[Extract from: Holo-Net/Shadowfeed Holo-Show, The Seasons in Politics, Season Six, Episode Ninety-Two, Politics Special Report, Victory to Peace!]

[Tonight's Panel: - Rokasa Valadi (RV) Presenter (Twi'lek), Nirn Dahad (ND) Presenter (Human), Zol Makhak (ZM) Professor of Gal-Econ, University of Muunilist (Muun), Calvad Yur (CY) Professor of Comparative Legalworks and Professor of Historical Warfare, Serrano InterGalLearning, (Human), Senator Toonbuck Toora (TT), Senator for Sy Marth (Sy Marthian)]

RV: {Welcome All to another episode of The Seasons in Politics! And today is a truly wonderful day, is it not Nirn!?}

ND: {Yes indeed it is Rokasa! For today we have heard word only mere hours ago that Peace is finally to be brought before the Council and then the Parliament after tough, but fair, negotiations at Bothawui. While nothing has been officially signed as yet announcements by all parties involved, and of ceasefire orders transmitted to frontline units, it seems that the Day of our Freedom has arrived!}

RV: {Indeed Nirn, as you say nothing has yet been ratified, but consensus has been sufficiently achieved that the day the Founder, our fallen Great Leader, Count Dooku dreamed of has finally come and we are free of the shackles and tyranny of the Galactic Republic. With this in mind we welcome our panel for the night to discuss these historical events, with the honourable Senator for Sy Marth, Toonbuck Toora}

Applause.

RV: {The renowned economist and member of the IGBC's Analytics Division, Professor Zol Makhak…}

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RV: (…and, not least, historian and legal professor Calvad Yor}

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ND: {And our wonderful audience, both on-planet and watching over the holo-lanes! Welcome one and all to this historic episode! Now, I think it would be best to start with you Senator. It seems matters have progressed very quickly, to surprise of many in audience I'd expect. Why do you think this progress has been so swift compared to previous efforts?}

TT: {First I will say thank you for having me on this wonderful show, Nirn, Rokasa, and it is an honour to be able to speak directly to the citizenry of our nation, now, at last, acknowledged as it should long have been by those now squabbling for the throne of the dying, not the walking corpse that is the Galactic Republic…}

Loud Applause

TT {Thank you, but to answer the question, one has to understand that negotiations have never stopped throughout the war, and the Treaty of Corellia was successful achieved. I would point that this new Treaty in many ways is simply a reconfirmation of that treaty by the Republics squabbling factions"

RV: {Many say it abandons worlds that were to be freed under the Treaty of Corellia}

TT: {Some argue that, yes, but practical acceptance of the galaxy at large is unfortunately something that must be considered. Seeking to retake those systems, as matters stands, would see them wrecked beyond all repair, their populations slaughtered as we have seen in the damage done to Rodia and Geonosis. Nor would it lift the sieges of Cato Neimodia or Devaron. What could be done, and has been done, has been negotiating favourable terms for those still occupied worlds…even those systems, such as Sullust, that have displayed less than earnest allegiance to our great enterprise}

CY: {My apologies for interrupting, but I have to agree with the honourable senator. Many of those system have, if one looks at it somewhat cynically, switched sides due to favourable trade winds, or the change in local conditions. Much as we are all loathe to think well of the warlord state to our galactic southern trailing, they, like we, have shorn themselves of much of the influence of the Core and Colonies oppression that had caused them to join our noble cause. I'm afraid sending billions to their deaths to retake such…fickle…systems is most unwise}

ND: {Yes, Professor Yur, you make valid points. Why the ruling council of Sullust have hardly changed in the years of the war, and yet they, even now, refuse to do little more than demean the sacrifice that the glorious Dua Ningo made for our freedom, giving his very life that the Confederacy may see a bright future. Is that due to commercial interests alone?}

ZM: {I am best able to answer that, perhaps?}

Nods from and gestures from rest of panel.

