Chapter 2278 The End of the Republic (Part 1)

2278. The End of the Republic (Part 1)

Coruscant, Galactic Council.

"Requisitioning civilian spaceships, and even hijacking civilians and taking them to the battlefield!! This is simply ridiculous!! When did the Galactic Republic become so inhumane!! Such a bill is a shame to bring it to the parliament!!" Padmé - Senator Amidala flew the anti-gravity platform to the middle, pointed at Palpatine's nose and almost cursed.

However, Palpatine just stood there motionless, facing Padmé's questioning, and didn't speak, just smiled and looked at her and the scolding congressmen.

"It's impossible! Do you know what's going on in the Corellian galaxy now? Do you know what the midpoint means?" There are not a few MPs who support Palpatine, and Gideon, the representative of the Kuat planet - Danu stood up and said loudly.

"Is our army just a display? Why do we have to let civilians go to the battlefield!?" Hannah Brimer, a member of Humbalin Planet, stood up and retorted.

"Do you think that the midpoint station is an existence that can be defeated casually? If the army is useful, why do you have to make such a bad move?" Lexi Dio, a member of Witt Planet, sneered.

"If the army is useless, what's the use of the huge military expenses paid by the people who tighten their belts!!" Padmé Amidala said sharply.

Gideon Danu jumped up and shouted: "In terms of military expenditures, how much did your planet Naboo give? We..."

"Silence!!!" Mas-Ameida yelled suddenly, his voice was very loud, and with the help of a loudspeaker, it spread throughout the entire parliament hall in an instant, and everyone fell silent, because they knew that the Speaker It's time to talk.

Padmé Amidala was still indignant and gave Palpatine a hard look before sitting down slowly.

"My colleagues in the parliament, first of all, I must recognize and thank you for your hard work over the years. It can be said that the Republic is so...prosperous because of everyone's hard work." When he said the last word, he A hint of sarcasm flickered at the corner of his mouth, and then he bowed deeply, and then he continued: "Everyone has also seen that the Republic is now facing the most serious threat in history! It surpassed the former Infinite Empire, the Hutt Empire, and even the Western Empire. The threat of the Sri Lankan Empire."

Then he raised his hand, and a huge logo of the Confederation of Independent Galaxies was projected, "Separatism. It incited the outer ring galaxy and some businessmen with ulterior motives, and took the initiative to provoke the war. They used robots in a very despicable way, and the war spread people are displaced.”

Afterwards, another logo of the Five-Star Alliance was projected,

"The Corellian galaxy. They were originally a member of the Republic, but they were unwilling to take responsibility. They wanted to take advantage of the war to make a fortune, completely ignoring how much the Republic would suffer because of their independence. "

In the end, Palpatine projected the image of the midpoint station, "Midpoint station. This is the creation of the Kirik people 100,000 years ago. It is this incredible power that created Corelli, which has five habitable planets. Sub-galaxies, likewise, can use this power to destroy any planet within the Milky Way. We don’t know how powerful the Kilik Empire was 100,000 years ago, and we don’t know how advanced their technology is. But I What I know is that the Midpoint Station is by no means an existence that the Republic can match."

After that, all the projections disappeared, leaving only Palpatine's slow and heavy voice: "Just 2 hours ago, I issued an order to the fleet stationed near Corellia, asking them to immediately report to Cole The Leilia galaxy launched an attack, with a total of 200 warships. But just now, we still have a total of 44 warships left."

Suddenly there was a sound of breathing, obviously shocked by this number.

"156 battleships and 1,154,400 soldiers died in the icy starry sky of Corellia within 2 hours." Palpatine's voice seemed a little choked up, "I let go of all my face and support Dan- The restoration of Solo is to give us the last chance. The rebel army captured the anti-gravity device of the planet Selonia, temporarily preventing the midpoint station from firing, and giving us a chance to dispatch troops. I let these 200 warships , 1.15 million soldiers were sent to die because Corellia colluded with the separatists, and now their robot legion is besieging the planet Selonia! I am fighting for the last time for us... with 1.15 million lives!"

As he spoke, his voice gradually became high-pitched, "I conscripted all the spaceships of the Republic, and even kidnapped civilians and stuffed them into passenger spaceships! This is to give our fleet a fair chance to compete, instead of being invisible without even seeing the enemy." The gravitational waves tearing into pieces!! Because I understand better than anyone else, I am responsible for the Republic!! I am responsible for Coruscant! I am responsible for Quart!! I am responsible for every planet that the Republic joins!! Because I know that once the Midpoint Station fires at these planets, billions, tens of billions of people will die!!!”

"So..." Palpatine's voice became calm again, and he controlled the anti-gravity platform to fly directly in front of the platform where Padmé-Amidala was, staring at her face to face, and slowly asked: "Ah?" Congressman Midala, in this time spent on the lives of 1.15 million soldiers, I sincerely beg you to quickly come up with a plan to defeat separatism and regain the midpoint..."

Padmé Amidala's face turned pale, she stood up angrily, but she couldn't argue, she could only point to Palpatine's nose and said loudly: "You...you rascal!! "

Indeed, it was really a rascal to say this from the mouth of Palpatine, who is the speaker. Padme is indeed very kind, and in the current buzzword, she is indeed a 'Holy Mother'. But she is not brainless, on the contrary, she sees more deeply than most other members of parliament. The reason why she opposed the war was not to oppose the war for the sake of opposing the war, but because she understood that there was an invisible force driving the war behind it. Therefore, she hoped that she could control the scale of the war so that the two sides would not be blindsided by it, so that there was still room for change, and she could calmly think about why this war was fought.

But now, Palpatine directly put all the results in front of her, but intentionally or unintentionally ignored the reasons why the war broke out before that, and why there was such a reason as Corellia's independence. Under such circumstances, of course she could only be speechless! Because everything Palpatine created is for this result, the plan he proposed must be the most effective plan in this result, but few people can see that this result could have been avoided of.

At this moment, Padmé Amidala understood all this! She understood that this impassioned old man, the elder, the Speaker of the Galactic Republic Council, was the one who promoted this war! ! ! However, it was already too late, that beautiful face flushed with anger, and the word 'rascal' spit out because of extreme humiliation, expressed all her inner feelings,