The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2531 The Spark of Civil War

2532: The Spark of Civil War

Mon Calamari, Quarren.

These two races living on the planet Dark at the same time have countless grievances and entanglements, and these entanglements are full of blood and violence.

The Mon Calamari are a shallow sea amphibious race. They evolved relatively early and have the ability to move on land. They occupy all the few islands on this ocean planet. Therefore, the Mon Calamari have always been the dominant force on the planet and have developed a very powerful civilization.

The Quarren, who lived in the deep sea, developed later, so when they gradually became stronger, they found that the Mon Calamari separated their ocean passage to the sky.

The warlike Quarren launched the war without hesitation. They united with two other deep-sea races, a large whale-like race called the Whaladon, and a jellyfish-like Gestalt consciousness race called the Moappa. The three races jointly attacked the Mon Calamari.

The Mon Calamari are generally a peace-loving race. Therefore, although their technological civilization is more advanced, they are still somewhat overwhelmed by the joint attack of three races and suffered serious damage in the early stages of the war.

However, as the war progressed, the Mon Calamari became more and more determined and decisive in their fighting, and in the end, they became more and more cruel! In addition, their technological and industrial strength far exceeded that of the three tribes, and the war situation was quickly reversed.

This terrible war lasted from 4775 BBY to 4400 BBY, for more than 375 years. The Valadons were nearly extinct, and even now they are still a rare and endangered species. After the Mopars realized that something was wrong, they quickly withdrew from the war.

The Quarren were in a very miserable situation. They were so determined to open a passage between the deep sea and the sky that they never stopped attacking until the very end. By the end of the war, more than 90% of the Quarren died in the war.

After capturing the last deep-sea stronghold of the Quarren, the Mon Calamari chose the latter between the two options of completely exterminating the Quarren or leaving their fire. However, even so, the Quarren were directly beaten back to primitive society, and the remaining people curled up in the deep sea and never came out again.

It was not until 1900 BBY, after 1500, that the Quarren began to develop again and had a little industrial base. The Mon Calamari then proposed a plan to educate and brainwash the Quarren. They captured a large number of young Quarren people, brought them back to their city, fed them well, and made them participate in pro-Mon Calamari education.

After several years of brainwashing, these Quarren have accepted from the bottom of their hearts that the Mon Calamari are the rulers of the planet Dak, no, Mon Calamari, and are a more advanced and civilized race than the Quarren. Only by joining the Mon Calamari, accepting their education, and under their leadership, can the Quarren move towards common prosperity.

This plan was very successful, and the Quarren who had been educated did indeed completely turn to the side of the Mon Calamari, and because they had mastered more advanced education and technology, when they grew up, they also took control of the Quarren government. This gave the two races a honeymoon period of hundreds of years.

However, the Quarren are a deep-sea race after all. They control many mineral deposits buried in the deep sea of ​​the planet. The Mon Calamari also need these mineral deposits to develop their own industry, so they hire a large number of Quarren to mine for them.

Soon, this unequal subordinate relationship gradually made the increasingly powerful Quarren dissatisfied over time, and they began to demand more power.

Since the Mon Calamari had already started to contact the Galactic Republic, the Quarren also took this opportunity to flee to various places in the galaxy. Most of the Quarren who fled were engaged in such jobs as business managers, mercenaries, and dark brokers, because they were smart enough and unscrupulous enough. Moreover, they evolved in the deep sea, and their physical fitness was not comparable to those of the races living on the ground, so almost every Quarren who fled was a very powerful warrior.

As a result, the Quarren, who had come into contact with more outside societies, became increasingly dissatisfied with the rule of the Mon Calamari, and the two races once again became incompatible.

In order to balance the quarrel between the two sides, the Galactic Republic decided that the Mon Calamari planet's parliamentarians would be represented by one person each from the Quarren and the Mon Calamari. Then the two races' delegations fought openly and secretly in front of the Republic Senate more than once - physically.

At this time, the Mon Calamari, on the one hand, were proud of themselves as the rulers of the planet, but at the same time, they were tolerant of the Quarren, fearing that over-stimulating the other side would cause another civil war.

In the end, a disaster occurred.

During the Clone Wars, the Quarren joined Count Dooku's separatist movement and became the core race of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. They established the Quarren Isolation Alliance, the Freedak Volunteer Engineering Corps, and built the super industrial port of Parmenter Harbor, becoming the industrial pillar of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Then the Confederacy of Independent Systems brazenly interfered in the internal affairs of Mon Calamari, preparing to allow the Quarren to dominate the entire planet. The Mon Calamari asked the Galactic Republic for help, and the Republic sent Jedi Master Kit Fisto and the Clone Corps, and also sent reinforcements with the help of the Gungans, who are also an aquatic race.

However, due to the intervention of the planet Dawn, the Galactic Republic was ultimately defeated in the battle. However, the Confederacy of Independent Systems did not get any good results either. The commander of the intervention army sent by Count Dooku, Riff Tamsen, was publicly executed. Finally, under the mediation of the planet Dawn, the two races reconciled and united again.

In terms of diplomacy, Dawn won a great victory, gaining both face and substance. In a situation where it was originally out of reach and had no way to interfere in the internal affairs of Mon Calamari, it became the benefactor of two races in one fell swoop.

After this battle, Mon Calamari was renamed Dak Planet. Then a regime was established, led by King Lee-Char of Mon Calamari, and the leader of the Quarren, Nosori, served as prime minister and took charge of the overall power.

On the surface, the two races are equal, but in reality, the Quarren are in control.

And the Quarren have the support of the Dawn Planet and the Confederation of Independent Systems, so their strength is completely unshakable. If they continue like this, they may be able to exist for a long time.

