Pride of the Core

Pride of the Core, known mostly as the Core, was established 27,053 BBY to be the first InterGalactic Government, based on freedom, justice, and happiness.

Pride of the Core was a representative democracy, composed of various star systems, sectors and member worlds throughout most of the known galaxy. Its central government consisted of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The first was the Galactic Senate, a body of elected or appointed representatives. Its main duties included mediating disputes over issues ranging from planetary to galactic-scale, regulating trade routes between star systems, and in theory, represented the interests of Pride of the Core citizens. The Office of the Supreme President was the Senate's executive counterpart. The Supreme President was elected from the ranks of the Senate by its members. As the leader of the Senate and the overall representative of Pride of the Core, the President also held the titles Head of State. The judicial branch consisted of the Supreme Court and the lower Regional Courts. The Supreme Court was composed of twelve justices, one of whom held the leadership position of Chief Justice.

Throughout most of its history as one of the Galaxy's Governments, Pride of the Core did not style itself as a strong centralized government, but rather as a union of sovereign planets for the purposes of collective security and economic prosperity. It was said that its complete history could "fill a thousand libraries." In the last decades that preceded the rise of Emperor Palpatine's New Order in the Galactic Republic, Pride of the Core was a benevolent—though ineffectual—government tied up in layers of bureaucracy, hampered by political and corporate corruption.

When the Galactic Empire was reorginized from the Galactic Republic, Pride of the Core immeditly fought against the Galactic Empire. Pride of the Core was known as the "Pride of nothing" by stormtroopers and other Imperials. They were generally united in common cause, to destroy the Galactic Empire. In order to achieve their primary goal of defeating the Galacitc Empire. Pride of the Core had to remove Emperor Palpatine from power, and his hegemonic New Order from the galaxy.

The origins of the overall anti-Imperial movement dated back to 19 BBY, shortly before the Galactic Republic's transformation into the Empire. Some senators from the Galactic Republic such as senators Bail Prestor Organa and Mon Mothma of the Loyalist Committee, joined the Delegation of 2000 in its opposition against the authoritarian leadership of then-Chancellor Palpatine. In 18 BBY, barely a year into the Empire's existence, military resistance had already been formed in opposition to the new regime; one of which was a group of insurgents known as The Eleven, joined by the fugitive Jedi Ferus Olin. By 2 BBY, several resistance groups were unified into Pride of the Core, thus making Pride of the Core stronger.

Hence, the Galactic Civil War erupted with Pride of the Core challenging the Empire for control of the galaxy. Though vastly the same in manpower, starships, weapons and various other resources, Pride of the Core themselves possessed a strong will to fight. By and large, Pride of the Core was composed of well-trained soldiers and brilliant commanders, some of whom dedicated their lives to Pride of the Core after defecting from the Empire due to the atrocities that were committed by the Imperial regime. After securing early victories against the Empire on Kamino and Toprawa, Pride of the Core achieved one of their most significant triumphs at the Battle of Yavin, in which the Imperial Battlestation—codenamed Death Star—was destroyed by a new Pride of the Core pilot named Luke Skywalker. In 4 ABY, roughly four years after the destruction of the first Death Star, Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader both perished during the Battle of Endor.

The death of Emperor Palpatine, in 4 ABY, at the Battle of Endor, signaled the end of the Empire. The news of the Death Star II's destruction, as well as Palpatine's demise, was broadcast by Pride of the Core throughout the galaxy, using their alternative HoloNet system called the Pride of the Core HoloNet. On the capital world of Coruscant, civilians reacted to the broadcast by starting an uprising, among other things shouting praise for the return of peace, justice, and freedom.

History
Pride of the Core was born with the ratification of the Declaration of Freedom in 27,053 BBY. As Fondor is where Pride of the Core started it became it's capital and would remain that way for twenty-five thousand years. The founding members of Pride of the Core were largely Fondor and worlds surronding Fondor. Shortly after the formation of the Republic, the Perlemian Trade Route was mapped, linking Coruscant to Ossus, and bringing the Jedi Knights into the Republic and Pride of the Core. A key world of this route was Muunilinst which the was the source of the Galactic credit standard that traded with the native Muun who controlled the newly formed InterGalactic Banking Clan. Over the next millennia, the Corellian Run was mapped, linking Coruscant to Corellia and beyond. The wedge defined by the two trade routes became known as "the Slice." Since the stretch of hyperspace galactic-west of Coruscant was anomaly-ridden and impassible for then current Republic technology, the government expanded eastward, instead. The Core Worlds portion of the Slice was known as the Arrowhead, and soon Pride of the Core expanded into the Colonies. Although, Pride of the Core was setup on Fondor, and it was disputed that Fondor wasn't a core world, when indeed it was near the border between the Colonies and the Core worlds, but it was later revieled that yes it was a core world. Though history often recalls Pride of the Core as peaceful; numerous galactic conflicts, such as the Mandalorian Wars, occurred throughout its 29,034 year history.

Early History
At first, the government on Fondor wished for slow expansion, despite its promotion of hyperspace exploration. However, against the government's wishes, the membership of the Republic boomed for its first millennium of existence, mainly due to worlds wishing to join as protection against the Hutt Empire. In 25,000 BBY its capital had officially become a galactic hub.

Pride of the Core expanded eastwards across the galaxy. Despite this, the Slice would remain the heart of navigable space. Eventually, Pride of the Core expanded past the galactic-northern and -southern borders of the Slice, though most of the galaxy was still unknown, except for outposts such as Ord Mantell 12,000 BBY and Malastare 8000 BBY. The space west of Fondor still remained unexplored since analogues to the Perlemian Trade Route and the Corellian Run in that direction still had not been discovered. Worse, progress was limited to dangerous one- or two-light-year jumps into a stretch of hyperspatial anomalies. During this period, the Expansion Region was formed. However, this region suffered greatly as a result of the Alsakan attempting to snatch control of Pride of the Core from Fondor. This resulted in seventeen Alsakan Conflicts, spanning from 17,000 BBY to 13,000 BBY. However, most of the fighting took place between their holdings in the Expansion Region, rather than in the Core itself. For the most part, Fondor won every conflict it fought, though the Seventh Alsakan Conflict was a notable exception.

During this period, the First Arkanian Conflict also took place. The Arkanian geneticists also began a series of genetic experiments of other sentient species, most notably bundling away several six-armed Xexto from Troiken, and transforming them into a new species known as the Quermians.

In 15,500 BBY, after a disastrous first contact, Fondor was assaulted by the Mandalorians who were defeated and the conflict was peacefully resolved by Supreme President Rodsu Kase who together founded the University of Coruscant. At some time prior to 12,000 BBY, a Galactic Museum was established on Fondor. Around 12,000 BBY, Maki Serat became Supreme President. He and his descendants belonged to the theocratic "Pius Dea" cult that would control Pride of the Core for the next 1,000 years. These fanatic Supreme Presidents sanctioned "Pius Dea crusades" against rival alien sects in the Rim. After 11,000 BBY the cult may have violently dissolved. The tensions from the fallout of the crusades would deepen the rifts between the Core Worlds and those of the Rim.

Around 9000 BBY, Khromi Lin became Supreme President and ruled Pride of the Core for 275 years during the Rianitus Period. Unlike most other Hutts, Blotus was a distinguished and just ruler. At least by 7308 BBY, the Galactic Standard Calendar was fixed.

