coruscant, so little Annie, who has been making trouble on Naboo for several days and scared the Gungans so much that they almost moved their capital, will definitely not continue to stay on this broken spaceship. So, she hurriedly took her little bear and followed Queen Amidala in a hurry, planning to get off the spaceship and find something fun or delicious here in Coruscant.

(…)

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'welcome……'

‘The Naboo Royal Starship spaceship has docked at Republic 066 Airport, welcome Her Majesty Queen Padmé Amidala and Head of State Anne to visit Coruscant again...’

‘Supreme Speaker Feinis Valoren and Representative Nova are on their way here, because the parliament has just adjourned, so they can’t come here immediately...’

As the Naboo royal starship slowly arrived and stopped at an air port on the top of a building in the Galactic Republic's parliamentary district, soon a robot in charge of reception greeted everyone.

"..."

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Little Annie ignored the boring and clumsy robot, she just yawned and stretched, and then began to look around.

"I see."

"Take us to find a place to rest first, we've been driving for a few days..."

Padmé Amidala just nodded when she heard it, and didn't care about the trivial matter that there was no one here on the port apron to receive her at this time, and directly gave instructions to the robot.

'OK. '

"Please wait a moment, we will arrange a shuttle boat for you..."

The robot's eyes flickered a few times, and then signaled everyone to wait patiently, because there is no such thing as stairs or elevators, and Queen Padmé Amidala who was present must wait until the arranged reception train arrives. And that Anne little head of state was carried to the reception area of ​​the Republic.

However……

Neither Padmé Amidala, some heartless little girl, nor the royal guards of Naboo in the same company noticed that at this time, in a certain building in the distance, there was Is there a suspicious guy watching the situation here through the window with some kind of instrument?

Then, he (she?) quickly picked up a communicator after seeing clearly:

'Zizi...'

'Report! '

'Target reached 066! Repeat, the goal has been reached! Location 066! ! '

'Zizi...'

'clear! '

'The courier No. 066 is arriving, and the countdown is five seconds! '

'Four! '

'three! '

'two! '

'one! '

'Start delivering packages! ! '

boom……

Suddenly, a huge anti-gravity interstellar spaceship that was originally in the sky of Coruscant, according to the original low-altitude intercity orbit and speed, was flying well in the continuous flow of aircraft formations, and suddenly shook violently. Then its engine part burst into flames with an explosion, and soon there was a loud sound!

Soon after, it was braving billowing smoke and flames, and according to the inertia of its original flight, after being recaptured by the gravity of the planet Coruscant, it made a parabola, and accurately slanted towards No. 066 to stop. Ping hit it...

"Eh?"

∑(??△｀)? !

That is……

As the sound came, when she looked up, little Annie saw it as a matter of course: an extremely huge spaceship, which looked like a big lump of iron about the size of a building with dozens of floors. Thick smoke, it seems that there is something wrong with the engine, and it smashed down on them viciously?

(…)

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(Undoubtedly, Tibbers knew that it was a big guy who fell down after losing the anti-gravity device and almost all the power! In terms of weight, it may be tens or millions of tons?)

Soon, without waiting for Little Annie and Queen Amidala on the tarmac of Airport 066 below to react or plan to escape, it hit the tarmac so hard!

boom! ! !

Then, under the impact of the huge spaceship, the entire No. 066 airport was sunken in an instant, followed by the bigger and more terrifying explosion sound, which exploded so directly, Then the flames, thick smoke, and continuous explosions directly enveloped a large area of ​​the entire airport!

As for the people who had just arrived from Naboo who were standing on the tarmac waiting for the shuttle boat, the other spaceships of different sizes and the escorting Naboo N-1 starfighters, etc., obviously It is unlikely to exist intact.

'! ! '

'Oh My God……'

'That is……'

'not good! That is……'

‘Is it the airport where Queen Padmé Amidala and Head of State Anne stopped? ! '

In the distance, Congressman Nova, Speaker Phoenix Valorum, Master Yoda, and Qui-Gon King who were waiting in a luxurious republic reception hall, when they heard the movement and turned their heads away, they just I saw the distance, saw the huge interstellar spaceship that was exploding due to the impact at the position of No. 066 airport, as well as the flames and billowing smoke that soared into the sky...

boom rumble...

As the fire exploded, finally, after a while, the sound of the explosion, which was much slower than the beam of light, came from afar, and the terrifying sound shook everyone. The floor-to-ceiling glass in front of him vibrated slightly.

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