"Everyone on that planet is profiting from it." That's just an economic fact. The explosive growth in currency and value on the planet, the reinvestment via the planetary government, the greater taxes, the greater stimulus -- it all works as a cycle. So, by stopping the First Order from being a part of this planet, Cassian would hurt a great many innocent people, people who had no idea what was going on.
"But now they know," he says, to Poe. "They know the governor is dead, and a First Order ship is in orbit. There is evidence that a Vader Lives group was responsible. This is too big for a coverup."
Now, this planet will know what was happening. And maybe they'll come out in favor of the First Order at first, maybe not. It doesn't matter, because Republic connections will dry up, Republic planets will stop trading, and there will be negative economic consequences. And no one to blame but the First Order. Which will have, in the meantime, been preoccupied hunting down the Vader Lives groups on the planet, of which there are many, given the connections this planet had to the Empire.
In fact, there was a fair amount of speculation on whether those groups would try to claim credit for the assassination anyway. Cassian thinks they will. A few other Intelligence people came down on the other side. There's a betting pool.
Sowing chaos and doubt... yes.
But also giving nearby planets a chance to understand what happened here and defend themselves from the more subtle kinds of First Order intrusion.
He watches Poe's reaction. "See?" he asks. "You have to be a special kind of bastard to try this." Like Cassian is.
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"But now they know," he says, to Poe. "They know the governor is dead, and a First Order ship is in orbit. There is evidence that a Vader Lives group was responsible. This is too big for a coverup."
Now, this planet will know what was happening. And maybe they'll come out in favor of the First Order at first, maybe not. It doesn't matter, because Republic connections will dry up, Republic planets will stop trading, and there will be negative economic consequences. And no one to blame but the First Order. Which will have, in the meantime, been preoccupied hunting down the Vader Lives groups on the planet, of which there are many, given the connections this planet had to the Empire.
In fact, there was a fair amount of speculation on whether those groups would try to claim credit for the assassination anyway. Cassian thinks they will. A few other Intelligence people came down on the other side. There's a betting pool.
Sowing chaos and doubt... yes.
But also giving nearby planets a chance to understand what happened here and defend themselves from the more subtle kinds of First Order intrusion.
He watches Poe's reaction. "See?" he asks. "You have to be a special kind of bastard to try this." Like Cassian is.