Sith Crusade

"The Sith Crusade was exactly that&mdash;a crusade. The Sith came out of the Unknown Regions like a plague, like the ancient Sith before them, destroying everything before them. But; unlike the ancients, these Sith had a different vision for the galaxy. The Crusade was just a means to an end for them."

- Jehn Rhin

The Sith Crusade, also known simply as the Crusade to the Sith, was a devastating galaxy wide conflict between the New Jedi Order, the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances and their allies; and the Sith Order of Decreto and the Mando'ade Alliance that took place during the late 50's, early 60's ABY.

The decade long war that began in 56 ABY saw the Galactic Alliance devastated beyond repair and the Jedi in near-complete extinction. The civil strife that constantly plagued the Sith throughout their history.

Named after the "Sith Crusade" of ancient legend, the war was started by the ex-Jedi Master Jasca Ducato, and began with an invasion of the Chiss Ascendancy at Csilla and ended with the occupation of Coruscant in 74 ABY. The loss of life on both sides was far greater than any conflict before the Zao tenj War.

Origins of the Sith Crusade
In the year 36 ABY a Jedi Knight&mdash;turned Sith Lord named Darth Abeonis wreaked havoc through-out the Outer rim. His fleet devastated hundreds of worlds both without, and within, the Galactic Alliance that had already been devastated 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 confronted 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 theater 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 they were not wanting to find; the Sith.

Unknown 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 succeeded in corrupting the entire crew and once again made The Soiyo a Sith vessel.

Conquering the Sith
How they achieved 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 Muunillist 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 proceeded to attempt to appease the Sith in the hopes it would avoid an all-out war. A treaty was drawn up which saw several hundred worlds 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 withdrawing its military forces from the 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
"Like a firestorm across the galaxy, they'll wipe out all before them. 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.

Devastated by the sudden loss of life Cal Omas suddenly found himself "under the spotlight" and being criticized 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 defense 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 reinforcements, refused to surrender and inflicted heavy casualties upon the Sith invaders. In order for the Sith advance to continue unchanged Ord Radama had to fall; which, eventually, 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.

This astounding victory was welcome news amongst the Sith Council which had recently been formed under Abeonis' rule, and plans for a series of devastating attacks against the Jedi were planned for the year following. But first, the Jedi Academy on Dathomir was to be destroyed.



And so, Darth Micail and a squadron of 200 Sith Knights were secretly transported to Dathomir with instructions to wipe out all Jedi on the planet and destroy the academy. This they did, with astonishing prowess. All 190 Jedi on the planet (including their commanding officer, Jaina Solo) were eliminated. Following the battle, Nathaniel Kenobi Solo would declare his "rights to vengeance" against the Sith; time and again leading his forces against the Sith constantly causing immense casualties on both sides.

Following the stunning Sith victory at Dathomir the Jedi found themselves in serious trouble. With Dathomir, a key strategically placed planet, under Sith control, the Jedi no longer had to the Corporate Sector which, although under Sith control, had been supplying the Jedi and the Alliance as a whole with Intelligence and tactical information. On top of that, almost 200 Jedi had been killed on Dathomir; severely demoralizing the Jedi and limiting their effectiveness on that part of the front.

The death of Jaina Solo also served to further demoralize the Alliance because of her relationship to the famed General Han Solo.

Slaughter
Within days however the Jedi were once again causing havoc for the Sith. Yavin IV, which had been claimed by the Sith days previously was attacked by the Jedi in an attempt to capture the ex-Jedi Darth Micail and to convert him. Micail predicted the ambush though and proceeded to slaughter the Alliance garrison on the planet and kill many of the Jedi who had come after him. It was then that the Sith realized that the Jedi were not as weak as previously believed, and that they would do almost anything to achieve their goals.

With this new knowledge the Sith Council realized that prudence must be taken in this war, or else the Sith would fail. Some Sith disagreed, saying that the war should be finished as quickly as possible and that they should head straight for Coruscant. Darth Abeonis immediately rejected this idea knowing that the Alliance Core World fleet was too strong even for the Sith fleet to ouster.

