Awesome work, but I think Yves-François Blanchet would choose somebody other than Philippe Couillard as running mate. He would choose somebody like François Legault instead.
Hope this doesn't count too much as current politics, considering it's a wholly different party system and the country is way different than OTL.
With incumbent President Mike Bloomberg's administration imploding upon itself amid various ethical and legal scandals, as well as various allegations of Bloomberg conducting workplace harassment as President, he announced his intentions to forgo a bid for a third term in June of 2023. With Bloomberg bowing out of Presidential politics, the 2024 Presidential Election was wide open for a vast array of candidates.
Howard Dean, a titan of New York politics, who had been a U.S. Senator for New York since 2005, became the first major candidate to announce his bid for the Presidency. A close ally of President Bloomberg and major power player in the Senate, he quickly amassed a large amount of institutional support from the Republican Party establishment and many political donors. Dean's close ties to Wall Street and other donors became a point of scrutiny in the campaign, leading to attacks during the nominating convention and from both sides in the general election. Dean portrayed himself as a sensible moderate and economic pragmatist throughout the campaign, also highlighting his experience in leadership and politics. Dean sailed through the Republican convention easily, with only token opposition from fringe candidates. After his nomination, he chose Florida Representative Mario Díaz-Balart, as his running mate to bring some geographic balance.
The Democrats, on the other hand, nominated a young firebrand Representative from Missouri, Joshua D. Hawley in a stunning upset. Louisiana Senator William Cassidy had been the favorite going in to the convention, but many party activists were dissatisfied with Cassidy's moderate leanings on many issues. Behind the scenes, the America First Coalition worked to install many nationalist-leaning delegates in order to help sway the nomination away from Cassidy. When the convention began voting, Cassidy was expected to win the nomination on the first ballot, but he was surprisingly denied a majority. After 7 rounds of balloting, Hawley eked out an upset win thanks to the backing of party activists and the America First Coalition. With Hawley's nomination, many Cassidy delegates stormed out of the convention in protest and attempted to start an independent campaign. However, with Cassidy refusing to run in the general election, the independent campaign never got off the ground. Mark Walker, a Representative from North Carolina, was nominated as the Vice-Presidential nominee.
Other notable candidates include California State Speaker Kevin de Leon for the Progressive Party, Wyoming Representative Anthony Bouchard for the Conservative Party, Former Quebec Senator Yves-Francois Blanchet running for Bloc Quebecois, and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul running as a Libertarian.
Throughout the campaign, Dean was favored to win the White House, leading in most polls conducted. Hawley polled second and relentlessly hammered Dean throughout the campaign, branding him as a "Wall Street Pawn", "Bloomberg Acolyte", and "Out of Touch Cosmopolitan." The Progressive Party's nominee, Kevin de Leon, used similar attacks against Dean, criticizing his closeness to many corporate donors and his pro-business voting record in the Senate. Howard Dean characterized his opponents as "inexperienced radicals" and criticized their lack of political experience and leadership. Anthony Bouchard campaigned primarily on cutting federal spending, balancing the budget, and closing the borders to immigration. During the campaign, he was also criticized for echoing several conspiracy theories relating to COVID-19, vaccines, and the moon landing. Bouchard was also hit with another major scandal, as his running mate, Ted Cruz, was indicted by the FBI for tax fraud. Initially standing by Cruz and calling the indictment a "political hitjob from Bloomberg," he later had to drop him as his running mate. Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado was named Cruz's replacement.
On election night, Josh Hawley pulled another upset, winning both a plurality of the popular vote and the electoral college. However, no candidate had won the necessary 388 Electoral Votes required to win the election outright, and the race went to the House of Representatives for a contingent election. Only the top three electoral vote winners: Hawley, Dean, and de Leon qualified for the contingent election. When the House convened to vote, Hawley came out with another plurality, but just short of a majority. Behind the scenes, Progressive Party Representatives agreed to back Howard Dean for the Presidency in exchange for certain cabinet positions. On the second round of balloting, Howard Dean came out with a majority thanks to support from the Progressives, becoming President-elect of the United States. Hawley derided the process as both "undemocratic" and "corrupt" but acknowledged Dean's victory, pledging to unseat him in 2028. Howard Dean and Mario Diaz-Balart would be inaugurated as President and Vice President, respectively, on January 20th.
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Damn, have never seen an animated version of that before....
There are about a dozen movies but Asterix in Britain is my favourite, both for including things like a proper fight, a decent English dub and (as with the album) sending up Britain in an extremely funny yet knowing manner.
<< Season 1
Over at the Spacebattles forum, a user named Overmind runs a "collaborative narrative" quest about a fictional American version of Doctor Who. These infoboxes were an omake created about its second season — we're on the verge of starting Season 4.
Season 2 was a rocky affair. All three companions departed, with the Doctor ultimately left traveling alone... mainly due to bad dice rolls when the players tried to introduce the new companions. The show courted controversy and cancellation with its S2 finale, The Tenth Planet, which featured Gail Fisher as Acting President of the interstellar Human Federation following the Cybermen decapitating the government in a first strike. That serial solidified Dr. Who's a reputation as the most liberal show (by the standards of its era) on America's most liberal network, but it was not without its consequences behind the scenes.
The Daleks and Thals were introduced to joint popular acclaim (yes, really). The Nameless and the Cybermen returned to thrill audiences once again. The last 'historical' of the Shatner era, centered on Genghis Khan, would be a rare success in Season 2's back half. However, the Doctor's most menacing foe was an underperformance in the ratings, causing NET to slash Dr. Who's budget. Season 3 would thus require radical reinvention...
Over at the Spacebattles forum, a user named Overmind runs a "collaborative narrative" quest about a fictional American version of Doctor Who. These infoboxes were an omake created about its second season — we're on the verge of starting Season 4.
Season 2 was a rocky affair. All three companions departed, with the Doctor ultimately left traveling alone... mainly due to bad dice rolls when the players tried to introduce the new companions. The show courted controversy and cancellation with its S2 finale, The Tenth Planet, which featured Gail Fisher as Acting President of the interstellar Human Federation following the Cybermen decapitating the government in a first strike. That serial solidified Dr. Who's a reputation as the most liberal show (by the standards of its era) on America's most liberal network, but it was not without its consequences behind the scenes.
The Daleks and Thals were introduced to joint popular acclaim (yes, really). The Nameless and the Cybermen returned to thrill audiences once again. The last 'historical' of the Shatner era, centered on Genghis Khan, would be a rare success in Season 2's back half. However, the Doctor's most menacing foe was an underperformance in the ratings, causing NET to slash Dr. Who's budget. Season 3 would thus require radical reinvention...
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Plus Debris - Part 6
After a crushing landslide victory, Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives faced a challenging road to re-election. The Liberals after years of infighting had found a purpose in opposing the government's free-trade agenda as the Tories found their approval ratings slipping admits a multitude of scandals and mounting skepticism on the free trade agreement that the election had been called for. What may have tipped the balance was the Joe Biden's victory a fortnight before election day; the new President-Elect had criticised his Republican opponent over the free trade stance and had used a great deal of protectionist rhetoric in his campaign.
While President Biden would prove to be less hostile to free trade in office his victory brought an extra level of uncertainty to Canada's campaign trail, with John Turner publicly questioning whether the USCTA would even happen. It was just enough to tip the balance.