But the problem was that the Confederation of Independent Systems was ultimately defeated. In addition, the planet Dawn had long ago made a separate peace with the Galactic Empire and withdrew from the war. Having lost their biggest backing, the Quarren suddenly became the sinners of the planet.

The Quarren lost face because they participated in the war without permission and stood on the losing side. Prime Minister Nosori was forced to give up his power, and King Lee-Char of the Mon Calamari took back a lot of power.

But at this time, the Quarren still held the upper hand on the planet, and any policy King Lee-Char wanted to implement had to be approved by the Quarren.

As a result, the conflict between the two races became irreconcilable again. The Mon Calamari were eager to regain their power and become the sole ruler of the planet again, but at the same time they were very wary. After all, the Confederation of Independent Systems was gone, but the Kingdom of Dawn still stood and became stronger day by day.

The most fatal thing is that the Kingdom of Dawn obviously has a better relationship with the Quarren. If Tang Xiao were to choose, he would definitely choose the Quarren instead of the Mon Calamari. After all, there are many Quarren in important positions in the Kingdom of Dawn. There are several Quarren scientists in the team of the Minister of Engineering, the Salarian Arroyo Barro.

And in the past few years, the Kingdom of Dawn suddenly began to support the Given people to migrate to the planet Losar. And Losar is right next to the planet Dak!

This means that the Kingdom of Dawn has begun to extend its influence to the eastern part of the galaxy! This also means that the Quarren will soon receive direct support from the Kingdom of Dawn!

What's even worse is that the Mon Calamari and the Givans are enemies who can't get along with each other. It's not because of any hatred between the two sides, but because the Mon Calamari who admire art and the Givans who admire geometry have completely different values.

Therefore, the Mon Calamari basically had no choice but to take the path ahead.

They were powerless to resist the Kingdom of Dawn, and if they joined the Kingdom, the best outcome would still be that they would be dominated by the Quarren and become their vassals. This was absolutely unacceptable to the Mon Calamari, who had dominated the planet for tens of thousands of years.

In addition, at this time the Galactic Empire was also too far away to directly send a fleet to occupy the planet, so in order to balance the power on the planet, it chose to win over the Mon Calamari to fight against the Quarren.

If nothing had happened before because of the arrogance of the Galactic Empire, now, under Gideon Tarkin's sincere diplomatic offensive, the Mon Calamari have wavered.

So do you understand? It's not because they don't understand the shortcomings of the Galactic Empire, and it's not because they are stupid.

But because they simply have no other choice!

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After the two sides basically finalized their intention to cooperate, Admiral Gideon Tarkin sent his nephew Garrosh Tarkin to secretly go to the planet Dark to meet with the Mon Calamari King Lee-Char.

King Lee-Char had experienced the Clone Wars and understood the cruelty of war. On the advice of his military commander, General Jarl-Ackbar, he did not jump up and overturn the table with the Quarren, but asked very carefully what substantial reinforcements the Galactic Empire could give to the Mon Calamari.

The Mon Calamari can choose to rebel, but they need to make sure that this time, they are on the side of the victor.

Garrosh told him that they had enough troops to send troops directly to the planet Dak. But there was still a prerequisite, which was to ensure that the supply lines along the way were unobstructed, and the Mon Calamari people were required to provide detailed intelligence on the star regions near the planets, especially the planet Lothal.

King Lee-Char stated that they needed the Galactic Empire to take concrete action and prove that they were capable of defeating the Kingdom of the Dawn's power in the eastern part of the galaxy before they would stand up against Quarren rule.

Garrosh Tarkin agreed, saying that the Galactic Empire could send a squadron of at least 100 capital ships to reinforce the planet Dak. But the problem was still the same - supplies.

King Lee-Char told him that once the fleet could arrive, the Mon Calamari would be responsible for supplying the entire fleet. They controlled several secret hyperspace routes that could be used for transportation without interference.

At the same time, the military commander of the Mon Calamari, Jarl Ackbar, also told Garrosh Tarkin that Lothal was the strategic focus of the Kingdom of Dawn because the Givans had made great sacrifices in the two previous battles of Yago-Dur, and even in the second battle, their own planet was blown open by Darth Vader, making it uninhabitable.

Therefore, King Tang Xiao of the Kingdom of Dawn made a great promise to the Jiwen people and helped them immigrate to the planet Losar. This was not like treating other immigrants directly to an unknown star region to let them reclaim wasteland on their own, but directly assigning them a developed and mature planet with even indigenous people, and the Kingdom of Dawn would bear all the consequences and disputes.

In this way, it can be ensured that the Jiwen people will not leave the mainstream civilization circle of the Milky Way, instead of just waiting to die in unknown star regions.

Among the many races in the Kingdom of Dawn, only two races have this treatment, and the other one is the Vasali!

Therefore, if the Galactic Empire's fleet could directly attack the planet Lothal, the Kingdom of Dawn would definitely have a very violent reaction, which would involve a large number of their troops.

In response to this proposal, Garrosh Tarkin simply asked: "If we attack the planet Lothal, what role will the Mon Calamari play?"

"We can provide logistical supplies and also create some political events to attract the attention of the Quarren." Jar-Akbar replied.

"This is clearly not enough," said Garrosh Tarkin.

"Unfortunately, we also have our own prerequisites. We cannot pin the fate of our entire race on your empty promises," said Jar-Akbar.

He paused, perhaps thinking that he also needed to show the Galactic Empire some sincerity, so he added: "We can now provide you with a secret hyperspace channel. Through this channel, you can avoid the detection of the Kingdom of Dawn and conduct long-distance maneuvers."

"Can it lead to Hutt Space?" Garrosh asked.

"Yes." Ackbar nodded and said, "Through this route, we can reach the planet Renatasia and enter Hutt space from another direction - this is the opposite direction of General Grievous' attack."