![]() Padmé and Satine soon find themselves in a difficult situation as none of the Mandalorian Government Council members can agree on a common stand about asking the Republic for aid, since corruption is widespread in its political system - an issue which worries the two women. Prime Minister Almec, reluctant to acknowledge any corrupt activity In order to increase their profits by quantity, the smugglers dilute the delivered tea with a toxic chemical called slabin once on-planet. She is greeted by all the Mandalorians of the city as she goes to Satine's palace, but at the same time, a band of Moogan smugglers land on the cargo docks and bribe a corrupt customs officer into turning a blind eye on them. Padmé Amidala travels to the New Mandalorians' capital city, Sundari, to assure Satine of the aid from helpful factions in the Galactic Senate. While Duchess Satine's endeavor to keep Mandalore out of the Clone Wars was successful, her world now faces an economic crisis: due to the raging war it no longer receives vital supply shipments, and she has pleaded with the Senate to allow trade routes to be opened since smuggling, in combination with corruption, has become the only way of shipping in the needed supplies. It has caused trade routes to be closed to Mandalore, and has forced us to turn to a black market filled with corruption." ―Prime Minister Almec's opening remarks during a meeting of the Mandalorian Government Council " The war between the Separatists and the Republic rages across our galaxy.
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