Delcontrian faction

The Delcontrian faction was a group that originated from the Delcontr system of the Mid Rim Territories' Oriolan sector. The group served as representatives in the Galactic Senate of the Galactic Republic during the Republic Era. In 32 BBY, the group voted with the Trade Federation on a proposed taxation bill until Senator Palpatine of the Mid Rim planet Naboo—secretly the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious, who discreetly controlled the Trade Federation—insisted on a bypass amendment, which lost the Trade Federation the Delcontrian faction's vote. Sidious, who had intended for the bill to fail from the beginning, was pleased with what he had learned about several groups in the Senate due to the bill's failure by studying their involvement. Sidious promised the Trade Federation's Viceroy, Nute Gunray, that the Delcontrian faction would propose a new initiative soon, though the latter remained skeptical of the group doing so.

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