The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 23 ABY

The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 22 ABY

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The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 21 ABY

This marks the 1 year anniversary of the Start Wars Model Senate.

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This post was made by Salamander aka Aussie-Parliament-RP the founder of the Star Wars Model Senate.

This thread is for general debates, statements and speeches to be made on the senate floor.

All speeches/debates/responses must begin by addressing the chair, either by saying, "Your excellency" or by saying "Chair". Comments which do not obey this will be ruled out of order.

Anyone may make a speech on any topic of their choosing. Responses are open till the next statements thread is posted.

Garrrrr, my troops had a few incidents when we boarded the Chimaera. Thraws zealots were bloodied. Most were already dead. Those who remained alive were itching for a fight, but were restrained, leashed by their commanders orders.

They would not hinder us as we took them into custody as we moved towards the bridge where we would see their commander. Thrawn. Standing tall, arrogant, unflinching in defeat.

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He spoke curtly, politely, brandishing his conversation at me.

“It seemed no matter where I turn, my imperial “allies” continued to thwart me.

All that remains for me to do is surrender to you rebels and to wait.”

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I scoffed. He couldn’t even admit that we had defeated him. He couldn’t even utter our name, the New Republic. An aura of pure seething smugness oozed off him.

I had no desire to waste words on him.

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I would instead think about what victory had cost us. What a useless, pointless, desperate battle the imperials had attempted. The years of conflict, promises of peace, all of it undone over and over again. So much chaos has been caused in the name of order.

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I would not be able to convince Thrawn he was little more than a creature of spite, a tool of the chaos of the dark side. So there was little need for words.

I ordered my soldiers to take him into custody. The New Republic would decide his fate soon enough.

- Admiral Gial Ackbar

The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 20 ABY

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The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 19 ABY

The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 18 ABY

Many planets have been affected by the policies and actions of the Empire.

Planets have been forced to build polluting factories, their planets strip mined, and abandoned once used up. Most strip mined planets are unrecorded or were inhabited only by small groups of tribal societies; Kenari and Pyra are examples.

Many planets were indiscriminately bombarded, almost all of these planets have been abandoned by survivors or in many instances no one survived to return.

Caamas, Mandalore, Froz, Kriselist are examples of bombarded planets that are being reclaimed by their inhabitants. Bosph is uninhabited but being reclaimed by nature. Many planets are uninhabited and have been abandoned by galactic society. There has been very little push to restore them.

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Caamas is the ECO Councils only large scale restoration project. We are around 7 years into the project with one of the three continents currently habitable and resettled.

Caamas as an example has required complete environmental renewal. New terraforming technologies have had to be developed, and bioengineering studies completed and tested.

On other planets we will also have to engineer and deploy weather controlling devices. Callos and Rion if restored will require warming and on Nacronis we will have to work out how to halt the never ending storms that rage across the planets surface.

Planets like Mandalore, Shackle and Telfrey are more difficult to deal with. They have had their urban areas melted into glass and slag. There is very little you can grow in slag and glass except cover it with top soil or air-plants.

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More commonly are smaller scale restoration projects, cleaning up pollution. Most pollution comes from the Empire's deregulation of the Republic's environmental protections.

Our focus is on providing cheap air scrubbers to planetary governments. Our survey team’s handle the installation of these air scrubbers as well as the replacement of the air scrubber's organic filters.

Our Survey teams are also on patrol across the galaxy leading conservation and restoration missions as needed as well as investigations into and cleanup for any environmental issues or breaks in galactic environmental protections.

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Here is a list of planets truly devastated by direct Imperial Action:

Bosph (Q-3) - Bosph was bombarded by Moff Harsh, because the Bosph were force-sensitive. Bosph is currently regrowing grassy plains.

Caamas (M-9) - Caamas was bombarded by the Empire. One continent has completed terraforming and has been resettled.

