United Federation of Planets

The **United Federation of Planets** (**UFP**), or simply the **Federation**, was a military alliance funded by star systems, formed to bring back peace and order to a lawless galaxy.

Not long after the Federation, a rival Imperial faction led by the Sith also surged, leading the two to war over reclaiming the galaxy. The UFP was victorious and became the main galactic power of the galaxy for the period.

In its late years, the Federation slowly became more and more decentralized, with individual systems having more power and eventually pulling back many of their enlists from the military. The severe loss of ranks among the UFP led to the Federal Council to strike a deal with the Jawajuice Corporation, which deemed that for a price Jawajuice would support the Federation with it's droids and equipment. Little did the Admirals know the droid units sent by the corporation had secret programming to betray the Federal personnel and take over its quarters.

The Federation lasted a decade and was severely weakened by the betrayal of Jawajuice units, dissolving into smaller remnant holdouts until Jawajuice surrendered. Afterwards, while many personnel were recruited by the rising Imperial or Republic factions or became mercenaries if not retire, the bulk of these remnants met Iokath and formed the Federation of Allied Planets as a successor state in 30 ABY.

## Organization

### Governance

Compared to galactic powers before it, the UFP was not actually a ruling government of its own but rather a funded military which protected star systems. However, if necessary, the Federation had emergency protocols to overrule said governments and act as a military junta. The Federal Council, composed of the Federation's Grand Admirals, was the highest authority in the military.

### Symbolism

The primary symbol of the UFP was the Stars of Unity, a blue background with highlighted stars inside a ring, representing the galaxy. The logo was meant to represent absolute unity and peace across the galaxy, as such was the goal of the Federation. The color blue was used to represent the Federation as it was on all official uniforms as well as many banners featuring the Stars of Unity.

A later version of the symbol with a gear ring was used by the successor Federation of Allied Planets.

### Military

In it's early year, the Federal military was disorganized and made up of various groups and other recruits that fought for the Federation with no proper uniform. Some of these included New Republic officers, planetary recruits, various battledroid models including ones from Jawajuice Corporation and lastly the Stormtrooper Corps, which had survived past Imperial remnants and joined the Federation as it was founded.

Post-war, the UFP reorganized its military, with Federal Police in proper uniforms becoming the law enforcement and the Stormtrooper Corps making up the bulk of its elite troops and occupation force, recruiting more to their ranks.

In its late years, systems started to pull back their sent enlists, lowering the numbers of the military. This crisis caused the UFP to overbuy droid units from Jawajuice Corporation with said units then making up a large bulk of the military until its fall.