I'll have to be Republic, at least for my first character. In all RPG's (and this is an RPG make no mistake) I always play my fist character as if it were me making the decisions - and I'm simply too much of a nice guy (read: too soft) to make those evil decisions for the most part.
Second time though I'm happy to play as a hard-ass though
Second time though I'm happy to play as a hard-ass though