The blood of hundreds of thousands of Republic and Confederate brothers-in-arms stains battlefields from the Outer Rim to the Core, all of that blood, sacrifice, suffering, pain, and for what? We of the Outer Rim suffered centuries of betrayals at the hands of the Republic, and then we were crushed in our fight for liberty! The Republic Loyalists, who I fought against with a grudging respect, whose blood was spilled in the name of the Republic, have been betrayed as the Republic is dead and a new tyranny has risen up in its place!
—Antone Baziraldic making a speech to his followers
A Galaxy Free From Coruscanti Oppression (AGFFCO) was a terrorist organization and Separatist holdout group that was formed by the former Separatist commanders Antone Baziraldic and Javecas Morrick, as well as former Republic Army officer Natand Steber, following the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY. AGFFCO was an anti-Imperial extremist group that was dedicated to destroying the Imperial Senate on Coruscant and breaking the centralized rule of the Galactic Empire.
The group was founded following the Imperial takeover of the galaxy by embittered and angry Outer Rim nationalist and loyal Separatist commander Antone Baziraldic, and his militia who were totally loyal to him. Antone, a Separatist nationalist and a man of honor, was enraged at how hundreds of thousands of his comrades had been killed by the Republic in the name of Separatist liberty, only for the Republic to be brought down after the Republic's victory and replaced with the tyrannical and overbearing Galactic Empire. The group was dedicated to destroying Imperial rule over the galaxy, and restoring the Confederacy of Independent Systems once the Empire had been brought down. In addition, the group planned for a "New Republic" to takeover former Republic regions of space following the fall of the Empire. This restored Republic would be led by members and sympathizers, and would form a peace treaty and alliance with Antone's reborn CIS.
Antone used his connections to get in contact with former members of the Separatist Parliament who shared his rage, ultranationalist sentiment and fervent anti-Imperial views. These former politicians secretly put him in contact with other Separatist holdouts who would be interested in joining him, they also directed him to Separatist weapons caches, arms and droid factories, and top-secret storage locations of stashed Separatist superweapons, such as surviving Trihexalon bombs.
After recruiting his fellow Separatist commander and friend Javecas Morrick, Antone used his connections to find other embittered Separatist holdout groups to join his organization, he also looked to his former enemies - veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic - who had become disillusioned following the formation of the Galactic Empire, mostly notably Natand Steber, a former Republic commander, who had lost faith in the cause he sent many Clones and Republic volunteers to die for following the Republic's downfall. Antone and Javecas also used the funds provided to them to recruit mercenaries.
The organization's forces were separated into three branches - the Insurrectionary Army, commanded by Natand Steber, the Insurrectionary Navy, commanded by Antone Baziraldic and the Insurrectionary Special Forces, commanded by Javecas Morrick.
Behind the Scenes[]
- A Galaxy Free From Coruscanti Oppression is inspired by A World With No Boundaries, a terrorist organization from the Ace Combat series, a series the author is a long-time fan of.
- Likewise, Antone Baziraldic is inspired by Anton Kupchenko, the leader and one of three founders of AWWNB.