War of Liberation

The S'kytri-Lycari war was a devastating planetary conflict on the world of Lycari between the native Lycari and the S'kytri invaders.

Background
With the arrival of the S'kytri in 4,385 BBY the Lycari found themselves facing a race of aliens way ahead of them technologically. The S'kytri originally came as bringers of peace, teaching the Lycari of the galaxy; of the Jedi and the Sith.

But over time the Lycari grew to despise those that they saw as a superiorist race and began to fear their intentions, and they were correct. The S'kytri did see themselves as superior to the Lycari and had been slowly seeking to assume control of the planet.

The Lycari government, not knowing this and fearful of the S'kytri intention sought to develop a "back-up" should the S'kytri seek to conquer them, and so they created an Anti-S'kytri virus which would burn the S'kytri from within, but it would also damage their own race.

Eventually the Lycari fears were proven correct when the S'kytri did indeed commit a coup and bloodlessly took over the planet, but the Lycari saw this as nothing less than what it was, conquest.

War
At first the Lycari sought only to damper S'kytri control on the planet, seeking to throw them out through terrorist bombings and ambushes, but it soon became apparent that the S'kytri did not fear these attacks and was prepared to just absorb them. And so the Lycari began to wage full-scale war.

Over the next few years the Lycari and the S'kytri battle one-another, inflicting grievous casualties on each other and fighting all over the planet. The predicted outcome of the war swapped many times as both races were of equal strength, though the S'kytri did hold the advantage of being able to fly. After many more years the S'kytri began to push the Lycari back until they were on the verge of collapse. The Lycari, fearing for their very existence, decided to use their secret weapon, and so they did.

During the final battle of the war the Lycari gave the S'kytri one last chance to surrender, an offer they refused. And so, the Lycari unleashed the weapon upon the enemy forces. At first the effects of the weapon followed Lycari predictions, the S'kytri quickly began to whittle in number until eventually only a handful remained, but it also severly affect the Lycari, and many more Lycari were killed that S'kytri. Those S'kytri that remained were adversely affected by the virus but somehow managed to survive. They retreated back towards their homeland on the planet and hide themselves away until they began to notice something strange.

The did not age; they did not feel pain as much as before, and their bodies began to change physically. Their physiques changed and they became much more muscular, their brain power increased and, most notable of all; their wingspan increased from an average of 2-3 meters, too 2-4 meters.

With this new an increased strength, the Skrini as they had become known, returned to the newly rebuilt Lycari nation and decimated it. Having become immune to the affects of the virus the Lycari stood no chance and were quickly conquered by the Skrini.

Known battles

 * Battle of Lycari