In the days of the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Credit standard, or credit, was the
currency that was primarily used throughout the galaxy. The Intergalactic Banking clan
was the primary influencer on the currency, but the supposedly neutral representatives
from old banking families, began an alliance with the Confederacy of Independent systems,
and their leader Count Dooku, leading to their downfall, and the decline of the credit. Near
the end of the war, the senators of Padme Amidala and Rush Clovis had managed to obtain
proof of the corruption of the clan, and files that that proved the vaults on Scipio were
empty. The resulting appointment of Clovis as the head of the Banking clan, after the
arrest of the Core Five, led to further increases in interest rates, and Palpatine’s promise
for the clan to have its reputation restored after the clone war, were merely symbolic,
and the Galactic credit eventually became worthless. But what if every person in the
galaxy received 10,000 credits? How would this affect the economy? Would either the
Jedi or the Sith be able to take advantage? How would be credits be used? As you shall
discover, a lot could have been different… The Jedi Council had been seated comfortably
in their tower, providing details of their next mission to Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker,
and his padawan Ahsoka Tano, when the unexpected hologram of senator Padme Amidala appeared
in the centre of the room. The senator reported of the terrifying discovery that the IBC was
utilising a 25% interest rate on its loans to both sides, before being interrupted by
senator Bail Organa. The Alderaanian senator reported of a 10,000 credit increase in the
accounts of all those on Alderaan, and Grandmaster Yoda just received the news, that every member
of the Jedi Order had also received the same amount. Anakin and Ahsoka are buzzing on their
feet, as they can finally order a new hyperdrive for their starfighter, but Obi-Wan is wary
that this could be some sort of glitch in the accounts of those across the galaxy. In
the office of the Supreme Chancellor, Palpatine had just the disturbing development of the
increase in the quantity of money across the worlds. The Sith Lord immediately contacts
the Muunlinist banker and senator Nix Card on Scipio, and he also did not have an explanation
for the rise in credits. There had been an immediate devaluation of the galactic credit
standard, and the shops across the galaxy were inflating the prices of their products
and services at an alarming rate, so Palpatine had to react. The Chancellor entered into
his speeder outside of the building, and headed to the primary arena with the other venators,
but as he calmly travelled, he sensed something wrong in the Force, and leap out to the ground
beneath him, as a detonator, along with numerous other objects, striking the side of the ship,
and the Jedi are quick to rush to the Chancellor’s side. Anakin escorted the Chancellor to the
senate building, as the clones began to round up the attackers, most of whom were merchants
affected by the devaluation of the credit. Palpatine eventually made it safely into his
senate pod, and he had been met by a chorus of jeers, but bravely declared that he they
would continue with the Intergalactic Currency Exchange’s system’s policy, and that most
of it would actually be reinvested into the war effort. The Jedi seated in one of the
exterior senator pods looked in confusion, as they thought that Palpatine would have
taken a more severe measure to get rid of the credits, instead of supporting the development.
An immediate discussion took place at the Temple, and they decided to not spend what
they had gained in the Republic war effort for now, but instead, they chose to quickly
invest in planets not using the credit. The Jedi are able to gain assets in key areas
such as oil and fuel, a lot of which had been gambling on the currency returning to its
previous value. Members of the Jedi such as Anakin and Ahsoka mixed their investments
with purchases to improve their equipment, all of which had to approved by the Jedi Council.
For the clone army, the sudden influx of credits presents a problem, as the clones in the earlier
stages of development had not received their 10,000 credits, and on Kamino, a mutiny had
arisen from the newly inducted clones. The Jedi had been alerted the uprising, and dispatch
Master Ti, and Master Kenobi to stop the attack, as the Jedi and the Republic plead for the
Chancellor in the senate, to pass a bill to temporarily stop the production of the clone
army. Palpatine is left with little choice, as the deaths of many clones, was a hinderance
to the Sith Lord’s plans, to eventually execute Order 66. To counter the pause in
production, Palpatine secretly asked Poggle the Lesser on Geonosis, to stop production
in the droid army, and ensure that the Republic could not simply surrender quickly. Nowhere
was this felt more severely than in the system of Sullust, where Anakin and Ahsoka had been
leading their Forces against Asajj Ventress. Dooku had been ordered by his master to eliminate
Ventress, wary of her increasing power, and as his hologram disappeared, it was replaced
by a member of the Separatist Alliance, telling him that there had been an order on Geonosis
to pause the production of droids. Dooku knew that this had been the order from his master,
and he felt disgusted and betrayed, that Sidious had abandoned the Separatist war effort. Rather
than order for the death of Ventress, Dooku decided he would train her in the dark side
of the Force, and hope to defeat Sidious. The nightsister however, had been occupied
with Anakin and Ahsoka, both of whom had found their way to her warship, and after a short
duel, Anakin overpowers the Dathomirian, and orders for her to surrender. Ventress pushed
the Jedi back into the walls of the ship, and leapt out back to her personal ship, returning
to Dooku for a surprising development. That is it for part 1 what if every Star Wars
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