Major Grodin Tierce served as a part of the triumvurate that hatched the plan that caused the New Republic such turmoil during the Caamas Document crisis. Originally serving as an aide to Moff Disra, his secret was discovered and brought to light in order to convince him to join the plot: he was a former Imperial Guardsman. He had been off the Death Star II at the time of its destruction; Major Tierce had been cycled out into a stormtrooper unit at the time to keep his combat skills fresh. ...

Kir Kanos is one of the last surviving Royal Guardsmen, who was able to survive the purge initiated on his kind by former Guardsman Carnor Jax. Kanos vowed revenge for not only Jax's sabotaging the Emperor's clone project, but also for the deaths of his brethren. Kanos lured Jax to the planet Yinchorr, the site of their Royal Guard training, where he slew Jax in one-on-one combat. Kanos is a loner, and owes no loyalties except to himself and his long-dead Emperor. ...

These droids were critical in helping the Trade Federation with their subjugation of the planet Naboo. Though expensive to produce, they were some of the most powerful and fear-instilling weapons the Federation had. Their true advantage is in their rate of fire, with each round resulting in an incredible amount of fire dispensed at its opponents. ...

The R2-Delta upgrade was a joint effort between Industrial Automaton and the New Republic's naval engineers to modernize the software on the old, but reliable, R2 unit. E-Wing pilots had long enjoyed the custom design of an R7 unit, which made hyperspace calculations and other droid-operated systems that much more efficient. Once the XJ model X-Wing went into production, engineers began designing a software and hardware upgrade for existing R2 units which would provide the same starfighter-droid compatibility as the E-Wing/R7 unit design. ...

After their failings at the Battle of Naboo became readily apparent, the older models of centrally-controlled battle droids quickly went out of production. Despite huge financial losses, Baktoid Combat Automata simply remodeled their battle droids, and used their existing manufacturing facilities to begin producing their new, improved E-5 model. ...

A secretive, concealing species, Fosh are easily recognizable as being of avian descent. They have a light bone structure, feathered body, and reverse-jointed legs. Fosh are few in number, as they have tended to stay on their planet of origin and mind their own business. They are mostly unremarkable, save for one interesting observation: their tears are a powerful healing fluid, rivalling bacta in strength. This fluid evaporates quickly, however, making the possibility of artificially reproducing it quite slim. ...

The Chu'unthor was a massive, floating training facility used by the Jedi in the days of the Old Republic. While the majority of the Jedi training was undertaken at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the sheer number of students made bringing them all to the capital planet a logistical nightmare. While other, smaller academies were set up across the galaxy, such as the one found in the Cularin system, the Chu'unthor was designed to be mobile enough to accomodate an influx of students from anywhere in the galaxy. It was also handy for field trips. ...

Part of the New Republic's new effort against pirates in the Outer Rim, the Ranger Gunship is serving admirably against the Yuuzhan Vong invaders. With both powerful turbolaser cannons and hi-track quad laser cannons, the Ranger can take on most any small to mid-sized ship and win. However, some of the new coralskippers are stressing even its ability to engage and destroy the enemy. ...

Though it was built by a combined CEC/Mon Calamari effort, you wouldn't know it by looking at the ship. Like most other Mon Cal cruisers, the Viscount/Strident-class Star Defender is very organic and flowing, but has the quality of engineering CEC is known for. The Star Defender is over 6 kilometers long, and carries firepower to match. Though it has not yet taken on a Yuuzhan Vong ship, it would undoubtedly give a command cruiser a run for its money. ...