In 7003 BBY, the Hundred-Year Darkness|Second Great Schism occurred when a group of fallen Jedi discovered a Force technique that could alter lifeforms. This started the centuries-long Hundred-Year Darkness, which saw the creation of monstrous creatures, most notably the serpentine Leviathan, which drew life-energies into blister-traps on their backs. At the Battle of Corbos in 6900 BBY, the Jedi crushed the rebellion and banished these Exiles/fallen Jedi from known space. However, the fallen Jedi discovered Korriban, a desolate world inhabited by the relatively primitive but unusually Force-sensitive Sith people.

Using their training in the Force, the fallen Jedi amazed the Sith and elevated themselves to god-like status on nearby Ziost, becoming the rulers of the Sith people. As years passed, and interbreeding occurred between the fallen Jedi and the Sith, the term "Sith" came to mean not only the original inhabitants of Korriban and Ziost, but also their fallen Jedi masters. In 5000 BBY, the Jedi and the Sith Empire clashed in the Great Hyperspace War. Many worlds were forever scarred in that battle, but the Jedi were able to repulse the invaders. After that, Pride of the Core granted the Jedi land over a Force nexus: a sacred mountain on which the Jedi Temple was constructed.

In 4250 BBY, the Third Great Schism occurred, which involved fighting on Fondor. The surviving Dark Jedi were forced to flee to the Vultar system, where they discovered ancient technology indicating that the system's worlds were artificial constructs, probably the creations of the mysterious Celestials who had also built the Corellian system. These Dark Jedi took over these machines, including the Cosmic Turbine, but could not control them, and soon destroyed the whole system and everything in them during the Vultar Cataclysm. Around 4000 BBY, four Jedi Masters Jedi Guardians and two Jedi Consular established the ziggurat of the Jedi Temple over the Force nexus on Coruscant, which would stand for over four thousand years.

The Mandalorian War 26,053 BBY ~ 26,050 BBY
Overall, when Pride of the Core's borders expanded towards Mandalore, Pride of the Core didn't think much about it, but the Madalorians sure did. Fearing a take over by Pride of the Core, the Mandalorian Clans united to protect Mandalore, which really wasn't needed. Pride of the Core just ignored the Mandalorians and more or less left Mandalore to be itself, but the Mandalorians felt more and more prone to be attacked by Pride of the Core. Pride of the Core had every Planetary System around Mandalore ask Pride of the Core if they could join their Government, and all of those Systems joined Pride of the Core. By joining Pride of the Core, unknown to Pride of the Core, the planets stoped all trade to Mandalore, and blaimed it on Pride of the Core. The reason for blaiming Pride of the Core was so a war could start and end the Mandalorians raign of terror. The Mandalorians were furious, and wanted to retaliate. They gathered all of their Military forces, death watch, Mandalorian Navy, etc. and headed out to destroy an unsuspecting Pride of the Core planet.

Battle of Boz Pity
The Mandalorians were ready to attack a major Pride of the Core world, Boz Pity. After a major preperation, the Mandalorian forces were ready to make their move. They emerged above Boz Pity, with the defensive minefields doing little damage. The attackers used refugee ships to bombard the planetary shield until it collapsed, then attacked the planet's surface. The Pride of the Core commanders struggled against the onslaught, unwilling to fire on the refugee ships. Eventually Marko Selly did so, causing conflict with the other commanders and weakening Boz Pity's defense.

The Mandalorians captured Boz Pity after a long battle and Pride of the Core forces scattered across the galaxy. The Mandalorians began making the planet theirs and renamed it Mandalore the second, after their home world.

Crucial Victory at Sullest
The Mandalorian Death Mark Starfleet Star Dreadnaught stood as the Mandalorians backdrop on the battle of Sullest. News that a new and more powerful Mandalorian space drednaught, Death Mark II, was nearing completion, forced Pride of the Core to take its greatest risk. The entire Pride of the Core fleet was amassed near Fondor, in order to launch an attack on the installation before it could become operational. Most important to the decision to initiate this attack was the knowledge that the Mandalorian leader himself was overseeing the final stages of construction on board the Death Mark II. However, in secret, the Mandalorians had organized its forces there so that when the Rebel fleet was lured in, it would be destroyed. The plan backfired, and the subsequent Battle of Sullest was a massive victory for Pride of the Core. Korwin Dyson (Mandalorian leader) was dead; his Death Mark II destroyed, along with many Mandalorian warships, including Mandalore's flagship.

Onward to Mandalore
For the first few months following the victory at Sullest, the Pride of the Core government made few aggressive lunges into Mandalorian held space, instead choosing to concentrate on sending ambassadors to the numerous worlds that had overthrown their Mandalorian governors. As the ambassadors quickly strengthened the stability of Pride of the Core by increasing membership in the Outer Rim Territories, Admiral Damian Jing prepared the military for the first in a series of campaigns aimed at liberating key portions of the galaxy from Mandalorian rule. For the next two years, the Combined Defense Forces of the Grand Army of the Core and Royal Navy of the Core liberated countless worlds in the Mid Rim and Inner Rim, expanding towards the Outer Rim and establishing key bases for future campaigns.

30% of the galaxy fully supported the Pride of the Core, with an additional 20% supporting nominally and cautiously. As Jing and his fleets neared the Outer Rim, it became apparent that the main goal of the new government was in reach, the capture of Mandalore.

Mandalorians never Surrender
Pride of the Core would be Liberating Mandalore three years after the Battle of Sullest. This was made possible by a commando team of the Royal Navy force, Team 8. The team included pilots Tebbo  Namore, Blazinda Talus, Balfur Notka, and others, as well as Pride of the Core Commandos Tak Menaraev and Vonar Dourshe. Together, they were able to bring down Mandalore's planetary shields with lightning created using the planet's weather control systems. Once the shields were down, the team called Royal Navy of the Core fleet under Admiral Jing to cripple the rest of the planet's defenses. This was, to a certain extent, a trap laid out by Mandalorian Intelligence, it failed and Pride of the Core took over Mandalore.

With the Pride of the Core securely in control of Mandalore, many neutral worlds began to view the new government as a legitimate power, no longer as a weak Government.

Mandalorian resurgence
One of the first major tests came in when the Mandalorian's Grand Admiral Higlark Halcyon assumed control of the Mandalorians and led a successful campaign against Pride of the Core. Political infighting hampered Pride of the Core's response to the crisis early on, as ambitious councilors like Jol Faroamer sought to gain power at the expense of others. Despite numerous defeats and setbacks, Pride of the Core rallied again, finally achieving victory during the Battle of Genosis. Halcyon was killed in battle and his forces went into retreat. Sensing that the defeat of the Mandalorians was in their grasp, Pride of the Core launched a series of operations into the remaining sections of the galaxy still held by the Mandalorians. The victory was short lived.

A year after Halcyon's death, the resurrected Mandlorian Leader Korwin Dyson led a major Mandalorian offensive originating from the Outer Rim. Faced with superior forces, including a number of Superwepons, Pride of the Core was forced to fall back and operate in much the same way as the Mandalorians had. Ultimately Pride of the Core was saved by the death of the Korwin during a Battle on Kamino, thanks to the efforts of Jedi Master Jerc Cornish.

Peace with the Mandalorians
Despite the growing mistrust between certain elements within the Pride of the Core, it remained united in its efforts to defeat the Mandalorians. A campaign launched by Mandalorian Supreme Commander Sam Lin ended in disaster as Pride of the Core forces under Jing defeated Lin and reduced the Mandalorians to a mere eight sectors in the Outer Rim.

