Eison Gynt was a NautolanmaleJedi Knight of the Old Republic, born to a family line of Jedi. In the years of his youth, he was considered the most talented Padawan in the Jedi Order, and was taken as an apprentice by MasterBarel Ovair, a secret spy for the Sith Empire. During a mission to Yavin 4 to explore the tomb of the Sith LordNaga Sadow, Ovair abandoned Gynt. Ovair reported Gynt's death to the Senate on Coruscant, but Gynt was actually still alive, possessed by the spirit of Sadow. Under Sadow's control, Gynt resurfaced on Coruscant several years later and was slain by Ovair in open combat. Ovair's Imperial allegiance and complicity in Gynt's death were not revealed until years later, when Jedi historianGnost-Dural researched the events of the mission to Yavin 4 and Gynt's reappearance. (Read more...)
"Ovair's triumph over darkness was celebrated, and the Jedi Council assumed that all was well. The question no one asked was this: 'Why would Naga Sadow's spirit seek vengeance, specifically against Master Ovair?'"
"Possessed by the dark spirit of Naga Sadow, Gynt attacked his former master in broad daylight. The brutal battle between the two was staged with all of the Republic watching."
Following the Treaty of Coruscant in 3,653 BBY, which ended the Great Galactic War and started the Cold War, off-worlders discovered the planet Voss by chance, becoming known to both the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic. The Empire attempted to conquer the planet, so the Republic moved in to defend the world from Imperial assault. The Voss Mystics, forewarned by their gift of prophecy, revealed themselves and were able to fend off both occupation forces. Following their mutual defeat, the Empire and Republic established embassies in Voss-Ka in an attempt to curry favor with the Voss. (Read more...)
―Decree of the Voss, enacted after a prophecy by the Voss Mystics[src]
The Gormak were sentienthumanoids native to the planetVoss, a world in the Voss system of the Allied Tion sector in the Outer Rim Territories. They were the more populous of their homeworld's two native sentient species—and they were extremely hostile toward the other, a species known as the Voss. The Gormak were equally hostile toward off-worlders, whom they viewed as allies of the Voss. The Gormak possessed an innate comprehension of technology, although they did not develop flight capability prior to contact with off-worlders. When the planet Voss was discovered by non-natives shortly after the end of the Great Galactic War in 3,653 BBY, the Sith Empire attempted to conquer the world, which the Sith thought was only populated by the Gormak. The attempt failed due to the intervention of the Voss species, and the planet remained independent. Embassies were established by the Empire and the Galactic Republic to curry favor with the Voss alone, an oversight that angered the Gormak. The Gormak built mines, settled in camps, and scavenged stolen technology for their weapons and spacecraft. (Read more...)
As the invasion force moved through the Alderaanian forests, Havoc Squad launched an ambush and engaged Darth Malgus directly in combat. Despite the element of surprise, the Republic forces took many casualties and were almost overwhelmed by the superior number of the Sith force before the female Jedi joined the battle. While the Republic forces regained their momentum, she attacked Darth Malgus, displaying her prowess with her double-bladed lightsaber. With great difficulty and the aid of the Havoc Squad commander she was able to defeat Darth Malgus and secure a victory for the Republic. (Read more...)
"Elsewhere in the Outer Rim, the Sith staged more targeted strikes, destroying our shipyards in the Sluis sector, blockading the Rimma Trade Route, and seizing control of the rich resources of the Minos Cluster."
"Irate senators stormed out in protest over decisions which left their representative sectors exposed to attack. Many of the Republic's diplomatic allies refused to commit their military support to the greater cause. It was every system for itself."