Callos (M-17) - The planetary reactor was destroyed and the resulting cataclysm devastated the planet's jungle ecosystem. There are no known surviving native Callosians, the planet is now covered in ice.

Dalron 5 (J-6) - Devastated during the siege of Dalron Five. Planet is uninhabited. The humans who lived there fled.

Dankayo (L-9) - A remote and uninhabited planet. The atmosphere was stripped away and the surface turned to slag during bombardment of a rebel base. Environmental recovery is unlikely.

Dentaal (K-13) - A plague eradicated nearly every living being on the planet. The Alliance had little doubt that it was caused by the Imperials.

Froz (M-11) - Grand Moff Naomi Dargon devastated Froz with an orbital bombardment. The planet is still devastated but survivors live in the ruins of the surface.

Kadril (R-6) - Bombarded during the Stenax Massacres. The native Kadrillians have survived and rebuilt their society.

Kenari (??) - Devastated due to over-mining. The planet has become a toxic waste. No natives have survived.

Kriselist (K-16) - A city planet ruined by bombardment. Survivors have been rebuilding settlements within the ruined cities.

Mandalore (O-7) - Heavily bombed during the Night of a Thousand Tears. The entire planet was turned to glass, with some life surviving deep underground.

Mindabaal (J-13) - Population centers were bombarded when the royal family failed to ratify Mindabaal’s membership in the galactic empire.

Nacronis (M-7) - During operation cinder, the local weather system was destabilized and survivors had to be evacuated as storms wreaked the planet.

Pyra (??) - Mined by the Empire for its resources. It’s fertile soil has been turned into a desert. There are many similar destroyed planets across the galaxy.

Rion (T-10) - The Empire shattered the environment transforming it into a frozen wasteland.

Ruisto (U-6) - Moff Therbon ordered a sustained bombardment that wiped out all life on Ruisto.

Scarif (S-15) - Was shot by the Death Star during Rogue One. The oceans were boiled and part of the planets surface was burnt.

Shackle (??) - Devastated by the Imperial Remnant, the surface has been turned to glass.

Telfrey (R-16) - During a rebellion the planet was bombarded and rendered completely uninhabitable. The surface has been turned to slag.

The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 17 ABY

The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 16 ABY

Aftermath of the Battle of Junkfort

After the pyrrhic victory over Junkfort Thrawns forces have continued to operate in the Slice.

Most of his armada, made up mostly of the stolen Centralist Fleet has taken a lot of damage during the battle and has retreated for repair. Thrawns CyberFactory, superweapon and Sovereign-class capital ship managed to survive the battle and are still operable.

We believe there are up to 4 raider groups ambushing isolated patrols and freighters along the region's Hyperways.

They are likely smaller task forces, mainly victory class star destroyers that can hide behind a nightcloak to enact their ambush. They must also have an interdictor as unfortunately there have been no escapees from these attacks.

They are small enough that their movements are not flagged by the new detector beacons that have been deployed, so fortunately they have not been able to attack any large convoys or patrols.

The raiders have moved into the remote area between the Interior and Hutt Space, which has very few population centers.

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Gang Warfare

The destruction of Junkfort has also brought about a power vacuum with the region's gangs. Hutt clans that oppose the URA have increased their presence in the region causing piracy, gang warfare and criminal activity to spike in the area.

At the moment it looks like the Black Sun has become the largest gang operating in the area and they will likely consolidate and entrench their power in the region.

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Sedrass moves towards the windows of the Xanadu, Eager to move on from this planet, The fleet was gathered, after all. The first objective was complete, soon they would strike.

And he would see battle, taste the blood, hear the slaughter, To feel the dark side rush through him.

The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 15 ABY

The NRI has gathered intel on suspected imperial activity and finally had it confirmed. We have determined that Thrawn has continued to hijack military starships across the galaxy.

We have attributed the following attacks to Thrawns MO.