At Wayland, the Mandalorians were in distruat, Mandalorians never surrender and as they are allmost waiting for their death they made a Peace treaty and showed it to Pride of the Core and it was agreed with one request from the Mandalorians, that Mandalore would be put back into Mandalorian control, Pride of the Core accepted, finally ending the twenty-one year War.

Great Galactic War

 * "The Great Galactic War dragged on for decades. Thousands of Jedi and Sith were slain. Countless star systems were ravaged."
 * ―Jedi Master Gnost-Dural

The Great Galactic War', known as the Great War during the conflict and in the years afterward, was a war between the Sith Empire against both Galactic Republic and Pride of the Core between 3681 BBY and 3653 BBY, lasting for a total of 28 years. Also known as the Pride of the Core 'Republic–Sith War, the conflict was ultimately the culmination of a 1300-year grudge held by survivors of the old Sith Empire against the Republic for their defeat in the Great Hyperspace War.

The war would cost countless lives and devastate worlds from the Core to the Rim, as well as having dramatic galactic consequences otherwise. The Republic economy was shattered and roughly half the galaxy would end up under Sith dominion, and the Jedi Order would withdraw from the galactic capital to establish a new home on their ancient homeworld. As for Pride of the Core, their great rule demisinished into economic failure, added with most of their planets destryoed.

But it would not ultimately be conclusive. While a strategic defeat for the Republic, and a near extinction for Pride of the Core, the end of the war left all powers standing, engaged in an undeclared conflict for supremacy on numerous disputed worlds.

Causes of the War
With the Sith Empire's defeat in the Great Hyperspace War, the Republic decided how to deal with their fallen enemy: Supreme Chancellor Pultimo ordered the Republic Military to exterminate all remnants of the Sith. But one Sith Lord and a group of survivors escaped the Republic's slaughter of their kind and fled to the Unknown Regions. There, he re-founded the Empire, assumed the title of Sith Emperor, and created a council of other Sith Lords to rule under him. Using the power of the dark side, the Emperor kept himself alive for over a thousand years after the Great Hyperspace War, rebuilding the Empire's strength and promising his people revenge on the Republic, the Jedi, and Pride of the Core.

The Republic, meanwhile, was challenged in a number of wars over the next few thousand years. After the war with Exar Kun, the growing Sith Empire goaded the Mandalorians to attack the Republic.undefinedA group of Jedi, led by Revan, soon joined the Republic forces in their war against the Mandalorians.undefinedDuring the war, Revan traveled to the ancient Sith academy on Malachor V,undefinedwhere the final battle of the Mandalorian Wars would later take place. During his time there, he learned of the true Sith's existence in the Unknown Regions. He then used a Rakatan artifact to start a war with the Republic to prepare for the Sith Empire's invasion, resulting in the Jedi Civil War. The Republic was also burdened by the upheaval of the Kanz Disorders.

The Sith Emperor had ordered preparations for an invasion of the Republic and Pride of the Core as early as 3954 BBY, nearly three centuries before the war began. Four years later, these initial plans were delayed thanks in large part to the efforts of the legendary redeemed Jedi, Revan.

But the Empire would not be dormant in the following years. The Emperor's war preparations continued nonetheless, with only the timing of invasion postponed. Two and a half centuries of military build-up would happen before a shift to direct preparations for invasion. After such a lengthy build-up, the Sith fleet had grown to enormous numbers; and now Imperial agents had begun to operate in secret, arranging alliances both within and outside of Republic space, and even in some of Pride of the Core's outer rim Territories.

Imperial operatives were successful in securing an alliance with the Chiss Ascendancy, as well as installing puppet governments in key positions in the Republic's Outer Rim systems. Before a shot had been fired, the Empire had already secretly brought the Belkadan, Ruuria, and Sernpidal systems of the Dalonbian sector under its control. These would prove to be vital assets for the Empire in the early days of the war.

As invasion drew nearer, the Imperial Navy's war games would reach fever pitch—military exercises became a daily event. On the eve of war, the Imperial fleet gathered in key staging locations just outside of both the Republic and Pride of the Core held space, and in the year 3681 BBY, the Sith Emperor ordered the invasion of both the Republic and Pride of the Core.

Revenge of the Sith
For centuries, the ancient Sith homeworld Korriban had been guarded by a vigil of Jedi and a fairly small contingent of Republic troopers. At the onset of the war this garrison was overseen by Jedi Master Kao Cen Darach and his Padawan Satele Shan.

In a move which caught the Republic defenders completely by surprise, a Sith fleet of over 30 warships launched a massive assault on their long-occupied holy world Korriban. The Republic and Jedi defenders quickly fell to the Imperial attack, while Sith Lord Vindican and his apprentice Malgus battled Jedi defenders Darach and Shan on the orbital station.

Shan escaped the fighting on orders from her master, but Darach was slain in a lightsaber duel by Malgus. With a minimal effort due to overwhelming force, Korriban was captured by Imperial forces and brought under Imperial dominion once more. The attack was so successful that an extended period of time passed before the Jedi Council even learned of Korriban's loss.

Pride of the Core fights for it's Survival
Overall Pride of the Core didn't do as much as the Republic did to the Sith Empire, they more or less were spectators, but because they were a Jedi Government, that made them enemies. When Pride of the Core was attacked out of the blue, everyone in Pride of the Core was suprised. The first battle between Pride of the Core and the Sith Empire was a major defeat for Pride of the Core as they lost a gigantic shipyard above Dac to the Sith Empire, and lost control of Dac in the process. Both the Royal Navy of the Core and the Grand Army of the Core needed a lot of credits and overall funds for supplies to fight the war, which caused major political infighting on wether or not it was ok to fund this war or try to make peace.

Pride of the Core's Senate overwhelmingly supported going into the war and the senate funded the war, the main reason being that they wanted the Sith Empire destroyed, because if the Sith Empire was not destroyed the entire survival of Pride of the Core would be deprimented. To make sure Pride of the Core survived, the senate started funding the creation of Core II Class Star Defenders first. These warships were revolutionary in combat as they were, cost effeictive, devistating in battle, fast, and they could survive full head on attacks. Only two planets in Pride of the Core's territory had big enough shipyards to create these massive ships. Those two planets were the capital Fondor, and Sullest. Fondor got right on making the Star Defenders, and Sullest got the supplies and funds to create these massive ships.

Sullest
Sullest, one of most hevily guarded shipyards in the entire galaxy. It was a gigantic target for the Sith Empire, taking it over though was something bigger than the Sith Empire could do, or was it. Reports from Core intelligence came in from tons of Pride of the Core spies that The Sith Empire was looking to make Pride of the Core crumble by taking over Sullest, but as the Republic was just starting in the war, would they attack. The Sith Empire attack Sullest, and allmost won, if it wern't for Pride of the Core renforcements. The gigantic Pride of the Core Sullest Shipyard was destroyed, 123 Core II Class Star Defenders destroyed, and planetary defenses were destroyed. Pride of the Core may have thrown back the Imperial Forces, but it was all a trap laid out by Imperial Intelligence head Teeana Raisuun planed a daring ploy to make Pride of the Core lower it's defenses of Fondor by attacked other major worlds, which in turn would make security on Fondor less and less. Pride of the Core was played into the trap and sent allmost 3/4 of the Fondor defense team to Sullest for protection from anothor attack. After the battle at Sullest the Sith Empire didn't attack any Pride of the Core held system, they were waiting for the right moment to destroy fondor.

Sacking of Coruscant, and the Attack on Fondor
With the Sith Empire's military advance toward the Core halted, Imperial tactics became far more aggressive and desperate as the war entered its third decade. Seven years after the defeat of the Empire's Mandalorian allies at the Hydian Way, the Dark Council stunned the Republic by offering the chance to negotiate a peace treaty, yet Pride of the Core wasn't let off so easily.

