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Chapter 2340: Battle of the Mararian Alliance (Part )

2341. Battle of the Mararian Alliance (Part )
The Malarian Alliance is an alliance led by the planet Ansion.

Anxin Planet is located in the northwest of the Milky Way, and is a relatively remote place in the Central Ring Star Region. The economy here is not developed, but it is much better than many planets in the Outer Ring Star Region. In addition, the hyperspace routes between this area are relatively smooth, so the connection between many planets is relatively close.

Therefore, more than 30 years ago in 42 BBY, the Malarian Alliance was established, led by the planet Anxin. The main body of the alliance is several major sub-human races active in this star region. This alliance aims to combine their strength and give them more say in the political arena of the Galactic Republic.

Afterwards, the Mararian Alliance, led by the planet Anxin, signed the "Ketum Joint Military Treaty" and established a military alliance consisting of seven planets including Ketum, Mundes, Lonno, Dolin, Erofa and Gromtor.

Since then, the Mararian Alliance has become a political and military group with a low presence in the Galactic Republic, but it does have certain strength.

After the outbreak of the Clone Wars, the Malarian Confederacy initially declared neutrality, but their sector was assigned to the jurisdiction of the Republic's Seventh Army by the Galactic Republic.

At that time, after the joint fleet of the Fourth Group and the Interstellar Banking Association defeated the Galactic Republic fleet in the Battle of Janfatal, the Galactic Republic's control over this star region continued to decline. At the same time, the Mararian Alliance also refused to participate in the war, which angered the Galactic Republic military.

Later, the Mararian Alliance was invaded by the Geth. In order to resist the Geth, they sought help from the Galactic Republic but failed, so they had to seek help from the Separatists.

Then, the Kingdom of Dawn's fleet took advantage of the situation and entered the Mararian Alliance, bringing them under their control.

Under the command of Gilad Pellaeon, the Galactic Republic built a defense line on the planet of Bilbrin, keeping all forces including the Mararian Alliance, the Geth, and the Kingdom of Dawn out of the Republic's territory.

Afterwards, the authorities of the Kingdom of Dawn took into account that the economy, military, and politics of the Mararian Alliance were relatively independent, and although the Geth cooperated with them in a double act during the process, the Mararian Alliance was still the one that surrendered voluntarily.

The more important reason is that the Dawn Kingdom's sphere of influence in the North is mainly based on the Fourth Group and the Interstellar Banking Association, that is, this is an area controlled by merchants. Therefore, the administrative management model implemented in the North and the three major star regions directly under the Dawn Kingdom is completely different.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration of many aspects, Tang Xiao agreed that the Mararian Alliance would become an autonomous territory and retain their original alliance structure, but they had to swear allegiance to the Kingdom of Dawn.

This move won great favor from the Mararian Alliance. The alliance's chairman, Mousul, visited the Dawn planet many times and repeatedly reiterated the Mararian Alliance's loyalty to Tang Xiao.

What made the connection between the Mararian Alliance and the Kingdom of Dawn even closer was the Kingdom of Dawn's subsequent exploration of unknown star regions.

The main purpose of the establishment of the Seventh Army of the Galactic Republic was to explore the unknown star regions. However, after the fall of the capital of the Eighth Army, the planet Ord-Mantell (also known as the Mantell Station in many works), and the complete destruction of the Eighth Army, the Seventh Army became the front line of the battle against the Fourth Group, the Interstellar Banking Association, and the Geth. After the Mararian Alliance joined the Kingdom of Dawn, as the Kingdom of Dawn launched an exploration of the unknown star regions, many supplies and fleets departed from the planet Anxin. In this process, the economy, industry, and trade of the Mararian planet have made great progress due to the influx of a large amount of supplies, personnel, and funds.

Later, the stargate to Chiss Territory was built, and the trade volume of the Mararian Alliance declined, but it still maintained contact with Chiss Territory. After all, the stargate was top secret, and not all ships could pass through it.

So with the help of the Chiss, the Mararian Alliance opened up several hyperspace channels that led directly to the Chiss Territory. Although these channels were not always open, if one was blocked, another would be open, and the connection with the Chiss Territory was never interrupted.

And there is another important reason - the search for the planet Ilum, which I will talk about later.

In short, the Mararian Alliance, which made a lot of money in this process, was very grateful to the Kingdom of Dawn. Later, after the Kingdom of Dawn declared war on the Galactic Empire, Musul not only went to the Dawn planet in person to participate in the ceremony of Tang Xiao's coronation as king, but also met with Tang Xiao, clamoring to send troops personally to fight a decisive battle with the Galactic Empire.

Of course, Tang Xiao became king after the battle of Kira. If he hadn't seen how the fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn crushed the fleet of the Empire in the battle of Kira, Musur probably wouldn't have jumped so high.

As for the Galactic Empire, after they launched military intervention in Chiss Territory, the Empire's agents also carried out a lot of infiltration operations against the Mararian Alliance. This star region is also an important channel and springboard for the Galactic Empire to invade Chiss Territory.

After Vice Admiral Thrawn defeated Admiral Chiara in the Battle of Kam-Kor and dealt a heavy blow to the military power of the Principality of Dawn in the Chiss Territory, Dunn Wessex, King of the North of the Galactic Empire, who was in charge of the defense and military power of the Empire's 7th, 9th, 10th and 11th Legions, decided to expand the victory.

Whether for political or interest reasons, Dunn-Wessex needed a huge victory. And now in the north, the defense line built by Gilad-Pellaeon was very solid, so the commercial joint fleet composed of the Fourth Group, the Interstellar Banking Association and the Trade Union did not choose to break through head-on, but made a detour, preparing to first clear the sphere of influence of the four northern legions in the outer ring star region.

The only ones left to hold back the main force of the Northern Empire fleet were the Geth.

After discussing with his staff team, Dunn Wessex thought that Admiral Mal-Touk's Commercial Combined Fleet was not a concern. If they attacked the Outer Rim Star Region, then he would go straight to the Chiss Territory!
Let's see whether the Kingdom of Dawn lost more or the King in the North lost more.

At the same time, Dunn-Wessex wishfully believed that if he sent Lieutenant General Thrawn of the Chiss to command the military intervention operations in the Chiss Territory, he could later establish a new Chiss Territory regime through Thrawn and bring all of the Chiss Territory under his control.

He sincerely believed that his arrangement was a brilliant move that showed insight into the situation and human nature, and made the best use of everything and everyone.

Therefore, with this in mind, Dunn Wessex ordered Gilad Pellaeon to lead a main fleet in the North to directly attack the Mararian Alliance and open up a hyperspace route to the Chiss Territory!