Coming four seats short of a majority came to have disastrous consequences for Mulroney. The Liberals and the NDP, both opponents of free trade, held a majority of seats between them and parliament was soon gridlocked. Through this, the Progressive Conservatives began to embark on a large-scale constitutional reform to confirm Quebec's place within confederation and resolve many other grievances across Canada's regions. But the deadlock in Ottawa very quickly sapped credibility and political capital for these negotiations. Ultimately a backroom deal allowed the US-Canada free trade agreement to pass the Senate, but very little else was accomplished. All through this, a grassroots movement concerned with alienated Western Canada easily won a by-election and blamed all three established parties for the deadlock as Canada sunk into recession.
Mulroney called a snap election in mid-1990, hoping to take advantage of emerging infighting in the Liberal Party. There were continued threats of a leadership challenge following 1988 result as Turner promised to stay on to take down the government as the party found itself split down the middle on the issues of free trade and constitutional reform which spilled out onto the election campaign. In spite of that, the recession and the failure of the PCs to complete their two biggest promises doomed them from the outset.
Winning in 1990 was a poisoned chalice. The new government was as weak and hamstrung as the last one, unable to forge a clear path forward on the major issues of the day, with constitutional negotiations stalled and record deficits being posted. This was not helped by his old rival Jean Chretien sniping from the sidelines; having quit politics he felt far more comfortable publicly criticising his former Liberal colleagues, giving much ammunition to the opposition benches.
The government did not fall sooner because of the drama inflicting the New Democratic Party. Broadbent was widely considered to have "blown it" in 1988 and 1990 in spite of gaining a historic foothold of four seats in Quebec and unpopular NDP provincial government in British Columbia and an embarrassing defeat in provincial elections in Ontario in 1991 demoralised the party even further as the Reform Party took the mantle of an anti-establishment voice, lambasting the party for co-operating with the Liberals with generous expansions to bloated welfare policies and rolling back the odd privatisation. Party veteran Marion Dewar emerged as the first and only choice for the NDP to try and staunch the bleeding going into 1993.
The Tories' choice of leadership only boosted Reform further. After the defeat Lucien Bouchard seriously considered leaving the Progressive Conservatives altogether but instead chose to run for the leadership, convinced by many party colleagues (including Mulroney) that he was the only one who could hold onto the Tories' gains in Quebec and achieve proper constitutional reform. He won narrowly at the convention against John Crosbie and Perrin Beatty, fiercely dividing the party between those who wished to focus on Quebec's or Western Canada's grievances. But in Eastern and Central Canada voters flocked to him, his charisma seen to be rougher and less elitist than his predecessor's.
1993 came to be seen as something of a re-alignment in Canadian politics: the Tories banishing the Liberals from their former Quebec strongholds while being pushed out of their own Western ones as well. But this trade-off got Bouchard just over the line, and he had a great many promises to keep as a result.
After a crushing landslide victory, Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives faced a challenging road to re-election. The Liberals after years of infighting had found a purpose in opposing the government's free-trade agenda as the Tories found their approval ratings slipping admits a multitude of scandals and mounting skepticism on the free trade agreement that the election had been called for. What may have tipped the balance was the Joe Biden's victory a fortnight before election day; the new President-Elect had criticised his Republican opponent over the free trade stance and had used a great deal of protectionist rhetoric in his campaign.
While President Biden would prove to be less hostile to free trade in office his victory brought an extra level of uncertainty to Canada's campaign trail, with John Turner publicly questioning whether the USCTA would even happen. It was just enough to tip the balance.
Coming four seats short of a majority came to have disastrous consequences for Mulroney. The Liberals and the NDP, both opponents of free trade, held a majority of seats between them and parliament was soon gridlocked. Through this, the Progressive Conservatives began to embark on a large-scale constitutional reform to confirm Quebec's place within confederation and resolve many other grievances across Canada's regions. But the deadlock in Ottawa very quickly sapped credibility and political capital for these negotiations. Ultimately a backroom deal allowed the US-Canada free trade agreement to pass the Senate, but very little else was accomplished. All through this, a grassroots movement concerned with alienated Western Canada easily won a by-election and blamed all three established parties for the deadlock as Canada sunk into recession.
Mulroney called a snap election in mid-1990, hoping to take advantage of emerging infighting in the Liberal Party. There were continued threats of a leadership challenge following 1988 result as Turner promised to stay on to take down the government as the party found itself split down the middle on the issues of free trade and constitutional reform which spilled out onto the election campaign. In spite of that, the recession and the failure of the PCs to complete their two biggest promises doomed them from the outset.
Winning in 1990 was a poisoned chalice. The new government was as weak and hamstrung as the last one, unable to forge a clear path forward on the major issues of the day, with constitutional negotiations stalled and record deficits being posted. This was not helped by his old rival Jean Chretien sniping from the sidelines; having quit politics he felt far more comfortable publicly criticising his former Liberal colleagues, giving much ammunition to the opposition benches.
The government did not fall sooner because of the drama inflicting the New Democratic Party. Broadbent was widely considered to have "blown it" in 1988 and 1990 in spite of gaining a historic foothold of four seats in Quebec and unpopular NDP provincial government in British Columbia and an embarrassing defeat in provincial elections in Ontario in 1991 demoralised the party even further as the Reform Party took the mantle of an anti-establishment voice, lambasting the party for co-operating with the Liberals with generous expansions to bloated welfare policies and rolling back the odd privatisation. Party veteran Marion Dewar emerged as the first and only choice for the NDP to try and staunch the bleeding going into 1993.
The Tories' choice of leadership only boosted Reform further. After the defeat Lucien Bouchard seriously considered leaving the Progressive Conservatives altogether but instead chose to run for the leadership, convinced by many party colleagues (including Mulroney) that he was the only one who could hold onto the Tories' gains in Quebec and achieve proper constitutional reform. He won narrowly at the convention against John Crosbie and Perrin Beatty, fiercely dividing the party between those who wished to focus on Quebec's or Western Canada's grievances. But in Eastern and Central Canada voters flocked to him, his charisma seen to be rougher and less elitist than his predecessor's.
1993 came to be seen as something of a re-alignment in Canadian politics: the Tories banishing the Liberals from their former Quebec strongholds while being pushed out of their own Western ones as well. But this trade-off got Bouchard just over the line, and he had a great many promises to keep as a result.
Same energy as my last box, but not necessarily same universe....
Asterix was a Gaulish warrior and a key player in post-Alesia resistance to Roman rule, mostly centered in modern Brittany. Roman Records indicate a large band based near the coast that at times defied Caesar himself. Those records name Asterix as “the smallest, yes the most cunning of the Gauls,” and a key figure in preventing total Roman conquest. These texts also note his friendship with Obelix, the strongest of the Gaulish warriors.
Asterix has, in recent years, been transformed into a sort of Proto-French Nationalist, preaching Gaulish resistance to Roman Rule, and fighting the Empire wherever he encountered it. These are no doubt exaggerations, as Gaulish unity had been shattered after the capture of Vercingetorix. Exploits include a tour of Gaul to assemble a national banquet, reduction of entire legions by the small band, and even representing Gaul at the Olympics. Such tales are obviously false, but show the powerful symbolism Asterix has in the French National Consciousness.
One strange note is the presence of what appear to be bastardized versions of Asterix in other nations. From Britain, to Spain, to Egypt, to Switzerlan to many others, there are tales of “a small Gaul” or a “clever Gaul with magic strength“ or a “small star Gaul” coming to the aid of locals in times of need. Obviously this was not all just one man, but it does lend credence to the view that the Brittany Rebels took a broad view to pan-Mediterranean resistance to Roman rule.
