Mandalorian Union


 * Tumblr_m89rkgNm531qcefhpo1_1280.jpg "They will know, Mandalore belongs to the Mandalorians" - Jango Fett, Mand'alor the Reborn

The Mandalorian Union is the united front of all Mandalorian clans, factions and people from across the galaxy, all of whome have been fully united behind Jango Fett, Mand'alor the Reborn. The Mandalorian Union consists of Death Watch, New Mandalorians, survivors of the True Mandalorians, Mandalorian Knights, and more. The Mandalorian Union would go on to help fight the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS) alongside the Galactic Republic for the duration of the Clone Wars, and after the Republic's reorganization into the Galactic Empire, the two former allies would become enemies during the Mando-Imperial War. They would go on to continue fighting the Empire in the resulting Cold War, and all the way to the Galactic Civil War an onward.



The Mandalorian Excision
In the last millennia of the regime of the Galactic Republic, the Mandalorian warrior people of Mandalorian Space clashed with the Republic on numerous occasions, most notably in the Mandalorian Wars from 3,976 BBY to 3,960 BBY. After losing their leader, Mandalore the Ultimate, the Mandalorian warrior clans were disarmed and surrendered to the Republic, though they were left with a simmering resentment of the Republic and the Jedi Order that had defeated them. The Mandalorian warrior codes came to be followed only in Mandalorian Space, but it was not until the emergence of a new leader, Mandalore the Uniter, in 1,051 BBY that the Mandalorians began to reclaim stability in their lawless area of the galaxy. In a movement known as the Return, Mandalore the Uniter urged his fragmented people to strengthen and defend Mandalorian Space. They were thus able to survive the millennium-long New Sith Wars and grew to be a regional industrial power, safeguarding neighboring sectors and star systems from trouble while also advancing in technology and military strength. It was during this time that Mandalorian Space, primarily the Mandalorian homeworld of Mandalore, reached an apex in its military power.

As Mandalorian Space returned to galactic prominence as a rigidly disciplined society, the Republic, left weakened and splintered after the New Sith Wars, began to draw itself back together following the Ruusan Reformations of 1,000 BBY. The Republic's re-institutionalization of the Outer Rim Territories thus reopened conflict with Mandalorian Space. Although first seen as a much-needed source of stability, the Mandalorians—who had begun to tax commerce along the Hydian Way, were forcing economic and defense pacts onto bordering sectors, and disregarded the Republic's new defense force restrictions altogether—re-emerged as a threat to the Republic. Some pro-peace clan leaders believed that Mandalorian Space should join the Republic as one of its most powerful and influential sectors, as they had no chance of winning a direct engagement with the Republic. Nevertheless, the Mandalorians' overall position was resoundingly for continued independence, as popular opinion held that non-warrior Mandalorians could not claim to be Mandalorians at all. That mindset prevailed for several centuries, until the Republic and the Jedi Order decided to move preemptively against the ever-resistant Mandalorians.

In the year 738 BBY, the Republic authorized the creation of a task force to assault Mandalorian Space and remove the threat of the Mandalorians as an opposing power. The Republic's Judicial Forces were called in alongside units from various Planetary Security Forces of the Expansion Region, with members of the Jedi Order serving as commanders for the war effort. The Jedi led their troops to Mandalorian Space, striking at key Mandalorian worlds such as Fenel, Ordo, and Concord Dawn, as well as Mandalore itself. In the battles that followed, the targeted planets of Mandalorian Space were crippled with devastating bombardment by the Republic forces, creating barren deserts of white sand from entire regions of the planetary surfaces. Having lacked from the start any hope of repelling a Republic attack, the Mandalorian clans were defeated, with the Jedi–Republic forces claiming victory in the conflict.

The Clan Chieftan Council
The Mandalorian Excision, as the short but brutal war came to be known, left Mandalorian Space crippled by the Republic and the Jedi Order. In a move that would last for decades, the Republic occupied and disarmed Mandalorian Space, establishing a loyal caretaker government for the sector from remnants of the pro-Republic peace movement from before the war. The occupation of Mandalore birthed a schism in ideology within Mandalorian society: in opposition to the warrior clans rose the pacifistic New Mandalorians from the caretaker government. Resenting the Republic but seeing no benefit to continued opposition, the New Mandalorians renounced the ages-old warrior codes for nonviolence and neutrality in an effort to save their ravaged homeworld. They triumphed over the warrior clans, holding most positions of power and gaining rule of Mandalorian Space itself.

However, this was far from the end of the Mandalorian's warrior ways. In truth, it was just a new beginning.

