Massacre at Murgo

The Massacre at Murgo was the defeat of the Imperium, a Force-influenced Nest of Nests bent on conquering the known galaxy on behalf of the (unwitting) Golden Empire.

With the conclusion of the Second Swarm War as an Imperium victory,  Eskol Kaartinen continued Killik production inside the  and on nearby worlds, and prepared an invasion fleet at. Kaartinen had previously defeated his brother Centurion Te`net Organi and incarcerated him aboard the Unseen Queen, but on the eve of the invasion, Organi escaped and fought both Kaartinen and Chindal in a second duel. This time Organi was victorious, maiming Chindal and killing Kaartinen.

The single hive mind of the Imperium was thrown into disarray with Kaartinen dead and Chindal in shock, and Organi acted before the Killiks could recover. Using Kaartinen's, he hacked into the Unseen Queen's central control system, reprogramming the threat analysis grid for the entire fleet so the Killiks saw one another as enemies rather than allies. Believing they had been infiltrated, and that this infiltration had resulted in the lost of the Prime, they opened fire without hesitation.

While a bloodbath ensued, Te`net escaped the Unseen Queen with Chindal and Kaartinen's body after sabotaging the Unseen Queen's reactor. The flagship exploded while the other Killiks were busy slaughtering one another. Nearly all of the Imperium's forces died in the massacre; the few survivors limped back to the Utegetu, their cross-nest telepathic bond already disintegrating.

Organi was conflicted about his role in orchestrating the Massacre at Murgo. The weight of millions of lives on his conscience was among the reasons he resigned his Centurion's commission upon returning to the Empire.