Chapter 200: Changes in the Planet Naboo (Part 1)
198. Changes in the Planet Naboo (Part 1)
However, King Als-Veruna spoke passionately on the stage, but the reaction below was Somewhat bland.
Most of the people in the capital just applauded as a routine, and most of the officials looked worried.
Actually, King Ars-Veruna is not having an easy time now.
He came to power relying on the agreement signed with the Trade Federation to export plasma ore. Among his promises, this agreement will bring countless financial revenue to the planet Naboo, which will greatly support the planet's infrastructure and people's livelihood. Construction makes people’s lives better.
But no one knew that the treaty he signed with the Trade Alliance was actually an unequal treaty that was humiliating and humiliating the country! In this treaty, the Trade Federation can plunder the plasma mines of the planet Naboo, and the planet Naboo must pay the company and take care of food and housing for the mining group of the Trade Federation, so the environmental damage caused by it is ignored.
However, in the end, the Trade Federation purchased the plasma mine on the planet Naboo for less than half the market price, and then sold it at a high price to make huge profits.
This has led to increasingly intensified conflicts between humans on the planet Naboo and the Gungans living in the water, and even reached the brink of war.
Of course, it cannot be said that this unequal treaty made no money at all. At least King Als-Veruna and his cabinet made a lot of money.
As for what infrastructure? Livelihood projects? He had forgotten all about it.
The result is that King Veruna's support rate has been declining and has reached a very dangerous situation. He can no longer guarantee that he will win re-election in the next election.
In order to reverse the situation, King Veruna must do something practical. He decided to pursue a two-pronged approach - the N-1 starfighter project and a renewed trade agreement.
For the N-1 interstellar fighter project, he spent a huge amount of money to find cooperation with Nubian Interstellar Engineering Company, established a joint venture - Theid Palace Spaceship Company, and then developed a fighter that can defeat all fighters in the galaxy. The strongest fighter!
Of course, Nubian Interstellar Engineering Company, which is known for building high-quality spaceships, has lived up to Veruna's hopes. This fighter is indeed the most powerful fighter in the galaxy at present! But...the cost of a single rack is as high as 200,000 credits, which can be said to be a luxury product. Comparing the Z-95 Headhunter fighter with 80,000 credits and the original price of 100,000 credits, the actual cost of the Phantom fighter is estimated to be lower than that of the Z-95. It is a complete waste of money.
But the N-1 starfighter is indeed excellent enough. It has excellent controllability, an automatic operating system, top-notch firepower and steering performance, and a short-distance acceleration of 3800G! This value has exceeded the Delta-6 fighter commonly used by Jedi Knights now!
In other words, excluding other factors of the Force, in terms of fighter performance itself, the N-1 star fighter has already reached the level of a Jedi Knight per capita!
With the N-1 starfighter as his backing, King Als-Veruna's next move is to break away from the constraints of the Trade Federation. He wants to rely on the deterrence of the N-1 starfighter to force the Trade Federation to re-sign a trade agreement with him, or cancel the existing trade agreement.
This will undoubtedly cause a rift between the planet Naboo and the Trade Federation, and will also completely offend the person behind this matter - Hego Damask II. Because for Hego, the trade agreement on the planet Naboo is an important means for him to bribe Newt Gunray, the sector director of the Trade Federation, and it is also a key to helping Newt Gunray embark on the path of becoming the governor of the Trade Federation. ring.
Once he achieves this goal, he will realize the alliance between the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association, and the wealth and resources he can control will reach a terrifying level that cannot even be calculated with figures!
And Als-Veruna knew this, so he went to look for foreign aid. Under the impetus of an invisible hand, Black Sun and Gadula the Hutt were brought out. He hit it off with Black Sun and asked Black Sun and Gadula to act as agents of the plasma mine on the planet Naboo, so that he would Get ten times more in return than you do now!
And in order to completely frighten the Trade Alliance, he also agreed with Black Sun on an extremely dangerous plan - to assassinate Hego Damask II! !
This is what Hei Ge has never found, the key point of this assassination plan - the plasma mine on the planet Naboo!
But now he knows it, but it's too late. The assassination plan failed, and the other mastermind behind the scenes had already escaped without leaving any trace.
Only a few poor bastards are left who have to bear this monstrous rage...
But now Ars-Veruna does not know that this seemingly seamless assassination has failed. He is now at the peak of his life. , full of ambition.
As the parade of N-1 starfighters took off and flew in formation in the air, Als Veruna's emotions reached its peak!
He turned to the people next to him who were smiling and applauding and said: "I can see that today is the day that I can turn the situation around! The N-1 starfighter made its first flight successfully, and then we only need to re-sign the trade agreement. The little girl from the Nabeli family will never touch the throne of the planet Naboo in this life!"
The man next to him sighed, "King Veruna, I advise you to proceed with caution. They have made huge profits from the plasma mine trade by just sitting back and doing nothing. It is absolutely impossible for them to simply give up.”
"Don't worry, I have other arrangements. Even the Hutts support me now! Plus, within the planet's gravitational circle, no spacecraft can compete with our Naboo Royal Air Force's N-1 starfighter. Bi! Re-signing the agreement is just around the corner, hahahaha!"
"But now...the situation in the Galactic Parliament is not very good," Speaker Fenis Valorum said. His position is in jeopardy, he must do something to come out," said the person next to him.
"Does this have anything to do with me?"
"Of course it does... Because of the incident on the planet Malastar, Deputy Speaker Botan is already on the verge of stepping down. Once Botan If he steps down, the planets that support Botan will no longer side with Valoran. In order to avoid this happening, he hopes to reach an agreement on taxing the outer planets. "
"Valoran is a fool!" Als-Veruna laughed contemptuously: "So the Enterprise Alliance gave him a slap in the face, and then told him who has the final say in the Outer Rim Star Region. .”
"The situation is more complicated..." the man said, raising his head.
The high hairline, the hook-like nose, and the sharp eyes - it is Senator Sheev Palpatine!
(End of this chapter)