Techno Union

The Techno Union is a large coalition of high technology firms in the fictional Star Wars universe.

Purpose

Formed primarily of heavy manufacturing concerns, the Techno Union lobbied the on behalf of its members' interests and attempted to ensure fair commerce between its members. In time, the Techno Union would grow to include galactic shipping magnates to further ensure the free flow of goods.

Corporate signatories, which included Baktoid Armor Workshop, Haor Chall Engineering, Republic Sienar Systems, Kuat Systems Engineering, TaggeCo, BlasTech Industries, and Corellian Engineering Corporation, were provided access to cutting edge technology and research and development facilities. The Union also included the manufacturing worlds of , , , , , Foerost, and . It should be noted that the level to which members backed the union varied.

Involvement with the Confederacy of Independent Systems
In the last decades of the Galactic Republic, Foreman Wat Tambor led the Techno Union to model itself after the Trade Federation, earning a seat in the Senate and the right to defend itself with a droid army. When the Separatist Crisis came to a head, the Techno Union was one of the first to pledge its support to the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

As the conflict grew into the Clone Wars, the Techno Union was one of the Confederacy's key suppliers of starships, battle droids and weapons. It is clear that this point the union was split, with some members choosing to support the Republic. In 20 BBY, the Republic attacked the base on Xagobah. During the course of the battle, Boba Fett tried to assassinate Wat Tambor, only to be stopped by Separatist warlord General Grievous. Eventually however, the Republic liberated Xagobah.

In 19 BBY, unhappy with the progress of the Confederacy droid army and in awe of the prowess of General Grievous, Wat Tambor commissioned research into developing alternative infantry. These included constructing cloning facilities in 's underground caverns for the production of the Confederacy's own clone army — Morgukai clones trained by assassins and the establishment of a secret laboratory on to experiment on the creation of mutants and cyborg control devices.

Nevertheless, this base was powered by a siphon generator that drained a captured geothermal crystal, keeping Rokrul region in a wintery state by draining all the thermal energy from the land. The base also transformed all the males of the nearby Rokrul village into savage mutants. However, the base was destroyed by Anakin Skywalker at the Battle of Nelvaan.

Following the end of the Clone Wars and the rise of the Galactic Empire, the Techno Union was likely folded into the Empire's military-industrial complex along with the other manufacturing interests of the defeated Confederacy.

Appearances
*Cloak of Deception
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*Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
*Star Wars: Clone Wars
*Boba Fett: A New Threat
*Star Wars Republic: The Siege of Saleucami
*Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

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