
What would become the Protectors of the Core, and the Core Starfighter Corps saw its beginnings in 19 BBY, with then Supreme Chancellor Palpatine initation of Order 66; which branded members of the Jedi Order as traitors to the Republic and called for their immediate execution without question or hesitation. Thus the Jedi Purge had begun.
Not all clone troopers obeyed the Order, however. Those that did disobey the order, initially questioned the validity of the order, and even upon confirmation, refused to side with the government over those who had fought alongside them, having developed an affinity for the Jedi. Many also did not even hesitate to disobey the order, though all of them feigned compliance to avoid suspicion, as they had already formed doubts about Palpatine and his new Centax clones.
The Protectors were born from these ranks. Few at first.
The first stormtroopers were Republic clone troopers that the Empire inherited after the Clone Wars. However, the Stormtrooper Corps gradually expanded its ranks to include cloned soldiers from different genetic sources. Further changes in policy led to the recruitment of birth-born Humans as enlisted troopers. Before long, the original clones of the Jango Fett line were reduced to the status of a minority within the army that they once held as their exclusive province.
With these additions and the minoritization of the Fett and other template clones, those remaining left the service of the Galactic Empire; to make their own ways in the universe. Many as bounty hunters and priviate military/security contractors; but man saugt y a place they could call their own. Where they could be... clones.
With in the Tapani Sector they found that home. A secluded isolationist group, the Protectors began to build their numbers. Of only Clones at first, they expanded, claiming a planet for themselves. To build a society as they saw fit. Small at first, they grew, a stratocracy was formed. The Protectors of the Core were born. The first acts of this new government, was to establish a military. Army. Navy. Starfighter Corps. And so on.
The Core Starfighter Crops (CSC) is the Air/Space fighters of the Protectors of the Core, the CSC is modled after the Old Republic's - Republic Starfighter Corps (RSC).
The Core Starfighter Corps and Core Navy are the two largest users of both Clone and non-Clone forces in the Core of the Protectors.- Core Starfighter Corps Organization/Order of Battle
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Designation
- Protectors Starfighter Corps*
- Numbered Starfighter Core
- Tactical Starfighter Core
- Group
- Wing
- Squadron
- Flight
- Section
- Starfighter
| Number of Craft
- 10 Numbered Starfighter Cores - 6,480-102,400 Starfighters (Plus support crews)*
- 3-4 Tactical Starfighter Cores - 648-10,240 Starfighters (Plus support crews)
- 3-4 Wings - 216-2,560 Starfighters (Plus support crews)
- 2 Wings - 72-640 Starfighters (Plus support crews)
- 3-10 Squadrons - 36-320 Starfighters (Plus support crews)
- 3-4 Flights - 12-32 Starfighters (Plus support crews)
- 2 Sections - 4-8 Starfighters (Plus support crews)
- 2-4 Starfighters
| Officer in Command
- General Chief of the Core Starfighter Corps
- Senior General
- General
- Commander
- Colonel
- Major
- Captain
- Flight Lieutenant
- Lieutenant
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*Though the Organization/Order of Battle for the the Protectors of the Core Starfighter Corps, lists its total strength as 6,480-102,400 Starfighters (plus support crew). At the current time, the Starfighter Corps total strength is at 36-320 Starfighters (plus support crews), along the lines of one (1) Wing or between three (3) and ten (10) squadrons.