Convergence Infinites: Mobius Beyond

Stronghold

What was left of the Separatists was stationed in the Unknown Regions, surrounded by un-carthographed space. One of their first and most important missions led the Confederacy of Independent Systems to the planet called Stronghold. When Sonic, Joseph, Delvargus, Kunckles, Tails, and Lara-Su and the rest of the families arrived they were amazed at the amount of infrastructure and weaponery they have gathered since Shadow became king and when Palpatine declared his Galactic Empire.

Huntress arrived, who was very pissed off greeted them and one of her servants known as Glacier gave them a tour.

Sonic: Wow. Your quite the looker.

Glacier: I'm flattered, Sonic. But I am so very taken.

Kunckles: Ooo that's cold 'True Blue.'

As Glacier showed them around she explained that during the early stages of colonization and settlement the Separatists organic forces and all their families and relatives were secured by the Battle Droids they had brought with them to the Unknown Regions. Imperial turned Separatist Chiss Admiral
Ar'alani, born as Irizi'ar'alani and also known by the core name Ziara, who's a Chiss female admiral who served in the Expansionary Defense Fleet of the Chiss Ascendancy. She read about how their massive spaceships helped secure the areas for themselves and nearby trade partners. As the Separatists knew they had to rely on local support and new members for the long run, they helped worlds in need of military assistance to secure even the most backwater towns and farms, thanks to the massive numbers of Battle Droids they carried with them.

The fact that their Labor Droids also helped local economy, infrastructure and industry nor for friendly support of their neighbor, but mainly so that their bigger economies and populations could more easily supply them and serve as a marked for their products. In the years that the now Galactic Empire needed to fight and conquer many of the leftover Separatist holdouts in the known galaxy, the Separatist reestablished themselves a large and powerful base in the Unknown Region Stronghold. Constantly fighting local gangs and criminal organisations, space pirates and raiding nomads, rivaling slavers and aggressive small states to protect themselves, their newest member states and their trade partners.

Over time this strategy allowed the Separatist to exponentially grow their power and influence, one lifting and growing the other in a uplift circle. Even on Ilum, they secretly established a underground mining facility to get their hands on lightsaber crystals for their own version of the Jedi called Dooku's Dark Acolytes, including the new ones they found under local force-sensitive population and trained them to serve their newly formed and locally acknowledged galactic government of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The Separatists Alliance and Separatist Movement had finally colonized some of the Unknown Region planets, and out of their separate governments and systems the Confederacy was powerful. During this time, Ziara who commanded a Chiss force that openly fought back the Vagaari Empire's nomad slavers in their aggressive war against the Chiss Ascendancy, first learned about the fact that the Vagaari fought another enemy south of their space, first injecting the Chiss Commander with the idea that this new spacers and outsiders could be potential allies if they had the same enemies.

The military of the various Separatist remnants gathered together by Joseph during King Shadow and Palpatines reign is usually-but not always-consisted of droid and ship models that had been used in the Separatist Droid Army and the Confederate Navy. The ground units included B1-Series battle droids, B2 super battle droids, droidekas, IG-100 MagnaGuards, and Heavy Missile Platforms. Geonosian warriors were also a part of at least one faction. Aqualish soldiers were mentioned fighting and leading battles against the Empire during several reconquests and sieges. The navies consisted of primarily Providence-class carrier/destroyers, Lucrehulk-class battleships, and Munificent-class star frigates for support. The holdout navies retained most of the CIS's major starfighters, such as Vulture droids and droid tri-fighters.

The CIS military was primarily composed of battle droids, weapons and ships that were once used by the leadership's corporations as private security. Pooling their droid forces together, the CIS had managed to create can army so massive that it could potentially overthrow the Empire and was generally referred as the droid army. While mostly formed of droids, various organic forces also fought for the CIS forces during the war including bounty hunters, smugglers, and even Dark Jedi with many of them serving as high ranking officers. Various worlds that joined the CIS also had their militaries assimilated into the CIS.

Besides the Techno Union and Banking Clan, other ompanies that supported the Separatist's included Colla Designs, Phlac-Arphocc Automata Industries, Baktoid Industries, Haor Chall Engineering, Free Dac Volunteers Engineering Corps, Republic Sienar Systems, Retail Clan, and Feethan Ottraw Scalable Assemblies.

Other allies were quick to offer help. The Confederacy controlled countless worlds across the galaxy, and was able to recruit many of their local forces to the cause. The Jabiimi Separatist leader Alto Stratus's Nimbus commandos, the Quarren Isolation League, the Mandalorian Protectors, and many more joined the new CIS in fighting the Galactic Empire and it's allies.

The Separatist Army also used a number of organic forces, from Gossam Commandos to Koorivar Fusiliers, they brought new tactics onto the field and were capable of independent thought and the use of real time military strategy that could give them an advantage over the AI of droids and many could rival even the Empire's Stormtrooper Corps capabilities.

The Separatist Council was composed of representatives of Separatist-allied worlds and quasi-government entities. It was chaired by a Head of State.

The members of the Council were as follows:

Joseph Kirkpatrick-Head of State of the Confederacy of Independent Systems

General Grievous-Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies

Nute Gunray-Viceroy of the Trade Federation

Rune Haako-Settlement Officer of the Trade Federation

Aruteous Gunnay-Aide to Nute Gunray

Gilramos Libkath

Aito Laff- First Mate of The Invisible Hand and Logistics Manager while on Mustafar

Poggle the Lesser-Archduke of Geonosis

Sun Fac-Chief Lieutenant to Poggle the Lesser

Wat Tambor-Foreman of the Techno Union, Executive of Baktoid Armor Workshop, and Senator of Skako

Techno Union scientist

Skakoan legal deputies-Aides and Staff of Tambor

San Hill-Chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan

Banking Clan Representative

Lo Vapeet-Vice-Chair of Communications of the InterGalactic Banking Clan

Shu Mai-Presidente of the Commerce Guild

Cat Miin-Aide of Shu Mai

Passel Argente-Senator of Kooriva and Magistrate of the Corporate Alliance

Denaria Kee-Associate Planetary Representative of Kooriva

Passel Argente's uncle

Oro Dassyne

Po Nudo-Senator of Ando and Leader of the Hyper-Communications Cartel

Nank Tun

Tikkes-Senator of Dac and later the Quarren Isolation League

Rogwa Wodrata-Senator of Alliga and the Phelleem sector

The Most High Queen of Zygerria Miraj Scintel-Queen of Zygerria

Atai Molec-Prime Minister of Zygerria and the Captain of the Guard to Miraj Scintel

After the tour by Glacier, everyone got into their separate bunkers for some rest. Ready for whatever happened next.