In the early days of the Great Galactic War, the Galactic Republic suffered several successive losses to the newly-discovered Sith Empire in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories. After the Republic Navy's defeat in the Tingel Arm and several other defense failures across the Rim, the Galactic Senate and the Jedi High Council called for an emergency congressional session to organize the Republic Military's defense of the galaxy. The session was inconclusive, as the delegates attempting to select the military's priorities were unable to agree, with many declaring that they were unwilling to participate if their worlds were not properly defended. The Republic's diplomatic allies, who would have otherwise contributed their military forces to the greater war effort, refused to commit their resources to the fight against the Sith. Ultimately, the inability of the Senate to come to a consensus allowed the Sith time to regroup and prepare for what would become a twenty-eight year conflict—one that saw the Republic politically crippled and militarily defeated. (Read more...)
Fekk was a Sullustanpirate who served under CaptainJet Nebula aboard the starshipAuriga Fire. The ship originally worked for the Republic, but eventually the crew became more inclined to answer the Hutt Cartel. During the Cold War, when the Auriga Fire intercepted the starship Cinzia, Fekk was among the crew members who joined the RodianShinqo in mutiny in hopes of taking the Cinzia for themselves. Holding Nebula at blasterpoint, Shinqo ordered Fekk and fellow Sullustan Gelss to prepare for action, but the Cinzia suddenly exploded. In the confusion, Nebula's droid grabbed Shinqo's blaster and pointed it at the Rodian, who yielded. With the ship back under Nebula's control, the crew found a navicomp and a nest that produced hex droids—an apprehensive type of droid created by Lema Xandret—amidst the Cinzia's wreckage. (Read more...)
"Darth Drear wrote that he had found an elixir for staving off death itself, the ingredients of which he recorded in the Holocron—including, of course, your beloved orchid. The mixture was complete in and of itself, with a single flaw— The inevitable dissolution of the tissue."
Darth Drear was a maleSith Lord who served the Sith Empire around 4,645 BBY. He founded a Sith academy on the planetOdacer-Faustin and worked his students to death as they labored in the construction of the academy. Beneath the academy library, Drear built a temple, where he practiced Sith alchemy and searched for a pathway to immortality. He developed an elixir to fulfill his goal, effectively creating a disease that turned all those infected into zombies, knowledge he recorded into a holocron. Before Drear could successfully implement the final stage of his project, however, he succumbed to the effects of the disease and died. (Read more...)
"For those of you who just arrived, I will explain this only once. Although in truth, I shouldn't have to explain it at all. Your own Force sensitivity ought to be sufficient for you to realize that we're dealing with an unforeseen development at the academy—a chain of events that, at this point, is still unclear."
―Master Traan, to a convocation of Sith students[src]
Traan was a Humanmale who served as a Master in the Sith Order under the banner of the reconstituted Sith Empire. In 3,645 BBY, Traan was serving as an instructor at the Sith academy on the frozen planet of Odacer-Faustin under the direction of the Sith LordDarth Scabrous. That year, one of Lord Scabrous's alchemical experiments resulted in the creation of a virus that killed living flesh and reanimated the deceased. When an infected student escaped Scabrous's tower and began to spread the disease, Traan and the academy's other Masters sensed a disturbance in the Force and decided to suspend normal instruction until the issue passed. Traan informed the students of the choice during a short convocation, but the decision ultimately did little good—the disease quickly claimed the lives of the entirety of the student body as well as those of the academy's leaders. (Read more...)
Darth Vich was a male who served as a Lord in the reconstituted Sith Empire around 3,681 BBY. Vich ascended to the position at a young age, and was still considered young when the Empire revealed itself to the greater galaxy and initiated a massive war with the Galactic Republic. Shortly after the beginning of the conflict, Darth Vich discovered the planetRattatak and its warlike inhabitants. He took hundreds of Rattataki tribes from the world and transformed them into his personal army, which he later attempted to use in an effort to take power in the Empire. The insurrection ultimately failed, and the majority of Vich's Rattataki forces were either killed or enslaved. (Read more...)