Also of note is that Asterix is never, not in any one of the many tales about him, made a Chief. All stories have him loyal to Vitalstatistix, Chief of his village. Despite his skill and reputation of “greatest of the Gauls” it appears Asterix was never seen as ambitious.
Asterix was a Gaulish warrior and a key player in post-Alesia resistance to Roman rule, mostly centered in modern Brittany. Roman Records indicate a large band based near the coast that at times defied Caesar himself. Those records name Asterix as “the smallest, yes the most cunning of the Gauls,” and a key figure in preventing total Roman conquest. These texts also note his friendship with Obelix, the strongest of the Gaulish warriors.
Asterix has, in recent years, been transformed into a sort of Proto-French Nationalist, preaching Gaulish resistance to Roman Rule, and fighting the Empire wherever he encountered it. These are no doubt exaggerations, as Gaulish unity had been shattered after the capture of Vercingetorix. Exploits include a tour of Gaul to assemble a national banquet, reduction of entire legions by the small band, and even representing Gaul at the Olympics. Such tales are obviously false, but show the powerful symbolism Asterix has in the French National Consciousness.
One strange note is the presence of what appear to be bastardized versions of Asterix in other nations. From Britain, to Spain, to Egypt, to Switzerlan to many others, there are tales of “a small Gaul” or a “clever Gaul with magic strength“ or a “small star Gaul” coming to the aid of locals in times of need. Obviously this was not all just one man, but it does lend credence to the view that the Brittany Rebels took a broad view to pan-Mediterranean resistance to Roman rule.
Also of note is that Asterix is never, not in any one of the many tales about him, made a Chief. All stories have him loyal to Vitalstatistix, Chief of his village. Despite his skill and reputation of “greatest of the Gauls” it appears Asterix was never seen as ambitious.
Miracle in Mayberry:
POD: Andy Griffith runs against Jesse Helms for the Senate in 1990, and wins.
POD: Andy Griffith runs against Jesse Helms for the Senate in 1990, and wins.
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To be fair Asterix has Vitalstatisix right where he wants him. Like a hundred other comicbook characters (notably including people like Judge Dredd or Wolverine) he essentially calls all the shots but his nominal boss can do all the annoying jobs while he enjoys the fighting or heading off to save the world while someone else does the paperwork. If Asterix did take power he'd be essentially tied to the village and (at least after the first few books when its safety is pretty secure) the whole having adventures and saving far away places part of the job seems more important to him than staying in one small village all the time.
The Third Clone War was a galactic military conflict lasting from 967 to 976. It was the third and largest of the three Clone Wars. 14 years of peace that had lasted since the end of the Second Clone War ended with the Invasion of Alderaan by clone forces and the subsequent formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
At the end of the Second Clone War in 953, the generation of clones and use of clones for involuntary servitude, including warfare, was outlawed in Republic space. Republic forces seized or destroyed most cloning facilities in the galaxy. Despite this, cloning continued in the Outer Rim and other territories beyond the reach of the Republic, where clones were mostly used for slave labor. With the end of the war, the dominant political issue in the galaxy was centralization. The first two clone wars had greatly increased central control of the Republic from the capital world of Coruscant. All systems were subject to stringent oversight and regulation during wartime, and this continued during peacetime as well. Many systems which had lost power and prestige wanted it back, and pushed for decentralization. Meanwhile, smaller and weaker systems which relied on central support favored further centralization.
Finis Valorum, who had been elected President in 964, had been a supporter of centralization, but upon taking office filled his cabinet with both centralists and anticentralists, displeasing both sides. Nevertheless, there was considerable agitation by anticentralists who claimed that Valorum would completely end system sovereignty and establish direct rule from Coruscant. In 966, eight systems formed the Self Determination Pact, a group of systems that were dedicated to the cause of anticentralism. The SDP expanded considerably over the next year, especially after the Valorum cabinet introduced a new tax intended to restrain regional tariffs.
In 967, the government of Alderaan was considering whether or not to join the Pact. Although many powerful families and ministers of Alderaan favored anticentralism, King Kayos XIV was a centralist. Anticentralists believed the addition to Alderaan would be a major boon to the Pact due to its significant wealth and military power. However, Kayos resisted pressure from his advisors and declined many bribes to join the Pact. Consequently, SDP systems sent a joint military expedition to first blockade Alderaan into joining, and then later to attack once Alderaan called upon neighboring systems to help defend it.
The SDP invasion force successfully reached the surface and seized Aldera, the capital city of Alderaan. Kayos was executed by the invaders, but his daughter and heir Sabé escaped. After President Valorum authorized a unified republic expedition to liberate the planet, Sabé became queen and committed Alderaan to centralism. The passage of the Galactic Protection Act authorized Valorum to call up the military forces of the various systems to suppress rebellion and treason in the Republic. In response, the Self Determination Pact declared the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and began a war of secession. In order to close the severe manpower gap with the Republic, the Confederacy contracted clones from the clone masters who had fled the Republic at the end of the last war, thus starting the Third Clone Wars.
The war is divided into two distinct periods, the System Forces period (967-971), and the Grand Army period (971-976). During the first period, the Republic forces were derived from the various systems, and operated independently unless otherwise ordered by the War Department. This resulted in very poor organization and repeated losses despite superior manpower and haphazard fighting on both sides. The Republic decided to contract their own clone armies in order to have a unified fighting force that was under the direct command of the President. The Republic clones were the most efficient army and prompted question as to whether the Republic should shift to an all-clone army.
However, this ended with the Great Clone Mutiny of 971, when clones on both sides of the war attempted to overthrow their respective commanders and establish their own sovereignty. The mutiny was put down on both sides. The Republic then passed the Military Organization Act, which combined the forces of all Republic systems into one. Thereafter, Republic forces operated as the Grand Army of the Republic and the Grand Navy of the Republic. The Confederate response to the mutiny was to scale down the number of clones in the army. However, they did not centralize their system forces and continued to operate individually. These events gave the Republic a considerable advantage over the Confederacy and turned the tide of the war in the Republic's favor. Most of the fighting was over by 975, with only a few Confederate strongholds remaining.
The war ended in 976 with the Battle of Utapau, with the defeat of Montross Holdaack's 5th Army and the capture of the last Confederate capital. Confederate President Tarnack Duku and his government surrendered unconditionally to General Obi Wan Kenobi. Some fighting continued in disparate pockets across the galaxy that were either unaware of or refused to accept the surrender. Although the war ended, turmoil in the Republic continued for about a year with the assassination of President Valorum and the subsequent Palpatine coup and other events which culminated in the creation of a new Galactic Empire.
The Third Clone War was the biggest and deadliest war since the end of the previous Galactic Empire in the 8th century. The war, the Imperial period, and the Galactic Civil War are grouped together by historians in a period known as the Decades of Turbulence due to the high frequency of military conflict and civil unrest that weakened the unified galactic order. Many anticentralist systems would become vital to the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War and contributed to the decline of the Empire.
At the end of the Second Clone War in 953, the generation of clones and use of clones for involuntary servitude, including warfare, was outlawed in Republic space. Republic forces seized or destroyed most cloning facilities in the galaxy. Despite this, cloning continued in the Outer Rim and other territories beyond the reach of the Republic, where clones were mostly used for slave labor. With the end of the war, the dominant political issue in the galaxy was centralization. The first two clone wars had greatly increased central control of the Republic from the capital world of Coruscant. All systems were subject to stringent oversight and regulation during wartime, and this continued during peacetime as well. Many systems which had lost power and prestige wanted it back, and pushed for decentralization. Meanwhile, smaller and weaker systems which relied on central support favored further centralization.
