Satine, having received the news on Mandalore, had already completed the arrangements for the welcoming ceremony.
On Councilman Kote's ship, several supervisors also stated the purpose of their visit: Palpatine had sent them to represent the Republic in an investigation and to supervise each other.
Afterward, they arrived on Mandalore. Satine waited at the spaceport to greet the envoys from the Republic.
After receiving a warm welcome from the Mandalorian people, Councilman Kote first took everyone on a tour of the various domed cities on Mandalore. This was to allow the journalists to write about the current state of the New Mandalorian Government, so that the people of the Galaxy would lower their guard.
"Shocking! The Story Councilman Kote and Duchess Satine Had to Tell..."
"We Were All Deceived, Mandalore is Actually Like This..."
"The Entire Galaxy is Enraged, the Lives of the Mandalorian people are Actually Like This..."
Such eye-catching headlines were published on various holonets, for all the people of the Galaxy to see.
Councilman Kote, in the Sundari Royal Palace, looked at these news reports on the holonet with great satisfaction. After touring various cities for several months, the news written by these fellows indeed had some effect. These days, there were indeed some travelers and investors from other planets.
After half a year of touring Mandalore, no armaments factories or government-related shipyards were found.
On this day, Lott Dodd, who had received orders from Gunray, finally spoke up. He had to go to other planets; this was a complete waste of time.
"Councilman Kote! This is a complete waste of time! During the past six months, you have been completely wasting time; we haven't visited any other planets at all!" Lott Dodd had repeatedly suggested visiting other planets for inspection, but Councilman Kote and the others had been somewhat dismissive, and now he finally erupted.
Looking at the now-erupting Lott Dodd, Councilman Kote felt that he had indeed been treating him like a monkey, because Anakin and the others had been in a semi-slacking state. After all, this was also part of a mission, and a chance to teach Anakin. He could also sense Qui-Gon's traces here. Those Judicial Department officials had long been bribed and were completely ineffective. As for the journalists?
Showcasing the New Mandalore to the Galaxy was also news. After all, before this, most journalists dared not go to Mandalore. Now that they finally had the chance, they had to prepare more material.
"Hmm, so Councilman Dodd, which planet do you want to investigate?" Councilman Kote, sitting on the throne in traditional Mandalorian attire, asked Lott Dodd below him.
Lott Dodd had expected Councilman Kote to reprimand him or even ignore his suggestion, but he didn't expect him to actually agree and even ask for his opinion.
This left Lott Dodd unsure which planet to go to. After all, he only saw on the star map that Vadir was an agricultural planet, and the other colonies were also marked as agricultural and mining types, with no indication of being industrial planets.
"Listen to Councilman Kote, after all, this mission has been going on for too long, and the proposal for the Trade Federation to disband its army has already been passed in the Council. Your goal has been achieved, you win, Councilman Kote." At this point, even if Lott Dodd found Mandalore's factories, it would be useless, because it was too late. The Trade Federation had already failed, and its army had been disbanded.
"Then let's go to Vadir. We can't let you come all this way without seeing any factories or shipyards." Councilman Kote sent the investigation team to Vadir. If they saw absolutely nothing, that would be truly fake. As long as they didn't go to Zambar, that was the true base.
"Listen to Councilman Kote." At this point, Lott Dodd had already given up and just wanted to find some evidence. He didn't care whether they were building other armies or not; it didn't matter anymore. The Trade Federation had to lie low; they were too conspicuous, and everyone wanted them dead.
"Then, after all the journalists have finished their interviews on Mandalore, we will go to Vadir. There you will find some things you want to see." Councilman Kote replied to Dodd. He had been dragging his feet, waiting for these people. Anyway, ever since they came to Mandalore, they basically had to listen to him. After all, Mandalore was safe. Wandering around elsewhere would be unsafe. If they ran into some ancestral land and were killed, no one would care.
When the journalists had almost finished their reports on the New Mandalore, they finally began their journey to Vadir.
As the one who had personally established Vadir, Councilman Kote was very familiar with the entire planet, so he began to guide everyone.
Before even entering Vadir, they saw the refinery and mining base in the asteroid belt, as well as the two spaceports and one Starbase that served as Vadir's moons.
"This is?" The investigator, seeing such a huge shipyard for the first time, pointed at the Starbase and asked.
"This should be the largest shipyard in the entire Mandalorian Sector and also part of Vadir's space city. It is currently building new research-oriented warships, which we have designated as minotaur-class. The hyperion you saw before was an experimental Behemoth-class vessel." Councilman Kote introduced to everyone.
A Rodian journalist cautiously raised his hand and asked, "Can we go inside and take a look?" After all, this kind of thing should be absolutely confidential for ordinary people.
Councilman Kote responded very grandly, "No problem, and I can also show you our current advanced Mandalorian technology."
Then he had the pilot enter the Starbase.
But before entering, everyone was first searched and scanned.
"They're really cautious," said the Judicial Forces officer, looking at the B1 Battle Droid conducting the scan.
"This is necessary," the B1 Battle Droid replied.
"Excuse me, why are B1 Battle Droids being used inside the Mandalorian base?" another Twi'lek journalist from Ryloth asked.
"All the B1 Battle Droids you see here are war trophies captured during the war. After arriving at Vadir, their modules were modified to help the Mandalorian people and the Vadir people in their lives, and to give them a chance for repentance, so that they are no longer weapons of war," Councilman Kote explained.
As everyone walked further inside, they reached the fully automated assembly line for ships. Through the bulletproof glass, they could see that there were no human workers; everything was operated automatically by machines.
Inside, the demonstration warship of the Vadir shipyard, the new minotaur-class warship, was being assembled.
"Can we record these?" the journalists asked.
"Of course, these are all ways for the Republic citizens to understand us," Councilman Kote said very much so.
"Then can you introduce the warship inside, Councilman Kote?"
"That, of course, is not possible. Those are all trade secrets. However, this will be a type of warship that our shipyard will primarily promote in the future. It should be able to complete its sea trials in one or two years. At that time, I will invite everyone to publicize it for me," Councilman Kote said with a smile to the journalists.
"Then it's a deal, Councilman Kote. This will be quite a sensation, the first demonstration warship launched by Mandalore after nearly a thousand years," the journalist said with a smile, recording the surroundings.
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