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HOLO-NET BREAKING NEWS
SUPREME CHANCELLOR PALPATINE DEAD FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF SITH INVOLVEMENT
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BREAKING NEWS
SUPREME CHANCELLOR PALPATINE DEAD FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF SITH INVOLVEMENT
CHIEF OF DEFENSE FOX IN CRITICAL CONDITION
The first alert reaches the HoloNet at 22:41 Coruscant Standard Time.
It contains thirty-seven words, no footage, and almost no useful information.
The Supreme Chancellor is dead.
An attack occurred during the Clone Rights Amendment Gala.
The Chief of Defense has been critically injured.
The Senate Dome is under lockdown.
Citizens should avoid the district.
For six full minutes, that is all the Republic knows.
Then the guests start posting.
HoloNet Post
@CorePoliticsNow
We are receiving conflicting reports of an explosion, a Jedi attack, an assassination attempt, and a possible electrical failure inside the gala chamber.
We cannot confirm any of these reports.
HoloNet Post
@SenateAide771
IT WAS NOT AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE.
HoloNet Post
@CorePoliticsNow
We are attempting to contact this individual.
Developing Story
Guest recordings reveal what happened inside the gala
RECOVERED FOOTAGE · Fragmentary personal recordings from inside the Clone Rights Amendment Gala.
@SenateAide771
DO NOT CONTACT ME. I AM UNDER A TABLE.
The gala wasn’t broadcast live.
Trending across the Republic
Emergency Press Conference · 23:08
Speaker Mira Tovaan confirms Palpatine was a Sith and Fox fired the fatal shot
PRESS CHAMBER · Mira Tovaan appears in the black-and-red formal uniform she wore to the gala, with dust on one sleeve and a shallow cut along her face.
TRENDING ACROSS THE REPUBLIC
1. THE CHANCELLOR WAS A SITH
2. FOX CRITICAL
3. RIYO CHUCHI
4. THE LIGHTNING WAS REAL
5. PALPATINE DEAD
6. FOX SHOT HIM
7. CHUCHI’S HUSBAND
8. CLONE RIGHTS GALA ATTACK
9. WHO IS RUNNING THE REPUBLIC
10. THE CHANCELLOR HAD A LIGHTSABER
23:09 UPDATE: The HoloNet goes feral.
HoloNet Post
@RepublicMilitaryFacts
For clarity:
Chief Fox was unarmored. He had already been struck directly by Sith lightning. He was on the floor. He lost vision in one eye. He still made the shot.
HoloNet Post
@BallisticsNerd
Security estimate puts the distance at roughly 41 meters. One-handed DC-17 shot. Moving combatants between shooter and target. Partial visual impairment. Back of the head.
I need everyone to understand how stupidly difficult that is.
HoloNet Post
@GuardWatch
FOX SAID NOT IN MY REPUBLIC.
New Video · 23:36
Footage shows Fox shielding Senator Chuchi from Sith lightning
WEST GALA CAMERA · Civilians rush toward the exits as Palpatine turns toward the outer wall and lightning forms around his hands.
@SenateLeaksMaybe
Palpatine spent three years calling clones property and then got deleted by one at the personhood party.
History has a sense of humor and it is deeply unwell.
HoloNet Post
At 23:36, a second video appears.
This one was captured from the west side of the gala.
The image shakes violently as civilians rush toward the exits. Palpatine breaks away from the Jedi and turns toward the outer wall.
Blue-white lightning forms around his hands.
Fox shoves Senator Riyo Chuchi out of its path.
The blast strikes him across the face.
He falls.
The recording ends beneath someone’s shoe.
For nine minutes, the most repeated question on the HoloNet is why the Chief of Defense risked himself for Senator Chuchi specifically.
Then a gala guest uploads the arrivals list.
The official entry reads:
Senator Riyo Chuchi of Pantora and her husband, Chief of Defense Fox.
The Republic temporarily forgets about the constitutional crisis.
HoloNet Post
@PantoraDaily
Her husband?
HoloNet Post
@SenateSocialDesk
HER HUSBAND?
HoloNet Post
@501stUnofficial
THE CHIEF IS MARRIED?
Public Records · Gala Arrivals
The Republic discovers Fox and Riyo Chuchi are married
GALA ARRIVALS · Riyo in Guard red and Pantoran gold beside Fox in dress blacks, both wearing matching golden marriage arches.
@EveryoneInTheGalaxy
HE HAS A PRIVATE LIFE?
Trending Holovid
Images from earlier in the evening spread next.
Riyo in Guard red and Pantoran gold.
Fox beside her in dress blacks.
Matching golden marriage arches across their faces.
Her hand in his.
His expression visibly malfunctioning when the attendant introduces him as her husband.
Nobody knows how long they have been married. Nobody knows where the ceremony occurred. Nobody knows how an entire Senate full of professional gossips failed to discover it.
Most Viewed Recording in HoloNet History
Blurry gala footage appears to show Fox firing the fatal shot while critically injured
UNCUT GALA FOOTAGE · Fox crawls through broken glass as Jedi fight Palpatine near the platform. His blaster rises. Palpatine falls.
HOLOVID TITLE: CHIEF FOX AND SENATOR CHUCHI HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN MARRIED THIS WHOLE TIME
“Okay, so the evidence suggests a private Pantoran ceremony. Look at the arches. Those aren’t decorative facial markings. Those are marriage marks.”
The creator zooms in on Fox looking at Riyo instead of the camera.
“Also, respectfully, that man is gone. Completely. No strategic thought behind those eyes. The Chief of Defense left the building mentally before the gala even started.”
A comment appears.
He came back when someone tried to kill her.
The creator’s smile disappears.
“Yeah. He did.”
HoloNet Post
By midnight, the jokes begin colliding with the footage from the attack.
A blurry recording shows Fox crawling through broken glass while Jedi fight Palpatine near the platform.
He moves so slowly that most viewers don’t notice him at first.
Then his blaster rises.
The shot crosses the chamber.
Palpatine falls.
Fox collapses again.
The clip ends.
It is reposted with no music, no commentary, and no caption.
Within an hour, it becomes the most viewed recording in HoloNet history.
HoloNet Post
@AlderaanLegalReview
The Clone Rights Amendment became law at 18:12.
Chief Fox fired at 22:19.
This means the first clone to lawfully exercise full personhood used it to kill the Sith Lord who spent years denying that personhood.
There will be legal questions.
There should not be moral confusion.
HoloNet Post
@CoreTraditionalValues
A military officer murdered the head of state during a political event.
Coruscant Guard Statement · 08:00
Marshal Commander Thorn addresses the Republic
LIVE PRESS ROOM · Thorn stands before the stylized vulptex and Republic star in dress uniform with two Guard-red command ropes, an ARC bar, Silver Star, and the visible scar from the Senate hostage crisis.
@MiraTovaanClips
The head of state was throwing lightning at his wife.
Across the Republic
@CoreTraditionalValues
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