Sith Crusade

"Like a firestorm across the galaxy, they'll wipe out all before them."

- Luke Skywalker

The Sith Crusade (56 ABY&mdash;66 ABY) was a devestating galactic wide conflict between the New Jedi Order, the Galactic Alliance, the Chiss Ascendancy, the Imperial Remnant, the Meridian Confederation, the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium and the Ottiumigos Centrality (on the side of the Alliance) and the Sith Order of Decreto.

Origins of the Sith crusade
In the year 36 ABY a Jedi Knight–turned Sith Lord named Darth Abeonis wreaked havoc through-out the Outer rim. His fleet devestated hundreds of worlds both without, and within, the Galactic Alliance that had already been devestated by the Yuuzhan Vong War.

For a year the Dark Lord's fleet (formerly the 39th GA Fleet) plagued the Outer rim destroying all who resisted them until the New Jedi Order managed to locate The Soiyo, the flagship of the Sith Armada and board it.

A Jedi taskforce lead by Luke Skywalker, Kyle Katarn and Katae-muri confonted the Dark Lord and his apprentice on the bridge of The Soiyo and; after a long and intense duel managed to overpower the two Sith Lords and return them to the light.

However, even though the Dark Lord&mdash;Jasca Ducato, had returned to the light the populous of the Galactic Alliance wouldn't forget the fear and suffering they had gone though in the last year and Jasca soon became a way for the people of the galaxy to vent their frustration about the Jedi, and the galactic government as a whole. Within a year it became apparent that Jasca couldn't hold his ground any longer; he was becoming paranoid and isolated. So it was decided to remove him from the galactic theatre but still keep him busy.

So, three years after his return to the light, Jasca and the crew of The Soiyo left the Galactic Alliance to explore the Unknown Regions.

Discovery of the Sith
"These ruins, they look like they've been here for thousands of years."

- Unknown Jedi Knight on Nerezza

It would not be long before the Jedi under Jasca Ducato discovered something the didn't want to find; the Sith.

Unknown the the Galactic Alliance, or the Jedi, a long lost Sith Order had been in hiding within the Unknown Regions for over 5,000 years. These Sith were the direct successors to the first Dark lords of the Original Sith Empire and, following the defeat of their masters during the Great Hyperspace War had fled into the Unknown Regions. Once here they had slowly built up their power and influence to become a formidable military force; all the mean-time remaining hidden from the galaxy as a whole, until the year 41 ABY.

After a sudden battle which saw the capture of several hundred Jedi the Sith found themselves on the run. For two years the Dark Lord of the Decreton Empire Lord Guerreiro was chased by the Jedi whilst holding their commanding officer&mdash;Jasca Ducato&mdash;prisoner.

Eventually the Dark Lord was defeated and Ducato escaped, but not before he once again turned to the dark side of the Force. Returning to his vessel he succedded in corrupting the entire crew and once again made The Soiyo a Sith vessel.

Conquering the Sith
How they acheived this is unknown, but over the next thirteen years the crew of The Soiyo slowly managed to absorb the entire Decreton Empire under the command of the reborn Darth Abeonis.

Start of hostilities
"It's war then&hellip;"

- Darth Micail

In the year 56 ABY, with the entire Decreton Empire under his control, Darth Abeonis invaded the Chiss Ascendancy and after just six months they had conquered its capital and fractured the Chiss government. Despite pleas for help to the Galactic Alliance the Chiss surrendered, but maintained armed rebellion amongst the conquered worlds.

Two years later came the turn of the Imperial Remnant. Once again, quickly and swiftly the enemies of the Sith fell and the planets of Yaga Minor, Bastion and Muunilist were conquered. It was now the turn of the Galactic Alliance.

Appeasement
Desperate to avoid another war the Galactic Alliance ignored the warnings of the Jedi order and procceded to attempt to appease the Sith in the hopes it would avoid an all-out war. A treaty was drawn up which saw several thousand world including Er'kit, Agamar, Morishim, Ord Biniir, Bimmiel, Dantooine, Dubrillion, Adumar, Telos, Dorin, Reecee and Anobis change hands and become Sith planets.

