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Chapter 4834 [Separation Movement]

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In the following years, Xiang Nan invested a lot of money and energy in cutting-edge high-tech fields such as biotechnology, superluminal engines, and hypermatter reactors.

And he has achieved very good results.

In terms of biotechnology, gene fragments from several organisms have been integrated into his genes, which has improved his strength, speed, reaction, defense, recovery, etc.

In terms of superluminal engines, great progress has been made in the research and development of faster superluminal engines.

In the world of Star Wars, the speed of a spaceship in hyperspace is classified by "class". Generally, a spaceship is classified as class one, while a Star Destroyer is classified as class two because of its huge size.

Han Solo boasted that his Millennium Falcon could reach level 0.5, and the smaller the level, the faster the spacecraft can travel in hyperspace.

In Xiang Nan's laboratory, the speed of the hyperdrive engine, under experimental conditions, has reached nearly 0.8. Although it is not as fast as the Millennium Falcon, it is faster than ordinary spacecraft.

In terms of hypermatter reactors, Xiang Nan is mainly pushing for miniaturization. Today's hypermatter reactors are still too large and can only be installed on super-large objects such as space carriers, star destroyer command ships and the Death Star.

Xiang Nan hopes to shrink the hypermatter reactor, preferably like the Ark reactor, and install it on his armor. At that time, with the energy released by the hypermatter reactor, it is guaranteed to completely defeat Iron Man.

After all, Iron Man's Ark reactor uses the principle of cold nuclear fusion. However, the hypermatter reactor is driven by hypermatter. Hypermatter contains more powerful energy than nuclear matter, so it can blast a terrestrial planet into pieces with one shot.

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While Xiang Nan was working diligently on technological research and development, the outside world had undergone earth-shaking changes.

One is the separatist movement led by Count Dooku, which is now in full swing. A total of more than 3,000 star systems have joined his separatist movement, including commercial guilds, trade alliances, interstellar banking groups, and technological alliances, etc.

They have power, financial resources, and technology, so they are extremely powerful and pose a serious threat to the Galactic Republic;

The second was the Expedition Plan, which was vigorously promoted by Jedi Master Joruus C'baoth, to explore the space outside the Milky Way. As a result, all ten expedition ships were destroyed by unknown forces.

All the soldiers, baggage, and Jedi Knights traveling with the ship were killed, causing huge losses to the Republic.

Third, Chancellor Palpatine was successfully re-elected as the Speaker of the Republic Parliament. The term of office of the Speaker is four years.

When Palpatine first served as Speaker, his performance was not very good.

During this period, corruption in the Republic was not effectively curbed, but became more rampant. Separatism also became more and more serious.

But Palpatine was still re-elected as Speaker with a high vote because he was so good at playing this two-faced game.

Faced with the growing signs of separatism, he advocated resolving the crisis through negotiations, while at the same time condoning the war factions to expand the military and prepare for war.

His advocacy of peace talks won him the support of the peace faction, while his tolerance of military expansion won him the support of the war faction. Therefore, he was able to please both sides, and both sides thought he was one of them. Therefore, he was successfully elected as the second speaker.

It is worth mentioning that Queen Padmé Amidala also won the support of the people in the second democratic vote and was successfully elected as the second Queen of Naboo.

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Two years later, the separatist movement led by Count Dooku has made it clear that it wants to break away from the Galactic Republic.

Chancellor Palpatine called for peace talks with him many times, but was rejected by Count Dooku, who even sent assassins to kill him.

This move made the peace-loving members of the parliament believe that Count Dooku was beyond redemption. The pro-war members strongly advocated expanding the military and preparing for war, and wanted to have a major war with the separatist movement.

Chancellor Palpatine, who escaped assassination, became increasingly popular within the Galactic Republic.

Both the war faction and the peace faction, and even the neutral senators, greatly recognized the breadth of mind and courage shown by Chancellor Palpatine.

They believe that at a time when the separatist movement is prevalent and the Galactic Republic is in turmoil and falling apart, a capable and consensus-building speaker is needed to preside over the situation.

Chancellor Palpatine enjoys considerable popularity among the war faction, the peace faction, and the neutral faction, so he should continue to be re-elected as Chancellor.

And Sheev Palpatine also promised that once the separatist movement subsided, everyone was willing to give him a chance.

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Xiang Nan knew, however, that it was impossible to take it back.

Not to mention Palpatine himself was unhappy, even the people around him were unhappy.

Just like the Xuanwu Gate Incident, it seemed that Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji alone, but in fact it was Zhangsun Wuji, Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Hou Junji and others from the Qin Palace who attacked together.

Even if Li Shimin didn't want to rebel, his subordinates would have to rebel because if they didn't, when Li Jiancheng ascended the throne, they would only face death.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin's giving up military power over a cup of wine was regarded as a strange thing and recorded in history books. This is because such things are really rare.

He has already discussed with his master Darth Plagueis and his apprentice Count Dooku, and the war will officially begin soon.

When the war breaks out, he will benefit from it no matter who wins. He can also take advantage of the war to further seize power and pave the way for his eventual enthronement.

Just like what the Roman Emperor Octavian did back then, he first became a consul, and then took advantage of the opportunity to fight wars everywhere to gradually increase his power.

For example, in order to better respond to the war, he could mobilize the army without the authorization of the parliament; in order to facilitate the war, he increased taxes and food; in order to facilitate the deployment, he needed to appoint and dismiss more suitable officials...

Through these measures, he gradually concentrated power in himself, eliminated dissidents in the parliament, and finally monopolized power, so he became the emperor of the Roman Empire.

By then, no one dared to stop him.

Chancellor Palpatine's rise to power was not much different from Octavian's, and his goal was also to become emperor.

Of course, Lucas, the producer of the "Star Wars" series of films, originally drew materials from the history of the Roman Empire, so science fiction films such as "Star Wars" are also called "space operas."

Although Xiang Nan knew about these things, he did not stop them or even get involved.

To him, it didn't matter whether the galaxy was in chaos or not, as long as Naboo was not in chaos.

Of course, if Naboo gets into chaos, he has made all the necessary preparations to ensure that Shmi, Padmé and others will not be in danger.