Kingly Adventures

Chapter 63: Daul and Droids

The returning trip was without any interruptions and the ship landed in the capital city of Daul. Alexander had to undergo a digital identity creation procedure under the disdainful gaze of the an ugly humanoid who was the  officer-in-charge of the landing pad. The reason was that Alexander had presented himself as an immigrant from a backwater planet from the Outer Rim. Alexander also had changed the paint job of the ship using magic and also, had covered the ruby on Ark's forehead by a cloth. Ark was registered as a distant cousin.

The capital city was creatively named D-1 while the other cities were named as D-2, D-3, and so on. There were 18 cities of various sizes on Dual and the total population residing on this planet was 500 million which was quite less as the planet was five times bigger than earth and had no oceans. The source of water for the people was the groundwater. The cities were built above the most accessible points of groundwater on the planet's surface. Alexander had to hand it to the explorers, they had designed cities which were working quite efficiently even after thousands of years of existence. According to Ark who had hacked into the local government files, the water supplied to the common people was not the actual groundwater as the underground water wells had gone dry long ago, they were supplied a chemically treated water that was imported from the inner worlds. The upper class of this planet used normal water which was a thing of great luxury in outer rim and the edges of middle rim.  Alexander planned to start a revolt but Ark dashed his hopes.

Ark, " This is going on for centuries, any hopes that people had for improvement were crushed long ago,  under the harsh reality of living on such a harsh planet and the utterly corrupt administration. Master, There is  nothing you cab do as the Senate would send Jedi to apprehend any dessenters for disturbing the peace. The Jedi are also happy with the current status maintained in the galaxy as they considered themselves as servant of the force and not the people from which force originates."

Alexander was happy to see that Ark has began forming his own opinions about the matters presented to him.  Alexander, " Ark, I am not going to lead a revolt. I am going to slowly take over the whole galaxy. Lead me to the nearest hospital."  The whole conversation was done in English with mind shields protecting their minds. This galaxy was not a safe place to have secret conversations as the amount of ways, people can spy on others are quite plenty. Alexander and Ark arrived before a multi-story building. The building was quite big with at least 20 floors. This was a city level hospital. The buildings in this galaxy were divided into city, region, sector and planet level. Alexander wanted to conquer the planet but before that he wanted more Ballastians to join his kingdom. The hospitals in core areas had old droids let alone a city level hospital of a planet bordering on outer rim. Alexander entered the hospital and let his king's might sweep through the building.

The  building had three basements and 20 floors with three landing pads on the top. It was like a normal hospital but futuristic in nature with a few becta tanks and tens of droids. But it was the lowest basement  which had Alexander nearly snarl in anger. The lowest basement was like a slaver's holding cell with beings of all ages and both the genders being kept there. There were 80 people held in there. Alexander conquered the whole hospital and the people present inside it and then, moved to the main conference room. Alexander then ordered the director to come and meet him.

The  conference room opened and the director came inside and bowed. The director was a green scaled humanoid being with big round eyes. The director spoke up in such a flattering tone that Alexander himself felt disgusted with the director, " Your Majesty!!! What can this lowly being do for you, master? I will sacrifice myself and my entire family on your orders."

Alexander wanted to ask the Director mainly about the captives in the basement. Alexander could have read the mind of everyone present but he didn't as who knows if the large scale mind reading could be detected through force or not. Alexander asked in a hard tone, " The people kept in the basement, who are they?"