Finis Valorum, who had been elected President in 964, had been a supporter of centralization, but upon taking office filled his cabinet with both centralists and anticentralists, displeasing both sides. Nevertheless, there was considerable agitation by anticentralists who claimed that Valorum would completely end system sovereignty and establish direct rule from Coruscant. In 966, eight systems formed the Self Determination Pact, a group of systems that were dedicated to the cause of anticentralism. The SDP expanded considerably over the next year, especially after the Valorum cabinet introduced a new tax intended to restrain regional tariffs.
In 967, the government of Alderaan was considering whether or not to join the Pact. Although many powerful families and ministers of Alderaan favored anticentralism, King Kayos XIV was a centralist. Anticentralists believed the addition to Alderaan would be a major boon to the Pact due to its significant wealth and military power. However, Kayos resisted pressure from his advisors and declined many bribes to join the Pact. Consequently, SDP systems sent a joint military expedition to first blockade Alderaan into joining, and then later to attack once Alderaan called upon neighboring systems to help defend it.
The SDP invasion force successfully reached the surface and seized Aldera, the capital city of Alderaan. Kayos was executed by the invaders, but his daughter and heir Sabé escaped. After President Valorum authorized a unified republic expedition to liberate the planet, Sabé became queen and committed Alderaan to centralism. The passage of the Galactic Protection Act authorized Valorum to call up the military forces of the various systems to suppress rebellion and treason in the Republic. In response, the Self Determination Pact declared the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and began a war of secession. In order to close the severe manpower gap with the Republic, the Confederacy contracted clones from the clone masters who had fled the Republic at the end of the last war, thus starting the Third Clone Wars.
The war is divided into two distinct periods, the System Forces period (967-971), and the Grand Army period (971-976). During the first period, the Republic forces were derived from the various systems, and operated independently unless otherwise ordered by the War Department. This resulted in very poor organization and repeated losses despite superior manpower and haphazard fighting on both sides. The Republic decided to contract their own clone armies in order to have a unified fighting force that was under the direct command of the President. The Republic clones were the most efficient army and prompted question as to whether the Republic should shift to an all-clone army.
However, this ended with the Great Clone Mutiny of 971, when clones on both sides of the war attempted to overthrow their respective commanders and establish their own sovereignty. The mutiny was put down on both sides. The Republic then passed the Military Organization Act, which combined the forces of all Republic systems into one. Thereafter, Republic forces operated as the Grand Army of the Republic and the Grand Navy of the Republic. The Confederate response to the mutiny was to scale down the number of clones in the army. However, they did not centralize their system forces and continued to operate individually. These events gave the Republic a considerable advantage over the Confederacy and turned the tide of the war in the Republic's favor. Most of the fighting was over by 975, with only a few Confederate strongholds remaining.
The war ended in 976 with the Battle of Utapau, with the defeat of Montross Holdaack's 5th Army and the capture of the last Confederate capital. Confederate President Tarnack Duku and his government surrendered unconditionally to General Obi Wan Kenobi. Some fighting continued in disparate pockets across the galaxy that were either unaware of or refused to accept the surrender. Although the war ended, turmoil in the Republic continued for about a year with the assassination of President Valorum and the subsequent Palpatine coup and other events which culminated in the creation of a new Galactic Empire.
The Third Clone War was the biggest and deadliest war since the end of the previous Galactic Empire in the 8th century. The war, the Imperial period, and the Galactic Civil War are grouped together by historians in a period known as the Decades of Turbulence due to the high frequency of military conflict and civil unrest that weakened the unified galactic order. Many anticentralist systems would become vital to the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War and contributed to the decline of the Empire.
At the end of the Second Clone War in 953, the generation of clones and use of clones for involuntary servitude, including warfare, was outlawed in Republic space. Republic forces seized or destroyed most cloning facilities in the galaxy. Despite this, cloning continued in the Outer Rim and other territories beyond the reach of the Republic, where clones were mostly used for slave labor. With the end of the war, the dominant political issue in the galaxy was centralization. The first two clone wars had greatly increased central control of the Republic from the capital world of Coruscant. All systems were subject to stringent oversight and regulation during wartime, and this continued during peacetime as well. Many systems which had lost power and prestige wanted it back, and pushed for decentralization. Meanwhile, smaller and weaker systems which relied on central support favored further centralization.
Finis Valorum, who had been elected President in 964, had been a supporter of centralization, but upon taking office filled his cabinet with both centralists and anticentralists, displeasing both sides. Nevertheless, there was considerable agitation by anticentralists who claimed that Valorum would completely end system sovereignty and establish direct rule from Coruscant. In 966, eight systems formed the Self Determination Pact, a group of systems that were dedicated to the cause of anticentralism. The SDP expanded considerably over the next year, especially after the Valorum cabinet introduced a new tax intended to restrain regional tariffs.
In 967, the government of Alderaan was considering whether or not to join the Pact. Although many powerful families and ministers of Alderaan favored anticentralism, King Kayos XIV was a centralist. Anticentralists believed the addition to Alderaan would be a major boon to the Pact due to its significant wealth and military power. However, Kayos resisted pressure from his advisors and declined many bribes to join the Pact. Consequently, SDP systems sent a joint military expedition to first blockade Alderaan into joining, and then later to attack once Alderaan called upon neighboring systems to help defend it.
The SDP invasion force successfully reached the surface and seized Aldera, the capital city of Alderaan. Kayos was executed by the invaders, but his daughter and heir Sabé escaped. After President Valorum authorized a unified republic expedition to liberate the planet, Sabé became queen and committed Alderaan to centralism. The passage of the Galactic Protection Act authorized Valorum to call up the military forces of the various systems to suppress rebellion and treason in the Republic. In response, the Self Determination Pact declared the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and began a war of secession. In order to close the severe manpower gap with the Republic, the Confederacy contracted clones from the clone masters who had fled the Republic at the end of the last war, thus starting the Third Clone Wars.
The war is divided into two distinct periods, the System Forces period (967-971), and the Grand Army period (971-976). During the first period, the Republic forces were derived from the various systems, and operated independently unless otherwise ordered by the War Department. This resulted in very poor organization and repeated losses despite superior manpower and haphazard fighting on both sides. The Republic decided to contract their own clone armies in order to have a unified fighting force that was under the direct command of the President. The Republic clones were the most efficient army and prompted question as to whether the Republic should shift to an all-clone army.
However, this ended with the Great Clone Mutiny of 971, when clones on both sides of the war attempted to overthrow their respective commanders and establish their own sovereignty. The mutiny was put down on both sides. The Republic then passed the Military Organization Act, which combined the forces of all Republic systems into one. Thereafter, Republic forces operated as the Grand Army of the Republic and the Grand Navy of the Republic. The Confederate response to the mutiny was to scale down the number of clones in the army. However, they did not centralize their system forces and continued to operate individually. These events gave the Republic a considerable advantage over the Confederacy and turned the tide of the war in the Republic's favor. Most of the fighting was over by 975, with only a few Confederate strongholds remaining.
