The Confederate Remnant, also known as the CIS, and the Separatist Remnants, was a large galactic government that was made up of the various disparate fragments of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and later various other systems during the Confederate Resurgency. Many planets were conquered, added to, or joined the Confederate Remnant. Most notably Mustafar, Acherin, and New Plympto.
Several surviving Confederacy of Independent officials, most notably Gizor Dellso, Toma, and Marath Vooro, secretly banded together after the Declaration of a New Order. In 11 BBY, the Galactic Empire discovered the Confederate Remnant presence in the Outer Rim Territories, and began to take steps to stop the Remnant while it was still in its infancy.
History[]
In 19 BBY, Darth Vader, and the Galactic Empire perpetrated the Massacre on Mustafar, leaving the Confederacy of Independent Systems leaderless. That same year, using controls captured on Geonosis, the Galactic Empire deactivated the droid armies of the Separatists. The years following these catastrophic defeats were ones of despair, as the Separatists vainly attempted to resist the forces of the Galactic Empire. Many systems were conquered, and even more were forced to surrender, but some managed to survive, as the Galactic Empire was forced to focus all of its attention on the Rebel Alliance.
Confederate insurrection[]
I arrived on Mustafar looking for my leaders. Instead, I found power beyond my wildest dreams.
—Gizor Dellso
In 19 BBY, Gizor Dellso, after years of assisting the Rebel Alliance, traveled to Mustafar, the site of the bloodiest massacre during the Clone Wars. After extensively exploring the mining facility, Dellso came upon the bodies of his former leader, Poggle the Lesser, and the other leaders of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, all of whom were killed at the hands of Darth Vader.
Not wanting to believe that the Clone Wars were over, and that the Galactic Empire had won, Dellso, who was the creator of the Separatist Droid Army signal beacon, used Mustafarian slaves to construct huge Confederacy warships. After completing his fleet, Dellso reactivated the droid forces on Mustafar from within the control room. These were the beginnings of the Confederate Remnant's vast droid armies, and fleets of warships. Now the leader of the most powerful of the Separatist Holdouts, Dellso began to plan his invasion of the Galactic Empire.
Confederate Remnant grows[]
In the years following Dellso's arrival on Mustafar, the Galactic Empire began its extensive campaign to root out and destroy the remaining Separatist forces across the galaxy. With the Stormtrooper Corps in the forefront, the Galactic Empire quickly managed to destroy or force many Separatist strongholds to surrender.
In 15 BBY, the most powerful of the Separatist Holdout leaders gathered on Mustafar to discuss a reformation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. After lengthy debates, they decided to pit their forces together against the oppression of the Galactic Empire. Gizor Dellso, Toma, and Marath Vooro quickly emerged as the leaders of this new secessionist movement, and declared Mustafar their capital.
Several months after the departure of the other Separatist leaders from Mustafar, Dellso and his entourage of Geonosian officers discovered, and then activated a hidden droid factory. Possessing significant amounts of war material, warships, and droids, he formed the Confederate Remnant Navy, and began to create additional soldiers due to needed extra defense. In 11 BBY, the Confederate Remnant made its presence known during the Battle of Serenno where it defeated Rebel Alliance and Imperial forces, as well as stealing large amounts of secret Imperial data. After this demonstration of power, Count Paak, a powerful and wealthy Serennese Count, pledged his extensive militia, and droid army to the Remnant's cause.
Several months later and after browsing the memory banks of the Mustafar mining facilities extensively, Dellso also discovered old battle droid data, and began to manufacture large scale numbers of these experimental droids.
After revealing themselves and inflicting a devastating defeat on the Empire, Darth Vader managed to track the Confederate Remnant to Mustafar, where he dispatched the 501st Legion to put down the Remnant. The Empire quickly managed to defeat the scarce orbital defenses, and established orbital positions. The engineers of the 501st fought their way through the droid forces, destroyed most of the experimental droid schematics, and planted an orbital beacon in the droid factory while engaging the Confederate Remnant Forces. Dellso and his officers desperately launched attacks against the Imperial forces.
