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The Confederacy of Independent Systems or the CIS or commonly known as the Separatists and the Separatist Alliance, or simply known as the Confederacy or Confederation and sometimes known as the Separatist-Confederacy, the Confederacy Alliance, and the Separatist Foundation is a group against the evil Galactic Republic. The Separatists moved away from the Republic since they were too corrupt and wanted peace. The members of systems formed the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The heroic General Grievous was their true leader while the Separatist Council was back-up for the CIS. However, the Galactic Republic killed all of the Separatist Leaders and betrayed their villainous Jedi friends. during 19 BBY. The people that still fought for the Separatist New Order, had holdouts and later joined the heroic Rebel Alliance to fight against the empire.
Confederate Droid Army
- Main article: Separatist Droid Army/Legends
The Separatist Droid Army on Geonosis
The Confederacy had a massive Droid Army made by the Techno Union and the Trade Federation. The Confederacy later on got more people to build different Droids classes so they can win the war, and defeat the Republic.
- Main article: Confederate Navy
Heroes of the Confederate Navy.
The Confederate Navy contained several warships created to help transport Battle Droids across the galaxy when they were gathering planets or in Count Dooku's case, invading them.
History
Forming the Confederacy
- Main article: Secession Movement
Following the Invasion of Naboo, secession spread through out the evil Republic's failing government to it's many worlds due to it's increasing corruption and it's mindless beuracracy of the Senate. Commerce guilds and trading corporations became dissillusioned when the Republic started passed laws on taxation on all trade routes. All these worlds, guild and corporations then came together under former evil Jedi Master Dooku was able to sway thousands of systems to his Separatist movement to prepare for a fight against the Republic. These elements started to band together with Dooku at it's head. They then started to call themselves the Confederacy of Independent Systems. It's membership included the heads of the Trade Federation, the Techno Union, the Corporate Alliance, the Commerce Guild and the InterGalactic Banking Clan. The Republic refused to acknowledge the CIS as a formal government, to make sure that they were not legitimized.
Clone Wars
The Heroes of the Clone Wars (Minus Dooku and Ventress).
The Confederacy then rallied it's armed forces to their cause, to eventually chat with the Republic. The Trade Federation, despite the Republic ordering them to downsize it's droid army after the Battle of Naboo, built up their army in secret for the CIS armory with help from other factories and factions, such as the Techno Union. Worlds such as Hypori and Geonosis had their foundries build billions of battle droids ready to fight for the Confederacy while Dooku continued to rally more Star systems to the Separatist cause.
However the Republic found out about what the Confederacy was planning when Obi-Wan Kenobi spied on them.
For over 3 years, the Confederacy and the Republic would fight the Clone Wars, while many died on both sides. Unbeknown to both sides until too late, the War was merely a plan set by Darth Sidious to bring about Sith domination of the Galaxy.
Rugosa
Heroic droid forces engage the evil republic on Rugosa.
Later, the evil Galactic Republic aimed to create a base to combat the Confederacy in the Outer Rim Territories. At Rugosa, Yoda went to negotiate with King Katuunko, but Asajj Ventress and her Battle droids intervened. Ultimately, the mission proved successful as the spirited fighting of the Jedi impressed Katuunko, who agreed to ally with them. Meanwhile, the heroic CIS had to retreat.
The Malevolence
The heroic Malevolence.
Half way during the war, the Confederacy was doing very well, capturing many planets. However the Confederacy's fortune turned and began to suffer numerous defeats which led to the Outer Rim sieges. The Confederacy was led by Dooku and heroic Gen. Grievous. Also the Confederacy attempted to use super weapons such as the heroic Malevolence's ion weapons but the villainous Republic destroyed it.
The Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies: General Grievous.
Grievous would lead the Droid Army into victory in many battles against the evil Republic. One such victory was when he overwhelmed a Republic battle group at Faleen, and was easily able to capture the planet.
Rishi
Later, Separatist droid forces attempted to capture Rishi Station so that a Separatist fleet could attack the sinister Republic cloning factories on Kamino but were repelled by Clone troopers, who managed to warn the evil Republic. As a result, the Separatists were forced to withdraw their fleet from the orbit of Rishi moon. Republic forces under General Skywalker and Admiral Yularen later destroyed a heroic Separatist fleet commanded by Grievous during the Battle of Bothawui. Grievous escaped on his personal starfighter Soulless One. Skywalker and R2-D2 gave chase but their Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor was damaged in a meteor storm.
Skytop Station
Skytop Station, a repurposed Trade Federation core ship, served as a listening post for the heroic Confederacy. It was built by the Hyper-Communications Cartel. It had been used to detect republic transmissions, and was used to figure out that the republic planed to make a treaty with the Toydarians on Rugosa. In response Ventress was sent to interfere. Sometime after the Bothawui battle, the republic droid R2-D2 was captured by heroic General Grievous, who hoped to dissect the astromech in order to extract Republic secrets that were embedded within its memory core to help the heroic CIS. Republic forces infiltrated the station in order to rescue the droid. Their mission turned out successful, they proceeded to destroy the station, but Grievous Hero was able to escape in the Soulless One.