Fearing a ruse, the Jedi Council formally recommended that the Senate ignore the overture, but they were ignored. However, Senators and Jedi alike did agree that the war could not be won and that, if nothing else, peace negotiations would offer their war-weary troops a respite. At the Senate's request, Grand Master Zym agreed to send a contingent of Jedi with the peace delegation,undefinedand diplomats from both sides traveled to Alderaan to discuss terms.undefinedBut the Empire's peace overture was indeed a deception.

Even while Republic and Imperial negotiators talked on Alderaan, a large Sith fleet invaded and sacked Coruscant itself, the heart of the Republic. As a team of Sith warriors led by Darth Malgus attacked the Jedi Temple and slaughtered all within, the fleet, led by Darth Angral, bombarded and invaded the planet. Once Coruscant's planetary defenses were destroyed, the Sith destroyed the Jedi Temple outright and blockaded the planet to hold its inhabitants hostage.

With the galactic capital under Sith control, Angral travled down to the surface and stormed the Senate Building himself. Once inside, he personally executed Supreme Chancellor Berooken and clamied the office as his own command center for the duration of the occupation.

As word of this heart breaking attack on Coruscant hit Pride of the Core, the response to help was overwhelming, and on Fondor a fleet was created out of the security forces above the planet to go to Coruscant and aid the Republic in defense of Coruscant, even though it was a little fleet, it was better to help than not help at all. As the fleet was ready to jump to hyperspace the Sith Empire struck. The Sith Empire came out of no where out of hyperspace and destroyed the little fleet. Destroying Fondor's shipyards as they invaded the planet. The Sith Lord Nankrang landed on the Senate building on Fondor, forced his way inside and murdered the Supreme President of Pride of the Core. Lord Nankrang also assumed leadership of Pride of the Core, but he was immeditly kicked out for some terms.

Treaty of Coruscant and Freedom Treaty

 * "We can be certain of nothing until contact is reestablished with Coruscant. In the meantime, we have no choice but to accept the Empire's terms."
 * ―Jedi Grand Master Zym, to the Republic delegation at the Alderaan peace conference

Faced with no alternatives, the Republic diplomats on Alderaan were forced to agree to the Treaty of Coruscant. The treaty mandated that all Jedi and Republic forces stand down from combat duties and withdraw into Republic space. It also demanded that the Republic recognize the Empire as the legitimate ruler of half the galaxy, and that the Republic cede to the Empire a number of worlds that had not been conquered by   Imperial forces. This was one in void because Pride of the Core controled 2/5 of the galaxy.

As for Pride of the Core, Lord Nankang took it upon himself to oversee a peace treaty with Pride of the Core. Pride of the Core was desperate, their Jedi Supreme President lay dead, and a sith in power until a treaty was signed and agreed. Nankrang was unwillling to really negotate as he would slaughter any Pride of the Core leader who disagreed with him. Finnaly a Jedi came from tython to protect the senators as they tried to negotiate a treaty. Jedi Master Xarovit Straden protected the Pride of the Core leaders with his life as Nankrang became impressivly mad at everything.

While the Republic and Pride of the Core still stood, the Sith Empire had claimed decisive victory in the war.

Galactic Civil War
Three years of galactic warfare strengthened Chancellor Palpatine's position as a public figure. Public support for his leadership in the Clone Wars remained strong throughout the conflict; he was immensely popular with the Republic citizenry and the Senate majority remained firmly committed to its leader in regard to his policy-making decisions. Yet the systematic suppression of thousands of years of Republic traditions and democratic ideals convinced Amidala, Organa, and a group of like-minded senators that the Republic was in danger of losing its core principles for the sake of security. Pride of the Core saw when Chancellor Palpatine was first elected that he was corrupt. The Chancellor knocked off the Alliance between Pride of the Core and the Galactic Republic, something Supreme President Alex Flores was all for. The passing of the Sector Governance Decree all but made the Republic Senate obsolete; entire sectors would be controlled by a cabal of military governors—otherwise known as Moffs—hand-picked by Chancellor Palpatine.

Thus, the Delegation responded with a petition of two thousand signatures from members of the Senate who objected against the Moffs' virtual usurpation of the Senate's responsibilities. They also hoped that their collective opposition would force Chancellor Palpatine to restore the Republic back to its pre-war state. The Delegation's cause to prevent further amendments to the Constitution was ultimately lost when Palpatine issued Order 66, a a contingency directive that caused the Republic clone soldiers to betray and murder their Jedi officers. Palpatine then called for a special session of congress, in which he presented a fabricated recollection of Jedi assassination attempt on his life. The invention of a "Jedi rebellion" presented Palpatine with the justification for his ultimate modification to the Republic; he declared himself Emperor of the first Galactic Empire. Amidala and Organa, two of the leading members in the Delegation of 2000, watched in abject shock as their colleagues cheered the end of democracy with thunderous applause.

One of the earliest orders of business for the Emperor's new regime was the targeting of Pride of the Core. Charged with sedition and high treason, many who had supported Pride of the Core  were imprisoned, executed or forced into exile. After the Empire conquered and razed the Wookiee home planet of Kashyyyk, many more members of the Delegation withdrew their support out of fear for their lives. However, Organa and Mothma were both able to avoid persecution for a time. Prior to Amidala's death, the Naboo senator advised her political allies to oppose the Emperor in secret while feigning obedience at the same time.

Emperor Palpatine's strategy for the enforcement of the New Order was based on brutal tactics, such as the implementation of the fear of military force in order to discourage ideas of insurrection. The rise of the Galactic Empire was not supported by all member worlds. One of the first planets that attempted to resist Imperialization was the Emperor's own homeworld of Naboo, ruled by Queen Apailana at the time. Under Apailana's leadership, the Naboo continued to celebrate the memory of the Republic, rather than acknowledging the Empire's rule over the galaxy. The Queen also began considering military options that involved the sheltering of Jedi fugitives. Such actions were discovered and interpreted as signs of an alliance with Pride of the Core by Imperial Intelligence, and thus the Empire retaliated with the deployment of armed forces to Naboo. The 501st Legion, an elite division of clone stormtroopers under the command of the Sith Lord Darth Vader, assaulted the capital city of Theed in 18 BBY. Although the Queen's security detail was augmented by the Jedi, they were ultimately unable to repel the 501st. The city fell to the Imperials, its garrison was destroyed, and Apailana was assassinated during the battle. In the following years, the Empire repeatedly overthrew disloyal governments through force, often relying on Vader's 501st Legion for enforcing the Emperor's rule where ever it was opposed. But oddly, Pride of the Core was never attacked, it just stayed the same as always. The Emperor started ordering sabatoge on Pride of the Core, meaning that in secret, Imperial Intel would sneak into Pride of the Core territory and destroy starports, planetary defenses, etc. This plan succeded until Pride of the Core Royal Intel found out it was the Imperials sabatoging them.

Pride of the Core declared war on the Galactic Empire, not because of the sabatoge that was played out, but because Pride of the Core longed to destroy the Galactic Empire. Ever since it was reformed from the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire was the enemy of Pride of the Core, though niether side declared war, both sides wanted it.

With the war still in its infancy, Pride of the Core and the Empire both fought each other across an ever-widening playing field. Pride of the Core made huge strikes against the Empire, some so big that they couldn't recover. The Empire, with its vast resources, fought to keep up and tried with all its might, to destroy Pride of the Core. Pride of the Core planets, such as Kashyyyk, were fought for control, and if the Empire gained control, they would destroy the planet.

