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Its left unwritten but he could have fathomed that the Exchange could help rebuild the Republic and would make better use of the planet, afterall they did come to your aid on Telos, if the merc's won.

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And there's Vrook mentioning the "mercenaries have aligned themselves with the Exchange" after being released from his cell. There's also a datapad on the mercenary captain that was holding Vrook in the cave about being hired by the Exchange to take over Khoonda.

The datapad mentions nothing of the Exchange:

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This datapad contains orders from Azkul, the leader of the mercenaries on Dantooine: "Vrook has wandered into the Enclave alone. You will take a full squad and capture the Jedi alive. Bring him to our nook in the kinrath caves to await transport to Nar Shaddaa. He will fetch a fine bounty."

That's just in respect to selling Vrook for the bounty again.

That's also how I took Vrook's line, though I can see how you might interpret it otherwise. The full line is:

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The mercenaries have allied themselves with the Exchange and are planning to attack Khoonda. They've been holding off for the right moment. And now since they lost their captive Jedi, they'll attack immediately. I'm going to try to reach Administrator Adare. Time is of the essence.

He never actually says the Exchange is involved in the attack - just that the mercenaries are involved with the Exchange.

The rest is just speculation on my part, but I figure it goes something like this. There was always friction between the mercenaries and the settlers, and they probably always wanted to take over Khoonda because it's better than being kicked off the planet. But nobody was callous or crazy enough to do it until Azkul. A mysterious party, possibly a faction of Sith seeking to destabilize the Republic, gives Azkul enough funding to bring more mercenaries to Dantooine with the intent of taking over the planet for them. It's still not a sure thing, though, so they bide their time. Meanwhile, Vrook comes up with his stupid plan to get himself captured so he can figure out what they're up to. Azkul makes a deal with the Exchange to sell Vrook for the bounty on Jedi, and maybe the Exchange will give them weapons and/or manpower in return, to help with the mercenaries' attack on Khoonda. Then the player "rescues" Vrook and the mercenaries retaliate.

I think that scenario makes more sense than G0-T0 hiring you to stop himself, anyway. Or Azkul describing the Exchange as far more powerful than you after you've single-handedly wiped them out on one or two planets.

Here's a screenshot of that datapad.

And I see what you're saying, but I just have always found it a little bit weird. I guess that's why Dantooine is visted first canon wise or whatever.