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The Confederacy of Independent Systems, abbreviated to CIS, and otherwise known as the Separatist Alliance, the Separatist State, the Separatist Confederacy, the Separatist coalition, or simply referred to as the Separatists, was a confederation with limited recognition of outlying star systems in the galaxy that had declared independence from the Galactic Republic, a democratic union, and had its capital on the planet Raxus Secundus in the Outer Rim. Secession could be traced back to the Raxus Address by former Jedi Master Count Dooku of Serenno, from a belief of excessive taxation and corruption within the Galactic Senate, as well as a general feeling of dissatisfaction towards the neglect by the Republic-centric Core Worlds. Furthermore, the Confederacy was secretly supported by several major galactic corporations which formed the executive council, while a parliament of senators become its civilian legislature.

Thousands of disgruntled star systems seceded from the Republic and joined together in the newly-created Confederacy of Independent Systems, born from a galaxy-wide secessionist movement orchestrated by the Count of Serenno Dooku. By 24 BBY, it had become a political crisis which led to escalating tensions between the Republic and the rising Confederacy. Many within the Confederacy, including its senators, had no desire in fighting their adversaries, as they sought to be free of what they saw as the corruption and tyranny of the Republic. The Confederacy was supported by the Trade Federation, led by Viceroy Nute Gunray; the Stalgasin hive, led by Archduke Poggle the Lesser; the InterGalactic Banking Clan, headed by Chairman San Hill; the Techno Union, led by Foreman Wat Tambor; the Commerce Guild, led by Presidente Shu Mai; the Corporate Alliance, led by Magistrate Passel Argente; and the Retail Caucus. However, in 22 BBY, both governments and their respective military forces became enmeshed in the pan-galactic Clone Wars, the first major conflict in a millennium, after the conflict exploded into being on the Confederacy's first capital world, Geonosis.

By the third year of the war, the Confederacy had suffered several major defeats in the Outer Rim Sieges as the conflict began to approach its end, while losing many starships in the decisive Battle of Coruscant, which also resulted in the death of Dooku. In the days following their defeat at Coruscant, General Grievous was neutralized on the planet Utapau, leading to the collapse of the Separatist leadership, and the fighting effectively coming to an end.

Following both the Jedi's demise and rise of the Galactic Empire, Viceroy Nute Gunray and the other surviving leaders gathered on the planet Mustafar with hopes of securing peace with the newly rising Empire ruled by Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine. However he sent his new apprentice Darth Vader to wipe out them and deactivate the Separatist Droid Army as a threat to his Empire.

With the end of the Clone Wars, the newly-formed Galactic Empire as the successor to the Old Republic, reintergrated former Separatists worlds into the Empire, with only several holdouts daring to resist the Empire, which were suppressed. But an idealized view of the cause persisted during the Imperial Era, with some still holding secessionist tendencies, even into the New Republic Era.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

Nothing is fun anymore

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Thinking on it, the first three episodes of S02 of Andor felt kinda aimless. They had a point to make, but they felt more cartoony and less related to the rest of the show than most other episodes. What's up with that?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

CW suicide, family tragedyMy brother killed himself today. Shot himself in the head hours ago. Bought a gun from a pawn shop yesterday and because he lived in Texas there was no background check necessary.

My brother was not well, had not been well for many years, maybe his whole life. He had extreme mental health issues, which were glaring and obvious especially in the last several years. His parents let him down, and of course this dogshit society let him down every step of the way. And I let him down, too, though I had many reasons that I won't get into, I still of course feel like I should have done more. I didn't think he was going to do this, though. I talked to him like an hour before he did it. It was an unsettling call, but not any more so than previous calls, and he didn't indicate that he was considering self harm. I still told my mom that the call was concerning, and she talked to him after I did, but it wasn't enough. He needed help, it was obvious. I told my parents and I told medical professionals on multiple occasions, but no one got him the help he needed, if such help existed in any kind of affordable form. I looked into it a while ago, but it was all so obtuse and I didn't really know what course of action was best. I know now that I should have pushed harder to help him, and if he indicated that self-harm was being considered, I know I would have. But now I can't.

I wonder if he thought that I wouldn't care if he did it. It would be a reasonable thought, since I have tried my best to distance myself from my family for my own mental and physical health. But even after having minimal contact with him for more than a decade, and even after all the terrible and violent things he did and tried to do to me, and even with how successfully I've deadened my ability to feel things, it's still hitting me hard.

And I keep thinking about how this disgusting, vile world could and should have done better for him. It should have been easy for him to get help. He shouldn't have been able to get a gun. There should be a facility that could have given him the long-term, real help he needed, free of charge. And on a more specific level, my parents should have intervened and gotten him serious help, both as a child and as an adult, especially as they were both very involved with him still.