Soon after, a pivotal moment would occur when the Empire nationalized the Incom Corporation. This caused a stir throughout the corporation that led designers and staff to offer their help to Pride of the Core. Through this, Pride of the Core learned of the T-65 X-wing starfighter and a holding facility on Fresia where four prototypes of the starfighter were held. Seeking to replace the aging Z-95 Headhunters, Alliance Command attempted to steal the prototypes in hopes of eventually mass-producing the starfighter for use against the Empire. Led by Raymus Antilles, a diversionary assault was made on Kuat to drive the Imperial forces away from Fresia. Pride of the Core was then able to make a landing on Fresia and in the battle that followed, Pride of the Core succeeded in capturing the prototypes. With this key success, Pride of the Core was able to start mass-production of the X-wing, a starfighter that would prove a key changer for Pride of the Core.

With the X-wing in possession, the Alliance was able to defeat Imperial units at the Battle of Turkana; surprised by Pride of the Core's "secret weapon," the X-wing, the Imperial forces were destroyed. The Empire retaliated with Operation Strike Fear, an offensive operation intended to pacify Pride of the Core systems. Rudrig, Brigia, and Orion IV were swept away during the operation, which only came to an end when Crix Madine, newly defected from the Empire, took charge and, together with a newly forged alliance with the Sullustans, destroyed the Star Destroyer Invincible, flagship of the operation.

At the same time, the Empire had become embroiled in internal strife; one Moff Kalast had become one of the first of many who dared to take on the Imperial Throne, slipping information to the Bothans and Pride of the Core at large from his Star Destroyer. Kalast hid on Thyferra, and Vader was personally assigned the task of hunting down and bringing the treacherous Moff to Imperial justice. From a failed attempt at Thyferra, to an uprising on Taris, and to a battle on Jabiim, Vader conducted his hunt with precision. With information obtained from Jabiim, Vader learned that Kalast had fled to his base on Atzerri. An assault was made on Kalast's stronghold, but the elusive Moff managed to escape. Enraged at yet another failure, Vader established a task force complete with newly minted Immobilizer 418 cruiser to scour the galaxy and find Kalast. From Shola to Dantooine and Nal Hutta, the search was on; after perhaps months of actively pursuing the traitor, Vader was able to finally pin Kalast down and apprehend him. Kalast was brought before Palpatine and executed after he was forced to divulge his dealings with the Bothans, which led to the deaths of many Bothans.undefined

Pride of the Core operated an efficient and widespread intelligence network of Bothan spies allied with Pride of the Core Royal Intelligence. Through this network, Pride of the Core learned of the construction of the Death Star, an extremely powerful space station capable of annihilating planets with its superlaser.

The hunt was on for means to destroy this fearsome weapon. All resources were poured into the effort; if such a weapon was unleashed upon the galaxy, it would spell certain doom for Pride of the Core. Construction of the Death Star had thus far taken many years; supervised by Tarkin, the project had hit many standstills, some of which included a shortage of labor, which was alleviated through the Subjugation of Geonosis. Soon after, a riot erupted aboard the Death Star, led by Pride of the Core prisoners. They managed to steal a technical readout of the battle station; while many of the rioters were killed, some were able to escape to bring the readout to the proper authorities.

Combined with another set of plans acquired by Kyle Katarn, and the set retrieved during the Battle of Toprawa, Pride of the Core was able to conceive a full technical readout of the Death Star that could be analyzed for weaknesses. The complete plans were beamed to the Tantive IV under Leia Organa's care from Polis Massa, which was under attack by Vader and the 501st Legion as they followed up on the riot on the Death Star, having pursued the rebels in an attempt to reclaim the Death Star data. The attack turned up empty for the Empire, despite wiping out the Pride of the Core base and eliminating all resistance. The Signal branch of Imperial Intelligence's Analysis Bureau discovered that the plans had been sent to the Tantive IV by analyzing the un-shielded ELEL (Extremely Low Energy Level) transmissions. This allowed Vader to track the Tantive IV to Tatooine.

Hoping to enlist the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Leia Organa rushed towards Tatooine with the plans in hand; however, Vader was able to catch up and captured the Tantive IV in a short space battle. As Vader's forces entered her ship, Leia Organa made a last desperate gamble and hid the plans of the Death Star aboard the astromech droid R2-D2. R2-D2, along with C-3PO, a protocol droid on the ship, used an escape pod to travel to Tatooine, where they were purchased from the Jawa scavengers who found them by Owen Lars, uncle of Luke Skywalker.

Skywalker soon discovered a portion of the message in R2-D2 and became interested. However, R2-D2, operating under programming included with the plans, escaped and tried to find Obi-Wan Kenobi. Skywalker, who conveniently met up with Kenobi in the Dune Sea, told about the message. R2-D2 then played back for them Leia Organa's desperate plea for help. The two discovered that Imperial stormtroopers had attacked the Jawas who had sold them the two droids in a search for the plans. Luke returned to his home to find his aunt and uncle slaughtered at Imperial hands. He then accompanied Kenobi to Mos Eisley, where, after evading Imperial troops, the two negotiated with smuggler Han Solo and his first mate Chewbacca to take them and the plans to Alderaan aboard the Millennium Falcon.

In the meantime, Palpatine used the ongoing war as a pretext for dissolving the Imperial Senate.

Leia Organa was transferred to the Death Star by Vader and interrogated for the location of Pride of the Core Government base (Fondor was the Capital of Pride of the Core and the Government's home, but they became a travling Government, hiding so they wouldn't be destroyed by the Empire). Leia refused to yield to torture, but was forced into a difficult position when Tarkin threatened to destroy Alderaan, her homeworld, if she did not reveal the base's location. Fearing the loss of Alderaan, but understanding she could not betray her allies on Yavin 4, Leia lied to Tarkin and declared that the Government was on distant Dantooine, isolated from the galaxy at-large. A smirking Tarkin, confident in his victory, continued with the operation to destroy Alderaan regardless, stating that Dantooine was "far too remote for an effective demonstration." Thus, Alderaan was destroyed by a single blast from the Death Star, an event that killed billions of sentients and sealed the fate of the Empire.

Tarkin still had matters with the Rebel base; a scout team was sent to Dantooine to ascertain whether or not there was indeed a base there. Meanwhile, the Millennium Falcon arrived in-system, carrying Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and R2-D2, who still had the Death Star's technical readouts. Trapped aboard the Death Star due to the massive array of tractor beams, Luke sought to rescue Leia while Obi-Wan went alone to disable the tractor beam generator and confront Darth Vader.

Tarkin ordered Leia's execution when he learned of her deceit; however, before the order could be carried through, she was rescued by Luke. A daring escape through the Death Star's corridors commenced. As they made it to the hangar to escape aboard the Falcon, a concerned Luke watched as Obi-Wan Kenobi faced off against his former apprentice, Darth Vader. With a knowing smile, Obi-Wan purposefully let down his guard and allowed himself to be cut down by Vader's lightsaber, immediately becoming one with the Force as his physical form disappeared.

Battle at Yavin
The Millennium Falcon escaped soon after, pursued by several TIE Fighters but ultimately allowed to escape by Tarkin, as he hoped that the Falcon would lead straight to the Pride of the Core's hidden tempoary governmental home. His plan proved effective; with a homing beacon secured aboard the ship, the Empire learned that the Pride of the Core Government were hiding on Yavin 4. After sending a platoon of Stormtroopers to the moon to confirm Rebel activity, all courses were set to the Yavin system to destroy the Alliance.

