User blog comment:So-Pro Warrior/Season 1-Battle 8: Battle of the two Forces of Good Armies: The Systems Alliance vs. The Grand Army of the Repubic/@comment-4552610-20130324013822

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Leaders
Leader 1: Easy win for Rex. He is better trained, better armed, more disciplined and and is an overall better leader. Leader 2: I say this is a tie. The two are very similar and while James has experience, Cody is likely disciplined and likely more intelligent. Naval Fleet Leader: I'm going with Hackett on this one. Both win in tactics but Hackett is more experienced.
 * EDGE: GAR
 * EDGE: Even
 * EDGE: SA

Armies
Regular Ground Forces: I'm going with the Clone Troopers on four main areas: Overall, the Clone Troopers have the teamwork, discipline and weapons to get the win. Armor Support: The AT-TE is a Beast! Its armor is stronger, its shields are stronger and its weapons are stronger. The M35 Mako may have speed buts its weapons aren't going to do jack to the AT-TE. The AT-TE will either blast it to oblivion or just step on it. Special Forces: People may think this is a close call... but I don't. The Clone Commandos have the same edges as the Clone Troopers. Their Teamwork is stronger, Their Discipline is greater and their Weapons are a hell of allot more powerful. However, they also have the advantage of Armor. Their armor grants them deflector shields, which easily beats Kinetic shields. The N7 will be trying to (and failing at) hurting the Clone Commandos while the Clone Commandos riddle the N7 with holes. Overall, the Clone Commandos win easily. Navy: This is the biggest curve stomp of the bunch. What they lack in numbers they make up more in power and invincibility. The Alliance Ships can keep trying to plow through the Deflector Shields of the Republic Venator in pitiful vein, and even if they get through, they have to get past its powerful hull. Meanwhile, it will be destroying nearly anything with one hit. Even the lightweight fighters the Republic has are more powerful than the Alliance fighters. Overall, the Republic Navy will plow through the Alliance Navy in a very short fight, even with their smaller numbers.
 * 1) Training: The Clone Troopers were trained at a very young age and were given hyper advanced education. The Alliance Marines had a far less advanced education at a far older age.
 * 2) Teamwork: The Alliance Marines have good teamwork but no where neat perfect. They will have disagreements and people not getting along. They weren't breed to fight together and die together. They won't work perfectly together. This is where the Clone Troopers come in with the gold. They are all essentially brothers and were raised together to fight together. The Marines lose hard here.
 * 3) Discipline: The Clone Troopers were raised to be disciplined fighters, fighting with a strait mind. The Alliance Marines are also well disciplined but they no where as near.
 * 4) Weapons: The Alliance Marines have biotics and Kinetic Barriers on their side. However, the Clone Troopers have powerful plasma weaponry that will overpower the Kinetic Barriers in one hit and kill the Marine in another. Biotics won't help too much as it does have a limited reach and is fairly slow. It is also dangerus as using it makes them a glowing target and easy to take out.
 * EDGE: GAR
 * EDGE: GAR
 * EDGE: GAR

Overall
This should be an Easy win for The Grand Army of the Republic. The superior leaders are hard but the superior armies are quite obvious. The Republic brings in the superior army, the superior elite units and the FAR superior fleet. For the specific battles:
 * Eden Prime: The Alliance puts up the biggest fight they can give but the Grand Army of the Republic massacres them. Ashley Williams is captured. Grand Army takes Eden Prime.
 * Horizon: The Alliance gives it their all but they make no progress. The Republic Army keeps them back and are able to keep more men alive. James Vega is killed in action.
 * Space: This will be the fastest battle of the bunch. The Alliance fleet try to attack the Republic Navy's Star Destroyers but can't seem to damage them. The Republic Navy obliterate them quickly. Hackett is killed in action.

As you can see, I have no faith in the Alliance. The Republic brings with them ungodly firepower, superior teamwork and greater determination.