Aks Moe

Aks Moe was a Gran politician who served in the Galactic Senate during the waning years of the Republic Era. Initially one of several dignitaries elected to the Malastare delegation, Moe represented the interests of the Congress of Malastare and later came to represent Malastare as a whole by the time of his death. A wealthy and corrupt politician, Moe benefitted greatly from the subjugation of the indigenous Dugs of Malastare, whom the Gran rulers treated as second-class citizens with nominal Republic backing. Moe was also a noted power broker and cultivated a network of lower-level politicians, lobbyists, and courts on the Republic capital, Coruscant. As he stood to profit from bureaucratic inaction on the capital, Moe used this influence to filibuster efforts to reform law enforcement and address the rampant crime in the Coruscant Underworld.

During Moe's tenure as a senator, he played a crucial part in the build-up to the Vote of No Confidence in Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum by seconding the Trade Federation's motion to create a commission to investigate the Invasion of Naboo rather than provide direct aid. He later supported the Mid Rim Cooperation Motion and became a vocal proponent of the Military Creation Act during the Separatist Crisis. Under Moe's control, the Malastare delegation took a firm stance supporting militarization against the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and Moe joined Chancellor Sheev Palpatine's Loyalist Committee as part of his efforts to voice opposition to diplomacy with the Separatists. Moe was assassinated during this time, and his seat passed to his protégé Ask Aak, who maintained Moe's political positions.

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