IC:
Ten Months before, on Tynna, same time period as the GC "takeovers" of Tynna, Kubindi and Tammar.
The problems with the false data placed on the computers were all finished. Everything was bakc on schedule. So far there was three major parties. The Tynnan Freedom Party, the Tynnan Empire Party, and the Tynnan Neutral Party. There were other parties, but they did not seem to have a chance at winning the planetary elections. They might win a seat, or even a state election, but nothing more.
Three months later.
The various parties had held their leader elections, so it was assumed everyone who wanted to join a party had. Gred had been elected leader of the Tynnan Freedom Party, a Tynnan named Quyre had been elected as leader of the Tynnan Empire Party and a Tynnan named Purit had been elected as the leader of the Tynnan Neutral Party. The Tynnan Freedom Party was by far the largest party, as most of the others had limited their options by declaring that their intentions once elected were to either join the New Order or another empire(in the case of TEP) or to remain neutral(in the case of TNP), and not include a vote on the decision.
One month later.
The Tynnan Freedom Party had been voted as a majority government for most of the municipal councils. Already they were forming laws, and things were going well. Some of the smaller parties had managed to get majority governments in a surprisingly large number of municipals. One of them was the Tynnan Commerce Party, a party whose goals were to further commerce, and get the economy to a very high level. They cared more about business then anything else. They managed to get a majority government in the more high tech towns, but also in lots of rural areas, since they promoted not only high tech industry, but also farming, fishing and mining. It looked as if they would defiantly secure a state government, perhaps more, and maybe even a country government. In fact, they had an excellent chance at being runner's up or the winner of the country elections, because those were the groups that controlled natural resources. Gred knew that to keep them happy, whoever won the planetary elections, or whoever was the government that beat them would also have to get a good economy going. He was fully prepared to do just that.
Four months later.
Both State and Country elections had been held. As Gred expected, the TCP had managed to control 7 of the ten states in one country, and had then managed to win the country elections, though just barely. They were now preparing for the Planetary Elections, and Gred realized he would need to calculate the TCP as a large threat. His own party had managed to control 2 countries, controlling 7 states in one, and 8 in the other. They also managed to hold two of the non-TCP held states in the TCP held country. The Tynnan Neutral Party managed to get control of one country, while the Tynnan Empire Party had made a good show of it, and controlled at least one state in each country.
Two months later, present time.
Gred sat waiting in his office, waiting for the news to come in. Around the world the votes were being tallied. The big day had come. Would the Tynnan Freedom Party, with Gred at their head, become the new planetary government? Or would one of the other parties win?
"Sir, the results are in."
"And..."
"The Tynnan Empire Party has 5% of the population's support, the Tynnan Commerce Party has 10% and the Tynnan Neutral Party has 13%. A variety of parties has a combined 2%, and we have 70% of the votes!"
Cheers shook the building. The people started to drink their wine, aged for one hundred years. Paper was thrown into the air, as well as pens and various other items. However, Gred wasn't one to party for long.
"All right people, settle down. We can party later. Now we have a job to do."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean we have to get this planet organized as soon as possible. Someone wiped out all the information on the treasury, and we don't fully know where the government got all their money. We have to start budgeting."
"I agree."
"Unfortunately, by budgeting, we can't really spend much. We will have to delay our promises."
"But the voters will be outraged."
"That may be the case, but we need money to keep our campaign promises."
"Your right."
"We need support from an outside government."
"What about the Galactic Coalition?"
"We are currently only temporary members of the Galactic Coalition. I doubt we can get them to give us money."
"Try it."
"Fine."
"Also, make the news public."
"Get me a press conference in one hour."
"Yes sir."
One hour later, outside the Planetary Government’s office, the press conference was held.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I, your new Planetary President, am pleased to accept my new position. Before starting, I would like to thank everyone that voted for me. Now, back to business. No records can be found of the treasury, or the source where most of our money came from. While we know that it was related to mining, we don't know what mining planet, or resource, though we can be certain it was an off-world source. Unfortunately, with no money, we can't do a lot. I personally giving half the proceeds from my mine to the government. As well, we are planning to ask the Galactic Coalition from some credits, since we are temporary, emergency members. It may take some time before we can fulfill all our election promises, but we promise you, the people, that we will do our very best."
"Mr. President, what promise do you intend on fulfilling first?"
"I intend to fulfill the promise of free food to everyone first, and then free healthcare. As well, we won't place property taxes on residential areas, fulfilling the free housing promise."
"How much money does the government currently have?"
"To the best of our knowledge, we have nothing, other then some property, and some mines. Unfortunately, the planetary government has given control of the mines to the country governments."
"Are you suggesting that the planetary government is bankrupt, but that certain country governments have money?"
"Yes."
"What about municipal and state governments?"
"To the best of my knowledge, the municipal governments are likewise bankrupt. Some of the state governments may have some money, since some of the money made from natural resources are given to the states."
