GalactaWerks Corporation

"I hear GalactaWerks has been pretty devastating to this sector. They have a hand in all trade in and out of the planet now. It's clearly taking its toll on local business. The only upside is that a percentage of GalactaWerks' profits feed back to the Republic."

"That does not justify this needless suffering. Slavery may be illegal in the Republic, this is hardly much better." - Jedi Masters Thurius and Sotah, regarding the situation on Onderon during the Avalan Crisis.

ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION

• Leadership: Managing Director; CEO; Chairman of the Board; the Board
• Current leadership: Unnamed; various members of the Board
• Headquarters: GalactaWerks Administrative Nexus, Coruscant (official)
• Primary role(s): Commercial enterprise; industrial logistics; political pressure; military representation
• Subsidiaries: Numerous companies (not exhaustively listed)
• Internal organisations: GalactaWerks Marines (paramilitary force; de facto Republic expeditionary capability)
• Major products:
  • J3-series droids
  • GalactaWerks Military (GWM) battle droids
  • Starships and transports
  • Weapons and armour
  • Cybernetics
  • Colonial and industrial equipment
  • Military installations
  • Exploratory commissions
  • Bounty and private security contracts
  • Wildlife acquisition and containment

POLITICAL INFORMATION

• Affiliation: Third Galactic Republic

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

• Formed from: Czerka Arms; Baktoid Armour; numerous other entities
• Date of establishment: 330 ABY (as GalactaWerks)
• Planet of founding: Coruscant
• Founder: Unnamed (330s ABY CEO)
• Notable historical events: Grand Proclamation; Rebuilding the Republic; Kessel Campaign; First Outer Rim Conflict; Second Outer Rim Conflict; the Avalan Crisis

OTHER

• Notable members:
  • Unnamed Managing Director / CEO / Chairman of the Board
  • Intendent Marius Thendleton
  • Kalen "Rex" Vickers (formerly; GalactaWerks Marines Corporal)

HISTORY

Formed from the merger of several major corporations during the Dark Age following the New Mandalorian Crusades, including Czerka Arms and Baktoid Armour, GalactaWerks became instrumental to the economic and industrial foundations of the Third Galactic Republic. Its early support of the Grand Proclamation ensured preferential access to contracts, infrastructure projects, and frontier development initiatives.

Over time, GalactaWerks expanded beyond conventional corporate boundaries, embedding itself deeply into Republic logistics, defence procurement, and exploratory efforts. While publicly framed as a stabilising economic force, the corporation has been widely criticised for monopolistic practices, political coercion, and the erosion of local autonomy, particularly in the Outer Rim.

GalactaWerks' relationship with the Republic has been described by critics as symbiotic but unhealthy. Though formally a private entity, its resources, reach, and paramilitary capacity have repeatedly positioned it as the Republic's primary instrument of force during periods when the Judicial Forces proved insufficient in scale or flexibility.

GalactaWerks Marines

(AKA GWM; Colonial Marines; GWC-PMC)

The GalactaWerks Marines are the corporation's private military arm, operating as a heavily mechanised, expeditionary force designed for rapid deployment, planetary pacification, and asset protection. While officially classified as a corporate security organisation, the Marines have repeatedly functioned as the Republic's de facto standing army during the Outer Rim Conflicts.

Organisationally and doctrinally, the GalactaWerks Marines mirror the colonial military models of earlier galactic empires, favouring aggressive forward operations, overwhelming firepower, and strict command hierarchies. A defining characteristic of the force is its extensive integration of combat droids, which constitute a substantial proportion of frontline and support units, reducing reliance on organic personnel and mitigating political fallout from casualties.

Organic Marine units typically serve as command elements, specialists, and rapid-reaction forces, operating alongside large formations of GWM battle droids. This hybrid structure allows GalactaWerks to sustain prolonged campaigns with minimal public scrutiny while maintaining a veneer of corporate deniability. To many in the Outer Rim, the Marines are viewed less as peacekeepers and more as an occupying force, emblematic of corporate colonialism enforced at blaster-point.

Repatriation Campaigns