Previous Hutt Cataclysms[1] Next Second Pius Dea Crusade[1] First Pius Dea Crusade Beginning 11,965 BBY[1] Place Hutt Space[1] Outcome Republic victory[1] Combatants Galactic Republic Pius Dea[1] Hutt Space[1] Commanders Contispex I[1] [Source]

The First Pius Dea Crusade was a punitive campaign waged by the Pius Dea Supreme Chancellor Contispex against Hutt Space beginning in the year 11,965 BBY. A humanocentric sect, the Pius Dea had come to power by impeaching the incumbent Chancellor Pers'lya in 11,987 BBY. Shortly after coming into power, Contispex was able to exploit popular anti-Hutt sentiment amongst the Galactic Republic citizenry.

The first major conflict since the Hutt Cataclysms in 15,000 BBY, the First Crusade launched over a millenia of religious conflict. The Republic dispatched a military expedition to Hutt Space—a crime haven which had threatened the Republic's frontiers in preceding millennia—launching their assault along the ancient Ootmian Pabol trade route and from the planets Ord Yndar and Ord Wylan. The Hutts would again be targeted in the Second and Third Crusades, starting a trend of religious persecution of alien species.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

The First Crusade was first indirectly mentioned in the Hyperspace.com-exclusive story Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji by Nathan O'Keefe, released on February 5, 2009.^[2] The Crusade was later greatly expanded on in the 2012 book The Essential Guide to Warfare, which gave background on the crusades' origin and depicted several of them on an accompanying map.^[1]

SourcesEdit

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji (Indirect mention only)
• The Essential Guide to Warfare

Notes and referencesEdit

The Pius Dea Crusades
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