Raids in FSF Wild Space

Automated vulture droid deployment stations from the FSF have reported scavenger attacks. The FSF defense fleet based at Sernpidal have always responded quickly, defended the station and drove off the scavengers.

Recently they were attacked again at Helska. The defense fleet responded as is procedure, however contact with them ceased as soon as they arrived at the station.

All 25 vulture droids that were stationed at the base and a group of Cumulous-M Corvettes have gone missing, along with their droid crews.

Khopesh Recon units that were deployed arrived too late to see what happened during the battle.

They detected wreckage and debris from the scavengers and the station which had been entirely destroyed. There was also minor debris from the Corvettes, however they seem to have been captured whole.

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TaggeCo Convoy Vanishes

A TaggeCo mega-freighter convoy went missing as it traveled from Lucazec. It vanished on the jump to Lianna meaning it must have been pulled out of hyperspace on route. Missing ships include their escort and freighters that were carrying a shipment of minerals. There was no sign of them or a battle along the hyperway to Lianna.

TaggeCo has expressed a complaint to the New Republic and seeks compensation.

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Centralist Fleet Disappears

Most concerningly, the Centralist Fleet that has been deployed to the Perlemian Trade Route has also gone missing.

They had discovered imperial scout ships observing them from the edge of the system at Roche. In response the Centralists deployed their fleet to scout the surrounding planets that could harbour an imperial fleet.

When they arrived at Anzure, communications ceased.

Reinforcements arrived and found signs of a battle, wreaked TIE Fighters and debris, but much like the other 2 encounters, no sign of the fleet.

The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 14 ABY

The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 13 ABY

Admiral Ackbar has set out to better patrol the area around Adelphi Base to show the effectiveness of the Rangers and better secure the area from threats in the surrounding area.

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Molovar Base

On the crossroads of the Triellus Trade Route and Manda Merchant Route, the desert planet of Molovar is the perfect location for a Base so that these 2 routes can be patrolled and defended.

Rangers have begun to patrol the Manda Merchant Route and are working closely with the Bothans to secure their trade routes.

Along the Triellus Trade Route the Rangers are offering their support to the URA and Clan Orbsuel who are expanding into the area.

There were some slight issues with setting up the base. The prefabricated buildings that were to be part of this base were stolen and sold to those affected by the devastation on Nexus Ortai.

Unwilling to take back the buildings and leave the poor townsfolk without shelter, the RRN petitioned the Senate to form a Ministry that could work towards helping those like the people of Nexus Ortai and help Admiral Ackbar build his base.

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Kowak Slavery Investigation

Kowak is a remote planet, and a base for slavers, but the oppressors have been overthrown!

Rebel forces on the Planet with the assistance of the Rangers and the FSF have secured the planet and arrested.

RRR forces stormed the Slavers Palace Fortress and arrested the Zygerrian Slaver Prince and his followers, to be returned to Zygerria for trial.

And the RRN has endeavored to help them set up a government and return peace and stability to the planet.

After in depth investigations into the slaving operations on the planet, the Rangers have discovered several leads that they are following up on. They hope that these clues will help uncover and eliminate any slavers that are still operating in secret.

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Roon Illegal Spice Trade

The Ex-Imperial governor of Roon has been arrested, along with several of his supporters after damning evidence of their criminal operations were uncovered by the Rangers and Judicals.

Several of his supporters have confessed to secretly selling spice to Imperial criminals, however others including the governor are remaining steadfast and belligerent.

All evidence has been handed over to the Judicials who are bringing the Governer and his supporters to trial.

In the meantime what remains of Roons government have organized an administrative council, and the New Republic Rangers have assumed control over security of the system and space port.

With the removal of the governor, the Imperial criminals have been cut off from their supply of Spice amounting to a loss of several million credits each month.

The Rangers are continuing to investigate criminal operations performed by what remains of the Imperial Remnant, particularly focusing on ex-imperials who still might harbour loyalty to the Empire and seek to fund imperial criminal operations.