Enraged, Darth Cannae (then a member of the Sith Council) disobeyed the Dark Lord's orders and ordered his forces to invade Coruscant. At first their successes belayed the Dark Lord's anger, but when Darth Cannae's fleet was defeated at the battles of Empress Teta and Bilbringi by the Jedi Jacen Solo and the Alliance Core World fleet Cannae was removed from the Sith Council and stationed far from the frontline.

Taking advantage of their success in the galactic core, the Jedi decided upon launching another attack on Yavin IV; this time to investigate reports of increasing Sith attention to the planet. Wedge Antilles was tasked with securing control of the system in preparation for an Alliance invasion force, however things did not go to plan.

By pure chance another Sith Lord, Darth Dimicatio had taken up position on Yavin IV, with her fleet in orbit of the planet. When Antilles fleet arrived they were shocked to discover this Sith fleet but quickly realized that the Sith had no-more expected them. Taking advantage of this Antilles' fleet swarmed the ill prepared Sith warships, inflicting massive damage. Eventually though the Sith began to push the Alliance fleet back, in turn inflicting heavy losses. By the time Antilles ordered a retreat over two-thirds of his fleet had been destroyed.

In turn, taking full advantage of this victory the Sith invaded the Ssi-ruuk star cluster and slaughtered the entire Ssi-ruuvi population. Admiral Strasbourg, the commanding officer of this operation would become infamous amongst both his allies and enemies for his ruthlessness and ferocity. The Ssi-ruuvi xenocide as it became known left only 500,000 Ssi-ruuk remained galaxy-wide.

Greatly shocked by this action the Senate ordered the Galactic Alliance garrison on Bakura to retreat to Bespin and leave the planet to the Sith. Bakura quickly fell, as did the planet-state of Anoth. Determined not to lose the entire quadrant the Senate ordered Admiral Ema and the 4th Alliance Fleet to secure control of the Corellian Trade Spine and defend it from Sith incursions. Likewise, Abeonis had ordered Admiral Strasbourg to take the Trade Spine and cut off the Senex/Juvex Sectors. After six months of stalemate neither side had come out on top and both withdrew, only a fraction of the previous strengths.

For the next few months the Sith continued to push the Alliance back although at a much slower rate. First Gala fell, followed by Belderone and it soon became clear what the Sith's intentions were. But before the Sith would continue their attack the Jedi saw yet another chance to discover the Sith intentions of Yavin IV.



This time a small force of six Jedi including Ben Skywalker, the son of Luke Skywalker, would infiltrate the Sith facility on Yavin IV and discover it purpose. Although they returned with no knowledge as to the Sith interest of the planet they did discover that it was of great importance to Darth Abeonis; and that it had also become the staging area for a new type of Sith troop.

With this new revelation the Jedi realized that the Senate had to be warned of this new threat. But before they could get word of these "SpecOps" to the Senate they must first survive a more immediate Sith threat.

The Battle of Ossus
The Battle of Ossus was the most devastating battle in terms of Jedi casualties in the entire war. Following the Battle of the Cron Drift the Jedi found themselves on the very edge of Sith space. Fearing for the population of Ossus Luke Skywalker ordered an immediate evacuation of the planet and sent a request for the Galactic Alliance to send a relief force to their aid. The Alliance acknowledged this order but it would take time for the relief force to arrive.

Whilst the Jedi waited for the relief force to arrive they were shocked to discover that the Sith wanted peace, or so they said. Darth Abeonis himself requested permission to head down to the planet and discuss terms. But when he arrived surrender was not on his mind, all he wished to do was to inform Luke Skywalker of his true intentions.



He gave Luke a choice. The Jedi could leave Ossus without fear of Sith attack and travel to Coruscant, Once there they were to remove Cal Omas from power and secure control of the Galactic Alliance; only then would peace between the Sith and the Jedi be possible. The other choice was that the Sith attack Ossus before the relief fleet arrived and kill as many Jedi as possible. Once the relief fleet arrived the Sith would leave and the Jedi would be shown as heroes

Skywalker rather surprisingly refused this other saying that he would defend Cal Omas despite his previous attempts to overthrow the Jedi.

