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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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[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe adding fuel to a fire on a now deleted post, but I get it. When you got something like ADHD (in my case) or OCD like some people I've known, it's annoying as hell for every other person to be like, "yeah, I have that too, I think. I took an online quiz".

Diagnosis shouldn't always be necessary, but it sucks when you struggle with something and to constantly have people diminish something that actually hampers your life in one way or another.

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm torn, because it's posts talking about symptoms that actually led to me taking it seriously and seeking diagnosis.

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Dreamt another better call saul dream, dreamt they made a mf jojo's bizarre adventure reference. I pogged pretty hard at that isaac-pog

[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I really feel like stuffing my fat stupid face with fast food and snacks but the stupid fucking brain behind that fat stupid face didn't buy anything unhealthy. I want to puke

[–] miz@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

are you a Tim-head or a Gregg-head?

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (8 children)

How do I message the mods?

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[–] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Actually wait. I probably shouldn't use people's real names here.

[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Watched Murderbot diaries with my partner and I surprised how much I empathise with Murderbot seeing as I do event jobs for an art collective that couldn’t manage their way out of a wet paper bag. I kind of passively witness all the interpersonal drama, they keep trying to get me to be more in touch with my spirit or whatever and I have to make sure they don’t hurt themselves as they build rickety ass contraptions with loose wiring and shit. I am also terrible at eye contact.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I'm so hungy. experimenting with not eating for 16+ hours is sorta annoying. I start to feel colder, my fingies start feeling cold too, I think I'm turning into a lizard that likes basking in the sun

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

this blows i have to install windows because i couldn't figure out/hit the correct keys in time to make it boot from the usb instead, so i'm going to have to set it up just to restart with the "advanced startup" smdh

Damn, just learned that musician Ed Askew died back in January, RIP

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

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week 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

[–] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Soundcloud walked back their AI-scraping in the TOS. Good news, but the results from that could have been potentially funny.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Pluto should be a planet. The definition of planet that excludes pluto is a bad definition, it does not include exoplanets that don't orbit a sun and "Clearing it's orbit" is an arbitrary definition that means a planet is only a planet if there's not anything else big in its orbital path. Also what if mercury crosses the orbit of another planet, does either or both planets stop being a planet while that's happening.

Astronomers, justify yourselves.

Edit: wait, hold on. Neptune and Pluto crosses their orbits. Neptune isn't a planet by this definition. And like the definition of "Dwarf planet" is stupid too, because it isn't defined by any kind of actual size. Mercury is only like twice the size of pluto.. what's the limit. Where's the limit. I started off wanting to make a joke about the Pluto thing being messed up, but the pluto thing is actually messed up. This genuinely seems like they sat down and tried to work out a definition that made Pluto not a planet and couldn't come up with anything real.

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[–] JD_Vyvanse@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

c/dating postingokay relaysh isn't flushed just in a precarious spot & dealing with its first major rupture. me & nu-partner both got shit to unlearn (some similar some different) this all a process but we r both communicating and showing a willignness to change

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