The war ended in 976 with the Battle of Utapau, with the defeat of Montross Holdaack's 5th Army and the capture of the last Confederate capital. Confederate President Tarnack Duku and his government surrendered unconditionally to General Obi Wan Kenobi. Some fighting continued in disparate pockets across the galaxy that were either unaware of or refused to accept the surrender. Although the war ended, turmoil in the Republic continued for about a year with the assassination of President Valorum and the subsequent Palpatine coup and other events which culminated in the creation of a new Galactic Empire.
The Third Clone War was the biggest and deadliest war since the end of the previous Galactic Empire in the 8th century. The war, the Imperial period, and the Galactic Civil War are grouped together by historians in a period known as the Decades of Turbulence due to the high frequency of military conflict and civil unrest that weakened the unified galactic order. Many anticentralist systems would become vital to the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War and contributed to the decline of the Empire.
The THIRD CLONE WAR was a galactic military conflict lasting from 967 to 976. It was the third and largest of the three Clone Wars. 14 years of peace that had lasted since the end of the Second Clone War ended with the Invasion of Alderaan by clone forces and the subsequent formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
At the end of the SECOND CLONE WAR in 953, the generation of clones and use of clones for involuntary servitude, including warfare, was outlawed in Republic space. Republic forces seized or destroyed most cloning facilities in the galaxy. Despite this, cloning continued in the Outer Rim and other territories beyond the reach of the Republic, where clones were mostly used for slave labor. With the end of the war, the dominant political issue in the galaxy was centralization. The first two clone wars had greatly increased central control of the Republic from the capital world of Coruscant. All systems were subject to stringent oversight and regulation during wartime, and this continued during peacetime as well. Many systems which had lost power and prestige wanted it back, and pushed for decentralization. Meanwhile, smaller and weaker systems which relied on central support favored further centralization.
FINIS VALORUM, who had been elected President in 964, had been a supporter of centralization, but upon taking office filled his cabinet with both centralists and anticentralists, displeasing both sides. Nevertheless, there was considerable agitation by anticentralists who claimed that Valorum would completely end system sovereignty and establish direct rule from Coruscant. In 966, eight systems formed the SELF DETERMINATION PACT, a group of systems that were dedicated to the cause of anticentralism. The SDP expanded considerably over the next year, especially after the Valorum cabinet introduced a new tax intended to restrain regional tariffs.
In 967, the government of Alderaan was considering whether or not to join the Pact. Although many powerful families and ministers of Alderaan favored anticentralism, King Kayos XIV was a centralist. Anticentralists believed the addition to Alderaan would be a major boon to the Pact due to its significant wealth and military power. However, Kayos resisted pressure from his advisors and declined many bribes to join the Pact. Consequently, SDP systems sent a joint military expedition to first blockade Alderaan into joining, and then later to attack once Alderaan called upon neighboring systems to help defend it.
The SDP invasion force successfully reached the surface and seized Aldera, the capital city of Alderaan. Kayos was executed by the invaders, but his daughter and heir Sabé escaped. After President Valorum authorized a unified republic expedition to liberate the planet, Sabé became queen and committed Alderaan to centralism. The passage of the GALACTIC PROTECTION ACT authorized Valorum to call up the military forces of the various systems to suppress rebellion and treason in the Republic. In response, the Self Determination Pact declared the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and began a war of secession. In order to close the severe manpower gap with the Republic, the Confederacy contracted clones from the clone masters who had fled the Republic at the end of the last war, thus starting the Third Clone Wars.
The war is divided into two distinct periods, the System Forces period (967-971), and the Grand Army period (971-976). During the first period, the Republic forces were derived from the various systems, and operated independently unless otherwise ordered by the War Department. This resulted in very poor organization and repeated losses despite superior manpower and haphazard fighting on both sides. The Republic decided to contract their own clone armies in order to have a unified fighting force that was under the direct command of the President. The Republic clones were the most efficient army and prompted question as to whether the Republic should shift to an all-clone army.
However, this ended with the GREAT CLONE MUTINY of 971, when clones on both sides of the war attempted to overthrow their respective commanders and establish their own sovereignty. The mutiny was put down on both sides. The Republic then passed the Military Organization Act, which combined the forces of all Republic systems into one. Thereafter, Republic forces operated as the GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC and the Grand Navy of the Republic. The Confederate response to the mutiny was to scale down the number of clones in the army. However, they did not centralize their system forces and continued to operate individually. These events gave the Republic a considerable advantage over the Confederacy and turned the tide of the war in the Republic's favor. Most of the fighting was over by 975, with only a few Confederate strongholds remaining.
The war ended in 976 with the BATTLE OF UTAPAU, with the defeat of Montross Holdaack's 5th Army and the capture of the last Confederate capital. Confederate President Tarnack Duku and his government surrendered unconditionally to General Obi Wan Kenobi. Some fighting continued in disparate pockets across the galaxy that were either unaware of or refused to accept the surrender. Although the war ended, turmoil in the Republic continued for about a year with the assassination of President Valorum and the subsequent PALPATINE COUP and other events which culminated in the creation of a new Galactic Empire.
The Third Clone War was the biggest and deadliest war since the end of the previous Galactic Empire in the 8th century. The war, the Imperial period, and the Galactic Civil War are grouped together by historians in a period known as the Decades of Turbulence due to the high frequency of military conflict and civil unrest that weakened the unified galactic order. Many anticentralist systems would become vital to the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War and contributed to the decline of the Empire.
At the end of the SECOND CLONE WAR in 953, the generation of clones and use of clones for involuntary servitude, including warfare, was outlawed in Republic space. Republic forces seized or destroyed most cloning facilities in the galaxy. Despite this, cloning continued in the Outer Rim and other territories beyond the reach of the Republic, where clones were mostly used for slave labor. With the end of the war, the dominant political issue in the galaxy was centralization. The first two clone wars had greatly increased central control of the Republic from the capital world of Coruscant. All systems were subject to stringent oversight and regulation during wartime, and this continued during peacetime as well. Many systems which had lost power and prestige wanted it back, and pushed for decentralization. Meanwhile, smaller and weaker systems which relied on central support favored further centralization.
FINIS VALORUM, who had been elected President in 964, had been a supporter of centralization, but upon taking office filled his cabinet with both centralists and anticentralists, displeasing both sides. Nevertheless, there was considerable agitation by anticentralists who claimed that Valorum would completely end system sovereignty and establish direct rule from Coruscant. In 966, eight systems formed the SELF DETERMINATION PACT, a group of systems that were dedicated to the cause of anticentralism. The SDP expanded considerably over the next year, especially after the Valorum cabinet introduced a new tax intended to restrain regional tariffs.
In 967, the government of Alderaan was considering whether or not to join the Pact. Although many powerful families and ministers of Alderaan favored anticentralism, King Kayos XIV was a centralist. Anticentralists believed the addition to Alderaan would be a major boon to the Pact due to its significant wealth and military power. However, Kayos resisted pressure from his advisors and declined many bribes to join the Pact. Consequently, SDP systems sent a joint military expedition to first blockade Alderaan into joining, and then later to attack once Alderaan called upon neighboring systems to help defend it.
The SDP invasion force successfully reached the surface and seized Aldera, the capital city of Alderaan. Kayos was executed by the invaders, but his daughter and heir Sabé escaped. After President Valorum authorized a unified republic expedition to liberate the planet, Sabé became queen and committed Alderaan to centralism. The passage of the GALACTIC PROTECTION ACT authorized Valorum to call up the military forces of the various systems to suppress rebellion and treason in the Republic. In response, the Self Determination Pact declared the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and began a war of secession. In order to close the severe manpower gap with the Republic, the Confederacy contracted clones from the clone masters who had fled the Republic at the end of the last war, thus starting the Third Clone Wars.