At first this seemed to work and the Galactic Alliance soon became hopeful that an all out war would become unlikely. All that prevented the Alliance from retreating its miltary from its borders was the warnings of the Jedi Council. But, by 61 ABY it became clear to Cal Omas, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Alliance, that the Jedi had been right all along.

Invasion
"A Sith Crusade has begun. Nothing shall stand in their way; we shall unite, or we shall fall."

- Luke Skywalker at Ossus

At the beginning of 61 ABY the Sith Empire attacked eight Alliance sectors simultaneously and conquered each one within a day. The Alliance was caught completely by surprise and many lives were lost.

Devestated by the sudden loss of life Cal Omas suddenly found himself "under the spotlight" and being criticised not only for allowing the Sith to invade unchallenged but for the Treaty of Secessions, and the Jedi being praised for their accurate predictions of the future.

Cal Omas found himself being bombarded with senators declaring the open opposition of Omas' reign, but thanks to Presidential Order 0114/F his position was safe and secure.

However, due to the death of Admiral Argos, who had died at the battle of Belkadan, and their victory at Helska the Sith invaders found themselves with a clear run straight into the heart of the Corporate sector.

Taking full advantage of this the Sith struck hard and decimated the Alliance's rather dismal rearguard action, killing hundreds-of-thousands of the Galactic Alliance's defence force.

Ruuria and beyond
Once on Ruuria the Sith found themselves stalled by the native Ruurians who, ironically, through their lack of resistance took longer to eliminate then they would have during a battle. Why the Sith invaded Ruuria was unknown until a few months later.

During the second month of the war, Darth Abeonis found himself being personally needed on the frontline. The Alliance garrison on Ord Radama, though cut off from reinforcments, was refusing to surrender and inflicting heavy casualties upon the Sith attackers. In order for the Sith advance to continue unchanged Ord Radama had to fall; which, eventually, with heavy Sith casualties, it did. Ord Radama was the first time the Galactic Alliance encountered the Sith Knights, and it would not be the last.

For two months later, after a brief period of rest, the Sith invaded Korriban. Determined to hold the ancient Sith burial world Cal Omas and Luke Skywalker both agreed that the Jedi should be brought into the war, and so they were.

For a long time Korriban had been under Galactic Alliance control and the Sith Knights knew that if the planet were to fall to the invaders it would be a massive morale booster to not only the Sith military, but its population hidden away in the Unknown Regions.

And so Korriban was attacked, and for the first time during the war Jedi met Sith. The losses were terrible and eventually, as Skywalker had predicted, Korriban fell to the invading Sith Knights.

Next came the invasion of the Meridian Confederation, which, despite Alliance assistance was decimated by the Sith invaders. So determined to "set an example" to any other galactic organization that opposed the Sith Rhen Var, capital of the Meridian Confederation was literally destroyed by the Sith forces under the command of the learner, Darth Dimicatio. Not only did this have the desired affect, several hundred worlds that had previously been allied to the Galactic Alliance switched sides and join the Sith, it also destroyed the morale of the Alliance population.

Known battles
TO BE CONTINUED
 * Battle of Csilla
 * Battle of Ansion
 * Battle of Yaga Minor
 * Battle of Bastion
 * Battle of Rakata Prime
 * Battle of Belkadan
 * Battle of Helska
 * Battle of Ruuria
 * Mission to Ord Radama
 * Battle of Korriban
 * The Meridian campaign
 * Battle of Elom
 * Battle of Troiken
 * Battle of Toola
 * Battle of Rhen Var
 * Battle of Dathomir
 * First Battle of Yavin
 * Battle of Empress Teta
 * Battle of Bilbringi
 * Second Battle of Yavin
 * The Second Campaign
 * Invasion of the Ssi-ruuk Star cluster
 * Battle of Bakura
 * Battle of Anoth
 * The Trade Spine campaign
 * First Battle of Belderone
 * Battle of Gala
 * Second Battle of Belderone
 * Third Battle of Yavin
 * Battle of the Cron Drift
 * Battle of Ossus
 * Seige of Dac
 * The Third Campaign
 * Battle of Novus Kamino Prime (Sith Crusade) (SCBC)Battle of Novus Kamino Prime