Val was a Humanfemale who lived during the Great Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. Val was the sister of Natala Yooms, the wife of Zeerid Korr, and the mother of Arra Yooms. Although she lived with her husband and daughter on the Mid Rimworld of Vulta, Val's time with Korr was limited, as he served as a commando and pilot for the Republic's Special Forces during the war. At some point prior to the Battle of Alderaan, Val became plagued with dizzy spells but still elected to take Arra to visit Korr during his planetside leave. While driving to meet her husband, Val suffered an episode and swerved into another airspeeder. The accident killed Val and crippled Arra, leaving Korr as a widower caring for a disabled daughter. (Read more...)
"In the first wave alone, the Sith succeeded in seizing control of several star systems in the Outer Rim, destroying the Republic’s shipyards in the Sluis sector, and strangling the popular Rimma Trade Route."
The devastation of the planetManaan was an act carried out by the Sith Empire during the Great Galactic War, sometime between 3,681 BBY and 3,653 BBY. After centuries of hiding in sectors of space unexplored by the Galactic Republic, the Sith returned to the known galaxy and initiated their crusade against the Republic's member worlds and other planets. In their campaign for dominance, the Empire traveled to the water world of Manaan, a planet known for its staunch devotion to neutrality during periods of war. The Sith refused to accept the native Selkath's tradition of impartiality and so destroyed all of the free-floating surface structures on the planet. (Read more...)
"Elsewhere in the Outer Rim, the Sith staged more targeted strikes, destroying our shipyards in the Sluis sector, blockading the Rimma Trade Route, and seizing control of the rich resources of the Minos Cluster."
"Born to a wealthy family with a proud military tradition, Kilran proved himself (to no one's surprise) a capable right-hand man to the Sith during the Empire's early assaults on the Brema Sector. When his Sith superior died during the Battle of Ord Ibanna, however, Kilran showed that he was more than an able tactical advisor—he assumed command of the ragged Imperial fleet and led them to a swift and decisive victory."
"The galaxy's criminal networks wavered endlessly during the Great War, debating whether to back the Republic or the Empire. Although the Hutt Cartels resented the Sith Emperor for not including them in his pre-war conspiracy, Imperial Intelligence somehow blocked the Republic's efforts to win the Hutts' support."
After the Sith Empire's return to the known galaxy during the Great Galactic War, Imperial representatives from the Ministry of Intelligence brokered a treaty with the powerful Hutt Cartel. The agreement stipulated that, as the Empire grew in power and territory over the course of the Great Galactic War and the subsequent Cold War, the Hutts would be allowed to maintain their sovereignty and neutrality, provided neither they nor any inferior clans or subsidiaries worked to further the interests of the Galactic Republic—the Empire's primary nemesis in the wars.
The treaty benefited both parties until around 3,643 BBY, when three Hutt families violated its terms and worked alongside Republic researchers on the planetQuesh to manufacture adrenal stimulants. The Empire discovered the operation and forced the Cartel to label the three families as traitors and join the Sith in an assault on Quesh. (Read more...)
"This holoprojection was a gift from Queen Ressa of Drezzi to thank Darth Nyriss for her merciful treatment of the royal family when the Empire conquered their world. Her husband was executed, but the queen and her children were spared."
"This holoprojection was a gift from Queen Ressa of Drezzi to thank Darth Nyriss for her merciful treatment of the royal family when the Empire conquered their world. Her husband was executed, but the queen and her children were spared."
Ozurist was a maleLethanTwi'lek who lived on Coruscant during the Cold War. A chief engineer who was employed in The Works throughout much of the Great Galactic War and the Cold War, Ozurist developed a strong devotion to both his fellow biologicals and the machines he served. During the Cold War, Ozurist asked a Republic-allied individual for help saving one of the "great machines" from destruction by rogue droids known as "mobiles." (Read more...)
"I'm sorry, I should've told Nik the truth. I was just hoping to spare his feelings. Life with him was miserable. Not only were we barely scraping by, but I was fed up. His jealousy was driving me crazy! He didn't want me talking to anyone or going out. Life here is… better."