Dellso, along with his officers and the rest of the surviving garrison of Mustafar, barely managed to escape the conflict due to the arrival of the Separatist Core Fleet, but the factory was destroyed by an orbital bombardment, thus Mustafar was no longer a viable world to be the Confederate Remnant capital.
Galactic Civil War[]
Following the attack on Mustafar by Imperial forces, Gizor Dellso and the other members of the Confederate Remnant government established their new capital on war-torn Serenno, and prepared to launch their planned "massive invasion" of the Galactic Empire. The massive advance by the Confederate Remnant military caught Emperor Palpatine and the Galactic Empire by surprise. The Confederate forces continued their rampage through the Outer Rim Territories and eventually, Supreme Commander Toma forced Admiral Ozzel of the Imperial Navy into a battle above and on the surface of Tatooine and destroyed the 14th Imperial Fleet.
After the decisive victory over Tatooine, Supreme Commander Toma and the 1st Junker Army moved farther into the Mid-Rim and occupied Kashyyyk, the Wookie homeworld and a key Imperial communications center. Seeing the success of the Confederate Remnant and hoping to seize some territory for themselves, the Rebel Alliance and Black Sun Pirates allied with the Confederate Remnant. Faced with this overwhelming opposition, the Galactic Empire was forced to sign a treaty that ceded large amounts of territory, war materials, and credits to the three allied governments. Though the war had only lasted two galactic standard years, large amounts of destruction and death were caused throughout the galaxy.
Confederate Expansion[]
Following the end of the Galactic Civil War, the Confederate Remnant Supreme Commander conquered the area known as Hutt Space, adding to the economy and treasury of the Confederate Remnant. Also, the Corporate Sector decided to throw its lot in with the Confederate Remnant as well, devoting its enormous treasury, armed forces, and secret police to the Confederate Remnant's struggle against the Galactic Empire. Eventually, due to increased collaboration, the Confederate Remnant peacefully absorbed the Corporate Sector into its territory. Several planets in the Mid Rim were purchased from the Galactic Empire as well, further increasing the territory of the Remnant.
The Confederate Remnant began the conquest and settlement of worlds in the Tingel Arm of the galaxy. However, this rapid expansion was slowed in 32 ABY, when the Hutts and their mercenary armies revolted in the Hutt Space. In reaction to the Hutt Uprising, the Confederate Remnant conducted a war of extermination against the alien races living in the Hutt Space, and surrounding Outer Rim Regions that had joined in their revolt against the Remnant. Massive firepower and large amounts of organic forces sent by the Corporate Alliance allowed the Confederate Remnant to acquire a huge victory against the Hutts, reinstituting them into the Remnant. Large scale exportation and deportation of the Hutts and their slave races soon began.
Military[]
The military of the Confederate Remnant consisted of droid and ship models that had been used in the Separatist Droid Army and the Confederate Navy. The droid ground units included B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, droidekas, and IG-100 Magnaguards. Geonosian, Nosaurian, Neimoidian, and Human warriors were also a key part of the Confederate Remnant military. The navies consisted of primarily Providence-class carrier/destroyers, Lucrehulk-class battleships, and Munificent-class star frigates for support. The Confederate Remnant Navy retained most of the Confederacy's major starfighters, such as Vulture droids and droid tri-fighters.
Most Separatists that survived the Clone Wars, and had joined the Alliance to Restore the Republicwere absorbed by the Confederate Remnant at its formation, and the Confederate Remnant also managed to get their hands on both Rebel Alliance, and Galactic Empire war material, such as Nebulon-B2 Frigates, and Star Destroyers in 2 BBY. Many surviving Victory-class Star Destroyers which had roamed the galaxy for decades after the Clone Wars, with their old crews serving as mercenaries or pirates, were captured or bought by the Confederate Remnant as well. They often modified these vessels to keep them up to date with the more advanced warships of the Galactic Empire.