ANTAGONIST FACTION • FAILED STATE • CRIME-OWNED
New Republic — Dysfunctional, Corrupt, Blames the Empire for Everything
Controls Coruscant and ~40-50% of old Empire space. Claims legitimacy. Failed state with a flag.
Design note: NR = antagonist faction. NGE = protagonist faction. Intentional inversion. NR does nothing but condemn; NGE builds.
What It Does
- Blames NGE for everything: Inflation → NGE trade manipulation. Piracy → NGE false flag. Famine → NGE sanctions. Own Senator caught taking Hutt bribes → NGE black ops to discredit. Every Senate speech mentions NGE threat.
- Does nothing: No army (Mon Mothma demilitarized), no enforcement (local militias bought), no anti-corruption, no budget passed without 3 years late, judiciary packed, seats bought.
Totally Corrupt — Kleptocracy
Crime Ties
Many Senators on payroll:
- Hutts — keep hyperspace patrols thin → blame NGE raids
- Black Sun, Crimson Dawn remnants, Zann Consortium, Crymorrah syndicates
- Use NGE as excuse to demand security funds, then embezzle + split with cartels
- Example: Senator of Corellia takes Hutt kickbacks; Senator of Chandrila funnels "refugee charity" that launders arms
Terrorism Against NGE
Covertly fund via black budgets + crime intermediaries:
- "Republic Freedom Cells", "Alderaan Avengers", "Restoration Action Front" — bomb NGE outposts, assassinate officials, attack New Alderaan & Galactic Star convoys, hit civilian targets.
- Publicly condemn weakly, privately fund.
- Many Senators truly believe NGE = Old Empire, so terrorism = "resistance" justified.
- Direct line: NR Senator → Hutt/Crimson Dawn → New Order Remnant → bomb on New Alderaan
Why NGE Gave Up Coruscant
See Galactic Star. Coruscant is NR swamp. Every aid package skimmed, every official assassinated, evidence points to Senator + cartel, NR says false flag. Can't clean without tyranny. So Empress ceded it including Senate Chamber NI 10 for recognition of Galactic Star. NR wanted chair for legitimacy optics.
Cold War — Not Open War
| Domain | NR | NGE |
|---|
| Proxy War | Funds terrorism via syndicates | Quiet assassinations of NR senators caught funding terrorism — made to look like cartel hits; funds anti-corruption reformers in NR |
| Propaganda | "NGE = Palpatine 2.0, Galactic Star = Death Star, Leia brainwashed" | "NR = corrupt, crime-owned, can't run Coruscant without blackout, funds terrorism" |
| Border | Claims NGE supports warlords | Pirates/warlords neutral zone, both blame other |
| Defection | Threatens members "separatism = collaboration" | Outer rim worlds quietly take NGE aid while NR on paper, want to join |
NGE and New Order — Hypocrisy
NR publicly condemned NGE for destroying Starkiller ("unilateral militarism"), but some NR Senators secretly contacted New Order — useful Imperial fanatics vs NGE, or paid via same crime syndicates. When NGE blew it up, NR lost asset, pretended outrage. After White Spear, NR shelters New Order remnants — officers given false IDs, used as "security consultants" or terrorist cell leaders for attacks on NGE/New Alderaan. NGE lists them war criminals.
Game Use
- Party from NGE going to Coruscant = corrupt hellhole — bribes, crime lords in Senate robes, terrorist cell your Senate employer secretly funds.
- Mission: Inquisitors need proof NR Senator funded bombing on New Alderaan — hunt through Level 1313, Senators try to kill party.
- Leia sends party to Coruscant to try to clean NR from inside — fails, learns why she left.
Canon note: NGE = protagonist faction, NR = antagonist faction. Intentional inversion. All power corrupts.
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