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Post by Kalo Visor on Feb 28, 2005 20:59:21 GMT -8
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Rhianna Antiires
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Post by Rhianna Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 17:46:48 GMT -8
*Rhi enters the Auditorium, various people of all species and affiliations bustling about*
'Honey..you can sit up front with the Deligates, You are a Commander now..I love you"
*gives him a soft wink and goes to her special seat by the Chancellor*
*Rhi gazes down from the raised auditorium stage before Waldo and the gathered politicians and Jedi. She smiles softly at him*
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Waldo Antiires
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Post by Waldo Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 17:57:37 GMT -8
*finds a seat* *sits down* ::not bored yet::
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Post by Rhianna Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:20:14 GMT -8
"We are now ready to begin this meeting. Senator Rhianna Antiires will speak on the history of the Trade Federation and give us an outline"
"Senator Antiires"
*bows Slightly*
*Rhianna takes her place at the podium..begining her speech on the background of the Trade Federation.*
"Founded three hundred and fifty years before the Battle of Yavin, the Trade Federation was originally intended to represent merchants and traders throughout the galaxy. However, over time, it became one of the most powerful forces in the galaxy and a dangerous threat to peace and freedom.
Composed of officials from numerous systems, the Trade Federation was always considered greedy and immoral. Using its ever-increasing wealth, the organization focused on seizing major trade routes, knowing that ownership of these spacelanes gave the Trade Federation tremendous political and economic power. By fourty years before the Battle of Yavin, the Trade Federation effectively controlled every known Old Republic trade route and hundreds of dependent systems. Thirty-two years before the Battle of Yavin, at the urging of Senator Palpatine of Naboo, Supreme Chancellor Valorum began a campaign to diminish the Trade Federation's power. As a result, the Galactic Senate passed Resolution BR-0371, a seemingly innocuous law that imposed a tariff on all major hyperspace trading routes throughout the Outer and Mid Rims. The resolution was a resounding success because all income from the taxation of the so-called "Free Trade Zones" would be used for relief and development of the outlying systems. But because the Trade Federation dominated the Free Trade Zones, the corporation was the hardest hit by the new legislation. In the months after the resolution's passage, the Trade Federation's profits decreased dramatically.
The Trade Federation responded immediately to the threat of BR-0371. While the Trade Federation Senator Lott Dod argued vehemently against taxation, the corporation's Executive Board began planning a bold counterstrike. Under the leadership of Viceroy Nute Gunray and his lieutenant Rune Haako, the Trade Federation began constructing a massive secret army. Striking deals with Baktoid Armor Workshop, Haor Chall Engineering, and even the Colicoid Creation Nest, the Trade Federation stocked its cargo vessels with powerful battle tanks, deadly droid starfighters, hordes of battle droids, and menacing droidekas. After testing this army on Lok and other Outer Rim worlds, the Trade Federation prepared for war.
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Rhianna Antiires
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Post by Rhianna Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:25:28 GMT -8
Six months after the passage of BR-0371, the Trade Federation struck at Naboo, Senator Palpatine's homeworld. On Gunray's orders, a fleet of Trade Federation battleships created a blockade around the peaceful world to prevent the import and export of goods. The blockade lasted several weeks and the Naboo's plight became desperate as necessary supplies dwindled. When the Senate still refused to overturn BR-0371, the Trade Federation finally unleashed its secret army and invaded Naboo. Gunray planned to capture the capital city of Theed and force Queen Amidala to sign a treaty granting the Trade Federation ownership of the planet.
Gunray's plan fell apart when the Jedi Knights intervened in the crisis and rescued Amidala. Soon after, the Battle of Naboo erupted, pitting the Trade Federation against the combined might of the Gungan Grand Army and the Naboo Royal Security Forces. While the Gungans distracted the Trade Federation Army, the Queen and her loyal RSF soldiers recaptured Theed. In the chaos, Naboo's Bravo Flight managed to launch an attack on the Trade Federation's vital Droid Control Ship. Anakin Skywalker destroyed the DCS, rendering the Trade Federation's army harmless. Nute Gunray, the overseer of the invasion, was taken into custody, but avoided any serious punishment and soon returned to his prominent role within the organization.
In the years following the Battle of Naboo, the Trade Federation remained a formidable power in the galaxy. Although most of its initial army had been dismantled, the Trade Federation quickly formed new alliances and began rebuilding its military might. At one point, the Trade Federation even formed an elite assassination corps in a failed attempt to exact revenge on the Jedi. Twenty-nine years before the Battle of Yavin, the Old Republic ordered the Trade Federation to disband its military, but the corporation never fully complied with this directive and maintained a secret army.
When the Confederacy of Independent Systems was formed twenty years before the Battle of Yavin, the Trade Federation found a suitable place to align themselves with others who opposed the rulings of the Galactic Senate. Using Nute Gunray's hatred for Queen Amidala of Naboo, the cunning CIS leader Count Dooku lured the Trade Federation into joining the secessionists by promising the assassination of Amidala, now serving as a Senator. Although they had not yet publicly supported the CIS because the assassination attempts had failed, the Trade Federation leaders and a considerable portion of its military forces where present on Geonosis during the first battle of the Clone Wars. Now the secret hand of the Trade Federation had been revealed and it had no alternative but to join the CIS in the burgeoning war efforts against the Republic.
Given to the history I have presented to you today, we can see how influences altered the trade system. We need to pay close attention to these lessons so as not to repeat the past. Our credits and banking systenm as it is set up today, is infact unstable. We need to consider a backup retention area for our reserves. Right now we are vulnerable.
Thankyou.
*Takes her seat and sips some water*
*glances at Waldo smiles lightly*
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Waldo Antiires
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Post by Waldo Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:33:18 GMT -8
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Rhianna Antiires
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Post by Rhianna Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:42:49 GMT -8
*mouths*
::What??::
to Waldo with a half smile...
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Waldo Antiires
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Post by Waldo Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:43:47 GMT -8
::amazing::
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Rhianna Antiires
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Post by Rhianna Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:46:13 GMT -8
*smiles & blushes*
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Rhianna Antiires
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Post by Rhianna Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:51:32 GMT -8
*Chancellor stands and addresses the room. He concedes with Rhi's suggestions about the reserve and the Federation. After a drawn out close, they are adjourned and free to leave for the day*
*Rhi stands and walks down to meet Waldo. *
"Hello Commander Antiires, I hope I didn't bore you too much" *smiles*
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Waldo Antiires
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Post by Waldo Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:52:43 GMT -8
Not at all...
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Post by Rhianna Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:55:09 GMT -8
"well...I am free...if you are"*winks*
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Waldo Antiires
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Post by Waldo Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:55:28 GMT -8
I am
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Rhianna Antiires
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Post by Rhianna Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 18:58:37 GMT -8
"Would you like to...spend some time with a soon to be fluffy Senator?"
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Waldo Antiires
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Post by Waldo Antiires on Oct 3, 2005 19:00:08 GMT -8
ok Where do they hide the food in this place? You must be hungry after that speech...
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