New Empire (Darth Malgus)




 * "Fellow Sith. Citizens of the Empire. Too long the strength of the Empire has been beholden to the in-fighting of the Dark Council and the disappearance of an apathetic Emperor. Sith, children of Sith and warriors everywhere, I declare a new Empire, open to all who long for conquest, freedom from inhibition and the right to follow their passions."
 * ―Darth Malgus declares the New Empire

The New Empire was a government established by the rogue Sith Lord Darth Malgus during the Galactic War between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic.

Founding an empire
Beginning with the Treaty of Coruscant and the Emperor's refusal to destroy the Republic outright at the end of theGreat Galactic War, Malgus had become increasingly disenchanted with his allies. Throughout the unstable peacewith the Republic during the Cold War, Malgus eventually found himself disgusted with the politics and backstabbing of the Empire and it's ruling Dark Council.

In order to rectify what he saw as the flaws of the Empire, Malgus chose to break away and establish his own dominion. His new, 'true' empire would purify the galaxy through unrelenting warfare. Believing that many others shared his views about the state of the Empire, Malgus invited any and all members of the current Empire to join his movement. In a short time, Malgus had established a loyal army of droids, mercenaries, soldiers and Sith of a wide variety of species. With this fledgling rebellion, Malgus planned to win minor victories to test its strength, while waiting for an ideal time to strike at the galaxy and defeat both the Republic and the Empire. Eventually Malgus formed many alliances with powerful Alien factions, one of these, the Schism Collective. The Collective, in return to Malgus' gifts, decided to repay his Empire with valuable scientific achievements such as incorporating the technology of the ancient Foundry into the Emperor’s captured space station. They also augmented the weaponry used by Malgus’s forces with Rakata devices and perfected the production of Malgus' stealth fleet.

Rise and fall
Malgus led his new empire to a number of early victories, capturing many areas in the Unknown Regions. But the greatest opportunity for the fledgling empire came when rumor spread that the Sith Emperor had been slain by aJedi Knight. Unbeknownst to all but a few, it had in fact been only the Emperor's Voice that had been slain; but it was Malgus' best opportunity to unite the Sith under his leadership. Several other Sith that were waiting for the right time also joined him, leaving the Empire with the rumored death of the Sith Emperor. Malgus gained the allegiance of Darth Serevin, who became one of his closest allies. Malgus accumulated many more loyal Sith, mercenaries and the droids loyal to those in this time; many believed the Sith Empire was falling apart and in utter disrepair. Malgus declared himself the Emperor of his new faction, and vowed to crush both the Republic and the Sith disloyal to him, at Ilum. It was this act that caused Malgus to make an enemy of the Republic, the Jedi, the Empire, the Sith, and the Emperor himself.

The forces loyal to Malgus found themselves attacked by Republic and Sith alike at Ilum, and Malgus' ally Darth Serevin was slain. These forces stormed both Ilum and Malgus' flagship, utterly annihilating Malgus' fledgling empire. As Malgus' forces crumbled to dust against both the Republic and Sith forces, Malgus' hopes began to vanish; the battles became total victories for the Republic and Empire. The commanders stormed Malgus' flagship and after tearing through Sith, mercenaries and droids, including the newly programmed and modified HK-47, encountered and defeated Malgus at his throne room.

Into Exile
After the defeat at Ilum, the remnants of the New Empire fled the into the darkness of the Unknown Regions where they faced dangers from the Chiss Ascendancy, the Sith Empire's only ally, and various others as they searched for a new homeworld. Many were hunted down and eradicated until a single Sith Lord known as Darth Artron rose to become prominent within the remnants and led them beyond the galaxy's edge to a satellite galaxy known in later centuries as Companion Esk. Within this satellite galaxy, they rebuilt their empire having carved out a moderate sized realm through the use of the Force and whatever troopers that had survived and over the centuries regained their power with the Sith that had joined with the New Empire becoming known as the Forsaken Sith deadly and fiercely loyal warriors. Over time, Darth Artron would become the new Emperor and re-established the New Imperial Guard as his personal bodyguards while the Empire watched the events of main galaxy past them by until the One Sith gained control over the galaxy. And it was decided that the time had come to return to their home and make their present felt.

Return of the New Empire
The New Imperial Fleet arrived within the Unknown Regions, locating the remnants of the ancient Infinite Empire known as the Rakata Archipelago the once proud and powerful Rakata were formidable warriors despite having limited force sensitivity. After a campaign that lasted nearly a decade, the New Empire finally gained control over the Rakata and their technology with them being incorporated into their fleet and army. Almost a century pasted before the New Empire struck once more with their new Rakatan warrior-slaves in two, they struck at Belsavis a world known to hold an ancient Rakata facility with it having been abandoned thousands of years beforehand by the Republic after the Galactic War.They quickly overwhelmed the defenses of the government that had held the planet before finally spreading throughout the rest of the sector gaining control of multiple superweapons and ancient technologies until they created a network of stabilized hyperspace wormholes known as the Hyperspace Hub utilizing calculations from the Gree. With this technology, the New Empire struck at various sectors and worlds within the Outer Rim, Mid Rim, Expansion Regions and the Inner Rim all the while keeping their home and their identity a secret. Leaving no signs of their having conquered the territories, the various governments over the years had no idea that their authority was being subverted by another government with political leaders, sith lords and even senators being either paid to support the New Empire or being completely replaced and doubles being put in their place.

Government and Politics
The New Empire was ruled by an Emperor, a sovereign ruler for life similar to that of its counterpart except with the Emperor holding majority of power within the government to the point that even a simple suggestion was a De facto order. But the Empire was also ruled by the Imperial Royal Family which held power above all others beneath them with the Supreme Commander being the second most powerful within the Empire and acting as Regent if the Emperor was wounded or killed until a new one is chosen from the IRF.

Military
Army: The army of the New Empire was similar to that of its counterpart the Sith Empire with it having its ownImperial Guard and its own troopers along with the PX-74 Artillery Droids. But these forces were additionally supplemented once it had revealed itself during the Battle of Ilum with forsaken Sith and a multitude of aliens that had joined which bolstered the army rather quickly in preparation with confronts between both the Galactic Republic and Sith Empire.

Navy: The navy was consistent of vessels that were part of Operation Dark Ice which included the creation of a stealth fleet using Ilum's crystals to power the cloaking devices. With the help of the Schism Collective, a group of Anomid geniuses, they were able to complete the construction of the stealth fleet or also known as the Crystal Fleet along with outfitting the Emperor's space fortress with Flux Cannons. All in combination made the New Empire virtually unstoppable in space warfare allowing it to contend with both Republic and Imperial Fleets aimed against it.

Astrography
The New Empire's territory originally consisted of only Ilum when it was first revealed during the Galactic War but after its defeat and subsequent destruction then reformation it was able to gain large swathes of Companion Esk to be the foundation. Once having returned to the greater galaxy, they gained the space sector of the Rakata Archipelago with it holding a number of planets before finally reaching the known galaxy. They took a number of sectors within the Outer Rim, Mid Rim, Expansion Regions and Inner Rim.