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The Formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems by Lee Desyk
While there are many who like to claim the formation of the Confederacy began with the Raxus Proclamation, the scholars heavily disagree, with the commonly agreed-upon date being a few months later when Serenno withdrew entirely from the Republic, leaving merely a token embassy and the amount of back-taxes that were owed to the Republic behind.
However, the difficulties arose shortly after following Serenno's withdrawal from the Republic, with hundreds of systems now temporarily vulnerable to pirates and those who would seek to exploit them.
With the Trade Federation and what was left of the Intergalactic Banking Clans pushing to make deals with the worlds that were no longer even somewhat protected by Republic Law.
It is in this turmoil that a group of individuals called for a Council, with representatives from all of the seceded worlds and sectors meeting on Raxus Prime in order to hammer out a provisional government.
Drawing from the failings of the Republic as well as the success of several smaller Sector and Planetary governments, the beginnings of what would be called the Founding Charter of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Established in this Charter were what would nowadays be considered the basic Sentients rights. With an outright ban on Slavery and piracy, and establishing the universal laws that every System and Planetary body would be required to enforce locally.
While not a comprehensive document, this basic Charter was able to grant all of the worlds and systems a place of agreement on which to begin discussions on what kind of government they wanted.
They knew that they didn't want to get bogged down with the same bureaucracy and red tape that hamstrung the Republic. Still, there was no agreement on the form of government until a few months after the Charter of the Confederacy had been signed by all of the participating worlds.
What was decided on was at first a loose coalition, bound together by a shared tax percentage and a donation of either food, credits, manpower, or ships to protect the hyperlanes, but as things progressed, the fledgling Confederacy realized that they would need to establish a more firm federal government if they were to ensure that the Corporations and other nations respected their borders and laws.
This of course led to many arguments, and they ended up with a hybrid system that satisfied no one, which of course meant that it was a more efficient system than they had originally intended by sheer accident.
And so, the Confederacy of Independent Systems flag was flown in the Outer Rim, and while their troubles did not disappear overnight, there was now hope for a future that would allow them to be more than they had been under the Republic.
Citations
A History of the Time Before the Galactic Civil War by A'vent T'cha
The Charter of Sentient Rights and other important documents by Rena Minnau
An essay by a middle or high school kid.
While there are many who like to claim the formation of the Confederacy began with the Raxus Proclamation, the scholars heavily disagree, with the commonly agreed-upon date being a few months later when Serenno withdrew entirely from the Republic, leaving merely a token embassy and the amount of back-taxes that were owed to the Republic behind.
However, the difficulties arose shortly after following Serenno's withdrawal from the Republic, with hundreds of systems now temporarily vulnerable to pirates and those who would seek to exploit them.
With the Trade Federation and what was left of the Intergalactic Banking Clans pushing to make deals with the worlds that were no longer even somewhat protected by Republic Law.
It is in this turmoil that a group of individuals called for a Council, with representatives from all of the seceded worlds and sectors meeting on Raxus Prime in order to hammer out a provisional government.
Drawing from the failings of the Republic as well as the success of several smaller Sector and Planetary governments, the beginnings of what would be called the Founding Charter of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Established in this Charter were what would nowadays be considered the basic Sentients rights. With an outright ban on Slavery and piracy, and establishing the universal laws that every System and Planetary body would be required to enforce locally.
While not a comprehensive document, this basic Charter was able to grant all of the worlds and systems a place of agreement on which to begin discussions on what kind of government they wanted.
They knew that they didn't want to get bogged down with the same bureaucracy and red tape that hamstrung the Republic. Still, there was no agreement on the form of government until a few months after the Charter of the Confederacy had been signed by all of the participating worlds.
What was decided on was at first a loose coalition, bound together by a shared tax percentage and a donation of either food, credits, manpower, or ships to protect the hyperlanes, but as things progressed, the fledgling Confederacy realized that they would need to establish a more firm federal government if they were to ensure that the Corporations and other nations respected their borders and laws.
This of course led to many arguments, and they ended up with a hybrid system that satisfied no one, which of course meant that it was a more efficient system than they had originally intended by sheer accident.
And so, the Confederacy of Independent Systems flag was flown in the Outer Rim, and while their troubles did not disappear overnight, there was now hope for a future that would allow them to be more than they had been under the Republic.
Citations
A History of the Time Before the Galactic Civil War by A'vent T'cha
The Charter of Sentient Rights and other important documents by Rena Minnau
An essay by a middle or high school kid.