The war is divided into two distinct periods, the System Forces period (967-971), and the Grand Army period (971-976). During the first period, the Republic forces were derived from the various systems, and operated independently unless otherwise ordered by the War Department. This resulted in very poor organization and repeated losses despite superior manpower and haphazard fighting on both sides. The Republic decided to contract their own clone armies in order to have a unified fighting force that was under the direct command of the President. The Republic clones were the most efficient army and prompted question as to whether the Republic should shift to an all-clone army.
However, this ended with the GREAT CLONE MUTINY of 971, when clones on both sides of the war attempted to overthrow their respective commanders and establish their own sovereignty. The mutiny was put down on both sides. The Republic then passed the Military Organization Act, which combined the forces of all Republic systems into one. Thereafter, Republic forces operated as the GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC and the Grand Navy of the Republic. The Confederate response to the mutiny was to scale down the number of clones in the army. However, they did not centralize their system forces and continued to operate individually. These events gave the Republic a considerable advantage over the Confederacy and turned the tide of the war in the Republic's favor. Most of the fighting was over by 975, with only a few Confederate strongholds remaining.
The war ended in 976 with the BATTLE OF UTAPAU, with the defeat of Montross Holdaack's 5th Army and the capture of the last Confederate capital. Confederate President Tarnack Duku and his government surrendered unconditionally to General Obi Wan Kenobi. Some fighting continued in disparate pockets across the galaxy that were either unaware of or refused to accept the surrender. Although the war ended, turmoil in the Republic continued for about a year with the assassination of President Valorum and the subsequent PALPATINE COUP and other events which culminated in the creation of a new Galactic Empire.
The Third Clone War was the biggest and deadliest war since the end of the previous Galactic Empire in the 8th century. The war, the Imperial period, and the Galactic Civil War are grouped together by historians in a period known as the Decades of Turbulence due to the high frequency of military conflict and civil unrest that weakened the unified galactic order. Many anticentralist systems would become vital to the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War and contributed to the decline of the Empire.
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Following the 1960 US presidential election, the death of the National Progressive Party was seen as a near certainty after President Nixon was able to win all but three southern states. Despite this, Nixon proved to be a greater hindrance to the Republican-Democratic coalition than expected, as his constant headbutting with Vice President Kennedy created internal friction. The first major gaffe of his presidency was his veto of the 1962 civil rights act, as well as a series of unpopular foreign policy decisions. The final straw was his handling of the Watergate scandal, leading to his resignation in February 1964. Now president, John F Kennedy was expected to be a shoe-in for the presidential election, yet his sudden and tragic assassination in Dallas, Texas lead to the presidency being passed on to House Speaker John W. McCormack. McCormack in no way wanted the presidency, and thus declined to seek election in November.
Seeking stability for the party, and riding on a sudden wave of Democratic popularity, the Republican-Democratic party nominated Democratic Utah Senator Wallace F. Bennett running on a platform of limited civil rights reform, sensible foreign policy, and a move towards the silver standard. Bennett was seen as the more moderate conservative option to Senate Majority leader Lyndon Johnson.
The shell shocked former attorney general and brother to President Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy dramatically switched his party affiliation to National Progressive, seeking the presidential nomination as an act of defiance against the party he felt wronged his brother and pushing to enact the progressive reforms his brother had wished for. Beating out the conservative George Wallace, the nomination of Kennedy marked a shift in the NPP towards left wing politics nationally.
The election proved to be incredibly narrow, with Kennedy being seen as more energetic and charismatic than Bennett, while Bennett was seen as more competent and fit for the presidency due to Kennedy's youth and inexperience. The Watergate scandal still hung heavy in the minds of the public, as well as the ongoing South African war, creating massive hurdles for the Bennett campaign. Despite this Bennett narrowly won the presidential election, however the Republican-Democrats lost the Senate majority, to a 52 seat NPP majority.
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The Presidency of Wallace F. Bennett could be best described as one of mediocrity. Incapable of leveraging strong support for any legislation from the NPP majority congress, virtually all his major goals became watered down half measures weathered by constant filibustering. Despite his intention to be a president who didn’t rock the boat, his presidency proved massively divisive due to his inability to effectively walk the political tightrope. His presidency would be shadowed by serious defeats in two foreign conflicts before the midterms, both in South Africa, and Indonesia. Bennett proved ineffective in both conflicts, as he overcommitted troops in both countries, withering away domestic support for the war, and in turn stretching American resources thin. While this alone would have been enough to lose most support for 68, this would not be his only major failure.
In an effort to appease Northern liberals, Bennett pursued the passage of the Civil Rights Act vetoed by President Nixon, yet without a congressional majority, Bennett struggled endlessly with Republican and National Progressive Senate leadership in drafting the act. Due to Bennett’s support coming in large part from rural conservatives, he dreaded creating an act seen as too radical by voters, and thus watered down the bill as much as possible. This flimsy civil rights legislation proved to be more harmful than helpful as it left virtually no voter happy.
What proved to be the final nail in the coffin for Bennett’s reelection bid was a leaked call between President Bennett and the president of the Church of Latter Day Saints, David O. McKay. McKay pressured the President to minimize the extent of civil rights legislation on the basis of Bennett’s religious affiliation as a Mormon. Most voters saw this as an egregious breach of the separation between Church and State, angering most non-mormon voters.
The National Progressive nomination process proved to be divisive as well, with the primary coming down to Missouri Senator and democratic socialist Michael Harrington, and the head of the ‘anybody but Harrington’ movement within the party, Senator Margaret Chase Smith representing the right-wing of the party. Harrington cinched the party nomination after a surprise endorsement from Robert Kennedy.
Harrington was able to aggressively hammer Bennett on his foreign policy failures, his weak civil rights legislation, and the failures of his fiscally conservative policies in the face of an economic recession. Harrington was able to create what would become known as the “rainbow coalition” of working class voters and the disillusioned middle class. In effect Harrington created the furthest left voter coalition since the American civil war, and the voters rewarded Harrington with the largest landslide in American politics since Lincoln in 1864 and an expanded senate and house majority.
(note, in this timeline FDR is never president, making the Harrington revolution this timeline’s equivalent to the new deal)
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The Harrington revolution of 1968 swept the nation with the sheer vigor and momentum of a sudden radical shift to the left within national politics, but questions lingered as to how much Harrington could genuinely do. Facing the recession created under the Bennett presidency, and an onset oil crisis caused by political instability in the middle east, most thought Harrington would inevitably stumble. Despite sharp criticism from conservative Democratic senators, Harrington was able to enact sweeping keynesian economic reforms, expanding the social welfare net, stimulating the economy through massive public jobs programs, and guaranteeing every American healthcare, food, and housing in a program dubbed the ‘new bill of rights’. While taxes did rise under Harrington, the middle class was largely satisfied as the economy rapidly recovered despite predictions of a worsening recession caused by government spending. The largest flaw in Harrington’s first term was his perceived foreign policy weakness, as he refused to directly intervene in the Iranian civil war. He received harsh criticism both from Democratic hawks, and the right wing of his own party.
In an attempt to capitalize on Harrington’s apparent weakness abroad, the Republican-Democratic party nominated the former secretary of defense under the Bennett administration, Robert McNamera. McNamera proved to be a biting critic of the Harrington administration’s action abroad, decrying Harrington’s ‘America above freedom’ stances.
