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โ rise of Mandalore. โ
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Rishi was a treasure worldโbeautiful mountains and rivers, a pleasant climate, fertile land, and abundant produce.
Just how beautiful the terrain was, and just how pleasant the climate was, was hard to capture with words. But how fertile the land was, and how abundant its output was, could be proven with one especially persuasive example: in the original timeline, the Galandans of the H'kig sect who landed here sixty years before the Battle of Yavin had, by the time of the Battle of Endor four years after Yavin, multiplied into a population of two billion.
The H'kig Galandans rejected technology; their productivity wasn't much higher than the stone-age Rishii's. Feeding a population of two billion depended entirely on Rishi's fertile land and plentiful resources.
(So there really were two billion H'kig cultists on Rishi thirty-some years later. I thought Disney's lore team had fat-fingered an extra couple of zeros.) Looking at the fruits, vegetables, and meats he'd obtainedโfar more than he'd expectedโthrough trading multicolored synthetic diamonds, Max couldn't help thinking, (Which raises the question: sure, they can be fedโbut how in the hell do you reproduce your way to two billion? Ten kids per litter, every time?)
The whispering voice returned.
(Who cares how they breed? Why look for Kamino and cloning tech at all? Just kill those fanaticsโwipe them out. With these Galandans who breed like championship sows, you'd have soldiers, miners, and farmers all in one!)
Not good.
Max Vizsla shook his head hard. He had the uneasy sense that this timeโฆ part of him had been tempted.
"Chief, the shuttle has departed Black Feather Nest. ETA to this ship in five minutes."
"Understood. Tell the honor guard to form up and prepare to receive Chief Black Lightning. I'll be there shortly."
"Yes, Chief."
Max had invited Black Lightning over this time because he had serious business to discuss.
"Found the United Chieftains of Rishi?" Black Lightning scratched his head. "United Chieftainsโฆ what's that?"
"A state is just a big nest," Max explained with hand gestures. "And a nest can be understood as a small state."
You don't teach dragonslaying techniques lightly. Max didn't try to lecture Black Lightning on political theory. Instead, he focused on the core pointโunity is strengthโand started talking (and brainwashing) like an old friend.
"Some Rishii gather together and form a family. Some families gather together and form a nest. Why do they gather? Because unity is strengthโmore people means more strength."
"If we unite all the Rishii nests on Rishi and build a greater collective above the nestsโuniting even more peopleโwouldn't that give us even greater strength?"
"Mm. The logic checks out." Black Lightning looked thoughtful. "Butโฆ what do we need that much strength for?"
"To concentrate power and get big things done." Max stood up. "Big brother, this ship beneath our feet is called the Vast Silence. Do you know what it takes to build a ship like this?"
"Uhโฆ I'm just a Rishii. I don't know."
"It takes a state. A national planning commission. A military industry commission and nine defense-industrial ministries. Six hundred specialized disciplines. Eight thousand supporting manufacturersโฆ In short, you need a great nation to pull it off."
Max snapped his fingers. "Big brother, now look at this."
At Max's order, the holo-projector began casting a 3D hologram: first, a Rishii who looked a lot like Black Lightning. Then that Rishii climbed into the cockpit of a Fang-class starfighter. Then the Fang flew into the belly hangar of a Purr-Fold Whaleโclass ship. Then the Purr-Fold Whale flew into the hangar of an LH-3210 freighter. Finally, the LH-3210 flew toward Cloud City's port.
"That floating city in the clouds is where we came from. That city is also man-made. Big brotherโif we unite all Rishii nests and establish the United Chieftains of Rishi, we can consolidate all of Rishi's strength! Then the Rishii will be able to build their own great ships, their own capital vessels, and even their own floating city!"
Max gripped Black Lightning's hand tightly. "And we Mandalorians will give you our full supportโhelp you form the United Chieftains of Rishi, and serve as its first High Chieftain!"
"L-like that?"
"Of course. Soโฆ we do this together?"
Black Lightning didn't answer right away. He stood frozen, breathing heavier and heavier.
"Brother Vizslaโฆ let's do it together!"
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"These devices are extremely valuable. They can't be sold. But we can donate a batch to our friends."
With Mandalorian supportโin the form of jetpacks and portable communicatorsโBlack Feather Nest threw itself fully into linking up the other nests.
On Galactic Standard Date Year 4, August 15, the Preparatory Committee for the United Chieftains of Rishi was formally established, with Max Vizsla as Chief Advisor. Admittedly, Max wasn't exactly pure of heartโbut Black Feather Nest executed so well that later, one more title was added to Max Vizsla's long list:
The Father of Modern Rishi.
Compared to Tatooine, Rishi was even farther from Bespinโfar beyond the Bespin Mandalorian Armed Forces' current power-projection range. For Max Vizsla, compared to direct colonial rule, cultivating a proxy regime on Rishi was clearly the better choice.
Next, before the Clone Wars erupted, Max planned to advance on two legs.
Cloud City and Bespin's secrets wouldn't stay hidden for long. When the day came that hiding became impossible, they would join the Corellian Republic as the Bespin Autonomous Territory, and thenโthrough political operationsโgradually expand their voice within the Corellian Republic. That was one direction.
Senator Leif Galanby was the key of keys in the early phase. If Kamino and Jango Fett couldn't be found anytime soon, Max planned to have a Mandalorian commandoโsomeone who'd never shown his face in front of the senatorโimpersonate Jango Fett and take the senator's contract to assassinate Lom Pyke.
The other direction was to keep expanding, quietly, in the remote and unremarkable Outer Rim. Support the revolution on Tatooine. Foster the United Chieftains of Rishiโone world, one policy; tailor a distinctive solution to each planet.
The next target would be the Anoat systemโalso on the Corellian Trade Spine hyperspace route, right next door to Bespin. It was close enough that Max planned to implement direct colonial administration there.
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"Chief, the fleet support ships Cloud City and Sky City have reverted from hyperspace and are closing on our position at sixty MGLT. Estimated rendezvous in two hours."
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