Separatist Expeditionary Forces

"With these new expeditionary forces, we can deploy countless organic soldiers and warriors anywhere across the galaxy. With their knowledge and skills, we can strike at the Republic forces and cripple their efforts before they can act."

- Count Dooku The Separatist Expeditionary Forces, also known as the Expeditionary Forces, was an organic unit of the Confederacy Military formed sometime during the Clone Wars. It was comprised of civilian volunteers, pro-separatist militias and groups, and various warlords and other mercenaries who were sympathetic to the Separatist cause and fought on behalf of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and was esentially the Separatist counterpart to the Civilian Volunteer Corps of the Galactic Republic.

History
During the early stages of the Clone Wars, the Confederacy had enjoyed a high rate of sucess in their first campaigns as they swept across the Outer Rim Territories and quickly conquered most of the region within weeks after the First Battle of Geonosis in 22 BBY. During that time, they were able to mass produce legions of battle droids and quickly outnumber the Clone Army of the Galactic Republic. In response, the Republic formed a military legion known as the Civilian Volunteer Corps and expanded their ranks with volunteer soldiers comrpised of Republic citizens. Not wanting to be outdone, the Separatist decided to employ citizens of their own and quickly formed the Expeditionary Forces by the end of the first month of the war. The force was comprised of organic soldiers and legions of the Confederacy Military and they all had knowledge of terrains and enviornments that would be damaging to the battle droids of the Separatist Droid Army and fought on such worlds.