By spring of 1972, most everybody knew Harrington would be able to ride a wave of popularity into a comfortable electoral victory, but few if any thought it would be a landslide like 68. Harrington would be able to rebut the foreign policy critics with one of the most effective coups in diplomatic history, the Akagi Accords. The Takagi administration in Japan proved more than willing to negotiate and open up to American diplomacy, as maintaining the California ports of LA and San Francisco and Hawaiian occupation placed immense strain on the Japanese empire. Over the course of 4 months, the Harrington and Takagi administrations negotiated the return of the Californian ports, and the state of Hawaii to the United States in exchange for their continued demilitarization, the demilitarization of the panama canal, and a comprehensive economic agreement ensuring Japanese access to American oil. With the induction of Hawaii into the union, Harrington was able to win over a level of popularity unheard of in modern American politics. Harrington proved socialism could be American, and was rewarded with every state in the Union come November, and the largest electoral victory since the election of 1820. Only one elector kept Harrington from winning the entire electoral college, as one faithless elector from Virginia chose to cast a vote for leading neo-conservative thinker Jeane Kirkpatrick, the first woman to win an electoral vote.
This electional also marked the end of Republican representation in the Senate, leaving only 13 Democratic senators. With this crushing defeat, the Republican-Democratic party fractured, with most Republicans joining the now goliath NPP.
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Is this for a Star Wars PT rewrite? I would love to see more of thisThe Third Clone War was a galactic military conflict lasting from 967 to 976. It was the third and largest of the three Clone Wars. 14 years of peace that had lasted since the end of the Second Clone War ended with the Invasion of Alderaan by clone forces and the subsequent formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
At the end of the Second Clone War in 953, the generation of clones and use of clones for involuntary servitude, including warfare, was outlawed in Republic space. Republic forces seized or destroyed most cloning facilities in the galaxy. Despite this, cloning continued in the Outer Rim and other territories beyond the reach of the Republic, where clones were mostly used for slave labor. With the end of the war, the dominant political issue in the galaxy was centralization. The first two clone wars had greatly increased central control of the Republic from the capital world of Coruscant. All systems were subject to stringent oversight and regulation during wartime, and this continued during peacetime as well. Many systems which had lost power and prestige wanted it back, and pushed for decentralization. Meanwhile, smaller and weaker systems which relied on central support favored further centralization.
Finis Valorum, who had been elected President in 964, had been a supporter of centralization, but upon taking office filled his cabinet with both centralists and anticentralists, displeasing both sides. Nevertheless, there was considerable agitation by anticentralists who claimed that Valorum would completely end system sovereignty and establish direct rule from Coruscant. In 966, eight systems formed the Self Determination Pact, a group of systems that were dedicated to the cause of anticentralism. The SDP expanded considerably over the next year, especially after the Valorum cabinet introduced a new tax intended to restrain regional tariffs.
In 967, the government of Alderaan was considering whether or not to join the Pact. Although many powerful families and ministers of Alderaan favored anticentralism, King Kayos XIV was a centralist. Anticentralists believed the addition to Alderaan would be a major boon to the Pact due to its significant wealth and military power. However, Kayos resisted pressure from his advisors and declined many bribes to join the Pact. Consequently, SDP systems sent a joint military expedition to first blockade Alderaan into joining, and then later to attack once Alderaan called upon neighboring systems to help defend it.
The SDP invasion force successfully reached the surface and seized Aldera, the capital city of Alderaan. Kayos was executed by the invaders, but his daughter and heir Sabé escaped. After President Valorum authorized a unified republic expedition to liberate the planet, Sabé became queen and committed Alderaan to centralism. The passage of the Galactic Protection Act authorized Valorum to call up the military forces of the various systems to suppress rebellion and treason in the Republic. In response, the Self Determination Pact declared the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and began a war of secession. In order to close the severe manpower gap with the Republic, the Confederacy contracted clones from the clone masters who had fled the Republic at the end of the last war, thus starting the Third Clone Wars.
The war is divided into two distinct periods, the System Forces period (967-971), and the Grand Army period (971-976). During the first period, the Republic forces were derived from the various systems, and operated independently unless otherwise ordered by the War Department. This resulted in very poor organization and repeated losses despite superior manpower and haphazard fighting on both sides. The Republic decided to contract their own clone armies in order to have a unified fighting force that was under the direct command of the President. The Republic clones were the most efficient army and prompted question as to whether the Republic should shift to an all-clone army.
However, this ended with the Great Clone Mutiny of 971, when clones on both sides of the war attempted to overthrow their respective commanders and establish their own sovereignty. The mutiny was put down on both sides. The Republic then passed the Military Organization Act, which combined the forces of all Republic systems into one. Thereafter, Republic forces operated as the Grand Army of the Republic and the Grand Navy of the Republic. The Confederate response to the mutiny was to scale down the number of clones in the army. However, they did not centralize their system forces and continued to operate individually. These events gave the Republic a considerable advantage over the Confederacy and turned the tide of the war in the Republic's favor. Most of the fighting was over by 975, with only a few Confederate strongholds remaining.
The war ended in 976 with the Battle of Utapau, with the defeat of Montross Holdaack's 5th Army and the capture of the last Confederate capital. Confederate President Tarnack Duku and his government surrendered unconditionally to General Obi Wan Kenobi. Some fighting continued in disparate pockets across the galaxy that were either unaware of or refused to accept the surrender. Although the war ended, turmoil in the Republic continued for about a year with the assassination of President Valorum and the subsequent Palpatine coup and other events which culminated in the creation of a new Galactic Empire.
The Third Clone War was the biggest and deadliest war since the end of the previous Galactic Empire in the 8th century. The war, the Imperial period, and the Galactic Civil War are grouped together by historians in a period known as the Decades of Turbulence due to the high frequency of military conflict and civil unrest that weakened the unified galactic order. Many anticentralist systems would become vital to the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War and contributed to the decline of the Empire.The Third Clone War was a galactic military conflict lasting from 967 to 976. It was the third and largest of the three Clone Wars. 14 years of peace that had lasted since the end of the Second Clone War ended with the Invasion of Alderaan by clone forces and the subsequent formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
At the end of the Second Clone War in 953, the generation of clones and use of clones for involuntary servitude, including warfare, was outlawed in Republic space. Republic forces seized or destroyed most cloning facilities in the galaxy. Despite this, cloning continued in the Outer Rim and other territories beyond the reach of the Republic, where clones were mostly used for slave labor. With the end of the war, the dominant political issue in the galaxy was centralization. The first two clone wars had greatly increased central control of the Republic from the capital world of Coruscant. All systems were subject to stringent oversight and regulation during wartime, and this continued during peacetime as well. Many systems which had lost power and prestige wanted it back, and pushed for decentralization. Meanwhile, smaller and weaker systems which relied on central support favored further centralization.
Finis Valorum, who had been elected President in 964, had been a supporter of centralization, but upon taking office filled his cabinet with both centralists and anticentralists, displeasing both sides. Nevertheless, there was considerable agitation by anticentralists who claimed that Valorum would completely end system sovereignty and establish direct rule from Coruscant. In 966, eight systems formed the Self Determination Pact, a group of systems that were dedicated to the cause of anticentralism. The SDP expanded considerably over the next year, especially after the Valorum cabinet introduced a new tax intended to restrain regional tariffs.
