First Order

The **First Order** is a military junta and proto-state formed from a major remnant of the Galactic Empire. Formed in the Unknown Regions in the years following the Galactic Civil War, the First Order was created with the intention of restoring the Galactic Empire and dominating the galaxy. However, in secret, it was also influenced by the hidden Sith Lord Darth Sidious to prepare the way for his eventual return and pave the way for galactic, and eventually universal, domination.

The First Order was officially formed over a decade after the fall of the Empire. By the time of the Hosnian Cataclysm, it was a major military power, they are major enemies of the Terran Alliance and the remnants of the New Republic's Galactic Resistance during the Second Galactic Civil War.

## History

### Background and Early Formation

The First Order's creation was set in motion by the events of the Battle of Endor. The Emperor of the Galactic Empire, Emperor Palpatine, was presumably killed in the battle, and the second Death Star was destroyed.

Although Palpatine secretly survived through the Dark Side power of essence transfer, he believed that the Empire was flawed for allowing his presumed death, and allowed the Contingency to begin. Over the following few years, the Rebellion (later formed into the New Republic) and the Terran Alliance dismantled the Empire as infighting broke the Empire into pieces.

However, during this time, a top secret part of the contingency was carried out. Massive numbers of warships, amounting to over 25 percent of the Imperial Starfleet, disappeared into the Unknown Regions. While the majority of these ships would disappear completely, many also made their way to various planets within the Unknown Regions that the Empire had charted, including the secret industrial holdouts of Exiron and Torial, or otherwise scattered in the Unknown Regions.

After the Battle of Jakku, Grand Admiral Rae Sloane and Commandant Brendol Hux escaped with various Imperial forces into the Unknown Regions. There, they discovered the Super Star Destroyer Eclipse, the former flagship of Emperor Palpatine. Sloane and her companions boarded the ship and Sloane assumed command of it, intending to restart the Empire.

Using the Eclipse as a marshalling point and a sign of power, Sloane began travelling through the Unknown Regions to gather all of the Imperial forces who had fled into the Unknown Regions. Despite an encounter with the battlecruiser TAS Hood in mid 2019, knowledge of Sloane and the Eclipse did not come to the New Republic or the Terran Alliance.

Over the following years, Sloane travelled the portions of the Unknown Regions that had been mapped by the Empire, gathering together Imperial survivors. During this process, she was helped by a mysterious Force user known as Snoke, a mysterious native of the Unknown Regions who knew vast swathes of the Regions.

By 2028, Sloane had assembled a massive military force of nearly a thousand warships and countless legions of soldiers. Gathering at the planet of Torial, Sloane announced the creation of a proto-state with the intent to restore the Empire. This military junta and proto-state was known as the First Order.

### Build Up

After the formation of the First Order, the group began their efforts to try and prepare a military that could one day defeat the Republic and the Terran Alliance and retake control of the galaxy. Under a program designed by Commandant Hux, the First Order began kidnapping human children by the millions from across the Unknown Regions and the wider galaxy in secret in order to train and program them as a new generation of stormtroopers.

At the same time, The First Order began to secretly spread its influence into the wider galaxy. Several Republic Senators and several companies that had once served the Empire became aware of the First Order and swore allegiance to it. Secret divisions of Kuat Drive Yards and Sienar Fleet Systems were formed in order to help build up the military of the First Order.

In 2030, the First Order began efforts to design new warships for their fleet. Although they had inherited over a thousand starships from the Empire, they knew it was not enough to accomplish their goals. During this time, through a variety of sources, they were able to acquire relatively good layouts of the Terran Alliance's Repulse-class battlecruisers, and in turn designed a near copy of the class, known as the Resurgent class.

During this time, Snoke had begun to rise in influence within the First Order. His aid in helping the nascent First Order navigate the Unknown Regions had won him positions of power and influence. Over time, he sought to gain more power. By 2031, he had won enough loyalty, and made his move, instituting a coup against the First Order's leadership. Most of the head leadership, including Sloane and Brendol Hux, were killed, and Snoke assumed the mantle of Supreme Leader.