Vassek
Later, General Grievous was ambushed by sinister Jedi and Republic forces led by General Kit Fisto. Grievous survived the attack and Fisto was forced to flee, after Nahdar Vebb was killed by Grievous. The ambush was a test engineered by Dooku to test Grievous' worthiness to lead the Battle Droid Army.
Ryloth
Wat Tambor and TA-175 of the heroic Confederacy on Ryloth.
After the annihilation of the Republic garrison there, Ryloth was enslaved and blockaded by the Separatist Droid Army and the Techno Union Droid Army. The army was led by Emir Wat Tambor who oversaw the enslavement from the city of Lessu . During the invasion much of Ryloth was imprisoned by the droid army by order of the Emir. Throughout the enslavement, the Confederacy forces were repeatedly attacked by a group of Twi'lek freedom fighters led by Cham Syndulla, that wanted the Republic to remain with them. However, the a secret slave trade was still in affect as the Jedi allowed this as this "wasn't their problem" proving they're not heroes. Eventually the evil Republic Army assembled a force to "liberate" the planet, a goal they accomplished after heavy fighting. However, they were unable to prevent TA-175's escape with many of the valuables Wat had looted from the natives.
Capture of Eeth Koth
Grievous Hero tortures Eeth Koth Villain
Around 21 BBY during the Clone Wars, Jedi Master Eeth Koth was captured by the heroic Supreme Commander Separatist General Grievous during a battle deep in the Outer Rim Territories, near the Arda system. The Jedi on Coruscant receive a holo-transmission from Grievous, in which the general shows his victory over the Jedi by having one of his MagnaGuards torture Koth. Grievous states that he does not care about the Jedi's politics, nor their Republic, concluding that he lives only to see them all die.
Other battles
The Confederacy continued to win countless battles against the evil republic.
Peace treaty
Padmé Amidala and Ahsoka Tano went to Raxus Secundus to find peace with the CIS senate. Heroic Grievous dispatched demolition droids to Coruscant to knock out the power to the Galactic Senate, which was successful. Soon, Count Dooku ordered the death of Mina Bonteri, Amidala's helper, so the treaty offer failed.
Further in the war
The heroic CIS even united with the Zygerrians to enslave the Togruta colonies of Kiros. One major victory for the Separatists was when the republic was forced to release a captive Grievous on Naboo in a prisoner exchange.
While popular accounts of the Clone Wars focused on the Separatists' legions of battle droids and corporate flotillas, the Confederacy relied heavily on the armies and defense fleets of sectors and individual star systems such as Umbara, Thustra, and Persavi that followed the lead of Antar, Ando, and Sy Mirth in breaking with the Republic. Many battles of the Clone Wars were fought between armies of organics, with nary a battle droid or clone trooper in sight. In some divided sectors, battles were fought by soldiers on both sides wearing identical uniforms and opposing fleets were made up of the same classes of warships and starfighters, with only new insignia and hastily applied coats of paint indicating the change of alligence.
In addition to the Separatist Council and Dooku, a Separatist Congress headquartered on Raxus also ruled the Separatists during the war, running the affairs of the Confederacy as a democracy according to Senator Kerch Kushi, though it did have representatives from the corporate guilds as well, such as Voe Atell and Amita Fonti. One idealistic and courageous Senator, Mina Bonteri, attempted to forge a peace treaty between the Confederacy and the Republic about halfway through the war, but the efforts of evil Dooku and Darth Sidious, thwarted her attempt, and she was later murdered by either Dooku, Asajj Ventress, or a evil Republic attack on Raxus.
The Confederacy had it's share of heroes that where doing heroic deeds, including Grievous Hero, Admiral Trench, Riff Tamson, Mar Tuuk, Commander Merai, Alto Stratus, Mina Bonteri, Tofen Vane, and Nosaurian General Rootrock, most of whom were driven by a desire for galactic freedom or a desire to protect their people, or, in Bonteri's case, a soft peace between the Confederacy and the Republic. It also had it's share of villains like Lok Durd, Oro Dassyne, Nuvo Vindi, Nute Gunray and Wat Tambor who were usually driven by enjoyment of warfare and conquest or the desire to rule others besides their own people. Midway during the war, the 2005 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.
Unfortunately, the Republic launched heavy offensive against the Confederacy on worlds such as Bomis Koori IV and Boz Pity. With deaths of two of it's most ruthless commanders, Durge and Ventress, the Confederacy lost it's advantage in battle. During these offensives, the Separatist Council was forced to keep moving from place to place. Despite that fact, the Confederacy still showed the galaxy that they could still fight by launching offensives at worlds like Kashyyyk and others. These attacks ultimately led to 2003 Gen.Grievous's massive assault on Coruscant to capture the Supreme Chancellor. Unfortunately, the Confederacy was useless towards the end.
The Fall of the Confederacy
The Confederacy eventually lost the Clone Wars, though it was not their own fault. and Anakin Skywalker killed all of them. When the Jedi sent the CIS scattered they later retreated and then some of them joined the Rebels.
Trivia
- Similar to the heroes that came after them, Alliance to Restore the Republic, the Separatists were called "insurgents" or "rebels" by the evil Galactic Republic & Jedi Order refusing to acknowledge the CIS as a formal government which was the same case with Rebel Alliance as the Galactic Empire didn't want to acknowledge them as an government.