Enraged, Darth Abeonis withdrew himself and ordered the attack. After a day and a half of combat the Alliance relief force finally arrived and the Sith fleet withdrew. With his mission complete Darth Abeonis ordered the fleet to attack Dac and secure control of the Alliance 4th fleet which was stationed at the orbital shipyards.

The third year
After several years of war the Galactic Alliance found itself in need of allies desperately. Using the Jedi as their ambassadors the Alliance found itself faced with many new problems. Many of those who had despised the Alliance saw this as their chance to show their distrust, simply by refusing their request. Although many governments did accept the offers of alliance, one organization that resisted was the Ottiumigos Centrality.

Abeonis quickly realized that the Ottiumigon were, in fact, in a highly strategic position from which to launch attacks, and that this threat had to be eliminated.

Darth Micail, who's forces had only just recovered from the battle at Ossus, was tasked with conquering the sector, and defeating its Jedi Guardian, Nathaniel Kenobi Solo.

Battle of Novus Kamino Prime
Novus Kamino Prime, homeworld to the Kaminoan species and a member planet of the Ottiumigos Centrality was chosen as the launch platform for the invasion. The planet, much unlike its parent-world Kamino had a large diversity of climate zones, and several large continents; making land assault all the more easier. But first the defenders of Novus Kamino Prime had to be drawn away for the invasion to be successful, so Ottiumigos Prime was attacked.

With the vast majority of the Ottiumigon fleet battle over Ottiumigos Prime, Nathaniel, his family and the few legions left to defend the planet found themselves being slaughtered by Micail's forces. Fortunately for Nathaniel and his forces however, Brashus, an associate of Nathaniel realized that the invasion of Ottiumigos Prime was a decoy, and he withdrew what forces he could and lead them to Novus Kamino Prime.

As the Ottiumigos fleet arrived at Novus Kamino Prime Nathaniel decided that in order to "scare" the Sith away he would have to ghost aboard the Sith flagship.



He slaughtered many Sith before confronting Darth Micail, the murderer of his wife. At first he attempted to convince Micail to return to the light side of the Force, but soon realized that Micail would not sway. As the duel continued, the ship shock from the internal pressures of the force-wielders combat. Nathaniel soon decided that it would be better to fight another day than to die aboard a Sith warship, and fled.

Although the battle ended with the xenocide of the Ottiumigons, Nathaniel and his family managed to escape. Taun We, Prime Minister of Novus Kamino Prime was killed during the battle, securing Sith control over the planet. This, coupled with the conquest of Ottiumigos Prime saw the entire sector fall into Micail's hands.

But the battle at Novus Kamino Prime was, in Abeonis' eyes, an unnecessary one at best, and that in order to avoid future battles of such sorts, allies were needed.

New ally?
Abeonis decided upon the Mando'ade Alliance to become this ally the Sith required, and began preparations for an invasion of Mandalore. Abeonis knew that the new Mandalore, Mandalore the Wise, would not let his people be wiped out like the Ottiumigos, even if it meant becoming an ally to his conquerors.

Te Dral Mand'alor, as he was known to his own people had spent many years preparing Mandalore for an invasion, but when it finally came it quickly became apparent that not even the Mando'ade Alliance could hold against the Sith Order of Decreto.

But Te Dral was saved the dishonor of surrendering when Abeonis offered him terms of peace. Te Dral accepted and the Mando'ade Alliance was allowed to keep its independence, but become an ally of the Sith.

Hero's of enemies


Recounting back to his offer of peace on Ossus not a year ago, Abeonis believed that the time had finally come for Cal Omas, Chief of State of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances to be removed from office permanently. He choose a little known Sith Knight named Darth Wyyrlok for the job. A proven assassin and a deadly strike, Darth Wyyrlok came highly recommended for the mission.

Wyyrlok made his way to Coruscant, but with no knowledge of where his target was, he would have to find an alternate means. He spent the next few days discretely making inquiries as the Cal Omas' location, finally picking up on a lead. An arms dealer from The Works area of Coruscant that Wyyrlok easily "persuaded" finally gave up the information he required.

