Confederacy of Independent Systems

The flag of the C.I.S

The Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS), also known as the Confederacy, the Separatist Confederacy, the New Order, the pro-secessionists, colloquially as Separatists or Seps for short, nicknamed the Sepies and lesser known as the Separatist Alliance, was the government and separatist movement publicly led by Count Dooku, a.k.a. Darth Tyranus (and secretly led by Darth Sidious until the time of his death in 3 ABG (1414 NE) formed by various planetary and sectorial governments, as well as some mega-corporations, that declared intentions to leave the Galactic Republic , refusing to comply with its excessive taxation and corruption in the Senate during the Separatist Crisis . It is one of the major forces in the Axis of Empires as well as a important founder of the Axis itself.

History

During the Clone Wars

The Confederacy marshaled armed forces to its cause, to be eventually used to topple the Republic and take the capital planet of Coruscant. The Trade Federation, commanded by the Republic to downsize its Droid Army after the Naboo incident, instead expanded its forces in secret, adding its battle droids to the Separatist arsenal steadily growing with input from other factions, such as the Techno Union. Foundries on Geonosis, Hypori, and elsewhere created countless billions of battle droids ready to fight for the Separatist cause, all while Dooku continued to recruit more star systems to his cause.However, the CIS would soon lose the advantage of surprise when Obi-Wan Kenobi , having tracked the bounty hunter Jango Fett from Kamino to Geonosis, managed to send a message to Anakin Skywalker and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, betraying the Confederate presence on Geonosis. In the middle of sending the message, he was attacked by a droideka, prompting Anakin and Padmé Amidala to go and rescue him.

Arriving on Geonosis, both of them ended up getting captured in one of the massive Geonosis droid foundries, and were sentenced to death in an arena. However, in the middle of the executions, Mace Windu and an army of Jedi turned up, and engaged in the Battle of Geonosis with Geonosians and battle droids. Unfortunately, the sheer number of droids proved overwhelming, and soon only about a dozen Jedi remained. Fortunately for the Jedi, Master Yoda soon arrived with a cavalry of LAAT/i gunships, rescuing the Jedi. Republic forces struck all over Geonosis, and the Clone Wars began. The CIS was pushed off Geonosis, but it was ultimately inconsequential.For the next three years, the Republic and CIS would be engaged in a brutal war, with many dying on both sides. Unbeknownst to all, the war was merely all part of a plan by Darth Sidious to bring about his ultimate goal: domination of the galaxy by the Sith.

For the first half of the war, the Confederacy was doing well, capturing many planets, despite losses on Muunilinst and Dac . However, the tables turned and it began to suffer a series of defeats, which led to the Outer Rim Sieges. The Confederacy was responsible for some atrocities during the war, particularly by General Grievous. Throughout the war, the Confederacy attempted to gain the advantage using superweapons, such as the Dark Reaper and the Malevolence ion pulse cannons .During the war, there were many heroes on the side of the Confederacy, including Sev'rance Tann , Durge , and Asajj Ventress , and General Grievous many of whom were driven by hatred of the Republic or the Jedi. At around the midpoint of the war, Grievous initiated Operation Durge's Lance , a campaign which spearhead into the Inner Rim, leading to a string of Confederate victories, including the conquest of Duro .

At this point, many were certain that CIS victory was inevitable. However, soon the Republic began going on the offensive, winning battles at Bomis Koori IV , Boz Pity , and others. With the death and loss of Confederate heroes Durge and Asajj Ventress, the Confederacy began to lose the advantage. The Republic began laying siege to what Palpatine called a Triad of Evil: Felucia , Mygeeto , and Saleucami , and the Separatist council was forced to keep on the move. However, the Confederacy still had plenty of fight left, as it began launching assaults on Kashyyyk and other worlds. This culminated when Grievous led a massive assault on Coruscant to capture the Supreme Chancellor. However, Count Dooku, leader of the Confederacy, was captured, and despite many losses, the Republic did inflict more damage on the Separatists, making the assault useless.

Reformation

Main Article: Sylvanas Windrunner's Confederacy of Independent Systems

Government

A union of independent governments and thousands of star systems, the Confederacy of Independent Systems was a confederate government organized and directed by former Jedi Master, Count Dooku, who served as the government's Head of State throughout much of the Confederacy's duration. Acting through the Bylaws of Independent Systems, an established constitution that vested capabilities to the Confederacy's parliament, Dooku operated as an officiator within the legislature for congressional procedures. Disparagingly referred to as the Separatists by those within the Galactic Republic, the Confederacy's ideological beliefs centered around minimal taxation and trade regulations, as it provided its member systems with an increase in control over their territories. Furthermore, the confederate government also offered assurances to its allies of a smaller and less centralized government, as well as freedom for local governments in order to privately maintain their internal affairs, while also offering egalitarian representation for governments that were left isolated within the galaxy's Rim regions from the Core Worlds and Republic Senate.

