Post by ShockHelix on Mar 27, 2019 16:44:34 GMT -5
The New Republic
As Emperor Palpatine was defeated at the Battle of Endor, the Alliance to Restore the Republic had completed its goal. Reorganizing into the New Republic, the newly formed government through off the shackles of the Galactic Empire's imperial rule, bringing with it the democracy and Galactic Senate as used before the Empire's rise. In time, the New Republic would defeat the remnants of the Galactic Empire at the Battle of Jakku, signing a peace treaty with them that would last for decades to come.
In time, the New Republic would adapt a rotating seat of power, rather then utilize the galactic hub of Coruscant. Without any assaults by the Imperial Remnant, and no true enemies to fight, the Military Disarmament Act was passed as well. The armies of the New Republic were stripped away, leaving only defensive and security forces, a stance that would nearly be their undoing.
With the succesor states of the Imperial Remnant vying for control, one military junta would rise to power in part of he Unknown Regions. While some saw the First Order as a significant threat, the inaction of the New Republic led to the near annihilation of the fledgling government as nearly every senator was killed at the Hosnian Cataclysm. Many worlds capitulated to the First Order outright from fear. With the New Republic nearly destroyed, the Resistance vowed it would rise again, and in time fulfilled on their promise.
Having destroyed their super weapon, the Supreme Leader of the First Order defeated, the war eventually led to the defeat of the military junta, forcing it in a retreat back into the Unknown Regions where the lack of known hyperlanes prevented the Resistance from finishing them once and for all. Regardless, their vow was completed, and with the other Imperial Successor states still vying for control amongst themselves the new Republic was free to rebuild itself.
The New Galactic Senate was reformed, with the few surviving senators returning to serve while most systems required new Senators to fill the roles of those who had perished in the Hosnian Cataclysm. With the first the Death Star, and now the Star Killer weapon having shown the vulnerability of a planet, the capital was relocated to the Coruscant once more. As the galactic hub of the galaxy, Coruscant was rightfully believed to be too valuable for any group to simply destroy.
The next problem to be addressed in the first year was the need for defenses, and while a few senators shared the views of their predecessors, the power of the Galactic Empire and the First Order had convinced many of the newer senators of the need for a strong Galactic Presence and military force. With an overwhelming majority vote, the New Republic elected to create a standing army, and so the decisions to create the Grand Army of the New Republic were made.
While this decision both frightened and angered the outlying, neutral nations of the galaxy, the New Republic made no concessions in their desire to ensure that such destruction never befell them again. While many options were brought forth for the production of an army, such as standardizing the Resistance, a droid army proposed by the resurgent Trade Federation, and a restructuring of the system used by the Galactic Empire, the final decision would land on a return to the tactics and style that the Republic had used when peace and democracy was the focus.
First, the Kuat Drive-yards were commissioned both to improve upon and develop new starships in the design of those used by the Republic. Second, the ban on cloning technology was lifted, and Kamino was tasked with building a new Clone Army with modifications to the inhibitor chips to prevent the repeat of a single individual causing a purge like order 66. Lastly, while some still harbored fear over the Jedi after the propaganda campaign spread by the Empire, the heroism of Luke Skywalker and Rey was enough to sway the Senate to send out a call to any surviving Jedi, to produce a new militarized Jedi Order to lead the Grand Army of the New Republic.
In the years to come, without any immediate threats, the Grand Army of the New Republic would rise and develop, with the Kaminoans perfecting the creation of the clones and the first Jedi completing their training. Now, the rearmed and militarized New Republic stands ready to defend itself against threats unknown.