Wyyrlok made his way to the remains of the Manarai Mountains where Cal Omas was reputed to be hiding. Concealing himself from Omas' Jedi guardians, Wyyrlok killed the Chief of State; but the death of someone so close to some of the galaxies most powerful Jedi was sensed instantly. Wyyrlok made his escape, cutting down waves of Jedi and Coruscant Guard who were now aware of his presence. Eventually finding himself a transport that could take him off Coruscant, Wyyrlok was disheartened to discover the way being blocked by a Jedi Master &mdash; Luke Skywalker.

A duel ensued, but Wyyrlok soon came to the realization that his skills with the lightsaber were infantile to those of his Jedi combatant. He managed to knock Skywalker of balance long enough to escape to the transport and flee Coruscant.

Darth Abeonis' plan worked, the Jedi were seen as heroes for attempting to keep the Chief of State alive, although the ultimately failed. It was made known publicly (by the Sith) that Cal Omas had died in Skywalker's arms, thanking the Jedi Master for all that he had done over the years.

Striking back


Just hours after the death of Cal Omas the Galactic Senate unanimously agreed to a full-scale strike against the Sith in retaliation for the assassination. Although against their wishes, the Jedi found themselves compelled to participate or risk being branded enemies of the GFFA.

Luke Skywalker made his way to Ossus and rallied to Jedi on the planet to arms. Kyle Katarn accompanied Luke on his mission and assisted him when they attacked a Decreto-class Super Star Destroyer.

Having snuck aboard the warship, both Skywalker and Katarn were faced with a seemingly impossible mission. Although they had been tasked with destroying the vessel, the information in the computer banks could have been invaluable and securing it became a top priority.

Making their way to the main computer terminal at the center of the vessel, Luke and Kyle were ambushed by three Sith Knights, determined to kill the invading Jedi. The battle was brief, but it had drawn the attention of the entire vessel to the Jedi. The mission had become one of survival, rather than destruction. Kyle and Luke agreed it was best that they split up, so that they could each make their own way of the warship.

Turncoat
In the midst of war, the GFFA suffered the gravest news. Jacen Solo had been captured by the Sith, and corrupted to the dark side of the Force. Luke Skywalker, shocked by the news that his own nephew had been captured and corrupted once again isolated himself from all his fellow Jedi save his wife, his son and his grandson.

He sought solace in the presence of the Jedi-past, his fellow companions that had died during the Galactic Civil War and later conflicts and the aura of his father.



Going into a deep slumber, Luke found himself on the Second Death Star, in the exact same position he had been almost 60 years before hand. In front of him lay his dying father, still bearing the armor of the long dead Sith Lord Darth Vader; but what his father said was starkly different from sixty years before hand. Luke soon realized that he was in fact still asleep, on Ossus, and that this illusion was in fact a manifestation of his greatest wanting.

His father told him that in order to survive this war, Luke would have to confront his greatest enemy, the Dark Lord himself. Anakin told his son that Jasca's reasons for war were not evil, and that he did in fact want to save the galaxy from a threat which was yet to be revealed.

Luke would have to confront Abeonis and attempt to convince him to stem the tide of his advance, if not reverse it, and allow diplomacy to resume. If this failed than the galaxy could face a century of continuous warfare; and come out greatly weakened. He then found himself being sucked out of the Second Death Star and being among the clouds, high above Coruscant. Before him stood the short, solitary figure of the ancient Jedi Master &mdash; Yoda.

The Force apparition told Luke, much like the ghost of his father, that he must confront the Sith Lord Abeonis and convince him to stem his advance. He told Luke to focus not only physically forcing the Dark Lord to surrender, because his powers had grown to much even for Luke; but to emotionally drain the Sith. Only then would he be able to successfully defeat the Dark Lord. Should he fail, then the Galactic Alliance, and the Jedi; were doomed.