Although its system of government appealed to multiple intellectuals and self-styled "free-thinkers," those of whom were inhabitants of the regions beyond the core, the Confederacy developed and came against two extensive issues. The preliminary issues was that as a result of military opposition to secessionist movements by the Republic, the government's allied members worlds were required to relinquish control and resources to Dooku and the Confederacy in order to maintain their war effort. Furthermore, the confederate government's laissez-faire stance in response to star systems' rights resulted in many Republic protections for workers, such as antislavery laws, autochthonous sentients' rights, and environmental exploitation and protection laws rendered ineffective, which in turn led to localized resistances across numerous worlds dissatisfied with the realities of separatism.

With the Clone Wars, however, Dooku was provided with wartime powers by the Separatist Parliament, which allowed him to implement executive orders in regards to governmental decisions and resulted in the undermining of the democratic process, thereby making the parliament ineffective. The position of Head of State also granted individuals with direct power over the government's Executive Separatist Council, an executive advisory and administrative body formed from the leaders of the major galactic corporations that supported the Confederacy, such as Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray and Federation Settlement Officer Rune Haako, Techno Union Foreman Wat Tambor, Commerce Guild Presidente Shu Mai, InterGalactic Banking Clan Chairman San Hill, Corporate Alliance Magistrate Passel Argente, Senators Po Nudo, Tikkes and Rogwa Wodrata, and Geonosian Archduke Poggle the Lesser. The Separatist Council managed much of the Confederacy alongside Dooku, while also being responsible for the oversight of the government's daily operations and vital planetary occupations, as well as additional situations that were related to its efforts in the Clone Wars.

However, following Dooku's death in the Confederacy's assault on the Republic capital world of Coruscant, control over the confederate government, its military forces and protection of the Separatist Council was vested to the cybernetic warlord, General Grievous, who had served as the Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies throughout the war's duration. A position held for only several days after Dooku's death, Grievous was silenced not long after his appointment to Head of State, which thereby transferred overall control of the Confederacy to Gunray.

But following their membership to the Axis of Empires, the Confederacy was reorganized in a number of ways, starting with the creation of the Presidency of the Confederacy, and the "creation" of the Confederate Council as another legislature above the Confederate Parliament. But in the decades after its' creation, the Parliament became nothing more then a rubberstamp organization to the parts of the government that had real power, the President and the Council, both of which began to enact increasingly more draconian and totalitarian laws and orders that effectively turned the entire confederacy into a militarized police state ruling through force and fear alone. Any notion of the Confederacy's "democratic" nature being burned in the process, causing many separatist to question rather or not the Confederacy truly was fighting for their interest or if it was fighting for the interests of the President and the Council. Added with the Republic's new more democratic and liberal leadership, many separatists started to switch sides and fight for the Republic instead, which only increase the brutality and cruelty the Confederate government shows to the people of the Outer Rim and other worlds held by them. By the 50 year mark, the only people in the Confederacy who truly support it anymore are either fanatical loyalists or separatist extremists, with most either disillusioned entirely or silently pro-Republic.

Separatist Council (1411 to 1414 N.E)