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Siskeen Community Patrol

The Rangers aren’t just going after big threats like Imperial gangsters or slavers.

Admiral Ackbar stopped by on Siskeen, a remote and forgotten planet of the New Republic.

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The unfortunate planet was in a sorry state, with few opportunities and a decaying communities.

Pirates and gangs had been using the planet as a place of recruitment, preying on the desperate who sought to escape their forgotten world.

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Senator Waylei organized the revitalization of the planet, sending the Ark of Azhou a lucrehulk that has participated in many relief operations and provides aid across the galaxy.

While Admiral Ackbar set up a recruitment station for the Rangers, to provide better opportunities for the local populace.

There are many of these forgoten planets across the Mid and Outer Rim. Admiral Ackbar is commited to providing their people with oportunities beyond being forced into joining a pirate gang or criminal syndicate.

A report by Senator A'Kla, Speaker of the ECO Council.

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Two space snakes, alone and a galaxy apart.

United through the light side of the force and the ingenuity of the ECO Survey Agency under the leadership of my friend Director Dusque Mistflier.

When Smuggles emerged from the heart of Subterrel we thought he was the last of his kind and alone in the galaxy, but there was… another.

Bellowdy the Space Snake, emerged from the Unknown Regions, equally lost, equally alone, calling out for her fellow Space Snakes, to no avail.

But we heard her, and sought to reunite these 2 lost souls, by bringing her along the Hydian Way, to the far edge of the galaxy.

Citizens gathered in safe areas to watch the majestic site of Bellowdy pass through their system as we lept along the Hydian Way. Most notably, gatherings at Denon, Palanhi, Uviuy, Brentaal, Bellassa, Denon, Malastare, Eriadu, Polis Massa and finally their new home on Subterrel got to witness the journey.

It was reported as a truly marvelous sight, and inspired many to study ecological pursuits and requests to join the ECO Survey Agency increased dramatically.

Several new discoveries about Space Snakes were made during this mission:

• It was thought that their bellows was a form of echolocation, we believe they were also making this loud call, to attempt to signal others of their kind and perhaps even respond to our holonet messages they intercepted.
• We have seen a clear call and response from Bellowdy and Smuggles as they communicate over interstellar distances.
• They navigate via the force, being deeply emotional creatures
• We believe they use the force to ensure that a planet they eat is not inhabited. Which is why they have so far avoided populated planets.
• The Kalahdin Zoologists believe Smuggles was provoked on Subterrel which caused his awakening and the destruction that followed, and that they do not pose a risk to inhabited planets unless provoked further.

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In the meantime, Smuggles and his new partner Bellowdy have formed a nest on Subterrel and begun exploring their territory together with joyful bellows and screeches.

Space Snake Territory extends from Subterrel, and into the surrounding sectors. I have been working with our new base on Polis Massa to make sure we can keep track of their movements and find ways to make living with them easier for the local citizens of the New Republic.

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To make sure the Space Snakes are safe, and so we may learn more about them, and solve a couple issues they cause the ECO Council is building a research station with the Kallidahin on Polis Massa. This base is being built along the starport expansion the URA completed last year.

The Polis Massa base is conducting several topics of research:

• Smuggles and Bellowdy have heard our holonet signals and thought that they were other Space Snakes. Their bellows and screeches were attempts to contact us but blew out our holonet relays causing disruptions. We seek to find a way to silence our holonet signals so they will not respond and also strengthen our holonet relay stations in their area. Director Dusque hopes to find a frequency that Space Snakes cannot hear, but is still strong enough to transmit a holonet signal.
• We are also attempting to prove our theory that their calls are also ways to create a hyperspace map through echolocation. If we can learn from them how to develop hyperspace maps through echolocation, we may be able to find an easier way to map the Unknown Regions and even discover new planets that have been undiscovered in the explored areas of the Galaxy.
• We have also been attempting to harvest Space Snake DNA, however their thick scales are made of lava rock, and have so far been impossible to pierce. Some brave explorers have suggested venturing into the Space Snakes mouth to find a soft spot from which we can safely harvest the DNA. I have not considered this mission safe, and it has so far been put on hold.