Duel on Gand
Within days of his Solo's capture, Abeonis' attention was drawn to the gas giant Gand, where a single human life sign was detected – Luke Skywalker's. Darth Abeonis knew that he was not the only Sith to have detected the Jedi Master's presence on Gand, and that the Sith Council would be fully aware as well. If Abeonis were to travel to Gand and confront the Jedi Master without informing the Council, then he could risk losing their support; something that he needed desperately. So, having informed the Council of his mission to kill, or possibly even corrupt Skywalker, Abeonis traveled to Gand and confronted the aging Jedi Master.

Even despite Skywalker being twenty-five years older than Abeonis, he still managed to hold himself against the Sith Lord, inflicting numerous wounds upon the Dark Lord before finally being forced to retreat, leaving Abeonis on the planet, who had to use SpecOps to assist in his search for Skywalker.

Abeonis knew what Skywalker's escape meant; that civil war was coming.

Civil war


Not two standard weeks after Abeonis' failure on Gand, his worst fears where realized. Darth Iiniuria, the head of Sith Intelligence, who had only recently conquered Thyferra had cut off all transmissions to her master. Iiniuria had long been a target of suspicion for Abeonis and this latest revelation had proved him right.

Darth Abeonis choose two Sith Knights, Darth Alectasa and Darth Validus, to lead the attack on Thyferra and capture or kill Iiniuria, and within hours of being giving their orders, they had returned successfully, and with grave news. The Sith rebels had already received a figurehead, and a leader.

Change of luck
"I have good news, the Senate has chosen the next Chief-of-State for the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. You, father."

- Ben Skywalker to his father Luke

Yet, despite the outbreak of Civil War amongst the Sith the Jedi Council began to fear the worst. The Galactic Alliance was being forced past the back foot, and a replacement for Cal Omas had not yet been chosen; that was, until Kyle Katarn came rushing into the Jedi Council chamber with joyous news. Luke had been chosen as the new Chief-of-State.

Now in command, Luke set about restructuring the Galactic Alliance fleet to compensate for the losses sustained during the past three years. Skywalker, correctly assumed that the best option for the Galactic Alliance now lay in hit and run tactics; drawing the Sith fleets in various traps. He also ordered the assault of several recently conquered Sith worlds, including Corellia and Drall. The affects were devastating for the Sith.

Darth Abeonis had not believed Skywalker capable of such tactics, and had an extremely hard time compensating for this new form of warfare. The Sith suffered heavy losses and even a few defeats in early 64 ABY. Skywalker’s recent run of good luck didn't seem to stop there though.

The Galactic Senate then passed an Act allowing for the New Jedi Order to assume total command of the Galactic Alliance fleet and armed forces, increasing the size of the army two-fold, and locating them in key positions throughout the galaxy. But Abeonis was not yet defeated, and Skywalker knew this. Luke sensed, that Abeonis was planning something; something that could very well be disastrous for the Alliance.

It was these very thoughts that drew Skywalker's attention to his homeworld of Tatooine. Something was stirring on the ancient desert world, something that would have undoubtedly already drawn the attention of the Sith. Skywalker knew it was important to identify the source of this Force disruption before the Sith, lest Tatooine fall into their hands. Determined not to let this happen, Skywalker made plans to personally travel to Tatooine, to uncover the disturbance. But he knew that his newly attained position of Chief-of-state would give the Jedi Council serious reason not to allow the mission. At first he planned a full scale invasion, but quickly realized that such a thing was not possible at that moment in time; and so he began planning a mission instead.

Mission to Tatooine
Confronting the Jedi Council, Luke was swiftly refused the blessing of the Jedi Council for his mission, and some even considered prohibiting Skywalker from leaving the capital, Coruscant, unless he capitulated. Skywalker negotiated long and hard, and eventually a compromise was reached. Jedi Master Saba Sebatyne was to accompany him, something Skywalker greatly appreciated.

Arriving on Tatooine, Skywalker and Sebatyne found a world greatly affected by war. In the last year, Tatooine had been relegated to a second tier world in terms of military and economical necessity and as such, had suffered drastically from having it's resources redirected.

Tatooine had turned into a world that despised the Jedi as much as they did the Sith, and its populous was not afraid to vent their anger. There had been two cases in recent months where Jedi had been attacked by the locals, although they had not yet resulted in fatalities.

