Corinth
"Just because they claim the end, doesn't mean we can't make a little profit."
Once a conglomerate of different alien species bound together with loose trade agreements, now turned war profiteers and mercenaries. The Trade Coalition of Corinth is one of the few factions to thrive, despite the war that has claimed the galaxy. The Coalition served under the Galactic Empire in an uneasy alliance. Now, with the great collapse, they can once again grow their Coalition without fear of the Empire.
The City World of Corinth was the capital of one of the few systems under alien rule that was still part of the Human Galactic Empire. The Empire’s first encounter with the Coalition of Corinth was surprisingly peaceful. The Coalition was made up of dozens of species joined in loose trade agreements. These species welcomed the Empire with open arms, and quickly, both sides found there was profit to be made from the other. And so the Coalition joined happily with the Empire.
While the Empire boasted this as the only reason for the peaceful union with the Coalition, a darker side was known to those who originally swore allegiance to Corinth. The Coalition had been under threat of raiders for hundreds of years. These raiders had soon become bolder, and many of the Coalition's outer systems fell, with many worlds ravaged and laid to waste.
This soon threatened the inner systems of the Coalition and Corinth itself. When the Empire arrived, they were welcomed as saviors. In exchange for a peaceful surrender, the Empire wiped the Coalition's enemies from the galaxy in a brutal conflict that ended in genocide.
In the following years, the Coalition proved a loyal vassal and was allowed to govern itself. While the Empire would never admit it, this was due in part to the overextension of their borders and the lack of resources left to spend on providing Lessers to govern the sector after the extermination of the Coalition’s enemy.
The Coalition began to build war fleets in the guise of mercenaries to help protect the Empire’s trade routes. Before these fleets could be turned on the Empire, however, the Great Collapse freed the Coalition.
With their newfound freedom, the Coalition began a new campaign with the goal of controlling what's left of the Empire by providing weapons and mercenary war fleets to fight against enemies of planets too weak to pose a threat. Much like the Coalition once saw the Empire, these systems now see the Coalition as saviors. And much like the Empire, the Coalition is using them to expand its empire.