In 967, the government of Alderaan was considering whether or not to join the Pact. Although many powerful families and ministers of Alderaan favored anticentralism, King Kayos XIV was a centralist. Anticentralists believed the addition to Alderaan would be a major boon to the Pact due to its significant wealth and military power. However, Kayos resisted pressure from his advisors and declined many bribes to join the Pact. Consequently, SDP systems sent a joint military expedition to first blockade Alderaan into joining, and then later to attack once Alderaan called upon neighboring systems to help defend it.
The SDP invasion force successfully reached the surface and seized Aldera, the capital city of Alderaan. Kayos was executed by the invaders, but his daughter and heir Sabé escaped. After President Valorum authorized a unified republic expedition to liberate the planet, Sabé became queen and committed Alderaan to centralism. The passage of the Galactic Protection Act authorized Valorum to call up the military forces of the various systems to suppress rebellion and treason in the Republic. In response, the Self Determination Pact declared the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and began a war of secession. In order to close the severe manpower gap with the Republic, the Confederacy contracted clones from the clone masters who had fled the Republic at the end of the last war, thus starting the Third Clone Wars.
The war is divided into two distinct periods, the System Forces period (967-971), and the Grand Army period (971-976). During the first period, the Republic forces were derived from the various systems, and operated independently unless otherwise ordered by the War Department. This resulted in very poor organization and repeated losses despite superior manpower and haphazard fighting on both sides. The Republic decided to contract their own clone armies in order to have a unified fighting force that was under the direct command of the President. The Republic clones were the most efficient army and prompted question as to whether the Republic should shift to an all-clone army.
However, this ended with the Great Clone Mutiny of 971, when clones on both sides of the war attempted to overthrow their respective commanders and establish their own sovereignty. The mutiny was put down on both sides. The Republic then passed the Military Organization Act, which combined the forces of all Republic systems into one. Thereafter, Republic forces operated as the Grand Army of the Republic and the Grand Navy of the Republic. The Confederate response to the mutiny was to scale down the number of clones in the army. However, they did not centralize their system forces and continued to operate individually. These events gave the Republic a considerable advantage over the Confederacy and turned the tide of the war in the Republic's favor. Most of the fighting was over by 975, with only a few Confederate strongholds remaining.
The war ended in 976 with the Battle of Utapau, with the defeat of Montross Holdaack's 5th Army and the capture of the last Confederate capital. Confederate President Tarnack Duku and his government surrendered unconditionally to General Obi Wan Kenobi. Some fighting continued in disparate pockets across the galaxy that were either unaware of or refused to accept the surrender. Although the war ended, turmoil in the Republic continued for about a year with the assassination of President Valorum and the subsequent Palpatine coup and other events which culminated in the creation of a new Galactic Empire.
The Third Clone War was the biggest and deadliest war since the end of the previous Galactic Empire in the 8th century. The war, the Imperial period, and the Galactic Civil War are grouped together by historians in a period known as the Decades of Turbulence due to the high frequency of military conflict and civil unrest that weakened the unified galactic order. Many anticentralist systems would become vital to the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War and contributed to the decline of the Empire.
The THIRD CLONE WAR was a galactic military conflict lasting from 967 to 976. It was the third and largest of the three Clone Wars. 14 years of peace that had lasted since the end of the Second Clone War ended with the Invasion of Alderaan by clone forces and the subsequent formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
At the end of the SECOND CLONE WAR in 953, the generation of clones and use of clones for involuntary servitude, including warfare, was outlawed in Republic space. Republic forces seized or destroyed most cloning facilities in the galaxy. Despite this, cloning continued in the Outer Rim and other territories beyond the reach of the Republic, where clones were mostly used for slave labor. With the end of the war, the dominant political issue in the galaxy was centralization. The first two clone wars had greatly increased central control of the Republic from the capital world of Coruscant. All systems were subject to stringent oversight and regulation during wartime, and this continued during peacetime as well. Many systems which had lost power and prestige wanted it back, and pushed for decentralization. Meanwhile, smaller and weaker systems which relied on central support favored further centralization.
FINIS VALORUM, who had been elected President in 964, had been a supporter of centralization, but upon taking office filled his cabinet with both centralists and anticentralists, displeasing both sides. Nevertheless, there was considerable agitation by anticentralists who claimed that Valorum would completely end system sovereignty and establish direct rule from Coruscant. In 966, eight systems formed the SELF DETERMINATION PACT, a group of systems that were dedicated to the cause of anticentralism. The SDP expanded considerably over the next year, especially after the Valorum cabinet introduced a new tax intended to restrain regional tariffs.
In 967, the government of Alderaan was considering whether or not to join the Pact. Although many powerful families and ministers of Alderaan favored anticentralism, King Kayos XIV was a centralist. Anticentralists believed the addition to Alderaan would be a major boon to the Pact due to its significant wealth and military power. However, Kayos resisted pressure from his advisors and declined many bribes to join the Pact. Consequently, SDP systems sent a joint military expedition to first blockade Alderaan into joining, and then later to attack once Alderaan called upon neighboring systems to help defend it.
The SDP invasion force successfully reached the surface and seized Aldera, the capital city of Alderaan. Kayos was executed by the invaders, but his daughter and heir Sabé escaped. After President Valorum authorized a unified republic expedition to liberate the planet, Sabé became queen and committed Alderaan to centralism. The passage of the GALACTIC PROTECTION ACT authorized Valorum to call up the military forces of the various systems to suppress rebellion and treason in the Republic. In response, the Self Determination Pact declared the formation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and began a war of secession. In order to close the severe manpower gap with the Republic, the Confederacy contracted clones from the clone masters who had fled the Republic at the end of the last war, thus starting the Third Clone Wars.
The war is divided into two distinct periods, the System Forces period (967-971), and the Grand Army period (971-976). During the first period, the Republic forces were derived from the various systems, and operated independently unless otherwise ordered by the War Department. This resulted in very poor organization and repeated losses despite superior manpower and haphazard fighting on both sides. The Republic decided to contract their own clone armies in order to have a unified fighting force that was under the direct command of the President. The Republic clones were the most efficient army and prompted question as to whether the Republic should shift to an all-clone army.
However, this ended with the GREAT CLONE MUTINY of 971, when clones on both sides of the war attempted to overthrow their respective commanders and establish their own sovereignty. The mutiny was put down on both sides. The Republic then passed the Military Organization Act, which combined the forces of all Republic systems into one. Thereafter, Republic forces operated as the GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC and the Grand Navy of the Republic. The Confederate response to the mutiny was to scale down the number of clones in the army. However, they did not centralize their system forces and continued to operate individually. These events gave the Republic a considerable advantage over the Confederacy and turned the tide of the war in the Republic's favor. Most of the fighting was over by 975, with only a few Confederate strongholds remaining.
The war ended in 976 with the BATTLE OF UTAPAU, with the defeat of Montross Holdaack's 5th Army and the capture of the last Confederate capital. Confederate President Tarnack Duku and his government surrendered unconditionally to General Obi Wan Kenobi. Some fighting continued in disparate pockets across the galaxy that were either unaware of or refused to accept the surrender. Although the war ended, turmoil in the Republic continued for about a year with the assassination of President Valorum and the subsequent PALPATINE COUP and other events which culminated in the creation of a new Galactic Empire.
The Third Clone War was the biggest and deadliest war since the end of the previous Galactic Empire in the 8th century. The war, the Imperial period, and the Galactic Civil War are grouped together by historians in a period known as the Decades of Turbulence due to the high frequency of military conflict and civil unrest that weakened the unified galactic order. Many anticentralist systems would become vital to the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War and contributed to the decline of the Empire.
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