The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2596: Rainbow Journey
Such advantages can greatly improve economic efficiency, stimulate competition, and promote technological innovation. The prosperity of the Galactic Republic for 25000 years was built under such a political system, and it has indeed played a great role.

The explosion of innovation brought about by the free market has enabled the Galactic Republic to develop in many aspects of science and technology and culture, and different races have also blossomed in their own fields. This is indeed why the Galactic Republic reached its peak.

Not only that, the limited government and democratic parliamentary system also plunged the Galactic Republic into endless internal friction. In other words, if the Jedi Knights had not helped the Galactic Republic government to exercise some of its management and law enforcement functions to a large extent, the collapse of the Galactic Republic's political system might not have waited for Palpatine to take action.

The most serious consequence is that such policies have given rise to a large number of extremely powerful super trust groups in the Galactic Republic, which has also led to the rapid development of the economy in a deformed form. Then, on the basis of these super trust groups, a core circle of aristocratic families has been formed.

However, the prosperity and freedom of the Galactic Republic made those poor and backward planets and races in the Central and Outer Rings extremely yearn for it. They attributed the exploitation they suffered to "unfreedom", which was caused by those super companies acting without authorization without the Galactic Republic. As long as the Galactic Republic's previous policies can be continued, everything will be fine.

Finally, looking at the liberal ideology, it is not difficult to find that the "freedom" expected by these liberals is always only in the ideal range. Because even with the correction of the Jedi Order, the Galactic Republic is still inevitably heading for destruction, and the lessons of freedom have long been in front of us.

But those who have not truly experienced the 'prosperity of freedom' still yearn for the freedom they idealize.

The freedom they desire is, after all, selfish.

They are unwilling to assume obligations or accept restrictions, and just do whatever they want, leaving everything to the market. They believe that the market means that good things will always have good returns... Little do they know that the super trust groups that have been exploiting and oppressing them are the real rewards given to them by the market.

This was reflected in the previous Clone Wars, where countless planets pursued neutrality and isolationism after the outbreak of the war, refusing to participate in the war and refusing to contribute their strength to the Galactic Republic which was threatened by war.

Thinking from this perspective, we can understand the anxiety of the Mon Calamari and Quarren races on the planet Dark.

Because the Mon Calamari are undoubtedly the vested interests of liberalism. They have abundant resources, developed industries, and are completely self-sufficient. For thousands of years, they have always enjoyed the happiness brought by freedom. They do not need to bear national obligations or accept national coordination. Everything is so beautiful.

The same is true for the Quarren, who rebelled against the Mon Calamari in order to become a free race like the Mon Calamari. They would never sell themselves out for the sake of rebellion and embed themselves into a totalitarian regime to become a small part.

This is why after Lin Nanyi's arrival, the leader of the Quarren, Nosori, was so eager to assure him that the Quarren could definitely resolve the problem of the Dark Planet peacefully. Because once Lin Nanyi's fleet intervened, the Quarren would have no choice but to accept the rule of the Kingdom of Dawn.

But all of this came to naught when the Mon Calamari told Gideon Tarkin the coordinates of the secret route.

The two races fought for thousands of years, but they did not expect that their internal fighting would eventually lead to the military occupation of the Kingdom of Dawn. Now, both races have to face the situation of "no longer being free".

The Quarren are fine. After all, they have close ties with the Kingdom of Dawn. No matter how they are ruled, they can at least get a decent status.

But the Mon Calamari...

General Jarl-Akbar sighed again. He understood why Mina-Tils entrusted the Mon Calamari to him. Now, he was the only one who had the ability to leave a little spark of freedom for the Mon Calamari.

He knew that he had to fight, and he could only fight, because if he compromised, the Mon Calamari would forever become slaves of the Kingdom of Dawn, and even be trampled on by the Quarren.

The communicator vibrated slightly, and Jal-Akbar's eyes were stern.

The rebels on the planet Lothal have already started to act! So now...

He pressed the button on the communicator and squeezed out a sentence word by word: "Operation code name, 'Rainbow'. Action begins immediately!"

……

Planet Dak, capital, Coral City, water city.

In the northwest corner of the city, there is an isolated group of buildings on the water. This group of buildings is very unique because these buildings are even floating in the air, dozens of meters above the sea.

This is the largest prison on the planet Dark - the Bubble Prison, and the security level is also the highest level.

The main consideration is that the main races on the planet Dark are aquatic races. If the prison is built in the water, then these races will be able to thrive there. Therefore, the best way is to use anti-gravity devices to suspend these prison buildings in mid-air.

In this case, it would be absolutely impossible to escape from here.

Now, in the core cell of the bubble prison, the most important prisoner on the planet Dark is being held - Mina Tils! A former Mon Calamari councillor and leader of the Mon Calamari resistance movement.

After confirming that the Galactic Empire would not send troops to reinforce her and would only use her as a human shield, Mina Tils knew that her resistance movement would not only fail, but also be retaliated by the Kingdom of Dawn. Therefore, she chose to surrender and exchange her life and the lives of all the high-ranking members of the resistance for a chance for Jarl Ackbar.

