Chapter 87: Doctrine of the Old Republic

"Don't get ahead of yourself you stupid little girl." said the Neimoidian Representative angrily "The Trade Federation committed no war crimes against Naboo, everything that had happen on Naboo is not the fault of the the Trade Federation because Viceroy Gunray acted separately from the Trade Federation, so the Federation committed no crimes against Naboo, and if there is a guilty party, it is all on Viceroy Gunray."

"The Courts will definitely not see it that way." said Padme "Its already known that multiple Trade Federation Officials were aboard the former vessel known as the Saak'ak with Viceroy Gunray. There is also the holopad with the recording of the Trade Federation's dealings with a Sith Lord that I provide to the Senate"

"A recording that is obviously fake and created by you and your Officials to tarnished our good reputation, and make us into villains' when we are obviously honest businessmen and women. Another reason why the recording is fake is because it is a known fact that the Jedi hunted down and killed all of the Sith along time ago" said the Neimoidian Representative. "And so what if there were a few officials from the Trade Federation on aboard the Saak'ak, that basically means nothing, just that we have a few bad apples in our government that's all. You should also have some bad apples in your government as well. There is no concrete proof or evidence that the Trade Federation invaded Naboo and committed war crimes."

When Padme heard how the Neimoidian Representative was twisting the information to make it seems like the Trade Federation was innocent. Padme started to squeeze her fists in angry because if they were able to get away with their crimes against her people, then she knowns that she would have failed as Queen and worst of all, she would fail her people.

"The Courts will definitely not fall for your twisted words and lies." said Padme "Justice and Righteousness will always prevail in the end, and the Courts will see to that your Trade Federation will get the punishment, it justly deserves for your crimes."

"Enough of your nonsense, you naive little girl. My words aren't twisted and I tell no lies." said the Neimoidian Representative with confidence "We, the Trade Federation are innocent and we have committed no crime but you on the other hand have, by stealing Trade Federation property, so let us to get back to the matter at hand and have you stop falsely accusing us. Now give us back everything you stole from us, you little thief and we might , just might think of extending your payment date of your debt or we can do this the hard way"

"You better behave yourself, you greedy little worm." I said while walking into the Throne Room with Captain Panaka and his guards following right behind "Or I will put you in your place, painfully."

"Who...the hell...are you." said the Neimoidian Representative "And did you just call me a worm just now, how dare you insult a great Representative of the Trade Federation."

"Who am I?" I said "I am the owner of the ships and droids around and on Naboo."

"What did you just say!...So it wasn't the Nabooians you stole our property but you. You are the thief." shouted the Neimoidian Representative "Also how dare you claim the property of the Trade Federation as yours. I will give you the same choice that I gave the naive little Queen earlier. Give us back our property or face dire consequences and the anger of the Trade Federation."

"What are talking about, it's no longer your property." I said while laughing "According to the Acquisition of Lesser Wars Doctrine of the Old Republic, any allied planet that wages an illegal or legal war against another allied or an independent planet, and loses and gets any of their property captured during the Lesser War will no longer have a claim to the said property, and the said property from then on will belong to the winning party of the Lesser War."

"You can't be serious" laughed the Neimoidian Representative "Are you actually an idiot or something. Are you really stating a Doctrine to me that was created by a bygone government that has fallen and is no more. If you haven't heard, we aren't in the the Old Republic, we are in the Galactic Republic, so no law or doctrine you read off to me from a fallen government has no power against me or the Trade Federation."

"True, we are in the Galactic Republic. The Old Republic and Galactic Republic aren't the same thing and are totally different governments." I said "But the Galactic Republic did rise from ashes of the Old Republic and some government officials from the Old Republic became officials of the Galactic Republic of today. And instead of created brand new sets of laws and doctrines, they decided to adopted and integrated a lot of the Old Republic's laws and doctrines into the Galactic Republic which even includes the Acquisition of Lesser Wars Doctrine."

"WHAT! How can that be?" cried out the Neimoidian Representative "This is impossible, how can that Doctrine still exist and how the hell were you able to find it?!"

"It was easy in fact, I just had thousands of B1s looking up all of the laws and doctrines of the Galactic Republic that would benefit me in this situation, it did take them a long time though because since the creation of the Galactic Republic, lots of Laws and Doctrines have be created and thankfully the Doctrine was forgotten and was never amended or taken out of practice." I laughed "So let's get back to the main show shall we. By the power of Acquisition of Lesser Wars Doctrine, I am now the new owner of all of the ships and droids that were once yours."

"No no no no no." cried out the Neimoidian Representative "Those ships and droids are rightfully ours, and we want them back"

"Sorry but the according to the laws and doctrine of the Republic, they aren't." I laughed

"This can't be happening!" the Neimoidian Representative cried "All of that money used on those ships and droids, wasted, just like that. I know, we will just take this up in court, and then you will have to hand back our property."

"Sure, you can do that but I will be the winner in the end because of the Acquisition of Lesser Wars Doctrine, and you will just be wasting even more money on legal fees." I laughed "So, I suggest you leave now before I make you leave."

The Neimoidian Representative clutches his head, and tries to think of something quickly then he remember a point in his early conversation with Padme. He then calms down, looks at me with a wide grin on his face.

That smile of his made me want to just slap it off of his face.

"Well, we never waged a war against Naboo, so this ancient Doctrine is meaningless." laughed the Neimoidian Representative "So, the ships and droids are still the Trade Federation's rightful property."

"You say that you didn't wage a war on Naboo huh. Then what do you call sending down an army of Battle Droids, having them marched into Naboo cities and them destroying Naboo buildings." I said calmly "Those actions sound just like acts of war to me and any sane person."

"The sending down of Battle Droids and marching into the cities is to make sure that none of the Naboo Government Officials run away from Naboo's debt. As for the damaged buildings, there must of been some kind of error in the droids programming." said the Neimoidian Representative

"You could of easily of stopped any Government Official from running away with just your blockade. There was no need to send down Battle Droids." I said "So the reasoning behind sending down troops is now invalid and no more. With that reasoning gone, it will then be seen in the eyes of the court as an act of war, and the Doctrine of Lesser War Acquisition will still be in effect."

"DAMN! Stop refuting my arguments and just hand us back our property" shouted the Neimoidian Representative

"Let me think about it real quick." I said while pretending to think "How about....no."

"You better watch yourself punk." said the Neimoidian Representative in anger

"Why should I?" I laughed

"Let me give you a word of advice, , punk. You should be very very careful because the Galaxy is a big and dangerous place where anything can happen." said the Neimoidian Representative "You never know what can happen to you or the ones loved ones, you know."

"Then you should also be very careful as well." I smirked "Someone like you, who is very rich is very prone to pirates and bandits who will rob and kill you without any hesitation."

"Are you threatening me, you punk" said the Neimoidian Representative

"Why of course not. I am just trying to give you a word of advice like you given me." I smirked

"I really really don't like you." said the Neimoidian Representative

"Looks like you can't handle a taste of your own medicine huh." I laughed

"WHY YOU...." said the Trade Representative before he stopped talking when he heard some clanking echoes "What is that noise?"

The Neimoidian started looking around for the source of the noise.

"What is the meaning of these battle droids being here!!" cried out a worried Neimoidian Representative

"I believe it is time for you to leave." I said "And it's like you said, the Galaxy is a big and dangerous place, so please let my B1s escort you back safely to your shuttle."

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Dergan23