>>102103893They're a terrorist organization that operates in first order space with tepid support from the republic. They're so underfunded that the first order probably has an advantage especially on their home front. For the most part the Republic wants to keep up the lucrative trade with the first order and doesn't see them as a threat. The first order benefits from this trade as well but starkiller base isn't ready or some shit. Basically if that bitch whore junkie slut leia didn't have such a hard on for terrorism after she won then the pub and fo could have lived in peace.
