The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2449 The Wave of Freedom

2451: The Wave of Freedom

Half a year has passed since the outbreak of the Second War between the Galactic Empire and the Kingdom of Dawn in August of 11 BBY. Now it is April 8 of 10 BBY, a special day for the Bothans.

The reason why it is special is that this day is the first anniversary of the independence of the planet Bothawui.

Yes, the first anniversary.

When the Galactic Empire began to find excuses to make things difficult for the Trade Federation, the Bothans realized that the road between them and the Galactic Empire had come to an end. The Galactic Empire's policies towards non-human races and the Outer Rim regions determined that the Bothans had no future under the rule of the Galactic Empire.

In fact, faced with such a situation, most non-human races in the galaxy can only accept their fate. Because it is an indisputable fact that in the galaxy, the first race to head for the stars is the human race. After the Tao people and the philosophers ended the civil war on Coruscant and the non-human Tao people were driven out of Coruscant, the philosophers, as a human race, quickly developed the technology of hyperspace travel and seized the opportunity for development.

Therefore, in the Milky Way, races that are direct descendants of humans and races that have a direct genetic relationship with humans have an absolute advantage in both number and development level. Most non-human races actually went into space under the influence of humans after humans arrived on their planets.

The advantage of being one step ahead allows the human race to develop a very harsh system of exploitation.

Take the Blue Planet for example. If one day an alien race suddenly comes to you and tells you that they can give you the technology for interstellar travel, the condition is that your planet must become our economic vassal and give up its tariff rights to facilitate their advanced products to enter the Blue Planet market.

When this happens, there is no choice. Because even if you disagree, there are many who do. It doesn't matter if you don't give up your tariff rights, because you can't stop alien products from entering the market.

The result is that all the surviving regimes are vassals of the aliens.

This is what happened countless times when the human race began to expand outward in the Milky Way.

Even the Neimoidians of the Trade Union and the Muuns of the Interstellar Banking Association, although on the surface they appear to have power comparable to that of the human race, in reality? The wealth they hold, which they are so proud of, is vulnerable in front of the core circle of human dignitaries who truly control everything.

When the human race took up the scepter called "privilege", everything was over. The Interstellar Banking Association was taken over by the human race. If it were not for the help of the Kingdom of Dawn, I am afraid that the entire group would have fallen into the hands of the core circle of authority, and the Trade Union was even nakedly annexed!

This is the root cause of the conflict between human and non-human races in the Milky Way.

Unlike most non-human races, the Bothans still have choices and can still struggle. The Bothans' home planet, Bothau, has a complete industrial system, and the Bothans, who are quick-thinking and quick-acting, have long played an important role in the military intelligence agencies of the Galactic Republic.

Therefore, the Bothans can always react before drastic changes occur, and have sufficient capital to react.

In April of 11 BBY, when the Bothans learned through their intelligence agencies throughout the galaxy that the Trade Federation was about to be attacked, they secretly established an independent planetary administration, placed the Galactic Empire's expatriate officials under house arrest, and in fact exercised independence.

In June of 11 BBY, the Galactic Empire launched a massive attack on the Trade Federation, which cut off all routes to the Outer Rim. Bothau took the opportunity to sever all ties with the Galactic Empire.

So one year later, on the first anniversary of the establishment of the independent administrative agency of the planet Bothau, the Bothans officially announced that the planet Bothau would break away from the rule of the Galactic Empire, remain neutral in the war, and implement self-government. This behavior was a complete slap in the face of the Galactic Empire, and the Galactic Empire immediately sent 10 Imperial-class Star Destroyers to the planet Bothau to prepare to suppress the rebellion.

However, the furious Galactic Empire military overlooked one fact - the planet Bossau is located on the edge of the Central and Outer Ring galaxies. It is actually a lawless area. If the fleet is sent in rashly, only disastrous consequences will occur.

These 10 Imperial-class Star Destroyers disappeared silently, without any communications, no survivors, or even the wreckage of the battleships or the bodies of the crew members!

Such a strange incident made the Galactic Empire more cautious. Under Palpatine's instructions, the Galactic Empire sent inquisitors from the Tribunal to conduct a careful investigation into everything that happened on the planet Bothau.

However, the judge was a step too slow.

Throughout April of 10 BBY, the Outer Rim of the Milky Way Galaxy was in chaos. Similar uprisings broke out in thousands of star systems, including the planet Bosau, and the administrative agencies of the Galactic Empire on these planets were almost wiped out!

Then, on April 4, these planets issued the "Declaration of Freedom" within a month. According to this declaration, these planets will break away from the rule of the autocratic regime and declare planetary autonomy.

That’s right, even the Kingdom of Dawn was not spared from this violent chaos. A total of more than 200 planets in the territory responded to the "Declaration of Freedom".

It is worth mentioning that, although it was not explicitly stated in the declaration, in fact, these planets that have regained their tariff sovereignty and economic sovereignty have already embarked on the path of open confrontation.

This Declaration of Freedom was widely regarded by later generations as the symbol of the establishment of the Rebel Alliance. It also marked that the rebel movement scattered in every corner of the galaxy finally began to come to the fore!

At its inception, the Rebel Alliance directed its spearhead at the imperialist and despotic Kingdom of Dawn and the Galactic Empire, declaring that their way of ruling was anti-people and anti-civilization and should be corrected immediately.

The fate of every planet should be decided by the people of that planet. No one will accept a rule imposed on them.

Things were still under control at this point. After all, the rebels' frequent riots were the result of restraint by those in power. They would just riot whenever they had nothing to do.

But what really makes people feel important is the terrifying power of this so-called "Rebel Alliance"!

Until now, no one knew how the suppression fleet sent by the Galactic Empire to the planet of Bothau disappeared. Even the armed intervention fleet sent by the Kingdom of Dawn came up empty-handed, as the rebels escaped in advance.

This incident directly shows that the Rebel Alliance is truly capable of influencing both the Kingdom of Dawn and the Galactic Empire!