Chapter 56

It's a sad truth that competence isn't always rewarded. You can be the best and yet still fail in society. The army was an excellent example, as inconstant and stupid people were promoted, and those with a list of successful missions longer than an arm hardly ever rose above certain ranks. If you had connections and money, you could always fail upwards despite how much life you lost or how much land you lost.

Planet Naboo was a little different. Its people were peaceful and didn't need a powerful fleet or strong soldiers, yet it still had the Royal Naboo Security Forces. The planet was so peaceful that volunteers made their security forces.

One new such volunteer had just taken his first steps in officer training and was excelling through the program. His hand-to-hand skills were top-notch, and his marksmanship was near perfect. He took all kinds of extra training, even if it wasn't connected to the army, like lessons in law and ethics. His fellow officers in training always had something good to say about him, but there was something that each of them pondered on: He always looked tired or bored, like he had done this all before and didn't need the training.

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He went on to become a second Lieutenant and disappeared into the vast amount of work the volunteers had when policing the planet Naboo. He only resurfaced to take a guard role to the newly elected queen of Naboo called Padmé Amidala.

The once second Lieutenant and now full-on Lieutenant carefully read his orders. It had taken a small amount of bribery to get this post and there wasn't much growth but it was where he wanted to be, in the next few months a good portion of the galaxy will be entwined in the actions of a few people who came from Naboo.

"This is where the fun begins," said the Lieutenant or to a very few people in the galaxy, Bee.