[Okay, time to do some damage control here. Another who has seen the rise of an Empire without Dooku... what absurd parallel universe do these people come from?]

I must say that you are quite well-informed, for a droid. But I must say, that you've neglected to mention that the Separatists wage their battle against the growing corruption of the Republic. The rise of this... Empire I have heard of cannot be laid at our feet.