an explosive enterance

The Galaxy was in a strained state, ten years have passed since the invasion of Naboo and the rise of Sheev Palpatine to the station of Supreme Chancellor of the republic. While the illegal blockade attempt by the Trade Federation failed, it had ignited a dissonance in the senate, with many senators calling for the secession of their home systems. Capitalizing on this discord, the shadowy figure of Darth Sidious sent his apprentice to entice worlds to join the separatist Confederacy of Independent Systems, by one way or another. In response to the separatist threats, the senate has convened an emergency session to debate the creation of a Grand Army of the Republic for its defence. Fearing such blatant militarization will only increase tensions, Senator Padme Amidala, the hero of the invasion of Naboo, races towards Coruscant, hoping to raise resistance against such an aggressive course of action.

Jar Jar sat in one of the passenger seats of the luxury craft as they approached the Senate landing pad, the escorting fighters staying in formation as they flew through the clouds of the city-planet. He had been visiting Naboo and talking to his friend Padme Amidala when the news of an emergency session of the senate came in. Binks volunteered to join with to see what was going on, the Senator was glad to have the help, and brought the Gungan along, as he was a respected General in the Gungan part of the repelling of the Naboo Invasion, and his words should add weight to her pleas to not make any rash aggressive moves.

The landing was tense, as lately the Trade Federation had really pushed their campaigns to remove Senator Amidala by slandering her, but their efforts had not worked, each tries more nasty and vicious than the last. The ship landed gracefully, the fighters circling a few times before they landed as well, any expected trouble not showing up. That done the group exited the craft, one of the pilots removing his helmet and commenting that the added security measures were not needed, as it was a quiet trip and nothing went wrong. This, of course, was the moment that Binks felt a wave of force and heat, punctuated with shrapnel as the ship they were travelling on exploded. It had been so long since Binks had experienced violence at this level, not since the invasion of Naboo, so he was shocked and could say nothing as the escort pilots ran to help the people that had been walking down the ramp when the ship went up. Jar Jar lied on the cold damp metal of the landing pad, the fog from the clouds blurring his vision as he felt the feeling of his life slipping away again, wondering if he would come back, and at what point, and if it would be enough time to stop this from happening.