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'''The Corellian Merchants' Guild'''

The Corellian Merchants Guild, or CMG, was reestabilished formally on Day 30, Year 14, by Grand Duke of the Council Tanner A. McFadden.  The CMG is a galaxy-spanning private trade organization that provides monetary aid, information, contacts, starship maintenance and repair facilities, and production resources for its members. Initially, only native Corellians and the owners and crew of Corellian-made starships werre eligible for membership. With the recent expansion of the CMG it has joyfully opened its doors to all Sentients across the galaxy. This is why the Council of the CMG coined a catch phrase of: “Influence that Transcends the Galaxy!”

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'''History'''

The Corellian Merchants’ Guild was originally founded in the ancient days of Corellia, during the infancy of space travel in the galaxy. Founded by wealthy Corellian merchants and important Corellian political figures in the galaxy, the CMG was deeply entrenched in galactic commerce. In the early days of the galaxy, the Corellian government sealed off their borders to interstellar trade vessels.  Those vessels were ordered to drop their payloads in the outlying systems of the Corellian Sector. Afterwards, the CMG would transport and transfer the cargo to their proper destination within the Sector. The CMG had an active role in the Corellian government shipping and travel regulatory divisions, thus making each member wealthy from legitimate compensation, or from informal smuggling transactions. Many Corellians prospered during this ancient time.

The Corellian Merchants’ Guild closed its door for a time period, when the Corellian government ceded the reign of power to the Galactic Empire. Many of the wealthy merchants left their home of Corellia to plant roots in the far reaches of the galaxy, out of the strict control of the Galactic Empire. Because the CMG had major influence in the Corellian government, the Galactic Empire viewed the CMG as a hotbed of sedition and anti-Imperial activity, but because of their influence in the galactic commerce, the Empire could not easily declare the organization illegal.

'''Reemergence'''

Today, the CMG has reemerged with a new headquarters in the Maldrood System. With the forefathers of the Corellian Merchants’ Guild past, the new generation of CMG merchants have embraced the concept of neutrality in the midst of the Galactic Civil War. With neither side making any head-way to win or end this war, the CMG transcends the borders of the galaxy to continue to influence commerce and create prosperity in the far reaches of the existence.

With its operations located within the territory of the Anzatan Commonwealth, the CMG has built a bond with the Privy Council of the Commonwealth for the mutual benefit of both organizations. The CMG Council has found sanctity within the systems of the AC and a strange love for the people of Anzat. The Dukes of the Council of the CMG can be seen routinely carousing the nightlife within the cities on Anzat.

In the year 14, The CMG merged its operations with the production corporation Ord Wurkz and became the sole provider of weapons and battle armor to the Bortele Cluster and Maldrood sectors.