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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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[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

Been following Target Audience om YouTube, they started as a generic reaction channel that became a mostly star trek reaction channel. They knew nothing going in and watch strictly chronologically, so they're half way through season 6 of tng and just started ds9. They're absolute himbos but it's been fun seeing people go through it all totally blind. Upon OBrien leaving the enterprise they remarked that Picard wanted to catch him on the way out cause it's the last time he'll be totally sure thr transporter is working properly, there'd gonna be a bit of doubt without The Chief

[-] JD_Vyvanse@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

i'm always bad posting b/c i'm a certified baddie big-cool

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[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I don't often like saying I hate someone when it comes to referring to anyone I have an intrapersonal interactions with, but... I'm getting real close.

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[-] newacctidk@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

I came across a documentary on the German spy ring the Red Orchestra with the synopsis being focused on how they are totally not communists

The Gestapo labeled them as communists and traitors for their efforts to put an end to Hitlerโ€™s reign -- a theory that was upheld by allied secret services until recently.

Historians now officially recognize the Red Orchestra as one of the largest and most efficient Nazi resistance groups, with members who held a variety of political and religious beliefs. Forty percent of the members were women.

First of all what the fuck do they mean "officially"? And who are said historians? Are all prior historians not official? But the more egregious thing is the implicit framing here of Communist and traitor being equal. Like this is treated as a proud rehabilitation like oh thank god this resistance was not communist so now we can feel bad they got murdered by Hitler, otherwise Hitler was in the right.

But also, the leadership was full of communists, had intense links to other communist parties, was particularly looked into by the Nazis because of their ties to the French Communist Party which the Nazis feared was being directly aided by the USSR

The Gestapo's purpose in running this particular funkspiel was to discover Soviet links to the French Communist Party, the French Resistance and the Red Three.

Yes the group was more informal, was cell based, and did have members of different political beliefs and religious backgrounds, but that was NEVER disputed by the older view. Here is a West German theologian who got a bunch of shit in germany for this statement

And no matter whether it suits us today or not, we shouldn't hide the fact that there was also such a thing as a 'Red Orchestra': communists who were also involved in this struggle and also fell as victims of Nazism. No matter what their ideological background was and what one might think of their particular motivations and actions: these people didn't want to be part of what the Nazis wanted; they wanted to set a limit to their depraved and ruinous regime, to put an end to it. [...] Had they succeeded, it might have rendered a large amount of further human as well as material sacrifices unnecessary. But they didn't succeed. And this was not just their own fault, but was also because so few in Germany were willing to join and help them with determination, before it became safe to do so, and that they received so little understanding or meaningful assistance from outside

A bunch of modern scholarship does "correct" the idea that they are a Soviet spy ring, something the Soviets and DDR never claimed. The reality is that the idea of a self conscious "Red Orchestra" organization that was centrally led was false, and them being a section of soviet intelligence is not true, but like......their network was almost entirely reliant on other communist parties in occupied countries, and cells did operations directly with the NKVD and red army. Like Hans Coppi who fucked up an exhibition mocking the soviets, and later met with NKVD who parachuted into Germany.

A BUNCH of leaders of those various cells were communists, and the infrastructure of the KPD was instrumental. Of the 400 members it is like a full quarter are Communists openly, more than any other group. Shit like this is why I dislike documentaries, they are narrative driven and sorta require a framing of "new evidence" or interpretation. They rarely add nuance

[-] flugolem@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

how's alex jones doing these days?

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

Heโ€™s turning frogs gay

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[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

i'm unemployed for the next 3 months unless i find summa dat sweet under the table work because why the fuck would I work for free essentially if I get unemployment that I'd lose if I got another job

anyway, know what that means? in addition to now rowing 4.5 miles a day (all at once without stopping, no brakes on this motorized rowboat) i'm gonna get back into doing a stupid number of pushups and situps and squats

[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

3 miles and 1000 strokes in my hands start to go numb but then i remind myself im not just rowing for myself, i'm rowing for the revolution, and through the collective will of the proletariat i stroke my way to victory

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[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

i could have been the king of the nerds but nah I needed to like real movies and real music and real books and things that don't suck

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

Oh yay, landscaping season is here again. I hated these peaceful quiet mornings, I'm so glad I'm blessed with being woken up by the drone of two stroke engines. I'm extra thankful it seems that everyone has organized to do their landscaping on different days so I don't go a day without waking up to a weed wacker being run into a wall or a lawn mower eating rocks.

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

Lol my anatomy textbook is taking time out of explaining stuff to tell me how to transvestigate. Beware trans people. I'm coming for your skulls and pelvises. I'm gonna measure the angle between your left and right ramus inferior ossis pubis using the "finger rule".

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

People who write (sic) when there's no error in the quote should be drawn and quartered

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

shidding and farding (sic) rn

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[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

I think I've come across the rare ideological [sic] when reading Roderic Day's essays a couple of times. Like he will put it in a quote when the author he's quoting says something he disagrees with. That rocks IMO.

[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

"Israel [sic]..."

[-] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

Using a coconut pistachio wax melt for the first time and oh my god it smells heavenly, I had no idea this was such a good combination meow-melt

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

My school used to sometimes play jazz-y O Canada or a cappella O Canada. The NHL should look into that, so much more fun than the vanilla anthem.

[-] whatnots@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

my right eye has been twitching on and off since yesterday and it's still going. why did this happen and how to make it stop catgirl-hiss

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[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

Paying someone in the global south 13 cents an hour to copy and paste emails I get into ChatGPT and send me the summaries.

[-] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I stopped running my Age of Rebellion campaign, but I really wanna do a mission where rebels go scouring tech from an abandoned base but it's actually still run by rogue droids that didn't get shut down with the rest and think the Clone Wars are still going on.

[-] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days 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

[-] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

on a road trip so spent my time in the passenger seat reading all of Sacred and Terrible Air, it's a bit hard to penetrate initially but it's good

[-] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago
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