Techno Union/Legends

The Techno Union was a large coalition of high technology firms.

Formed primarily of heavy manufacturing concerns, the Techno Union lobbied the Republic's Senate 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 Fondor, Mechis III, Foundry, Metalorn, Telti, Foerost, and Xagobah. It should be noted that the level to which members backed the union varied.

In the last decades of the Galactic Republic, Foreman Wat Tambor led the Techno Union to modeled its behaviors 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 General Grievous who was there at the time. 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 Saleucami's underground caverns for the production of the Confederacy's own clone army&mdash;Morgukai clones trained by Anzat assassins and the establishment of a secret laboratory on Nelvaan to experiment on the creation of mutants and cyborg control devices.

However, 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 remnants of the Techno Union was likely folded into the Empire's military-industrial complex along with the other manufacturing interests of the defeated Confederacy.

Notable members

 * Dua Ningo: Sullustan commander of the Bulwark Fleet
 * Wat Tambor: Foreman of the Techno Union and Executive of Baktoid Armor Workshop
 * Domb Treetor: Appropriations Chief of the Techno Union and Major
 * Poggle the Lesser: Archduke of Geonosis
 * Tendir Blue: Separatist agent

Battle droids

 * LM-432 crab droid
 * Octuptarra droid
 * Tri-droid

Starfighters

 * Mankvim-814 light interceptor

Capital ships

 * Bulwark-class battlecruiser
 * Hardcell-class interstellar transport

Other

 * Techno Union HoloDroid
 * Skakoan combat engineer
 * Skakoan Legal Deputies

Appearances

 * Cloak of Deception
 * Techno Union Tightens Security at Foerost Shipyards - HoloNet News Vol. 531 53
 * 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