The Confederacy had a single Head of State, and beneath him was the Separatist Council. The official leader of the Confederacy was a former Jedi Master named Count Dooku, who was also Darth Tyranus, Darth Sidious's second known apprentice. Operating between the Head of State and the Separatist Council was the Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies, General Grievous who had no direct power over government but assumed command should the Head of State be incapacitated. If both Dooku and Grievous are incapacitated then Nute Gunray would take over as Head of State, being the head of Council (leading member to finance the war). Operating alongside the council was the Separatist Parliament who dealt with diplomatic and civilian issues. However, the real power behind the Confederacy was the Sith Lord Sidious, though few knew, such as Tyranus, that he had control. The Separatist Council consisted of ten leaders. Each leader had his or her own people who followed his/her decisions. The Separatist Council consisted of : Nute Gunray—Viceroy of the Trade FederationRune Haako—Settlement Officer of the Trade FederationRute Gunnay—Aide to Nute GunrayPoggle the Lesser—Archduke of GeonosisSun Fac—Chief Lieutenant to Poggle the LesserPoggle the Lesser's aidesTamborBoomHeadshotWat Tambor, Skakoan Foreman of the Techno UnionWat Tambor—Foreman of the Techno Union, Executive of Baktoid Armor Workshop, and Senator of SkakoTechno Union scientistSkakoan legal deputies—Aides and Staff of TamborSan Hill—Chairman of the InterGalactic Banking ClanBanking Clan RepresentativeLo Vapeet—Vice-Chair of Communications of the InterGalactic Banking ClanShu Mai—Presidente of the Commerce GuildCat Miin—Aide of Shu MaiPassel Argente—Senator of Kooriva and Magistrate of the Corporate AllianceDenaria Kee—Associate Planetary Representative of KoorivaPassel Argente's uncleOro DassynePo Nudo—Senator of Ando and Leader of the Hyper-Communications CartelAqualish AideShi'ido AideTikkes—Senator of Dac and later the Quarren Isolation LeagueB'olba—Associate Planetary Representative of Dac and later the Quarren Isolation LeagueTracton—Aide to TikkesRogwa Wodrata—Senator of Alliga and the Phelleem sectorThe Most High Queen of Zygerria Miraj Scintel—Queen of ZygerriaAtai Molec—Prime Minister of Zygerria and the Captain of the Guard to Miraj ScintelThese individuals represented eight independent galactic governments, that made up the Confederacy, including the Trade Federation, Techno Union, InterGalactic Banking Clan, Geonosian Industries, Commerce Guild, Corporate Alliance, Hyper-Communications Cartel and the Quarren Isolation League. Eight worlds (all the origins of the leading species), were the capitals of the eight separatist governments, including Neimoidia, Skako, Muunilinst, Geonosis, Castell, Kooriva, Ando and Dac. Although the governments were affiliated with each other into one galactic government against the Galactic Republic, each had played their own part in the Separatist Crisis from 1409 to 1411  and the Clone Wars that followed, from 1411 to 2359. Republic Senators who joined the cause: Toonbuck Toora—Senator of Sy MyrthSy Myrthian Aide—Associate Planetary Representative of Sy MyrthBaron Rush Clovis—Senator of Scipio and the InterGalactic Banking ClanNix Card—Associate Planetary Representative of the InterGalactic Banking ClanMak Plain—Associate Planetary Representative of the InterGalactic Banking Clan]Prince Tal Merrik—Senator of KalevalaLott Dod—Senator of Neimoidia and the Trade FederationMik Regrap—Associate Planetary Representative of Neimoidia and the Trade Federation and a Trade BaronFinancial Officer—Associate Planetary Representative of Neimoidia and the Trade Federation]] and a Trade BaronBeolars Bribbs—President of the Sullustan Council, CEO of SoroSuub Corporation and Senator of SullustNavi—Senator of ThustraMoje—Associate Planetary Representative of ThustraVien'sai'Malloc—Senator of Devaron SpaceCorlissi Ludar—Senator of Sluis Van and the Sluis sectorDodra F'ass—Senator of Clak'dor VII and the Mayagil sectorRodd—Senator of Fondor and the Tapani sectorEsu Rotsino—Senator of Abrion Major and the Abrion sectorDaggibus Scoritoles—Senator of Yag'Dhul and the Givin DomainTyreca Bremack—Senator of Agamar and the Lahara sectorZurros—Senator of FalleenWuja Wojaine—Senator of Almanian sectorOnaconda Farr—Senator of Rodia (Briefly allied to the Confederacy)Lolo Purs—Aide of Farr and Associate Planetary Representative of RodiaGume Saam—Senator of Tibrin (Affiliated with the Confederacy)Waks Trode—Associate Planetary Representative of TibrinHavriso Looruya— Senator of Yir TangeeSilvu Donte— Senator of RiflorMousul— Senator of AnsionUnidentified SenatorVientoBezz Drexx (Received bribes from the Separatists)Ronet Coorr (Received bribes from the Separatists)The senators of the Separatist Parliament included:Voe AtellBy BlussMina Bonteri—Senator of OnderonLux Bonteri—Senator of Onderon after his mother's death (Briefly)Amita FontiKerch KushiBec LawisePunn RimbaudOther members of power included: Karina the Great—Geonosian QueenAlaric—Sephi King of ThustraAdo Eemon—Ruler of Caramm VCandobar Inglet—Khedive of the Sluis sector and Sluis VanBelo Tusus—Ruler of OrtoPre Vizsla—Governor of Concordia, leader of the Death Watch.Jolluc—Maujasi Leader of the Mauja clansLorca Oviedo—Director of Oviedo EngineeringDaragi Hoba—First Minister of AndoRankwin Fopow—Prime Oligarch of the Cadinth OligarchyEleven Elders of the People—Ruling Council of EmberleneFive Families of Cestus CyberneticsDebbikin the Young; research (male Human)Debbikin the ElderLady Por'Ten; energy (female Human)Lord Por'TenKefka; manufacturing (male humanoid)Llitishi; sales and marketing (male Wroonian)Caiza Quill; mining (male X'Ting)Hadocrassk—Speaker-Above-All of TrandoshaThe MorgukaiUnger Gout—Warlord of KhormKing Kikipi—Ruler of Toong'lTopas dosLa—Overliege of UkioPilester Binalie—Owner of Spaarti CreationsAlto Stratus—Leader of the Jabiimi NationalistsPrince Yojan—Heir of the Throne of the Simocadia royal familyTarin (Human)—Head of Czerka factory who was creating the FEX-M3 nerve gas grenadeGotal Assembly for SeparationIndependent Provisional Government of RendiliIn terms of government branches, Count Dooku, as Head of State, served as the Executive Branch (aided by the members of the Separatist Council), with Grievous serving as his second should he fall in battle or otherwise. The Legislative branch was the Separatist Council (which also served in an executive function assiting the Head of State) and the Separatist Parliament. The Judicial branch was in session only once: Poggle the Lesser tried Senator Amidala and Anakin Skywalker on Geonosis, eventually sentencing them to an execution. None of the court members or on-lookers were impartial, all of them wanting the pair dead. The Confederacy's main goal was to secede from the Republic and form a new government on grounds that the Republic had become too corrupt. The members of this organization were called "Separatists". Tensions between the Republic and the Separatists eventually led to the Clone Wars.

