Lore

State of the Republic

Kamino was sacked, disrupting clone production. The CIS made a heavy advance into the mid-rim when they had the Eclipse Cannon to threaten worlds with The Republic was on the backfoot for years, and is only now starting to catch back up.

Clone production has relocated to Wayland at this point.

Palpatine and his entourage, as well as Jar Jar, have been assassinated in a surprise attack on Coruscant meaning there is no behind the scenes string pulling and the war is now real - a proper pitched battle between the factions.

State of the Confederacy

Confederacy has expanded to a lot of the outer rim and a sizable chunk of the mid-rim. They've even pushed as far inward as core a few times.

Their Fleets and armies are ascendant now that their efforts are no longer directed by Palpatine's grand plan. They are free to expand and overrun the Republic's front lines wherever they can in the wake of General Virillo's Eclipse Canons assault on the Republic's Capitol and the decimation of both its command structure, fleets and infrastructure. While the Republic is still reeling from this strike it managed to destroy this super weapon, the man in charge of it and reestablish front line defenses, and though the projects destruction was a blow to the CIS's war effort, their fleets did not waste this opportunity to strike fast and deep into Republic territory.

A constant back and forth between the Republics GAR and the CIS Military is now causing more mayhem and chaos than ever before, leaving smaller criminal factions to fill the gaps and take over the desolated planets and their populations left behind by this constant warfare. Worlds are devastated, exploited, reconquered, liberated and depopulated all across the mid-rim's and outer-rim's front lines.

Smaller Factions

Black Sun is being publicly headed by Prince Xizor, a Falleen spokesperson, but is being run by Darth Maul behind the scenes.

Chiss Ascendancy is gearing up for a major incursion into the Northwest arm of the galaxy, because they've been led to believe the forces threatening their space originated from there - and their Expansionary Defense Fleet policy is 'If you won't police it and it becomes a problem for us, we'll police it for you'. It's part of a scheme to turn the Chiss against the Republic and CIS, further weakening all three parties.

All of the above is being orchestrated by a force known as the Grysk Hegemony - a powerful race which seeds discontent and political discord. They utilize telepathic agents (the Agbui) to start rebellions, resource disputes, whatever is needed to weaken their opponents, often as a precursor to dominating them. They rarely take direct military action - one described it as 'You become subservient (to the point you'd sacrifice your life for them) so subtlety you don't even realize it'.

Galaxy as a Whole

Everything is currently on fire.

Technological Advances by the Republic

(Gear that sets us apart from the regular timeline)

The Sienar-Jaymus Fleet-Systems TIE/LN-Fighter

A cheaper and more easily mass produced light Fighter-Interceptor than the standard Nimbus 3 V-Wing Interceptor and Z-95 Headhunter Snubfighter. Initially a stop-gap vehicle introduced to help hold back the ever increasing swarms of Droid Fighters that has established itself as a solid and reliable design within the Republic Starfighter Corps.

The Blastech T-21E1 Heavy Repeating Blaster

A heavily modified iteration of the base Blastech T-21 Heavy Blaster design set up for higher volume of accurate, automatic fire equipped with a stronger frame to support a high capacity Drumstyle magazine and a reinforced, heavier and specially cooled barrel assembly to support sustained highpower fire longer than any known equivalent manportable (for unaugmented Biologicals) repeating Blasters.

The Blastech E-22 Assault Blaster

A new repeating blaster carbine, part of a new experinental E Series blaster family, currently issued to specialized clone assault squads boasting similar characteristics to the ubiquitous and reliable DC-15C blaster Carbine but sacrificing some of its accuracy for a higher firerate while still maintaining better ranged capabilities than the CQC focused DC-15S carbine.

The Kuat-Enthralla Driveyards "Imperator Class" Republic Star Destroyer

Unlike the Republics current mainstay Venator Class Star Destroyer which is more of a Heavy Cruiser-Carrier than an actual Battleship the new RSD sacrifices the Venators enormus Fighterwing for more conventional firepower to counter the CIS's heavier Capital Ships like the Providence and Recusant Dreadnought Variants, Lucrehulk Battlehips and vast numbers of Munificent Frigate escorts.

Larger, more heavily armourd, stronger shields and sheer mass, boasting vastly more Turbolaser based firepower than the old Venators while still retaining a sizeable ventral hangarbay, this new and improved Death Dorito is being deployed in increasing numbers across the wars most pivotal hotspots to try and turn the tide.