Ria Deleru was a Nautolanfemale who lived during the Great Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. During the war, she immigrated to the capitalworld of the Republic, Coruscant, with her husband, Nik Deleru, but the two found life in the planet's Galactic City difficult. They were among the thousands of other alienrefugees who occupied the Old Galactic Marketsector in the aftermath of the Sacking of Coruscant at the end of the war, and like many of their contemporaries, the two fell into severe poverty. Around 3,643 BBY, during the Cold War, Ria became fed up with her economic situation and Nik's jealous and obsessive behavior, and so chose to escape into a life as an erotic dancer with Hanera's Dance Troupe. She led Nik to believe that she had been captured by the violent crime organization known as the Migrant Merchants' Guild, and although he sent an emissary to retrieve her, she was able to convince the messenger that she had found a better life. (Read more...)
Vastil was a Humanmale who lived on the Outer Rimplanet of Tatooine during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. A native of the settlement Espelar, he joined the Anchorhead Guard to defend the area from attack. When a Republic-allied individual offered to train the new recruits, Vastil accompanied the individual against the native Tusken Raiders in the area, and also to rescue a group of militiamen from the militia's Manister Base. The base had been overrun by a hive of Geonosians, a species from the nearby planet Geonosis, and the recruits helped get the injured militia members to safety while individual held off the enemy. Thanks to the Republic individual's training and his own bravery, Vastil was fully inducted into the militia. (Read more…)
Galen Besk was a former Jedi who lived during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. A maleMiraluka, Galen put aside his lightsaber after the Great Galactic War and settled on the Outer Rimworld of Tatooine, where he believed he could make a better difference by helping settlers. He quickly became a leader amongst the settlers, but remained aware of many of the events on the planet and the galaxy as a whole. When a Republic-allied individual arrived on the planet, Besk asked the individual for help in solving many of the settlers' problems. (Read more…)
"I've gone inside the Dealer's Den half a dozen times to confront him, and he's beaten me within a centimeter of my life each time... He needs to be talked down or knocked out if I'm going to arrest him. I'm no match but you might have a shot."
―Officer Anstiss, discussing with an individual her attempts to arrest Gambo[src]
"With his army well-trained, Vaiken led a campaign to carve a footprint into the wilderness of Dromund Kaas to create room for the Empire's new capital to flourish."
Shortly after their arrival on Dromund Kaas, the people of the reborn Sith Empire launched a campaign to clear a wilderness region on the planet. The effort was conceived and organized by the founder and first leader of the Imperial Military, Odile Vaiken. Vaiken led a newly-formed army of Imperial revivalists into the jungle wilds of the untamed Dromund Kaas, carving into the habitats of native animal species and clearing the way for the Sith to gain a secure foothold on the world. When the project reached completion, the Imperials had cleared enough of the wilderness to allow for their leaders to begin building a new capital that would later come to be known as Kaas City. (Read more…)
During the Flesh Raider uprising on the Deep Coreworld of Tython, the apprentice of Jedi MasterOrgus Din was forced to fight a group of the native Flesh Raiders when ordered to investigate activity near the ruins of the ancient temple Kaleth. In an ancient shrine near the ruins, the Padawan was surprised to encounter Force-sensitive Flesh Raiders, and managed to defeat the hostile natives despite their advantage in numbers. The revelation that some of the natives were Force-sensitive, and were seemingly being trained by a holocron, was a prospect that the Jedi Order found alarming in light of the Flesh Raiders' increased attacks, and the Dark JediBengel Morr would use these natives as Force Adepts in the coming battles. (Read more…)