He had a very tragic life, and now that's all it will ever have been. Like the rest of us, he deserved a better world. Instead we have this... and I have a dead brother.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

meow-hug I'm so sorry.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

God isn't real but santa is smuglord

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 51 minutes ago)

Santa deniers: "Oh all the parents of the world are just pretending that Santa is giving the gifts, all parents in the entire world are engaged in a conspiracy just to bring a little bit of whimsy into the lives of children. Ignore the massive multi government cover up that would be necessary to keep this secret under wraps"

Santa believers: "Santa gifts are what they say they are"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Keep pestering my GF for sex and she keeps saying "let me finish this game real quick" and it was like 45 minutes of that so I got suspicious and asked why there was no sound coming out of her Turbo Express portable TurboGrafx console and she said it ate through batteries too fast so she plays with no sound to stretch the batteries out. OK. It does takes a lot of batteries. I wait and pester for another 15-20 minutes and I can only get a look at the screen from an oblique angle and I notice the screen's either black or at least extremely dim and I ask her if the console's even on and she says she has the brightness at its lowest also because of the 8 AA batteries she says it takes. And she needs me to not look over her shoulder at it to get all the ambient light on the screen possible. OK.

But wait...

It only takes 6 AAs, I thought.

So I'm pretty sure she's just staring at a blank screen and making slightly puzzles looks periodically to fuck with me psychologically and it's working.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

I'm going to confront her.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

I suggested to my brother we listen to trueanon on a long car trip and he was like trueanon? And i said chuen on DEEZ NUTS lmao gotten

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Bit idea: innovation where, instead of making shit worse and more exploitative, you just make something better and it's awesome. That way people will come to you to purchase a good thing instead of spending billions marketing bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Can anyone find the last parts of "the Don Flows Home" as an audiobook? I've been looking everywhere for a not-AI read version. Just finished "And Quiet flows the Don" and want to listen to the rest

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

A law has been broken.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Capitalism is dumb cause Guy That Takes Care of a Lot of Cats isn't a paying job. There's do many kitties out there that need a good life and if given a Cat Ranch I'd be the person for the job. I'd give Darby a lil cowboy hat and she'd either beat them all up or whip em into an army of unfathomable power. Tough call. Despite how tiny and cute she is, Darby does love beating up other cats.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

For real, I think owning a cat cafe would be dope. I'd have an apartment above the cafe and I'd own a cat who would go downstairs with me to hang out with all the adoptable cats.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago

State of political discourse in America

Your guy's wife is ugly

Your guy's wife is a sl*t

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

I wonder why google is wrong about this?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

Imagine Nathan Fielder talking to Mr Rogers. That might split atoms

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

Friend randomly came to visit that I haven't seen in years and ended up having a total meltdown in the coffee shop bathroom on the last day because they were so completely disorganized and vague and not communicative about anything the entire time and idk what the hell happened but it was so fucking stressful for me, I've never been so stressed out hanging out with someone before. But like I also don't know if it was me just overreacting to everything and I feel like an asshole. I feel like I tried to frame it as an exercise for learning to be super flexible but it didnt work. I went to bed at like 9 last night and slept all day and still feel exhausted from the past few days.

Being autistic fucking sucks. I want a do over

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

Driver please stop the bus Pleasse STOP THE BUS I NEED TO GET OFF TO FART

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

the only thing I disliked about the new final destination movie is how the hottest character's death was also the most disturbing ohnoes but maybe his hotness was a contributing factor πŸ€”

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 hours ago

Oh no, new guy at work mentioned Robert Evans in front of the hardline m-l coworker who seems to know everyone's cia ties.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Never understood how people treat β€œMommy Dearest” as a joke when I’ve seen many unhinged parents act like that and get scarily violent over the smallest things. A lot of them also had that oddly overly dramatic way of speaking and moving.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Smile Netflix movie review:

spoiler"Go to therapy" the movie

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

it'd be really cool if my friends could stop dying :(

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

real it just works hours my only problem with fedora so far was some strange freeze/lags but it seems to have gone after installing nvidia drivers.

if i can get mod organizer running through steam we might be playing skyrim in a couple days. really stoked

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

EXCELLENT POST

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

"Armed Forces Day" hats* in the MLB

Regular hat enjoying fans: liberty-weeping

Greedy merchandising company execs: capitalist-laugh

*latest fad

Major league blunder. kelly

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

They look like shit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I wish to drive a golf cart into a ditch, just keep doing this until I fill a ditch with golf karts and it's no longer a ditch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

Camo mlb hats look like shit, fuck the troops

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago

How the fuck is erotic roleplay supposed to help my OCD?

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