ZM: {Such matters in the Republic have seen a collapse into competing interests, primarily in the Core where the traditional rivalries of Alsakan and Coruscant clash with those of Kuat, along with Corellia. Economically this makes sense as all involved represent the varying business interests that control the Republic. This also applies to regional magnates and corporations as we've seen from Eriadu and Sullust, along with the Greater Javin and Juvex-Senex Sector Trade Houses rising to power within the Eriadu statelet. Sullustan corporations have, as such, been allowed greater independence than they previously had under the Galactic Republic, and, now that they are bigger haknaha in a smaller pool…why, they are committed to such things. Truly the cost of returning them to the fold is not worth what it would being to the CIS. Our economy needs to recover, and continued war for such systems is foolishness at best}

CY: {Indeed, I must agree with my colleague from Muunilist. Further pressuring for return of such system is, quite frankly, not worth the cost it would take to retake them as stated. We do not want a hundred more Rodias, nor is it needed. The Republics divisions are its own, and a more conciliatory platform with the Mid and Out Rim faction is the best option for the Confederacy as a whole. Prosperity, and the offer of it, is a better motivator for such re-integration than military force, despite what some believe. Naboo stands as an example of the limits of militarism without our new nation, and Bothawui as the advantages of negotiations. Eriadu has, effectively, seceded from the remaining Galactic Republic, just as we have, in this declaration of an Imperial state of some sort}

RV: {Yes, the United Federal Empire I believe? Though they retain the vile fiends such as the Jedi…}

CY: {They are a long-established institution of the Republic, so it cannot be held against the factions in that Civil War to retain such. That it fell to corruption, tyranny, and madness…well, it is a shame, but what is done in systems beyond ours is for others to decide, just as we decide our own laws. One would hope that, in time, more enlightened and progressive government models and institutions will be introduced, and more…conservative and outdated models left to wither away}

TT: {I agree Professor, it was unfortunate the decline, and it is even more unfortunate to see the depths of depravity that our former Republican friends have fallen too, but it merely reinforces the need for us to bring our part in this terrible conflict to an end}

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ND: {Will it bring the conflict to an end?}

TT: {The Confederacy has been successful in numerous treaty-talks over recent months, from Kashyyyk, Bonadan, and Mon Cala, to now our effort at Bothawui. Will it end all conflict? Not yet of course, as piracy remains a scourge, and likely will remain a scourge Nirn, along with the need to discipline the Mandalorian terrorists on our borders….but it will end our part in the galactic conflict as a whole. No more of our younglings need die stopping Republic tyranny. The Republic can tear itself apart now to its heart's contentment now, for the War of Republic Aggression is over, and, not to glorify it, but we have won, and they have, finally, acknowledged that reality}

CY: {I feel the Senator is correct in this. Will this end war in the galaxy? Sadly no, but that is on the Republic, not on the Confederacy. Peace within our star systems is the best that can be achieved}

ZM: {Yes, we must very much agree. The galactic economy is not in a healthy place after all this warfare, and reinvestment into the civilian economy from military spending is urgently needed. A peace dividend is, as such, one of the greater benefits of this treaty. While the Core and Colonies regions are set to continue being torn by warfare, and piracy, some normalisation of trade with the southern trailing Mid and Outer Rim has been agreed, despite nationalisation efforts made during the war by various Republic factions there}

RV: {Theft you mean?}

ZM; {Legalised theft, yes, but something that, sadly, has been accepted under treaty, and we have a legal framework for some, limited, resumption of trade to lost markets. There has also been limited agreements made on repayment to involved parties from both parties, and our own Parliament will vote on the taking on debts incurred for the loss of Trade Federation, Techno Union, and various other parties' assets due to the war measures taken by the Galactic Republic}

ND: {It still seems like theft to me Professors!}

CY: {Perhaps because it is to some degrees, but losses we have chosen to accept for the good of our citizenry as a whole. We are not discussing the losses, such as on various Corusca and Kuati investment ventures, as those regions are assumed to be consumed by war in the next few months, potentially years, and they have not seen the extensive lobbying campaign such as the Outer Rim investments have seen}

RV: {The Treaties of Mon Cala and Kashyyyk both involved restoration of such investments and legal rights Professor?}

CY: {Our military situation with the Wookies, and the Mon Calamari/Quarren alliance are very different to the one opposite Eriadu. Just as it is the Core Republic factions as I've said}

ZM: {I must agree with Professor Yur. This treaty, and other prior treaties, have been made based on the realities on the hyperlanes so to speak, and are fair when all factors are considered in the equation. It is the same reason for mutual amnesties being granted to the other sides combatants, much as we'd all prefer to bring many criminals, such as the Jedi and various warlords, to justice in the aftermath}

ND: {Yes, it is unfortunate, but worth the price for peace I think we can all agree. Especially with the situation in the Core, do we have opinions on how the conflict may progress there? Civil disorder has been growing there over recent months}

RV: {Civil disorder? Oh, Nirn you have the nicest way of say rioting and rebellions!}

TT: {Events in the Core are for the Republic to deal with, or, whatever pretends to be the Republic government considering the violent repression and terrorism we are seeing there. Distancing ourselves from the violence seems to our best tactic to avoid getting dragged back into the chaos from which we have escaped}

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