Thaereian military The Navy of Thaere , also referred to as the Thaereian Navy or the Thaereian military , was the military force of the Mid Rim Thaereian system during the final years of the Galactic Republic . In addition to protecting its own system , the Navy was asked to support the neighboring Cularin system by its senator Lavina Wren . Later , during the Clone Wars , the Navy of Thaere was officially appointed by the Galactic Senate as protector of the Cularin system . The protection offered during both these periods was controversial within the Cularin system itself , with many residents resenting their perceived interference or suspecting the military of pursuing its own agenda . History . In the last years of the Galactic Republic , the Thaereians agreed to protect the Cularin system , which had recently joined the Republic . The Trade Federation had been forced out of the Cularin system in the Trade Wars , so there was no longer a unified force counteracting the system ' s pirate groups . Cularin ' s Senator , Lavina Wren , was concerned about the pirates , and one of her first acts was to officially ask for a military presence in Cularin . Thaere responded , but the response failed to impress except for a few gullible idealists , the native Tarasin species and Senator Wren herself . Thaere assigned an unpopular officer , recently - promoted Colonel Jir Tramsig , to the task , and he brought a much smaller force than his commanders had authorized ( although he also contacted bounty hunter Tira Wils to offer her a job ) . He initially set up a small base on Dorumaa , and attacked a few pirates from there while surveying the situation . He eventually brought in more ships , and established a larger base on Cularin — Soboll . A year after the Trade Wars , his forces in the Cularin system included two divisions , four capital ships , and eighteen patrol craft . The Thaereian forces were unpopular in the Cularin system . They frequently interfered with shipping on the pretense of preventative measures against piracy , but they failed to make any real strides in preventing anything but piracy on the largest scale . In fact , the pirates always seemed to strike when there were no patrol craft around . Many suspected the Thaereians of having their own agenda , and in truth , Colonel Tramsig was partaking in secret actions , with even his subordinates unaware of his strategy . He was requisitioning excess materials , had a relationship with Nirama to resupply supplies he had supposedly lost to pirates as well as questionable technology , had hired pirates to do some jobs for him , and had secret bases built on Tilnes and Ulbasca , along with a deep sea landing platform on Dorumaa that was not part of the original base . The Thaereian military , with financier Qar Jalunn as in - betweener , also worked along with independent genetic researcher Yush Baskalar in the asteroid belt , even though Baskalar specially disliked the Thaereians . In addition , the Thaerians had some sort of alliance with the Metatheran Cartel . It was rumored that he , or the military , could be behind Identification # 43641 ' s investments in Dorumaa , creating a floating pad that was only operated at night . The Thaereian military sent Major Kurth San as a representative to the SoroSuub Anniversary celebration , 31 BBY of Genarius . There , Major San measured the interest of the locals in the Thaereian Navy , with a view to possible recruitment . Satisfied with the enthusiasm of many , talented individuals , Major San left the party . After the disappearance of the Cularin system , the Thaerians used the ensuing crisis as a pretense to increase their military forces by more than four times , and had placed a massive amount of ships where the system once was . Upon the return of the system , Cularin ' s inhabitants were shocked by this development . With the breakout of the Clone Wars , the Galactic Senate extended Cularin ' s status as a Thaerian protectorate and the Thaerian mandate to virtually place Cularin under the complete control of the Thaerians . The Thaerians , already having economic interests in the Cularin system , used this new resolution to tighten their grip on these interests . In the middle of the Clone Wars , the Thaereians joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems . By this time , volunteers in the Cularin system had formed the Cularin Militia . Behind the scenes . The " Living Force Campaign Guide " was written before " " established that the Republic did not have a standing military , so it had Colonel Tramsig leading Republic military forces . When AotC came out , it was established that the military units in the Cularin system were instead from a nearby system , Thaere . In the original version , it was clear that the Jir Tramsig was up to " something " , but it was probably not the apparent expansionist agenda it became under the Thaereian version .