Chapter 716: Harunkar Civil War
715, Harunkar Civil War
However, the planet Harunkar has never been peaceful, and the extreme environment of this planet has also created some magical species.
The most valuable among them is the Thysseltree. This tree has a very developed root system, so after absorbing the toxic substances deep underground on the planet Harunkar, it shows a unique characteristics.
If eaten raw, the bark of this tree will cause strong hallucinogenic and exciting reactions in the brains of intelligent creatures, which is much stronger than ordinary spices. If eaten in large quantities, it will even cause Irreversible and permanent damage to the brain leaves the person obsessed with fantasy forever.
But what’s even more wonderful is that through systematic roasting and production, the harmful reactions of the bark of the Diesel tree will be removed. While retaining the powerful hallucinogenic and stimulating effects, the negative effects will almost disappear, even better than before. The Master drinks a glass of light wine.
And due to the special growth environment, there is basically no possibility of artificial cultivation of this tree.
As a result, Diesel bark has become a very expensive thing, and many rich people in the inner circle and the inner circle like this spice that has no negative effects. And because when chewing the bark of the Diesel tree, human teeth will be dyed red and will last for a day or two before being washed away. Therefore, when two nobles show their red teeth, they will often smile knowingly.
(Yes, this thing is just a betel nut for him.)
With such a precious thing, it naturally attracts more eyes.
Since the discovery of the Diesel tree, some bounty hunters and smugglers have begun to go to the planet Harunkar to collect the bark of the Diesel tree. These people gradually formed communities one by one, and they hunted the animals in the forest. Animals, mined for Diesel bark.
As a result, they had a fierce conflict with the indigenous Korunai people.
The Korunai people basically live a very simple nomadic life, and their occasional interactions with other planets are mostly just to purchase some daily necessities and small spaceships that can fly between different mountain peaks. The main animal they raise is an animal called Grassers. These animals are large and docile. They have six hooves and three eyes. Their meat is delicious and the milk they produce has extremely high nutritional value.
However, the main food of grass cattle is the bark of Diesel tree.
All Diesel trees that have been eaten by cattle, due to the secretions in their saliva, the hallucinogenic effect of Diesel bark will decrease over a period of time, for those smugglers , which means the purity of spices decreases. In addition, grass cattle eat the bark of Diesel trees in a wide range. After eating a few mouthfuls of each tree, they will give up and then go to the next tree. In this way, the Diesel trees get a good Protection, but large areas are also polluted by grass cattle, and the yield and purity have been reduced a lot.
In order to collect more and better Diesel bark, the smugglers began to hunt grass cattle on a large scale, which led to fierce conflicts with the Korunai people.
Those smugglers have been on the planet Harunkar for several generations, and they are more or less indigenous residents. They have also taken root on this planet and spread their branches, facing the opposition of the Korunai people. , they naturally refused to give in.
The Korunai people gave these smugglers an insulting name - Balawai, although this is the dialect of the Korunai people and others cannot understand the insult. Meaning, but these smugglers still don't recognize this name. If you dare to mention this title in front of them, it is no different from scolding your mother in front of them. The time was 52 BBY 30 years ago. It is impossible to know who fired the first shot, but from that day on, a fierce and cruel war broke out between the Korunai and the smugglers.
In order to prevent the Galactic Republic from interfering, the smugglers colluded with the Pike people who had been engaged in spice smuggling for a long time and bribed a large number of Republic officials. Finally, the then-Republic Congress passed a formal bill, which stated that since both parties were technically not indigenous and had actually settled on the planet, the war was defined as a civil war and the Galactic Republic would not interfere.
Regarding this bill, Mace Windu, who had just joined the Jedi Order and was undergoing the apprenticeship graduation trial, could not do anything. After all, when he was 6 months old, he was taken away and raised by the Jedi Order because his parents died. At that time, he could not even speak the language of the Korunai people.
However, Mace Windu still paid great attention to the matters on the planet Harunkar. He once visited the planet Harunkar, learned the language of the Korunai people, and communicated with both parties. Tried to mediate, but with little success. Even the Windu tribe where he was originally born did not listen to his mediation suggestions at all and insisted on fighting tooth for tooth and blood for blood.
The civil war finally broke out. After all, the smugglers had more contact with the outside world and had accumulated a lot of wealth through the smuggling of Diesel bark. The equipment in their hands was much better. Their attack on the Korunai people Round after round of bombings were launched in the settlements, resulting in the deaths of large numbers of civilians.
But the Korunai are not fuel-efficient lamps. As descendants of the Jedi who fell here thousands of years ago, almost every one of them is Force-sensitive, even if they are not as powerful as the Jedi. , but he is also physically strong, has keen senses, and even has a strong premonition of crisis.
The Korunai people ran into the jungle and fought guerrilla warfare with the smugglers. In the jungle environment, a fungus unique to the planet Harunkar that can eat and corrode metal makes the advanced weapons of the Palawai people extremely depleted and basically useless. They have suffered a lot for this. As long as they enter the jungle, they can basically No one came out alive.
As the war became increasingly cruel, both warring parties became red-blooded and directly attacked each other's settlements, killing women and children everywhere. This has caused a sharp decline in the population of the planet Harunkar. As of the latest rough statistics, the population on the planet has been reduced to about 750,000, but the killings are still continuing, with no signs of stopping.
And when the Confederacy of Independent Systems was established and the galactic civil war broke out, the war on the planet Harunkar also attracted the attention of Count Dooku.
The Palawai people secretly contacted the Confederation of Independent Systems, quietly joined the Confederation, and received a large amount of assistance. In contrast, the Korunai people never asked the Republic for help because they had no good impressions of the Republic. It was not until the battles continued to fail and the settlements continued to fall that they approached the Republic for help.
In such a hell-like planet, an unarmed Consul-class cruiser broke away from the hyperspace channel and entered the planet's atmosphere.
The spaceship landed at a spaceport where the Korunai people settled, and the hatch opened. Jedi Master Depa Bilaba and her two beloved disciples, Luna Dream and Luna Phantom , walked down with a group of clone soldiers.
It seems that I underestimated the difficulty of coding on the first day of work. I’m afraid I won’t be able to update it today. The update is expected to be released on Saturday or one day this week.
(End of this chapter)