2066: A Doomed Tragic War
War broke out!
The Galactic Republic's surprise attack on Planet Geonosis dealt a heavy blow to the Independent Star Confederation that was transporting troops there. However, this battle ignited the fanaticism of the Independent Star Confederation!
After Count Dooku had shaken off the pursuit of Master Yoda and the Jedi Knights, he returned to Laskers 4 in a rather sorry state. This failure did not discourage him. On the contrary, he gave a stirring speech to all the members of the Independent Star Confederation, and then announced the official establishment of the Independent Star Confederation!
When the news spread throughout the galaxy, it immediately caused an uproar! In the past, under Count Dooku's advocacy, the star systems that left the Republic were only considered separatists. They were dissatisfied with the Republic, so they adopted a relatively violent method. Although everyone could see that these separatist star systems had in fact left the Republic, officially, the Galactic Republic still considered these star systems to be part of the Republic.
In other words, if this layer of window paper was not broken, then no matter how much trouble the separatists caused, no matter how many terrorist attacks they carried out, they would only be classified as internal affairs of the Republic.
But now, the situation was different. Thousands of star systems had all signed the "Declaration of Freedom", also known as the "Laskers Agreement", announcing their separation from the Republic and forming a new regime — the Independent Star Confederation. The symbol of the Confederation was defined as a hexagon, with three straight lines connecting the inside of the hexagon, indicating freedom and equality. This was no longer a matter of breaking the window paper. This was practically tearing down the walls of the broken house that was the Republic! This was the same logic as when the thirteen states of North America became independent from the British Empire. When they declared independence, they also declared war.
The Galactic Republic immediately responded. Under the proposal of Planet Naboo's representative, Jaga Binks, the Republic's parliament granted the chairman, Shiv Palpatine, emergency powers. This gave him great power. Under the proposal of war-related bills, Palpatine's personal opinion would be the main reference of the members. For urgent war matters, Palpatine even had the power to first execute the bill before discussing it.
After pretending to shirk responsibility a few times, Shiv Palpatine, also known as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, successfully obtained the emergency disposal authority that he had always dreamed of. This was also an important step for him towards the pinnacle of power in the galaxy. Immediately after, he announced on behalf of the Galactic Republic that they did not recognize the Independent Star Confederation as a legal regime and would use force to maintain the unity of the Republic.
As for the Independent Star System Confederation, Count Dooku claimed that the Galactic Republic was the one who started the war. He presented data and video evidence to prove that the Republic had launched a surprise attack on Planet Geonosis, resulting in the deaths of millions of Geonosians. This was a humanitarian disaster, and it made everyone despair for the Republic. They had no choice but to take up arms to resist. But since the Republic was not going to give them a way out, the Independent Star System Confederation would definitely fight for freedom and justice to the end.
This was basically a declaration of war from both sides. The war machines of both sides were also fully activated.
Shiv Palpatine requested the Jedi Order to join the war in the name of the Republic. Under the pressure of the country and righteousness, the Jedi Order reluctantly agreed to join the war. Moreover, they also believed that Count Dooku was the hidden Sith High Lord, the master of Darth Maul, who was killed on Planet Naboo ten years ago. This was also the main reason why they finally agreed to participate in the war.
Therefore, all 2,000 members of the Jedi Order participated in the war as army commanders, with Master Yoda as the overall commander of the entire Republic Army. As for the other members of the Jedi Order, Jedi Masters and Generals were equal in status, and Jedi Knights and Lieutenant Generals were equal in status. Even if they were Jedi Apprentices, as long as the Jedi Order recognized their abilities and allowed them to participate in the war, they would also be promoted to Major Generals. But in reality, because of the Jedi Order's superior status, they could command and mobilize far more troops than this military rank.
This complete decentralization also dispelled the Jedi Order's doubts about participating in the war to a certain extent. At least they did not have to worry about whether there was any Sith conspiracy behind this. After all, the military power was in their hands, right? Hehe.
Now, the core strength of the Republic Army was an army of three million clones, which was also the Republic's main mobile combat force. Of course, they had also recruited about a billion natural soldiers, but the main task of these troops was to defend their star system. In addition, each star system had to bear the military expenses of the clone army and the huge cost of building battleships.
The situation was similar in the Independent Star Confederation, but it was done more thoroughly. According to the agreement signed between Count Dooku and the Trade Alliance, the Galactic Banking Association, the Technology Alliance, the Business Association, and the Enterprise Alliance, these huge intergalactic business giants were responsible for the entire operation of the war. Be it the battleships, soldiers, or even most of the commanders, they were all provided by these business giants.
The allied star systems only had to bear one thing — money. All the expenses of maintaining this huge army had to be calculated with interest, and then handed over to these business giants. Although the Independent Star Confederation had a large number of allied star systems, even exceeding the Galactic Republic in terms of area of control, most of these planets were from the middle and outer ring star systems. Their economy and industrial level were not developed, and the heavy military expenses placed a huge burden on the people. As for the allied star systems being attacked? Then do your best to defend your own land, and then weigh the value of your planet in the eyes of these business giants.
Now that the Independent Star Confederation's desire for war was high, many people were willing to tighten their belts to support this war, but how long could this last? When there were starving people everywhere, could the war continue?
In the Battle of Geonosis, Master Yoda, who had failed to capture Count Dooku in the end, said to Obi-Wan, "There is no victor in this war. Everyone is a loser, the Separatists and the Republic. "
If Tang Yu heard this, he would definitely tell this great Jedi Master, who had entered his twilight years, that there was a victor — Darth Sidious, and the losers were everyone else in the entire galaxy!!
This war, from the beginning, was destined to be a tragedy, a desolate dirge …
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