"How much money do you expect to be able to get from the Galactic Coalition?"
"I do not have any expectations at this point, other then that I'm sure they will render some sort of aid."
"Do you think that we will be in debt to the Galactic Coalition, if or when they send us some aid?"
"I think that we will be in debt to them."
"How will this debt effect the people of Tynna?"
"I do not know. Perhaps, if or when we decide to join a larger government, people may feel that it is best to join the Galactic Coalition, due to the debt that we owe them."
No one raised any more questions, and there was a lengthy pause.
"Any other questions?"
Another pause.
"In that case, I have work to do."
Gred left and went back to work.
Later, in the abandoned underground mine, Kirpor heard the news.
This Gred fellow certainly needs some more money, and he seems to be a nice enough guy. As well, he seems to have the best interest of our planet at heart. I'll take the information to him.
Kirpor had an old airspeeder in a special chamber of the mine. He quickly checked it over, and grabbed the data cards. He quickly flew out of the tunnel, and over his fields. Then he flew to the Planetary Government’s Office, flying over rocky ground, fields, oceans, lakes and seas. He flew a straight path, relatively unnoticed, due to the many other airspeeders being used that day. He was only noticed by collectors of older model airspeeders, and they only noticed it for what model it was.
Finally he reached the Planetary Government Office, he quickly entered. He quickly walked up to Gred's secretary.
"I need an appointment with President Gred as soon as possible."
"He is a very busy man, now that he is President. How is next week?"
"Not very good. Just give him this."
Kirpor pulled out a sealed envelope and handed it to the secretary. Inside was a letter from the last Planetary leader, telling the recipient that Kirpor was not a fraud, the information was real, and even gave numerous ways for Kirpor to identify himself.
"I'm sorry sir, but we can't give the President unopened packages."
"Then scan it, open it or do whatever you have to do to make sure that it is safe for the President to open."
"Don't worry, we will."
The envelope was immediately taken to secure room, and scanned. There was no metal in the envelope, and no traces of any explosives. They then opened it, wearing chemical suits, and scanned the documents. Nothing unusual, such as a chemical or biological weapon, showed up. The chief security officer deemed it safe, and then sent it to Gred.
Once it reached Gred, he immediately opened it, and read it.
To whoever this may concern,
I, Gloin, one of the Planetary Leaders, hereby declare that Kirpor, the delivered of this message, is not a fraud, and all information he gives you is completely true, and unchanged with. Here are several means of identifying him. The information concerns the planetary treasury.
What? Gloin left someone behind with information concerning the planetary treasury? This is too good to be true. That person may be able to tell us how to locate the treasury.
Gred called his secretary.
"Cancel all my appointments."
"But sir, you are scheduled to talk to the Galactic Coalition representatives in half and hour."
"Tell them that there may be a delay, and that I might not need to speak to them about borrowing any funds. Then send the Tynnan named Kirpor in."
"Sir?"
"Don't question my orders, just carry them out."
"Yes sir."
The secretary quickly ushered in Kirpor, and then left.
"Kirpor, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Please, be seated."
"Thank you."
"This letter from Gloin says that you have information concerning the planetary treasury. Is that correct?"
"Yes, it is. These datacards contain all the information you need to know about the planetary treasury, including how much it is, how to retrieve some of the money, how we got it, and what natural resources we have stockpiled."
"Why did Gloin make this set of datacards?"
"Because he knew about the divisions in our planet's society, and he wanted to make sure that if, sometime in the future, some Planetary Leader was greedy, or that the information was somehow lost, a backup copy would be available."
"I see. Can I look at the datacards?"
"Yes."
Kirpor tossed over the datacards, and Gred quickly inserted the first one into his datapad. The key points on it was how the planet got it's credits. A large amount was acquired through the mining of natural resources on Tynna, but also, they had apparently had mining deal with the miners on Nkllon. Large amounts of credits and natural resources had been stockpiled from that deal.
Nkllon? Wasn't that originally settled by Lando Calrissian? And then wasn't the only settlement destroyed by Grand Admiral Thrawn? Oh, but wait. The Winger Mining Corporation resettled it with three Nomad Cities. As well, it looks like our government helped buy another Nomad City. They must have really been racking in the cash.
Gred then looked at the next datacard. This one should how much money and natural resources they had.
What? We have 23.04 TRILLION credits? We have a million tons of dolovite, kammris and hfredium? Combine those together, and I can fulfill all my elections promises, not to mention I will have enough money to build better spaceports and a bigger military, aimed at a defense, meaning planetary guns and shields, as well as a minefield. As well, I can send a proposal to the miners on Nkllon, of another Nomad City, and help from Tynna, in exchange for a portion of the profits. That will please the Tynnan Commerce Party, and get them to support us. By not proposing to join any government for a while, and showing that we don't need outside support, the Tynnan Neutral Party will hopefully support us. In short, I can make it so that even more of the citizens are happy.