Catshubanni Coalition

The Catshubanni coalition was made up of dozens of smaller clans, lead by three of the largest clans. For the most part, the coalitions territory was refered to as 'the colonies' and located in the far outer rim, and mid rim, with a few holdings in the mid rim. The Catshubanni Coalition Defence Fleet, or CCDF, was made up of the most territorial of clans, and assigned to patrol their borders frequently. Most Catshubanni were fiercely loyal, and served at least a few years in the armies or fleets.

History
"Our people are a proud people. We've clawed our way from the mud to become this great race" - Sha'Ad'Ow

For years, the Catshubanni lived in seperate tribes on thier homeworld of Catshubann, and were fiercely territorial, which lead to savage fighting among one another. This changed when the planet was discovered by the Galactic Interplanetary Alliance, and they discovered space travel.

The Catshubanni spread quickly, taking several worlds that had once been an unknown expanse of space. While fleets of Catshubanni expanded, the clans on the homeworld were unifying, in order to meld their race into something to be feared bt the rest of the galaxy.

The coalition was created in the city of Graleth, a year after the death of Darth Krayt. Despite wanting to be resprected, the coalition never actually engaged in any warfare with the Galactic Interplanetary Alliance. In fact, they allied with the alliance to fight the Empire. The coalitions holdings were known as the Catshubanni colonies, though most of them in the far outer rim, many worlds established trading posts on their worlds, bringing in a large source of income.

War with Lalagar
Seventeen years after the creation of the coalition, the Lalagar  a powerful faction from the unknown regions, attacked the coalition. The Lalagaris' vicious, all or nothing attack that shook the coalition to its' core. Within a month, their was fighting on Catshubann. The Lalagari declared victory, which enraged the ruling council, who'd been forced into hiding.

As the Lalagari went about taking cities, the Catshubanni ground forces embarked on a vicious guerilla war, using the planets terrain to their advantage. Lalagari forces were decimated in weeks, and by the time two months had passed, the invaders were forced to abandon the planet. News of the victory reached other Catshubanni forces, who rallied, and beat back the invading forces.

After the last of the Lalagari had been beaten out of coalition space, the Catshubanni went on th offensive. After three months of fighting, the Catshubanni captured the Lalagaris holdings, and destroyed all life on Lalagar itself.

Military
Despite their ferocity, the Catshubanni seldomnly engaged in large fleet or ground battles. Many of their ships were corvette or frigate sized, with only a few battle cruiser class vessels in any one fleet. For the most part, Catshubanni fleets preferred to strike their enemies quickly, inflicting the maximum amount of damage, before retreating. This minimized risk to the crew, and served to demoralize and confuse enemies that entered Catshubanni space.

The Catshubanni Coalition Defence Fleet (CCDF) primary duty was to defend the colonies and homeworld, but was not prohibited from taking offensive actions if a fleet commander felt that the threat was great enough. Some elements of the Coalition fleets served as guards for trade and supply ships, protecting them from mercenary and pirate raids.

The defence fleet was actually made up of dozens of smaller ships, that took shifts patrolling the borders of Catshubanni space. These fleets could group together in the defence of a world, which was usually very rare, or split up to inflict as much possible damage on enemies. The base of the CCDF was Mashrah.

Catshubanni ground forces were known for their discipline, and stealth. For the most part, when defending a planet, Catshubanni armies would scatter, leaving only a small force to draw the enemy into prearranged choke points. The Catshubanni preferred to whittle down the enemy with traps and sniper fire, before engaging in close combat.

When attacking an enemy planet, infiltrators would be sent ahead, to disrupt key functions, such as surface to orbit guns, and AA weaponry, along with planetary or localized shields. They were also known to sabotage heavy enemy units, such as walkers or gunships, making certain that they, not their enemy had the complete advantage.

When the main force landed, they generally scattered into seemingly chaotic, but extremely disciplined knots of soldiers and light vehicles, flanking designated targets, and wearing down their defences. This minimized casualties, and named the Catshubanni as an elite fighting force, respected throughout the galaxy.

Astrography
Despite keeping to themselves, by 22 ADK, the Catshubanni had at least two dozen sectors under their control, and trading posts on dozens of other worlds.

Planets in the Catshubanni Coalition

Aereen

Catshubanni

Carzat

Drill

Doluun

Erem VI

Faal

Mashrah

Zarsen