Unfortunately for Skywalker and Sebatyne though, the Sith had also arrived on Tatooine and it was not long before they were engaged in combat. Sebatyne fell in combat with Darth Alectasa and Skywalker found himself forced to withdraw.

Finding refuge in a cave, Skywalker blocked the entrance with the ancient remains of a Krayt dragon. Leaning against an ancient metal statue, Luke shut his eyes and nodded off too sleep. The shimmer in the Force that he had sensed before Sebatyne's death was now stronger than ever, so strong in fact that it had shook Skywalker awake.

Skywalker jumped to his feet and spun his head around; he was staring at the large metal ornament which he had been leaning against. Nothing had changed. The shimmer in the Force was definitely in the cave, but elsewhere. Luke closed his eyes, and focused himself on the shimmer. Eyes closed, he turned his whole body to the cave's rear wall. Igniting his lightsaber, Luke thrust at the wall, and was met with a gust of air, throwing him back slightly.

Opening his eyes, Skywalker was shocked too see the remains of an ancient Jedi holocron. The power being emitted from the holocron was so great, that Skywalker felt that, if he were to remain within its presence, he could actually reverse his natural ageing.

Picking up the holocron, Skywalker was pulled into a galaxy of knowledge, vague references to millions of subjects swarmed through Luke's mind. The Jedi Civil War and the Infinite Empire; a mysterious world, the Emperor and an unknown alien race.

Hiding the holocron in his speeder, Luke waited in the cave, sending out a message in the Force, asking for assistance.

Battles
TO BE CONTINUED
 * The First Campaign
 * Battle of Csilla
 * Battle of Ansion
 * Battle of Yaga Minor
 * Battle of Bastion
 * Battle of Lehon
 * Battle of Had Abbadon
 * Battle of Balamak
 * 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 IV
 * 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
 * First Battle of the Cron Drift
 * Battle of Ossus
 * Seige of Dac
 * The Third Campaign
 * Battle of Novus Kamino Prime
 * Battle of Mandalore
 * Mission to Coruscant
 * Operation Strike back
 * Battle of Toong'l
 * Duel on Gand
 * Battle of Tund
 * Battle of Kubindi
 * Battle of Kessel
 * Battle of Thyferra
 * Mission to Kashyyyk
 * Mission to Tatooine
 * Mission to Sleheyron
 * Mission to Corellia
 * Second mission to Drall
 * Operation Wayward
 * The Fourth Campaign
 * Battle of Tibrin
 * Battle of Yag 'Dhul
 * Battle of Hoth
 * Battle of Eriadu
 * Battle of Sluis Van
 * Battle of Bpfassh
 * Battle of Praesitlyn
 * Duel on Praesitlyn
 * Battle of Dagobah
 * Mission to Utapau
 * Battle of Naboo
 * Skirmish on Ordo
 * Duel on Zonama Sekot
 * Second Battle of the Cron Drift

Galactic Federation of Free Alliances

 * Lando Calrissian
 * Ema
 * Cerras Ki &dagger;
 * Kyle Katarn
 * Lowbacca
 * Katae-muri &dagger;
 * Cal Omas &dagger;
 * Saba Sebatyne &dagger;
 * Ben Skywalker
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Han Solo
 * Jacen Solo
 * Jaina Solo &dagger;
 * Nathaniel Kenobi Solo
 * Leia Organa Solo

Sith Order of Decreto

 * Commander 001
 * Commander 039 &dagger;
 * Darth Abeonis
 * Darth Adsec &dagger;
 * Darth Alectasa
 * Darth Cannae
 * Darth Caedus
 * Darth Dimicatio
 * Faynon
 * Darth Iiniuria &dagger;
 * Darth Korin &dagger;
 * Darth Krayt
 * Darth Latrocini
 * Darth Micail
 * Strasbourg &dagger;
 * Darth Validus
 * Darth Wyyrlok

Other factions
Galactic Empire Nebulax Empire Meridian Confederation Mando'ade Alliance Ottiumigos Prime
 * Pellaeon
 * Jack Nebulax
 * Prefance &dagger;
 * Mandalore the Wise
 * Brashus &dagger;