During the Flesh Raider uprising on Tython during the Cold War, the apprentice of Jedi MasterOrgus Dinassaulted a Flesh Raider camp in the Forsaken Den, a cave near the ruins of the temple-cityKaleth in an attempt to drive the natives out of the area. After a successful raid on the Flesh Raider command base by a Jedi strike force, the Jedi Order learned of a great number of Flesh Raider camps across the planet. The Order mobilized all available Jedi on the world to eliminate the natives' war camps in a series of simultaneous strikes, and Din's apprentice was sent to eliminate a camp in the cave system known as the Forsaken Den near Kaleth. There, the Padawan found a wounded Selkath Jedi named Laotah, who before his death warned the apprentice of the Force-sensitive Flesh Raiders within. The young Jedi proceeded to defeat the natives within, and was forced to return to Kalikori Village when Din received a distress call. (Read more…)
"My scouts have tracked the Flesh Raiders for months. Watched them grow in strength. I will share what we've discovered, but only if you agree to protect my people. We… we suffer…"
Sumari was a Twi'lekfemale and the Matriarch of Kalikori Village on the planetTython. Succeeding Kolovish as leader of the Pilgrims, Sumari brought her daughter Ranna Tao'Ven with her to Tython, where the Pilgrims built their small settlement in the Tythos Ridge mountains near the Jedi Order's new Temple. Sumari served as Matriarch for several years until she fell ill around 3,643 BBY, when the native Flesh Raiders began to attack both the Jedi and the villagers in greater numbers. Despite her sickness, Sumari directed her villagers while aiding the Order in investigating the causes of the natives' recent activities. Ultimately, however, the Twi'lek succumbed to her illness and died, leaving her daughter as the new Matriarch. (Read more…)
"Oh no. No, no, no, not Bellis! He can't be dead! No! Bellis risked his life every day for you, and now you've gone and gotten him killed! My poor, sweet Bellis…"
Lin was a Humanfemale who lived with her husband, Bellis, on the planetOrd Mantell during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. During a war fought between the Republic and a group of separatists attempting to overthrow Ord Mantell's government, the couple had a house in Talloran village, which was the first village taken over by the separatists on the island of Avilatan. At that time, Bellis spied on separatist activities for the Republic, but, during the year3,643 BBY, he was killed by separatists while waiting to meet with a sergeant of the Republic Special Forces unit Havoc Squad in Talloran village. Lin learned of her husband's death when she encountered the Sergeant in her house while looking for Bellis's field box, a type of case in which Republic agents stored important information. Lin was greatly upset by her husband's death—blaming the Sergeant and the Republic—before giving the box to the Sergeant.
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"There shouldn't be any argument. The Republic is here to save the people of Corellia—period." "We're here to win a war, Senator. What good is saving lives if we lose the blasted planet?"
"I'm from the planet Aaeton, only half-day's journey from here. Young people from my planet often go on survival camping trips on Ragoon-6 when we reach fourteen years of age. We have a special allowance from the Senate because we gave the elders of Ragoon refuge when they handed the planet over to the Senate."
Republic Law 44-12 was a law passed by the Senate of the Galactic Republic which outlawed the use of Rylothian slave collars in Republic space. It was in effect as early as the Cold War between the Republic and the Sith Empire, though laws against slavery were a part of the Republic ever since its formation after the fall of the RakataInfinite Empire. Slave collars, and the chips that were used to make them, ensured the continued existence of slavery as they provided a means to control the individuals. Republic Law 44-12 sought to provide specific measures to prevent the use of the collars and chips. (Read more...)
A spy ray was a sophisticated surveillance device developed by DoctorNasan Godera for the Galactic Republic during the Great Galactic War with the Sith Empire. By projecting beams of particles that would pass through or reflect off of matter depending on the object's density, the spy ray was able to generate high-resolution images of targets across an entire star system, and it saw great use in the hands of the Strategic Information Service, the Republic's primary intelligence agency. (Read more…)
"Finally tracked down my old squad-mates, master Jedi. Wishing I hadn't. GeneralGarza recruited them into the Special Forces black ops program, but now they're in a detention facility on Berrun—convicted of war crimes."
"The Jedi Council will assign you a new Master to oversee your final trials. You'll be tested in ways you can't imagine. But when you leave Tython, you'll know what it means to be a Jedi Knight. More importantly, you'll know yourself."
