Быть может, Первый порядок в планах Сноука выполняет роль красной тряпки, на которую горячо отреагируют все бычки республики, тем самым отвлекая на себя внимание республиканской разведки.
Тут надо бы узнать про положение на оставшихся имперских территориях - там по идее должно начаться шевеление.

"synopsis for Claudia Gray’s Bloodline"

The entire generation has prospered during an era of peace. The New Republic, governed by the Galactic Senate on Hosnian Prime, has held power for more than two decades. The wars that divided the galaxy are fading into legend.
Yet conflict has begun to take shape within the Senate. Two unofficial but powerful factions have formed – the Populists, who believe individual planets should retain almost all authority, and the Centrists, who favor a stronger galactic government and a more powerful military.
As the political gridlock threatens to cripple the fledgling democracy, Centrists leaders have called for the election of a “First Senator”. It is their hope that this powerful position will bring order to the divided Senate. But Populists like Senator Leia Organa Solo know all too well the price of such order. Even as the election nears, the divisions between the worlds of the galaxy are growing wider…


Неужели, Первый Порядок произошёл от части Республики? А остатки Имперцев у себя восстанавливали Армию и Флот и под руководством Сноука позже слились в единую силу?
First Senator -> First Order