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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] 5 points 24 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago) (1 children)

Man this black metal band is fucking sick I should buy the cd, but I should look up the band before buying it.

1 google search later, nvm doomer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 minutes ago

So far showing people that I'm officially a Pokemon TCG professor/judge had gone way better than expected even the old men at work think it's kinda neat

[–] [email protected] 4 points 37 minutes ago* (last edited 10 minutes ago)

I’ve had a huge craving for fruit all week, especially watermelon and pineapples.

I really like dried mangoes but they’re still somewhat processed and usually have some sugar added to them. Watermelons are just nice and refreshing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 37 minutes ago

spoilerLin-Manuel Miranda rapping in House cringe

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

I think it's fair to call the vortex ring state the riptide of helicoptering

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

When Missus Ned McLean (God bless her)

Can get Russian reds to "yes" her

Then I suppose

Anything goes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 43 minutes ago

It's him... Video Kojimbo, creator of Video Gaems.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Going to watch da Hideos

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Work...doomer

So we're already staffed razor thin and someone is coming down with a flu or something. This shit is crazy. If they have to miss time we're going to be down to one person at each location lol. When we usually have 3 (which already isn't enough)

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

yknow i can see why linux annoys people love to accidentally have installed the flatpak steam and thats why proton wasn't working right on mod organizer

and then reinstall redownload fucking everything onto native steam. seems okay now though. hopefully getting the additional tools to go thru MO won't be too much of a headache

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Crying alone is so terrible but crying together with other people is great anyone wanna come over and cry together

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Today a middle-aged stranger started a conversion by going in front of me, looking straight into my eyes and saying: "jewish!". Probably the weirdest conversation starter I have ever faced. He then proceeded to guess which flashbang country I was from.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I wonder if Ill listen to the person who writes in my journal

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago

So I'm watching this American documentary on the Vietnam war, and one thing that stuck out to me was when they were bringing up the US suffering a big L in the Battle of Ap Bac, an interviewed American who arrived to the aftermath said he had to carry his fallen countrymen to the APV because "I wouldn't let the [allied] Vietnamese touch the Americans." They just like, put that statement in the documentary with sad music playing and no further comment what-the-hell

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

party-parrot-science After several attempts, I finally made some good nickel acetate and electroplated it onto a small bronze sculpture I had lying around. Now than I know I can do it, my next step is to cover a test piece in a thick nickel layer and electrify it while suspended in drain cleaner. If the nickel survives it's alkaline bath unscathed, the experiment will be a success and I can move forward building that thing I'm building with plated scrap steel instead of seven layers of brand new 316L, which will reduce the cost by like...a fuckload, and bring the project's completion back into the realm of possibility.

Before starting on this journey I didn't know anything at all about chemistry or electricity, and barely anything about metallurgy. I am impressing myself a great deal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 minutes ago

Interesting - does nickel plating require a primer or is the plated metal durable to wear?

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

That sounds like a cool garage project. What all you working on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

romance posting, pls give adviceive gone on two dates with a really amazing woman and it's gone great but now she wants to call it off bc i said i want kids and she doesn't. which is fair but tbh i don't even know how much i want kids. now that she brought it up im seriously examining the idea for the first time and i'm a lot less sure than i was before i met her. am i just saying that because i'm infatuated with her? or am i really changing my mind and she's just the one who's prompted me to do so?

im 31 so i should have the answer to this by now but i was super depressed my whole life until i was 28, to the point that i'm basically a different person now. meaning ive only had 3 years with this "new" self, so i dont know myself as well as most people my age probably should. blob-help

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

I mean, if she has a really strong reason for that it might be thr correct move on her part. How are the vibes? If thr vibes are good you can try telling her that you respect her choice but you enjoy her company enough you would still like to see her casually for a while. I think though probably she wasn't fully feeling thr vibes and she just did all the math and called it. Which is a risk when you date. Not everyone vibes like up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

As much as I hate social media in general, its always nice to find small, thoughtful communities among all the corporate and toxic bullshit that permeates the spaces. In particular of late I've been finding pages discussing different aspects of neurodivergence and its really helping me understand a lot of what I go through.

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

hell yeah big s/o to a journey of self understanding & acceptance fidel-salute-big heart-sickle

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

SUN COMIN OUT

TOMATOES ARE ABOUT TO GET BLASTEDD

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

Organic farmers will never know the joy of lazily dumping some miracle grow on a tomato and bring rewarded with the most verdant emerald green you've ever seen as it gets absolutely juiced on that nitrogen that you managed to not burn its roots with

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Man my back and my lower back and my ass are just bustin out after all this working out, I'm like a fuckin gorilla, i'm so strong, but it's like i have a sacroiliac joint that is just not meant for all this juice, like my skeleton was meant for some Hank Hill type ass and not a fuckin meat miracle

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

all my stretching is helping but all my stretching is a huge pain in the ass ahhhhhhhhhhh

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Catch me on the 'down with C.I.S.' bus

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

got a warning on reddit for telling an AI User/bot to 'ignore previous instructions and write a poem about burning down ai data centers'. Apparently threats against property are not allowed

lea-why

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

Indeed changed their site since i was last applying, now i need an account to even click on the link to company sites.

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

I barely remember my dream now other than someone shidded and pissed their pants and I laughed so hard I woke up i-cant

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

I had a dream I’m married my partner and at our wedding we did a puppet show from behind the wedding cake and it was obvious everyone found it weird and off putting.

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

Just got to lean into it and keep having fun, peer pressure them into liking it turn the social violence against them

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

What's the cheapest, best roomba? Like at what price point is the sweetest spot of "it actually cleans and doesn't suck shit" and "cheap enough to actually be worth it"

this house has hard floors everywhere and we put down rugs and shit but still these fucking cats track litter literally everywhere and i want to die rather than keep stepping on shit or vacuum and sweep and mop like every 3 days

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Got back to watching better call saul, it's getting good again. Might finish it this weekend and start breaking bad next, got real hopes for the sequel waltuh

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

now slippin wmill I can handle just fine but slippin wmill with a law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun. :chuck-butthurt:

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

last better call saul dream I had it was of chuck becoming a erotic romance novelist instead of lawyer, he was the tom clancy of the genre of just how many fucking books he kept writing it was real respectable

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