In the Great Temple, the technical readouts were analyzed and an attack plan was conceived by Jan Dodonna. With the Death Star looming overhead and entering into range to unleash its superlaser, Royal Navy of the Core ships took off in a desperate attempt to destroy the behemoth battle station. The plan called for cutting across the Death Star's equatorial trench and following it down to a small thermal exhaust port, where a single proton torpedo would be able to reach the Death Star's main reactor and set off a chain reaction, should it hit. In an intense battle, Royal Navy of the Core pilots attempted to stave off Imperial starfighters while attack runs were made against the exhaust port. Tarkin, underestimating Pride of the Core's chances, refused to send out more than a squadron of starfighters to deal with the Rebel problem; he ignored Chief Moradmin Bast's warnings of a threat to the exhaust port and continued with his descent upon Yavin IV.

As Royal Navy of the Core pilots continued to be destroyed one-by-one by Darth Vader and other Imperial pilots, Luke Skywalker, Biggs Darklighter, and Wedge Antilles made one last run against the trench. Vader killed Biggs and forced Wedge to retreat, and was moments away from shooting down his son, Luke, before Han Solo entered the fight with the Millennium Falcon. Solo managed to drive Vader out of the battle, giving Luke one shot at the thermal port. The attack succeeded, and moments later the Death Star exploded, taking with it millions of Imperial lives. Yavin 4, and Pride of the Core Government, was saved.

This pivotal moment secured Luke Skywalker's journey towards being a Jedi Knight, and marked a major turning point in the galactic war against the Empire. From then on, the Empire no longer took Pride of the Core for granted; Palpatine issued directives to drastically increase the size of the military, expanding the armed forces to unprecedented levels to counter the threat of Pride of the Core and growing dissent across the galaxy.

After the Battle at Yavin
The Battle of Yavin gave Pride of the Core more credibility as a legitimate military threat to the Empire than ever before. However, the Pride of the Core commanders knew that their celebrations would be short-lived. Because of the destruction of the Death Star, the Empire would focus all of its military might into destroying the Pride of the Core Governmet. Pride of the Core called it's best fleet, called Freedom One, too help with the relocation of the Pride of the Core Government, and to make sure the Government was protected. Freedom One immeditly oribited Yavin, and were ready for an Imperial fleet to come. Preparations were made immediately for a full-scale evacuation of Yavin base and relocation to another secure hideout. Jan Dodonna supervised evacuation efforts as the Imperial Fleet came in from Hyperspace around the system, led by Darth Vader and his newly minted Star Dreadnought, Executor. The 501st Legion descended upon the planet, while a gigantic Space Battle commenced between Darth Vader's fleet and Freedom One. Allmost destroyed getting to the planet's surface, the 501st began a siege of Pride of the Core's temple and headquarters; during a series of skirmishes that lasted some time, many Imperial commanders and personnel were killed and were forced to retreat, anothor victory for Pride of the Core. The Executor allmost got destroyed, by the many Core Class IV Star Defenders Freedom One contained. The Imperials had to retreat, and the Pride of the Core Government had to relocate. Darth Vader ordered the retreat, and the imperials left for friendly space while Pride of the Core packed everything up and left for a new hiding spot, hoth.

Royal Navy of the Core Rogue Squadron
Months after the Battle of Yavin, two of its famous survivors, Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles, formed an X-wing squadron that would arguably become the most famous in the galaxy—Rogue Squadron. The squadron's origins laid within Red Squadron, then under the command of Arhul Narra, as Rogue Flight, working in tandem with Renegade Flight. Rogue Flight's early missions included aiding evacuation efforts at Yavin 4 and assisting Tycho Celchu defect to Pride of the Core on Dantooine. However, during a convoy escort, relocating supplies to the Hoth base, an ambush by Imperial forces all but wiped out Renegade Flight in the Ison Corridor. As a result, Rogue Flight was transformed into Rogue Squadron and Luke Skywalker was given full command over the squadron.

Early victories on planets such as Tatooine, Barkhesh, and Chorax earned the Rogues a quick reputation amongst Alliance and Imperial pilots alike, going as far as to convince Kasan Moor, commander of the 128th TIE Interceptor Squadron to defect. Moor's defection led to vital raids on Imperial production facilities, including Balmorra and Kile II. These victories did not come without a price, however; Moff Kohl Seerdon took note of the Rogue's performance and personally took interest in seeing the Squadron's destruction after their attack on Fest, site to Seerdon's research facility. Seerdon launched attacks on Chandrila and Thyferra in retaliation, but his plans were foiled by Rogue Squadron; over the skies of Thyferra, Seerdon's personal attack craft was shot down by Rogue Squadron, ending his reign of terror.

Operation Grain Snatch
Some months after the fall of Yavin 4, Imperial Overlord over the Greater Plooriod Cluster, Ghorin, contacted Pride of Core cells and offered his defection and aid, by supplying them with grains and other resources. However, Ghorin had no intentions of defecting; his grains were poisoned and he intended to betray Pride of the Core. Unfortunately for Ghorin, the Alliance discovered his plan, and through Operation Grain Snatch turned the tables on the Imperial Overlord. Through careful manipulation by Pride of the Core, Ghorin was seen as a traitor to the Empire; after the success of the operation, Vader paid a visit to Ghorin and, taken in by the Pride of the Core ruse, Vader killed the Overlord.

The Evacuation of Ralltiir
On Ralltiir, a team of scientists working with Pride of the Core were discovered by Imperial agents. The scientists were able to activate a shield around the city, thus temporarily saving them from Imperial reprisal. Two Imperial Star Destroyers in orbit began to open fire on the shield as ground units, including AT-ATs, descended upon the planet to shut down the shield and capture the scientists. Rogue Squadron was dispatched to Ralltiir to rescue the scientists; led by Skywalker, the Rogues utilized tow cables to destroy the walkers and halted the Imperial offensive. Using explosives constructed by the scientists, the bridges connected to the city were destroyed, thus cutting off Imperial forces from reinforcements to temporarily buy time to escape.

During the rescue, Sarkli, a disgruntled Rogue pilot and nephew to Imperial Admiral Firmus Piett, defected to the Empire, taking with him one of the scientists. Despite the last minute surprise defection, Pride of the Core was able to escape with the surviving scientists.

Pride of the Core grows
Inspired by the victory at Yavin IV, many worlds began to pledge their allegiance—openly or behind closed doors—to the Pride of the Core cause. Some planets, such as Zaloriis, instead fought for their own independence from Imperial rule. After the Zaloran declaration of independence, they battled against their Imperial rulers, capturing Imperial Maximilian Veers in the process. Vader himself descended upon Zaloriis and enacted swift devastation upon the populace; during the battle, Veers was rescued and, after analysis of the Zaloran archives, the Empire discovered that a Pride of the Core Governmental base was located near Elrood.

With this new information in hand, Vader, at the head of the Imperial Death Squadron, intensified his search for the Pride of the Core base and his prize, Luke Skywalker.

Assault on Hoth
Imperial probe droids were dispatched throughout the galaxy in an attempt to discover the Rebel base. Reports came in daily from the Imperial probe droids, and many were filtered through, turning up nothing of value. However, then-Captain Piett of the Executor came upon one report from the Hoth system; after analysis of the feed by Piett, and then Vader, Hoth was confirmed as the Pride of the Core Governmental base.