President of the Confederacy and puppet state of the Empire of the Combine Race (1415 to 2359 N.E)

after Palpatine's Death, the Combines (of which they are the one that assassinated him in the first place) quickly took control of the civilization replace in with a brutal, Totalitarian Police-State with little to no actually power to the Civilian Government/Corporate Government. This, had risen to Pro-Republic sympathy although the C.I.S controlled planets, many of which staged protest against the C.I.S Government, only to be brutally put down by the Police forces, C.I.S Military forces and Overwatch forces, in many ways, a another civil war may break out...But this time, within the C.I.S

Military

The CIS was controlled mainly by large business conglomerates with representatives such as Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray, InterGalactic Banking Clan Chairman San Hill, and Techno Union Foreman Wat Tambor. These individuals were not warriors or generals, but merchants, more interested in commerce than battle, and thus were ill-equipped to lead troops into battle. Of the entire political leadership, only Count Dooku, Poggle the Lesser, and Nute Gunray had any experience in warfare, although some of the Council members had skills with leading, like Wat Tambor, who was renowned as a superior strategist by many. Other military officials included General Whorm Loathsom, General Oro Dassyne, General Lok Durd and Commander Merai. Sentepeth Findos, later the Acting Viceroy of the Trade Federation was a lieutenant.

The CIS military was primarily composed of battle droids, weapons and ships that were once used by the leadership's corporations as private security. Pooling their droid forces together, the CIS had managed to create can army so massive that it could potentially overthrow the Republic and was generally referred as the droid army. While mostly formed of droids, various organic forces also fought for the CIS forces during the war including bounty hunters, smugglers, and even Dark Jedi with many of them serving as high ranking officers. Various worlds that joined the CIS also had their militaries assimilated into the CIS.

The CIS leaders believed their superior numbers and advanced droid designs would win the Clone Wars and in some ways they were right, with Droidekas being able to use weaponry and shields capable of killing Jedi, and Battle Droids and Super Battle Droids capable of overwhelming forces with sheer numbers that the clones couldn't contend with. However, the incompetence of some droids, like the B1 battle droids, lost the CIS many skirmishes.

One of the largest contributions was by the Techno Union, which donated not only its new B2 super battle droids, but numerous foundries capable of producing thousands more droids for the Confederacy. Other companies that supported the Separatist's included Colla Designs, Phlac-Arphocc Automata Industries, Baktoid Industries, Haor Chall Engineering, Free Dac Volunteers Engineering Corps, Republic Sienar Systems, Retail Clan, and Feethan Ottraw Scalable Assemblies.

Other allies were quick to offer help. The Confederacy controlled countless worlds across the galaxy, and was able to recruit many of their local forces to the cause. The Jabiimi Separatist leader Alto Stratus's Nimbus commandos, the Quarren Isolation League, the Mandalorian Protectors, and many more aided the CIS in fighting the Galactic Republic. The Separatist Army also used a number of organic forces, from Gossam Commandos to Koorivar Fusiliers, they brought new tactics onto the field and were capable of independent thought and the use of real time military strategy that could give them an advantage over the AI of droids and many could rival even the Republic's Clone Troopers capabilities.

