Lott Dod

Lott Dod was a Neimoidian male politician who represented the Trade Federation in the Republic Senate during the final decades of the Galactic Republic Era. Dod rose to prominence after the ill-fated Eriadu Conference left a power vacuum in the Federation's leadership. With backing from the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, Dod and his allies, such as Nute Gunray, took control of the conglomerate and assumed its high-profile positions. As the Federation's senator, Dod protected its corrupt leadership and interests by furthering the deterioration of the Republic's long-standing democratic norms. At the height of his power, he could sway entire voting blocs to strike down any motion he opposed.

In his early tenure, Dod helped manufacture the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo in opposition to Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum's taxation policies. Despite numerous legal and electoral challenges, Dod retained his senatorial seat during the intergalactic Clone Wars between the Republic and its splinter state, the Confederacy of Independent Systems. During the war, Dod defended the Federation from accusations of treason, helping them profit from the war by secretly aiding the Confederacy. Among his efforts, he attempted to stall Republic relief to the embattled world of Ryloth and helped coordinate a Federation blockade of Pantora but failed to achieve his goals in both cases.

Though his Separatist ties were no secret, Dod evaded legal repercussions from his actions by claiming neutrality and distancing himself from his old ally, Gunray, though he secretly remained one of his supporters. Dod's openly treasonous activities, including an investment in a Confederate droid foundry on Geonosis, were discovered, but he faced no reprimand from the Senate, though his continued secret association with Gunray brought him into conflict with the reformer Oje N'deeb. Dod and his allies went to great lengths to derail a Confederate-Republic peace initiative, staging a massive bombing on the Republic capital of Coruscant, which pushed the Senate to deregulate the InterGalactic Banking Clan and redirect vast sums of money into military expansion. Dod ultimately lost his life to the Clone Wars, while the Trade Federation lost much of its influence in the aftermath of his death and the war at large.

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