The Battle of Hoth commenced soon after, with Pride of the Core fighting a stalling effort to allow base personnel and command to evacuate with as many supplies as possible and regroup with the main Pride of the Core fleet. If Imperial Admiral Kendal Ozzel, who was soon relieved as commander of Darth Vader's Death Squadron for his error, had not come out of hyperspace so close to the Hoth system, the Rebels could have been caught unaware and bombarded from orbit, but instead they managed to erect a small planetary shield. Vader ordered General Maximilian Veers to lead a walker assault on Echo Base, which Pride of the Core could not effectively counter. The Pride of the Core base was overrun and destroyed, but only five of thirty escaping Pride of the Core medium transports were totally destroyed as they attempted to traverse the Imperial blockade. An intense pursuit of the escaping Millennium Falcon through the Hoth asteroid field was conducted on Vader's seemingly erratic orders. Despite much Imperial effort, the Falcon escaped to Cloud City on Bespin, seeking asylum from Han's old friend, Lando Calrissian. Unknown to Solo and his companions, the Empire had forced Calrissian into cooperating with its efforts to capture the Falcon ' s outlaw crew. Vader, bounty hunter Boba Fett, and a squadron of stormtroopers apprehended the Pride of the Core leaders and prepared a trap for Luke Skywalker, whom Vader knew would come to investigate.

Meanwhile Luke, under the advice of the Force ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi, had traveled to Dagobah and had become a Jedi apprentice to Jedi Master Yoda. Through the Force, Luke became aware of his friends' suffering and, despite the pleas of Yoda and Kenobi to stay and complete his Jedi training, left Dagobah for Cloud City in an attempt to save his friends, who ended up saving him after he confronted Darth Vader. Vader also revealed to Luke in their battle that he was his father. At the last second, the friends escaped aboard the Millennium Falcon, though Han Solo was taken in carbonite to Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine by the bounty hunter Fett.

TIE Phantom threat
A short time after the Battle of Hoth, production of a new series of TIE starfighters began; the TIE Phantom, brainchild of Grand Admiral Martio Batch, utilized cloaking technology developed from Stygium crystals. Vader was impressed by the Phantom's demonstration in the Dreighton Nebula, and mass-production of the starfighter began at a factory attached to Imdaar Alpha. However, Ru Murleen and Rookie One were able to steal a TIE Phantom and infiltrate the Star Dreadnought Terror; through their actions they destroyed the Terror and the TIE Phantom production facility, putting an end to the short-lived Phantom project. At the conclusion of the mission, the Alliance sought to mass-produce their own Phantoms based on the starfighter retrieved by Rookie One; however, this plan was quickly eliminated, as Vader activated the self-destruct on all remaining TIE Phantoms, thus ensuring the end to the TIE Phantom line.

Government and politics
Pride of the Core began as a mutual protection and economic alliance among a number of planets in the galactic core. Pride of the Core's greatest failing was its lack of formal organization. Much of its operation was based on non-binding constitutional conventions, which were more often ignored and undermined by corrupt and power-hungry politicians than heeded. Coalition governments were common, with special interests defining the legislative agenda. The Senate, in the later years of the Pride of the Core, was so ineffectual that many politically connected corporations and informal blocs of ideologically like minded planets could essentially do what they wanted.

However, the waning years of Pride of the Core were a time of corruption and great social injustice. The Senate became divided between those who genuinely wished to uphold the values and ideals of the Pride of the Core, and those who wished to further their own goals. After a series of weak and ineffectual Presidents meant the time had come for strong leadership to end the corruption.

Within the government, much of the bureaucracy was handled by the General Ministry. Within this body were the Ministries of State, Intelligence, Commerce, Defense, Education, Finance, License and Permits, Public Information, Science, Security and Intelligence, Internal Security, and Science and Education.

Legislative branch
Each member state (system governments) returned a representative (a senator) to a central legislative body (the Senate). Senators were the ambassadors of their home worlds, and member worlds were able to maintain their government and society in accordance with local beliefs, customs, and traditions. There was a wide variety of different local governments along the political spectrum: from monarchies to republics to hive-like communes. In some systems, the senator was elected to that post; in others, the world government appointed the senator. Naboo's monarch appointed their senators, while the Alderaan Council of Elders elected their senator out of their own ranks (usually the heir to the Royal House of Organa, as the heir was also the leader of the council).

When Pride of the Cores's power and influence expanded, many new areas of the galaxy were incorporated into Pride of the Core. The most common organization for these new territories was to group regions into sectors of approximately fifty inhabited worlds. Each sector was represented by a senatorial delegation. When the number of senators became too large, sectors were organized into roughly a thousand regions, each represented by one delegation to the Senate.

The Senate was headquartered in an enormous building containing many floating platforms, each of which contained several senators. Each platform in the Senate represented a "sector" of the galaxy, with one senator from each planet in that sector. Some platforms represented individual worlds, others the powerful corporations and guilds such as the Trade Federation. Along with the senators, the leaders of the individual member planets also had the power to vote in the Senate and introduce legislation. The Senate followed such parliamentary rules as a Vote of No Confidence (voting the Supreme President out of office).

Senators received one vote in all matters—procedural and substantive. The Chancellor was elected from within the Senate. The assembly was in turn divided into individual committees, each specializing in specific fields of government administration, and which were responsible for creating legislation to be reviewed by the full assembly.

Although legislation passed by the Senate was binding to all member worlds, most of the everyday legislation followed by citizens of the Republic was created at the planetary, sector, or regional level. Therefore, the main functions of the Senate were to mediate disputes between members, provide for the common defense, and regulate inter-system trade.

Executive branch
The members of the Senate would then elect a Supreme President from amongst their ranks who would serve as Pride of the Core's head of government (and, by default, head of state) and chief diplomat.

The office was largely powerless in the last years of the Core, and the President served mainly as an officiator of parliamentary procedure and the first among equals in the Senate. However, it had the authority to call an Extraordinary Session of the Senate, and could invoke "President's prerogative" in circumventing minor aspects of the Senate's parliamentary procedure. He also was the head of the Senatorial Council.

It was still a very prestigious position, however, and the President had a grand office in both the Senate Rotunda's Chancellery and in the dome-like Senate Office Building in Galactic City. The President was properly addressed as "Your Excellency." The symbol of the office of the President, as well as the Galactic Senate as a whole, was a fanned spear. This cygnet was also emblazoned prominently on the Chancellor's podium in the center of the Senate Rotunda's Main Chamber. When in the Main Chamber, the President usually wore a Veda cloth robe. The President was elected from among the senators who made up the Galactic Senate and served a term of office that lasted for four standard years. A President could legally serve only two consecutive four-year terms before he or she had to step down due to term limits.

The office became much more powerful during the term of Supreme President Qustrodon, who was able to convince the Senate to grant him a range of "emergency" powers due to the Civil War, including an unconstitutional extension of his term of office after 24 BBY for the duration of the Separatist Crisis and authority as commander-in-chief of their new military during the Civil War. The President was given more direct power over administrative concerns, and he was allowed to overrule local planetary and sectoral governments. The Sector Governance Decree allowed him to appoint military governors to every planet in the Republic, and the Security Act amendment gave him complete control over the Republic military, stripping both the Jedi and the Senate of their previous oversight.

Judicial branch
The Supreme Court was the highest court of law in Pride of the Core, and composed the judicial branch of the Core's government. The Supreme Court was headquartered in the Galactic Courts of Justice Building on Boz Pity.