After the excision, ten Mandalorian Warrior clan leaders conveened at the original Mandalorian capital of Keldabe, where they began their own secret plans to rebuild the strength and honor of the Mandalorians that the Republic and Jedi took away from them out of their own fears. These ten major warrior clans, along with multiple other smaller clans, formed the Mandalorian Clan Chieftan Council. The ten major clans who founded the Council were Clans Takeo, Trac, Awaud, Ordo, Kryze, Vevut, Spar, Varad, Jendri, and Jeban. There were also many other smaller clans among their numbers, including Beviin, Bralor, Cadera, Carid, Detta, Farr, Lok, Lone, Rodarch, Sornell, Spar, Tenau, and Vizsla. These clans began to rebuild their power, however they did so in secret, and away from the watchful eyes of the Republic and the Jedi.

Growing in Secret
As the New Mandalorians began their self-distructive pacifist ways, the Clan Chieftan Council clans began to rebuild and prepare for the day the New Mandalorian government collapsed upon itself. The head of the Chieftan Council, Akaan Trac, began seaking out ways to increase the Mandalorian's fighting strength without the Repulbic or Jedi catching on. Thanks to the Ruusan Reformation, many vessels, weapons and other forms of equipment which use to belong to the Galactic Republic's military, were being taken and sold to Planetary Defense Forces, on the Black Market, anywhere for reasonably cheap prices. These old republic vessels and equipment were used for a large part of the Council's new armed forces. However, the Council knew they needed newer, more advanced, and capable weapons, ships, droids and so on for their military forces.

Discovering the Foundry
The first major boon to the Council's power came from the Farr Clan. They had aquired an ancient Jedi Holocron from nearly 4000 years ago, dating back to the Great Galactic War between the Resurgent Sith Empire, and the Galactic Republic. The Holocron belonged to none other than the famous/infamous Grey Jedi Knight Revan, and inside the Holocron were the Coordinates to the ancient Rakata droid factory, the Foundry, at Lannik Space.

The Council sent a force to investigate and retrieve the Foundry. Most of the station was abandoned after the Great Galactic war, leaving it defenseless for when the Mandalorians retook it. Upon aquiring the Foundry, they began to retool, and modify the asteroid station for new purposes. Within 100 years time, the Foundry had been refitted to manufacture more than just Droids, but also Starships, Weapons, Equipment, and more out of nearby asteroids. However, though this solved many of their problems, they still had a very noticable lack of Man power, even with all of the Mandalorian Clans who remained loyal to the true warrior path of the Mandalorians.

The Mandalorian Knights
Once again however, luck was on the Mandalorian's side. During an exploration mission in the Unknown Regions of space, a Mandalorian Vessel stumbled across the Rakatan Archepelago. Upon arrival, they discovered a small but powerful organization of mandalorians, decendents of Mandalorians who did not surrender to the Republic at the end of the Mandalorian Wars 4,000 years prior. But the true shocker of this organization, was the discovery of the Mandalorian Knights, an order of Force-Sensitive Mandalorians who defected to the Mandalorian's side during the Mandalorian Wars, and fought with them. They had been leading the Mandalorians of the Archepelago, where they discovered several new planets, including one named 'New Mandalore', where they discovered members of the once believed extinct Taung race, the original Mandalorians, still alive and growing.

The Mandalorian Knights, and their forces were graciously welcomed into the Clan Chieftan Council, where their forces were united, once again providing a massive boon to the Mandalorian's growing strength.

The rebirth of the Star Forge
After making their alliance with the Mandalorian Knights, unifying the Mandalorians with the Council, the Knights revealed to them one of their most seceretive projects, one which they have been working on for nearly 2,000 years. After the New Sith Wars had ended, the Mandalorian Knights had traced down the steps of Revan, visiting the planets of Dantooine, Kashyyyk, Manan, Tatooine, and Korriban for the ultimate goal: The re-discovery of the forgotten world of Rakata Prime, also known as Lehon.

Upon arrival at Lehon, the Knights discovered the ruined wrecks of the old Republic and Sith warships which remained after the final battle of the Jedi Civil War, as well as the remains of the Star Forge itself. For those years after, the Knights have been rebuilding the Star Forge, using the debris of all of the fallen vessesl, as well as the remains of the original Star Forge, to recreate it. Unlike before however, the new Star Forge, named the Star Forge II, was considered more powerful than the original for several reasons. The first and foremost: The Star Forge II, like the original, could absorb energy and power throught the Force. However unlike its predecessor, the Star Forge II draws power from both the Dark and the Light sides of the force, rather than being solely dependent on the Dark Side.

With both the Star Forge II, and the Foundry under their control, the Mandalorians of the council and the Knights began to grow greatly in strength.

