The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

509. The Outbreak of War (Part 2)

The capital of the Galactic Republic, Coruscant.

The periphery of the best hospital in Coruscant has been surrounded by a large number of military police. Surrounded by these military police are several luxurious suspension vehicles. Anyone who can ride in this class of vehicles is either rich or expensive, and the fact is true. In this way, many senators came to the hospital this time.

It also includes the most powerful man in the Galactic Republic, Speaker Schiff Palpatine.

Outside the intensive care unit, Palpatine and many other congressmen stood there, whether it was pretentious or sincere, in short, everyone sighed and frowned.

A moment later, a doctor came out with several medical robots, bowed to Palpatine, and said: "Your Excellency, Senator Amidala is out of danger. After the operation, the fragments in her body have been destroyed. Removed and the fractured part has been re-fixed. Now she is in the bhakta tank for recovery and cannot be visited.”

Soaking in the bhakta jar requires you to take off your clothes, so it is really inconvenient.

"Is she awake?" Chancellor Palpatine asked eagerly.

The doctor shook his head, "She has some damage to her brain, so she hasn't woken up yet, and I'm not sure when she will wake up."

Palpatine let out a long sigh, "The separatists are so cruel, they were able to kill people at the gate of Coruscant! Have you caught the murderer?"

The sheriff next to him bowed his head and replied: "Not yet, Your Excellency Speaker. But when the attack happened, a merchant ship happened to pass by, and some videos were captured on the surveillance. We can confirm that the spaceship that attacked Congressman Amidala was a slave." No, this is the ship of the bounty hunter Jango Fett."

"I seem to have heard from Obi-Wan Kenobi before that this Jango Fett was the one who wanted to assassinate Senator Amidala last time?" Palpatine asked.

"Obviously, the Jedi Knights have failed in their duties again!" A councilman next to him snorted coldly.

"It can't be said that the separatists are doing any conspiracy on the planet Geonosis. The eyes of the Jedi Knights should be there. Just now Master Windu brought a large number of Jedi knights to the planet Geonosis, so we You can't blame the Jedi Order, even if Senator Amidala has indeed paid the price now." Palpatine's words were a bit yin and yang.

"This is undoubtedly the war conspiracy of the separatists! We can't go on like this! We must come up with a plan!" Congressman Ask-Aker said loudly.

"If we pass the Military Creation Act now, it will give the separatists an excuse to start a war. From the perspective of the republic, we can only strike later. And I don't think this bill will be voted on now. Passed," said Alderaan Councilor Bail Organa.

Palpatine clenched his fists secretly. He knew that the reason why the "Military Creation Act" could not be passed was because of the obstruction of the new ring faction members headed by Francis Underwood first, and then Pad Opposition from peace MPs led by May Amidala and Bail Organa.

Now it seems that because the idiot Newt Gunley's demand for the assassination of Padmé has a greater political impact than he imagined, it is impossible for the "Military Creation Act" to be passed in a formal way.

But fortunately, although he missed last time, Jango Fett completed his mission very well this time - shooting down Padmé's spaceship. Although Padmé saved her life because of the good safety of the Naboo royal shuttle, she could still give Palpatine many opportunities when she was unconscious.

He sighed again and said, "I don't recommend over-exciting the separatists, but now the problem of Planet Geonosis must be resolved, who can stand up?"

Deputy Speaker Mas-Ameida said: "It is too late to wait for the parliamentary vote at this emergency moment! There is another way, we can grant emergency ruling power to the speaker, so that the speaker can issue orders immediately , build an army, launch an attack! However, the power of emergency ruling is very important, and no one in the council dares to propose this motion..."

Councilor Ask-Ake echoed: "We need a councilor with enough prestige and enough courage to lead us to take this step bravely!"

"Who can do it?" Palpatine asked rhetorically.

The people around fell into silence. Palpatine glanced intentionally or unintentionally at the acting member of Naboo, the Gungan Gar-Ja-Binks, and made him pay attention to his gaze. -Binks lowered his head and averted his eyes, not daring to meet Palpatine's eyes.

"Maybe the separatists are worried about the threat posed by Congressman Padmé Amidala, so they want to assassinate her again and again." Deputy Speaker Mas Almeda said.

"Forget it, let the parliament continue to vote. Anyway, the republic has a deep foundation, and we are not afraid of the separatists making waves. It's just that those planets on the edge of the middle ring and the outer ring... I'm really worried about Kali and Naboo , The tragedy of planet Marathal will happen again and again." Speaker Palpatine shook his head, turned and left.

Jar-Jar-Binks seemed touched, and bowed his head in deep thought.

Bail Organa sensed that the atmosphere was not right, he wanted to say something, but looked around, shook his head slightly, and sighed indistinctly.

The next day, the Jedi Order sent new information again.

In the holographic projection, Anakin Skywalker said eagerly: "Robots! The entire underground of the planet Geonosis is a factory, a huge factory!! Countless robots and various war machines are being produced in the factory! The Separatist transport fleet is loading an army of robots!!!"

The communication didn't last long before it was covered by dense gunfire and explosions.

War is imminent!

Under such circumstances, Bail Organa had nothing to say. Councilor Amidala was not there, and the leaderless peaceful councilors didn't know what to do for a while.

At this moment, JJ Binks, who had been thinking hard all night, stood up. He came to the parliament to publicly put forward a proposal, "Since the actions of the separatists have crossed the red line of war, blind hesitation will not help! Therefore, on behalf of the planet Naboo, I formally propose a motion——to the Speaker of the Galactic Republic, Schiff - Palpatine grants emergency ruling!!"

The power of emergency ruling is stipulated in the Constitution of the Galactic Republic. When the Republic is in crisis, in order to avoid the inefficiency caused by the huge bureaucracy, the power of emergency ruling can be granted to the speaker as appropriate, so that he can bypass the parliament and issue orders on his own. It even includes some directives that violate constitutional regulations.

The endowment of this power is equivalent to giving the speaker immediate supreme power, allowing him to act arbitrarily - just like the emperor.

Proposing this motion in this chaotic and urgent time is undoubtedly a bomb! For the members of the peace faction, the statement of Gar-Ja Binks, who temporarily replaced Councilor Amidala as the acting councilor of Naboo, is also the statement of Amidala himself!

That being the case, why hesitate? Now that the leaders of the party have already expressed their views, they all followed up and seconded the motion!

Members of the Loyalty Committee who had been waiting for this day immediately began to push for the conclusion of this proposal, coupled with the cooperation of many pawns in the parliament that Palpatine had arranged in advance. Later in the day, the motion was passed!

Speaker Schiff Palpatine has been formally granted Emergency Judgment Powers by Parliament!

"As I said before, I was looking for peace at the last second! But the separatists didn't give me this chance. Even now, I am still pursuing peace, but that doesn't mean I will give up self-defense! Urgent The right to adjudicate is the supreme power, but also the supreme responsibility! I will use this power and exercise this responsibility carefully to bring peace and unity to the Galactic Republic!! And I solemnly promise to solve the separatism After the crisis, I will automatically relinquish this power and return everything to Parliament!"

In Schiff-Palpatine's solemn oath, he gave orders—

Build an army, formally form the Grand Republic Army!

At the same time, Master Yoda immediately went to the Kamino planet, led the 200,000 clone army that was ready, and set off directly!

Target: Planet Geonosis!

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[Attachment 1 of the Easter Egg Chapter: Gar-Ja-Binks who formally submitted a bill to Parliament. 】