The Court consisted of twelve justices (each addressed as "Your Honor"); one of them was the Chief Justice who headed both the Court and the judicial branch. The Supreme President apparently could influence appointments to the Court in some way (at least during Qustrodon's tenure), most likely through nominations.

In addition to serving as a "court of last resort" and as a determiner of constitutional legality, the Supreme Court also tried cases involving the highest politicians and most noteworthy people in the Republic. However, at least some cases (including the trial of senators for treason) were handled by the Senate.

Economy
At the heart of the galactic economy was planetary trade. Interplanetary trade could support a local economy, but, in many cases, the high levels of economic interaction and the massive scale of exchange required for an advanced society could only be funded by interplanetary exports. While some planets maintained their own shipping fleets, most relied on large freight firms, such as Xizor Transport Systems, or independent freight haulers to carry their goods along major hyperlanes.

The Corporate Sector was first formed in 490 BBY to free the Republic lawmakers and the Corporate moneymakers from their differences. In the last millennia of the Core, commercial interests began to form guilds to increase their influence on relevant legislation and achieve greater efficiency.

Thousands of currencies were used across the galaxy. The Galactic Republic's dataries were perhaps the most widespread form of currency. Because of the Republic's exceptional membership, dataries were accepted on all but the most remote planets. From its inception, the credit was backed by the immense wealth of the planet Muunilinst and the InterGalactic Banking Clan. During the Clone Wars, the IGBC backed the currencies of both sides.

All working beings were required to pay income taxes, which were collected by the Core Tax Collection Agency. In the later years of the Core, a transit tax of 15% was levied to raise revenue for the government.

Society and culture
The Core had a very diverse culture. Member worlds were able to maintain their own culture in accordance with local beliefs, customs, and traditions. There was a wide variety of different cultures within the Republic: from religious communities like the Jedi to hive-like communes.

The Core had a liberal policy towards arts also. The dominant aesthetic style of The Core was opulence and ornamentation.

Although Humanocentrism was technically outlawed by the Rights of Sentience clause of the Galactic Constitution, it still very much existed throughout the life of the Core. Human-led organizations such as Czerka enslaved entire nonhuman races, while planetary governments such as that of Taris reserved the best sections of the world for Humans, while forcing non-humans into ghettos. The majority of slaves in the galaxy were non-humans.

Military
The Core's earliest days were not peaceful ones, since, as the Core expanded across the galaxy, it encountered many warlike species. The Core realized the need for an army and navy to keep the peace. The Core's military forces would serve throughout many conflicts, including the Mintooine Civil War, the Great Hutt War, Pride of the Core Civil War, and The Mandalorian Trade War.

Several trade corporations, such as the Trade Federation, the InterGalactic Banking Clan, and the Commerce Guild, kept their own security forces in order to protect their profits, but they often abused this power, such as in the Battle of Naboo. Individual sectors also maintained their own security forces, such as Naboo's Royal Naboo Security Forces or CorSec from Corellia, and these were sometimes used to combat small threats. However there was no centralized command, and the members of the late-period Core loathed change.

Jedi Knight Rahm Kota didn't like the idea of Clone Troopers, neither did The Core. The Core's military was just normal humans, no clones. And that instilled that an order like the Republic's Order 66 could not be ordered.

Royal Security
Security was "Air Tight" at the Capital Building on Boz Pity. The Supreme President was under such big protection that not even the Supreme General was allowed inside the Supreme President city long estate. Jedi were allowed with clearance, and the only security forces that were allowed inside were Jedi Temple Guards that were allowed by the Jedi Order to be part of Pride of the Core's Royal Security. The Jedi Temple Guards were mainly the only security but there was the Royal security force created by the Senate to insure nothing bad happened. The Jedi Guards were the only Jedi other than the Supreme President that were part of Pride of the Core. The Jedi Temple guards were picked by Phil Hall for their loyalty and because Pride of the Core was the only political faction in the galaxy to be run by Jedi. Jedi Temple Guards wore formal brown robes and identity-concealing masks, which displayed their sense of emotional detachment that was required in service to a higher calling. Temple Guards carried large lightsaber pikes—double-bladed lightsaber that produced a yellow blade, which was considered rare among Jedi of the time.

As for Security problems on Boz Pity, almost none have happened but there was a huge security problem when Pride of the Core was setup, the Hutts ordered the best Bounty Hunters in the Galaxy to disrupt security at the Supreme Presidents estate so much that Pride of the Core might try to evacuate Pride of the Core leaders off world, letting the Hutts begin the war with taking Pride of the Core's capital. It half worked, security was disrupted and the whole planet was put on lockdown, which meant nobody could get on or off the planet. This was the one time all of Pride of the Core's leaders were allowed in the Supreme Presidents estate. They were escorted to a cantina, which was not a real cantina. The Cantina was actually and elevator that went down above the planet's core and allowed anyone there to go into an airtight bunker that held the command center for GAC (grand army of the core) and RNC (royal navy of the core). Jedi Temple Guards moved all the Galactic Senate members, all the Supreme Court members, all the Supreme Generals, and the Supreme President into this underground core bunker, and ordered the allowance from the President to tell GAC to start a search on Boz Pity for Bounty Hunters who did this. The Supreme President allowed it, and shortly afterwards a battle took place in front of the Supreme President's Estate. All of the Twenty Bounty Hunters (who were ordered by the Hutts to work alone) formed a group to get off the planet and to safety, but the planet had an energy field around the entire planet, any ship that tried to get off the planet or onto the planet would be destroyed, the controls for the energy field were in the Supreme Presidents estate and it would only give them an hour to find a ship (because the spaceports were on lockdown they could not get to there ships) and get out of the energy shield. The Special Forces legion 121st that had just been formed caught the group of bounty hunters trying to hot wire the alarm system. The bounty hunters all fled, then it was all Bounty Hunter to themselves. The Legion split up ten legion troops to a bounty hunter. All but one Bounty Hunter was taken down, and the entire GAC army on Boz Pity was in a frenzy trying to find the lone bounty hunter. The Bounty Hunter was a Rodian named Astro, and Astro was throwing up because of being scared. He got inside the Supreme President's Estate, and went thru the vent system and found the Energy Shield Control Room. He got into the room quietly, but then saw two Jedi Temple Guards come up to him both igniting there double-bladed lightsaber and holding them to his throat. The Rodian grabbed the first Guards Lightsaber killing the Guard, and then slaughtering the other guard. He remembered how a Jedi killed his mother or so he thought. It was a Sith who killed his mother but that did not matter to him. He activated a self destruct sequence on the control panel from a security code on one of the guards lightsaber. The entire city long building blew up, destroying everything inside, but on the outskirts of the estate it was terrible, the Capital was blown to pieces by the shock wave from the explosion, during the shock wave there were not any casualties. But it was an apocalypse for the city, it was destroyed. All the Jedi Guards inside the estate survived the explosion but were getting slaughtered in the hundreds by the Rodian Bounty Hunter, who was a Sith by heart. He got off world after killing all but five temple guards, only one saw the Rodian and could identify him. The Lockdown lasted for two weeks, then it was lifted and the core's leaders came to surface to see the destruction. It took an entire year to repair the city and security went higher than ever, so high that a boy wanted to test it out. He found a rat, a very small rat. He threw the rat over the Supreme Presidents estate, a sensor caught it and a turbo laser cannon came up from the wall and shot the rat dead. After that no one tried to even think about breaking security.

Astrography
There was not one part of the galaxy where Pride of the Core resided, as it was all over the galaxy. Phil Hall believed having one part of the galaxy be the Pride of the Core's was not fair and believed whoever wanted and did not want to join the Core could.