Over the years following Snoke's rise to power, the First Order initiated a series of campaigns throughout the Unknown Regions to establish greater control. This saw the capture of a number of worlds rich in natural resources needed to build up their war machine, and saw an acceleration of the re-armament of the First Order.

## Military

Main article: First Order Military
The First Order military was the armed forces of the First Order. Under the First Order military first policy, it was the central institution of the state. It consisted of the First Order Army and First Order Navy and the Stormtrooper Corps, as well as the Special Forces.

Originally formed from elements of the former Imperial Military that withdrew into the Unknown Regions during the collapse of the Galactic Empire, and undertook a vast militarization program and developed a technologically superior military. The First Order Military has become one of the most formidable enemies of both Resistance and the Terran Forces at the beginning of the Second Galactic Civil War in 2050s.

### Army

The First Order Army, known as the First Order Ground Forces or The Army of the First Order was the ground-based branch of the First Order military. In addition to maintaining order throughout First Order space, the First Order Army spearheaded the conquest and colonization of the Unknown Regions. In order to quickly and efficiently raise a capable army, the First Order abandoned the practices of the Galactic Empire, trading clones, adult conscripts, and volunteers for the conscription/kidnapping and indoctrination of children throughout the galaxy. The Unknown Regions provided a safe haven for the hermit state to effectively train and mobilize an army of fierce stormtroopers with a zealous loyalty to the Supreme Leader.

It is safe to assume that the number of their Soldiers is about 10,000,000-15,000,000 soldiers during the Second Galactic Civil War.

#### First Order Stormtrooper Corps

The **First Order Stormtrooper Corps** was a infantry division that operated under the Army of the First Order. Modeled on the original Stormtrooper Corps of the former Galactic Empire as well as the Grand Army of the Republic's clone troopers, the First Order's Stormtrooper Corps were the face of the military and were the culmination of a military tradition dating back to the Clone Wars when white-armored soldiers represented the future of galactic warfare. High-ranking officers held authority over the Corps, such as General Armitage Hux and Captain Phasma, although the troopers' overall allegiance was to the Supreme Leader of the First Order.

The FOSC, serves as the main enemy of both Terran Armed Forces and the Galactic Resistance during the 2nd Civil War on the Andromeda Galaxy.

### Navy

The **First Order Navy]**, or First Order Starfleet and First Order Fleet, was the main pride of the First Order's military, they serve as the Naval Forces of the First Order. Although not as large as the old Imperial Starfleet, the First Order's fleet was incredibly powerful, rivalling the size of the Terran Alliance's Starfleet.

The main ship of the First Order was the *Resurgent*-class battlecruiser, a near copy of the Terran Alliance's *Repulse*-class battlecruiser. Although the *Repulse*-class was still the superior ship, the *Resurgent* class had the advantage of numbers. By the time of the Hosnian Cataclysm, it was estimated that the First Order wielded hundreds of *Resurgent* class vessels, with some estimates saying close to a thousand.

The First Order had also constructed a number of new vessels to supplement the *Resurgent* class. These included Lancer-class frigates, Maxima A-class heavy cruisers, Dissident-class light cruisers, and Nebulon-K class frigates. They also wielded several dozen dreadnought class vessels, including the Mandator-IV class Siege Dreadnought and the Praetor class dreadnought.

The First Order used only a few Star Dreadnought type vessels. The first was the original flagship of the First Order: the Super Star Destroyer *Eclipse*. The second was the Mega-class Star Dreadnought *Supremacy*, the mobile capital of the First Order and the largest warship ever constructed. A secret second Executor-class vessel, the *Intimidator*, was also kept by the First Order as a reserve ship.

The First Order also used vast numbers of former Imperial vessels, some of which were former Imperial vessels that had retreated into the Unknown Regions after the Battle of Endor, and some being new built vessels of the same designs. This included several thousand *Imperial* and *Tector* class Star Destroyers, *Dreadnaught* class heavy cruisers, and several *Bellator* class dreadnoughts.

In addition to their warships, the First Order also used multiple TIE line fighters and bombers of their own design.

### Gallery

The First Order's Military forces consisting of the Stormtrooper Corps led by Captain Phasma.