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Corporate Alliance

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This article is aboutthe organization that joined theCIS. You may be looking fortheCorporate Sector Authority, which oversaw theCorporate Sector, orother uses of the term Alliance.

Organizational information

Subsidiaries

Headquarters

Murkhana

Location(s)

Primary role(s)

Conglomerate of megacorporations

Chronological and political information

Date dissolved

19 BBY

Affiliation

"We will do all we can to protect our assets and intellectual properties."

―Passel Argente^[5]

TheCorporate Alliance was one of theRepublic commerce guilds. It was the negotiating body for several ofthe galaxy's largest commercial firms. Headquartered inMurkhana City,Murkhana, its members wielded large financial and economical influence, making the Corporate Alliance a wealthy and influential member of theGalactic Senate. Members and consumers alike were encouraged to identify with the Alliance in a near-religious way.

After MagistratePassel Argente waskilled on Mustafar, the Alliance was dissolved andimperialized by theGalactic Empire following itsfounding in19 BBY.

History[]

"The Corporate Alliance controls everything!"

―Prime Minister Almec during theClone Wars^[6]

, of the Corporate Alliance, and — Passel Argente,Magistrate of the Corporate Alliance, andDenaria Kee

During the last days of the Galactic Republic, the Corporate Alliance was represented in the Senate byMagistrate Passel Argente, the chairman of its largest member company,Lethe Merchandising. In27 BBY, they were engaged in a mineral-rights dispute with theBrolfi onBarlok.

Like its contemporaries, theTrade Federation andInterGalactic Banking Clan, the Corporate Alliance maintained its own security forces to defend its interests, and like the Trade Federation, it was ruled by adirectorate. Originally, its forces were used to enforce its expansionistic and often unfair business practices onOuter Rim worlds. This is what spurred the development of weapons such as theNR-N99Persuader-class droid enforcer. Over time, the Corporate Alliance grew frustrated with the Senate's limitations on its actions. It supported the Trade Federation'sinvasion of Naboo, and eventually aligned itself withCount Dooku's emergingSeparatist movement with the promise of unlimited profit under a new government. The Corporate Alliance would remain a silent supporter of the Separatists and regulated the distribution of retail products in favor of the Confederacy.

During theSeparatist Crisis, the Alliance took an increasingly aggressive stance against organizations it perceived as a threat.NR-N99Persuader-class droid enforcers attacked aslicer compound in theFakir sector after Alliance clerkDenlace Sachoore, based on anasteroid in that area, was found embezzling data. Twenty-five cybernetic data thieves were killed in the assault, though Alliance executives continued to demonstrate that the actions of the tank droids fell within legal boundaries.

During theClone Wars, the Corporate Alliance pledged its security forces to the military of the Confederacy, most notably its deadlyPersuader-class droid enforcers, while AllianceFantail-class destroyers joined theConfederate Navy. Heavy units, including artillery droids, supplied by the Corporate Alliance were used across the galaxy, fromGeonosis toSarapin. Magistrate Argente, leader of the Alliance, took personal command ofMerai's forces during theFirst Battle of Kamino, though the assault onTipoca City ended in failure. The Corporate Alliance also funded and marketed both anti-Jedi and anti-Republic propaganda which helped keep the public in Confederate territory pro-war. Following the deaths of Argente and his chief aideDenaria Kee during theMission to Mustafar, as well as theassault on their headquarters at Murkhana, the Corporate Alliance faded into oblivion and its remaining assets were absorbed by theGalactic Empire. Those that remained independent of the growing Imperial military-industrial complex sought refuge with the like-mindedCorporate Sector Authority in theCorporate Sector, and were eventually absorbed into the organization.

Associations[]

Notable members[]

Passel Argente:Magistrate of the Corporate Alliance.
Oro Dassyne:Acquisitions Specialist,Special Markets Director, andGeneral.
Denaria Kee: Chiefaide to Passel Argente.
Voe Atell: Senator
Trench:Admiral.
Denlace Sachoore: Clerk.
Jerv Riske: Bodyguard.

Soldiers[]

Battle droids[]

A Corporate AllianceNR-N99Persuader-class droid enforcer

Warships[]

Fantail-class destroyer

Behind the scenes[]

The Corporate Alliance has several real-world parallels, notably the Canadian Industrial Alliance and a company called the Corporate Alliance that acts as a negotiating body for many real-world companies.