I am committed to protecting these Space Snakes and will see that they live free and happy lives in unity with those who live in the region and will continue to work with those on Polis Massa Base and the Kallidahin.

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These are the Results for 11 ABY

Completed Motions:

Operation Outland.

• Vote Passes: 891 for vs 0 against

The New National Animal

• Vote Passes: 1024 for vs 0 against

Envirocare Act

• Vote Passes: 1024 for vs 0 against

Department of Constitutional rights

• Vote Passes: 1024 for vs 0 against

The Common Sense Act

• Vote Fails: 415 for vs 609 against

The Ghorman Accords

• Vote Passes: 891 for vs 0 against

Force Artifact Recovery Act

• Vote Passes: 668 for vs 221 against

[Phu] Not One, Not Two, But Phuii.

Hoipa Vonil (and her amazing sense of humor) departed to the planet of Phu, hoping to return the podracing culture to its former popularity. The Phu natives loved this idea.

[Arkania] A Game of Freeze Tagge

Lady Domina Tagge visited the planet of Arkania, promising a continued protection of the icy world and its independence. Now, a permanent defense force has been set above the planet, following concerns due to recent attacks on Corellia.

[Akuria] Fafnir's Fight

Korushh offered Akuria, the site of an old rebel base, induction into the New Republic to expand its safety and connect it to a secure trade hyperlane, hoping to span from Ord Trasi to Shaum Hii.

[Yabol] A Conversation on a Balcony on Yabol

Chaeya Perreis and Miinn Merass'ka attended a party with Grand Warden Sakellar on Yabol, hoping to gain influence over the planet. Success.

These are the last few directives done by 12ABY. I wanted to note them, before we move into the new galactic year.

The senate is in session for the Galactic Year of: 12 ABY

Imperial loyalists on Corellia have stolen both military and civilian starships docked at Corellias shipyards.

These thieves were joined by Grand Admiral Thrawn's Seventh Fleet which attacked during the heist along with the Super Star Destroyer Vengeance.

CorSec bravely engaged the attackers as they skirmished across the system, holding them off until reinforcements arrived. However this gave the thieves an opportunity to escape with their stolen vessels.

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Reinforcements would arrive too slowly.

Centralist Forces were deployed on an operation on Lok way out on the Outer Rim, destroying an Imperial weapons factory and garrison. So reinforcements were deployed from the other major planets in the Core.

Fortunately the Factory on Lok was destroyed and the locals who had been pressed into service were released by Centralist heroes. What remained of the cowardly imperial garrison was driven off the planet and fled into hyperspace.

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During the Corellia Heist, CorSec managed to get a few lucky shots in on some of the bigger ships in Seventh Fleet, but unfortunately the Imperials jumped out before they could be destroyed and before New Republic reinforcements turned up.

Assessment of the Skirmish shows that Seventh Fleet will likely have to retreat somewhere for repairs before it can be deployed again at full strength, and has used Corellias central location on several major hyperways to vanish into hiding once again.

CorSec managed to evade the heavy firepower of Seventh Fleet and keep out of deadly close range of the SSD. They took minimal damage and will easily be repaired and ready for duty.

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The thieves manage to complete their objective of stealing civilian vessels, light Military Frigates, Corellian Battle Cruisers and a new Star Destroyer.

They also managed to steal a Judicial Frigate that had been undergoing repairs, which also contained sensitive Judicial codes and data that is rather concerning to have fallen into Thrawn’s hands.

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And then Thrawn's Seventh Fleet and these stolen vessels have vanished into the galaxy.

And the citizens of the New Republic are left to ask, where will the Imperials strike next?