This is also the Mon Calamari's last chance... and hope.

Mina Tils sat in the cell, her posture meticulous and upright, waiting for her death.

When Lin Nanyi returns to Planet Dark, there is no doubt that she will be publicly tried and publicly executed to deter the resistance activities on Planet Dark. But... it's not over yet!

Mina Tils suddenly opened her eyes and found that there was a person outside her cell door without her noticing!

He was wearing a tight combat suit, had a thin physique, and a full-coverage metal helmet with only a few tiny gaps for breathing and observing the outside world. The huge helmet made him look a little top-heavy, and it was impossible to tell what race he was.

"Imperial Inquisitor... Hehe." Mina Tils smiled coldly.

"Where is Garrosh Tarkin? What happened on the planet Dak?" The man who came was the Inquisitor of the Imperial Inquisition, the Eighth Brother. His voice was low and indifferent.

Mina Tils snorted and replied, "We Mon Calamari have risked everything and are ready to fight the Dawn Planet to the end. But we took action, but failed to wait for the reinforcements from your Galactic Empire, so we failed."

"If your so-called action was easily extinguished and failed to attract the fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn, then you do not deserve the reinforcement of the Empire." The eighth brother's voice was extremely cold. "I ask again, Garrosh Tarkin, where is he?"

"Hahahaha!" Mina Tils laughed out loud. "You never thought of reinforcing us, right? Your fleet fled in panic in front of the Kingdom of Dawn, and now it's getting moldy hiding on the planet Charos IV, right? So, guess how I know all this? Hmm?"

"I can make you scream and wail in agony for days before you die. I can also let you leave this world peacefully and quickly... Choose one." The Eighth Brother said coldly, "Where is Garrosh Tarkin?!"

Mina Tiers was silent. After a while, she slowly said, "He betrayed you a long time ago. What's the point of looking for him?"

"As a descendant of the Tarkin family, Garrosh Tarkin will never betray. If he really betrays, then I will make sure he does not betray." said the eighth brother.

"I will tell you the location of Garrosh Tarkin, but you have to promise that you will quickly kill me and the leaders of the resistance organizations who are imprisoned here with me." Mina Tils said.

"After I deal with the matter of Garrosh Tarkin, if what you say is true, then I will give you a quick death as you wish." The eighth brother replied.

Mina Tils took a deep breath and said, "He will go to Spaceport No. 7 in Coral City this afternoon. It is a very old spaceport and is basically in a semi-abandoned state. Garrosh Tarkin will leave the planet Dak under the protection of the Rebellion."

"Are the rebels also on Planet Dark?" asked the eighth brother.

"They are everywhere." Mina Tils had an unfathomable smile on her face.

"You'd better pray that what you say is true..." The eighth brother's voice gradually faded away.

When Mina Tils raised her head again, there was no one outside the cell door, and her eighth brother had disappeared without a trace at some point.

……

That afternoon, at Coral City Spaceport No. 7.

In this dilapidated spaceport, there are only some very backward spacecraft docked, and those spacecraft are basically left to fend for themselves, flying however they want. There is no one to guide or control, and there is no one around to provide maintenance services for the spacecraft.

Of course, there are also benefits, that is, there is no need to pay management fees here. For some people with poor economic conditions or smugglers, Spaceport No. 7 is the best place.

In this mixed area, a group of people were hurriedly running along the corner of the spaceport corridor towards the apron. Judging from the bulging waists of these people, they were all fully armed.

Among these people, there was a burly man who was wrapped in a black cloak and his face could not be seen, but it was obvious that he was closely protected by the people around him!
They didn't notice at all that on the ceiling of the corridor, a faint figure was lying there, like a gecko, silently.

The eighth brother looked at these people coldly, his eyes slightly narrowed under the fully covered helmet, emitting a dangerous light.

Although this group of people feels a little strange, it seems that Mina Tils did not lie. The man in the middle is most likely Garrosh Tarkin!

The perception of the Force was blurry and obviously disturbed, but the eighth brother still decided to take action now!

He took out a ring-shaped metal device from behind his back, held the handle in the middle of the ring, and silently calculated the distance.

However, at this moment, his Force immediately sensed the approaching danger, and he quickly jumped to the side. At the same time, the ring device instantly opened, and two blood-red lightsaber blades shot out immediately!
The next second, a flash of yellow sword light passed by and pierced directly where he was just now.

However, the sword light disappeared in an instant, and no one was seen!
The eighth brother snorted coldly, and the rings in his hands caused the handles of the two lightsabers to spin at high speed. He waved the rotating lightsabers and rushed directly in a general direction ahead!

hum! ! !
The yellow lightsaber appeared again, blocking his lightsaber! At this time, a beautiful girl with a ponytail appeared. She was so fast that she fought with the eighth brother for more than ten swords in an instant.

When the eighth brother was about to give her a fatal blow, the girl disappeared again!
"Force invisibility... Interesting." The eighth brother said coldly. (End of this chapter)