Derrin Weller was a HumanmaleJedi Knight who served the Jedi Order on the planetTython during the Cold War with the resurgent Sith Empire. Charged with the protection of the training grounds in the Tythonian Gnarls region, Weller received new Padawans upon their arrival to Tython at the Masters' Retreat, though his duties were interrupted in 3,643 BBY when Tython's native Flesh Raiders launched an attack on the training grounds. Forced to order a newly–arrived apprentice into battle against the Flesh Raiders, Weller joined the fight to defend the training grounds after informing the Jedi Council of the situation, but he soon received a leg wound from a blaster–wielding Flesh Raider while rescuing several Padawans. Fortunately for Weller, the injury was non-fatal, and he was quickly evacuated to a nearby medcenter. (Read more…)
Folaris was a Humanfemale who lived on the planetCoruscant during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. She served as a police officer for the Coruscant Security Force, working as an undercover agent in the Black Sun Territory. Around 3,643 BBY, Folaris discovered that the Black Sun criminal syndicate was planning to purge several members—informants and rival gang leaders—it suspected of undermining its operations. Folaris wanted access to that list so that the persons targeted could be warned. However, she also saw an opportunity in selling the list: if the names went public, the targeted persons would possibly be warned and Folaris would be able to supplement her income. A Republic individual whom Folaris had recruited to help her convinced her not to sell the list but turn it over to her superiors.
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"I came from a pacifist colony, Master Jedi. We were bullied remorselessly: by pirates, corporations, Hutts, even governments. I joined the military as soon as I could. Peace only comes to those willing to fight for it."
"Can't believe it! We just took down Salarr. Black Sun won't forget that anytime soon. We lost some good soldiers, but this victory gives their deaths meaning."
The special tactical unit was a policespecial forces team of the Coruscant Security Force (CSF) that operated during the era of the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. Special tactical units were composed of CSF police officers and Republic soldiers, and were meant to give military grade tactics and weapons to the police as a bridge between them and the military. One particular unit's goal was to fight back against the Black Sun gang, and it was placed under the command of CSF SergeantNidaljo. In the aftermath of the planetCoruscant's sacking and brief occupation by the Empire, chaos and near anarchy overwhelmed the already exhausted and depleted ranks of the CSF. The newly formed Black Sun gang attained sufficient armament and strength to allow them to take over several sectors of Galactic City. Nidaljo's unit was sent in to fight back against the gang. Around 3,643 BBY, Nidaljo's unit was involved in a raid on the Black Sun Headquarters, during which four police officers were wounded and seven killed. However, with the assistance of a Jedi Knight, they were able to infiltrate the headquarters and kill Black Sun's leader, Salarr.
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"The Twi'lek female is my servant. Care for her as you would me." "An alien, my lord? As I'm sure you know, Imperial medical facilities in-theater are restricted—" "Care for her as you would me. Do you understand?"
―A Corps doctor objects to Darth Malgus' request that Eleena Daru be treated[src]
The Imperial Medical Corps was a division within the Imperial Military of the reconstituted Sith Empire that was charged with the medical treatment and care of the Imperial forces—though like much of the Empire, the Corps discriminated against those who were not Human or pureblood Sith. The division was deployed on both active battlefields and conquered planets, and the Corps fell under the jurisdiction of the Sphere of Biotic Science and the member of the Empire's ruling Dark Council who controlled that Sphere of Influence within the Empire. (Read more…)
"You look terrific, Prudy. Have you lost weight? Love the new hairstyle." "Two years without so much as a holo, and that's all you can say? You abandoned me at our wedding!"
"Every man, woman, and child on Nathema died that day. Every beast, bird, and fish; all the insects and plants; every living being touched by the Force was consumed. When the ritual ended, Nathema was no longer a world. It was a husk sucked dry. Lord Vitiate sacrificed millions, stealing their life force to make himself immortal."
"Have you come to protect the Shock Drum like Master Kiwiiks?" "What happened to her?" "She defended us against Imperial soldiers led by a Sith. She fought bravely, but the Sith was stronger."
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