As the leader of the CIS, Dooku also served as the supreme leader of it's military forces and lead various high priority operations with the intent of quickly ending the war. Knowing that the battle droids used textbook tactics during battle, Dooku would often hire various mercenaries, bounty hunters, and smugglers to both take command of the droid forces to help give them an advantage. Given his vast wealth, Dooku would some of the galaxy's most notorious contractors including Jango Fett, Durge, Cydon Prax, Cad Bane, and several others who often accepted these jobs due to the large pay. Aside from hiring mercenaries to fight for the CIS, Dooku also recruited various Dark Jedi to either train as his own apprentices or simply help combat the Jedi Generals. Among these Dark Acolytes were Asajj Ventress, Savage Opress, and Sora Bulq.

Bridging the gap between organic and automation was: General Grievous, Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies. A cyborg with a brilliant tactical mind and a powerful armored body, Grievous turned the war in favor of the Confederacy. He led his troops to a number of victories across the galaxy including the conquest of Duro and the destruction of Humbarine, the attacks of strategic Loyalist worlds, and spearheaded an assault towards Coruscant itself capturing the leader of the Republic Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in the process. He also targeted the Jedi Knights — particularly problematic to the droid army — and killed many in one on one combat. He had ultimate power over his troops, able to command them with but a gesture. One thing that made him a force to be reckoned with was his use of four lightsabers, from a personal collection of his taken from fallen Jedi Generals he had bested in combat. With the use of weapons to such a proficiency he was able to crush all in his path, leading to countless victories for the CIS. Asajj Ventress and the bounty hunter Durge were also effective commanders on the battlefield.

The Separatist Army was not merely composed of ground troops. It also deployed much larger weapons of war during the Clone Wars. Commerce Guild OG-9 homing spider droids were a common sight on Confederate frontlines, and NR-N99 Persuader Tank Droids, Manta Droid Subfighters, and Federation AATs provided heavy firepower in countless conflicts. Added to this the use of super weaponry such as the powerful Protodeka, the massive Seismic tank, and the terrible Dark Reaper.However, weaknesses found in these machines were often exploited by the Republic.

Members of the C.I.S (Civilizations)

• Trade Federation (1411 to 2359 N.E)
• InterGalatic Banking Clan (1411 to 2359 N.E)
• Independent System of Geonosis (1411 to 2359 N.E but it continued the war with the Republic)
• Commerce Guild (1411 to 2359 N.E)
• Techno Union (1411 to 2359 N.E, defected to the I.S.G to continue the war with the Republic)
• Baktoid Armor Workshop (2330 to 2359 N.E but it joined with the I.S.G to continue the war with the Republic)
• Corporate Alliance (1411 to 2359 N.E)
• Hyper-Communications Cartel (1411 to 2359 N.E)
• Queendom of Zygerria (1411 to 1416 N.E, it was betratyed by the C.I.S and Combines)
• Quarren Isolation League (1411 to 2359 N.E but it joined with the I.S.G to continue the war with the Republic) and countless others
• Independent Planets (1711 to 2359, though it is from the Jui'uhi Universe, it was later joined the CIS to fight UAP)

Foreign Relations

Axis of Empires

• Empire of The Combine Race: Upon their first contact with an extra-dimensional empire was at first overwhelming and revealed there are other realities, they were first sceptical of the Combine’s gesture of an alliance to overthrow the Republic, many saw this as an opportunity while some remained skeptics, but nonetheless accepted and became one if the founding members of the Axis of Empires. They were surprise to find out the Vimans, the Combine Overlords were in fact the advisors of the Pure Combine, the Kilominitic. Some had doubts of the Combine for such an highly advance empire would do something for them and uncomfortable with the brutal conquest in the Multiverse but some accepted to expand their power and influence, yet others believe the Combine were holding back until they finally revealed their true colours and attacked their own fellow allies.
• Galactic Empire: The discovery of an alternate universe where the Clone Wars long ended and the Republic became an Empire made the Separatists weary of them, especially with the emperor being Sheev Palpatine himself. They were reluctant to work with them due to fact their version lost the war and have a greater army than even the Galactic Republic, but kept their respective borders while keeping a close eye on the Empire for many decades. Little did they realise at first when the war was in fact part of of Darth Sidious’ plan to use them, nor that both the Sith Lord and the chancellor/Emperor variations were the same.