Second Imperial Civil War (Nicktc)

"Join with me and take back our Empire which you have so long and faithfully served."

The Second Imperial Civil War, also known as simply the Imperial Civil War and to the as the Second Rebellion, was a conflict that began with the end of the  in. It was the result of the at, in which part of the  refused to surrender; the  took place, in which several Jedi managed to survive; and, finally, the  executed by  and the. This resulted in the fragmentation of the Fel Empire into two factions, one and another  to the. Over the next seven years, Krayt's empire was challenged by both Fel's Imperial supporters and the of the  under.

By the insurgency was still ongoing and was accelerated by Fel's  of the  Imperial  of, providing Fel's forces with a staging center to coordinate the war against Krayt's Empire. Following the and Krayt's  against the  species, Fel's Imperial faction aligned itself with the Stazi's Galactic Alliance Remnant despite earlier Sith attempts to sabotage negotiation efforts. Both forces cooperated in several key campaigns including a on  and the.

A unexpected albeit secret development in the war occurred when Darth Krayt was killed by his most trusted adviser after  with the Jedi on Had Abbadon. Alleging that Krayt was ill and had entered into seclusion, Wyyrlok III took de-facto control of the Empire while claim to rule on his master's behalf. However, Krayt was resurrected through the and revealed himself to members of the One Sith before unleashing his secret weapons on all his opponents including Fel's Imperial loyalists, the Alliance Remnant and the traitarous Wyyrlok.

A fourth faction within the conflict was composed by the surviving members of the, such as , and , with the support of  , who also sought to work with Fel and Stazi in order to bring down the Sith and reestablish their place in the Galaxy.

Origins
"The true knew we were coming. He smelled a trap and has now escaped, must has failed his task to track down Talon."

-, to



The Second Imperial Civil War was the result of a in  by 's  which overthrew &mdash;ruler of the  and a leader of the  s. Prior to the coup, most of the  had capitulated with the exception of 's  following the. Following the victory, the Sith attempted to destroy the by  the Jedi Academy on, against the express orders of Emperor. The Sith coup was secretly backed by a number of prominent members of the Imperial including  and. However, Moff Calixte realized that with Fel gone, the Sith would no longer need the Moff's Council to control the Empire. Thus, she warned Fel of the impending coup, allowing him to replace himself with a while escaping offworld. The coup established Darth Krayt as over much of Fel's Empire despite resistance from Fel loyalists and the Alliance Remnant.

Fel's Imperialists loyalists included the s, the the  and the. On the other side were the Imperials who believed in loyalty to the institution above the individual and therefore had sided with Krayt's, including the the , the  and the Moff Council, though the Council sought to undermine the Sith's efforts in order to achieve its own ambitions. Krayt controlled much of the including key centers like,  and. Meanwhile, Stazi's Core Forces had evolved into the larger which fought Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire. Over the next seven years, Krayt's empire was challenged by both factions.

The Alliance Remnant was composed of surviving remnants of the Core Fleet and other Alliance units. In addition to numerous and escort vessels, Stazi's fleet also included one of the elite  units&mdash; led by. The, longtime supporters of the GA and its and  predecessors, supplied Stazi with spare parts, supplies, , and new recruits. This helped to keep Stazi's fleet combat-ready, though supplies were increasingly hard to come by, due to similar actions undertaken by Roan Fel's Loyalist forces.

A fourth faction within the conflict was composed by the surviving members of the, such as , and , with the support of the   , who also sought to work with Fel in order to bring down the Sith and reestablish their place in the Galaxy.

Recapturing Bastion
"I'm not here to surrender. I am here to take possession of Bastion in the name of the Imperial Throne. My Throne."



After seven years of mainly guerrilla warfare against Krayt’s Empire, Fel moved to retake, the former capital of the and an impregnable .Escorted by his s, the Emperor landed on Bastion where he was immediately greeted by an honor guard of the  s of the. Fel gave an impassioned speech to these troops, calling upon them to join him in the fight against the usurper. The 501st immediately knelt before their rightful Emperor, thus leaving the service of Krayt's Empire.

An attempt by the pro-Sith to arrest and subsequently assassinate Fel was thwarted by, commanding officer of the 501st Legion. Jaeger told Fel that his forces were under Fel's command, and the takeover was complete. Thus Fel regained control of Bastion with virtually no casualties and gaining the support of the Imperial garrison. With Bastion under Imperial control, Fel moved to gather his forces against Krayt, hoping to keep his quiet takeover of Bastion a secret to the galaxy, especially to Krayt. Despite this success, meanwhile Fel’s on  was  by the Krayt-loyalist  under the command of.

Hoping to draw Fel into the open, Krayt ordered his, , to capture or drive Fel's daughter, , to her father. Though his daughter was on the run, Fel ordered his Imperial Knights, especially and, to keep away from Marasiah. Fel knew that Krayt couldn't find out about Bastion's capture in order for Fel to secretly gather his forces, and if Draco and Krieg rescued Marasiah, Imperial forces would track Draco and Krieg back to Bastion, exposing Fel. Despite this, Draco and Krieg disobeyed Fel, and went to rescue Marasiah on, where she and , a from the , were trapped by Talon. Krieg and Draco were able to save them from the Sith with help from, the last remaining heir of the. However, the mission revealed Fel's presence on Bastion.

Sith Intrigue
"Be careful Maladi, that you do not scheme for scheming's sake. Do not become so enamored of your plotting that you lose sight of your goal&hellip;the death of Roan Fel."



Having established control of Bastion and the surrounding space, Fel’s agents approached with the offer of an alliance against Krayt’s Galactic Empire. The Empire would be represented by while the Alliance Remnant would be represented by Stazi himself. Their venue would be the neutral known as  in the. However, the Sith Empire learnt of these secret negotiations and dispatched Calixte, under the guise of her alter-ego Morrigan Corde and Sith  to sabotage the meeting. Their plan involved using advanced technology known as the. The C.O.L.D.s would attach themselves to a vehicle's hull, hack into the onboard, and order it to open fire.

After attaching to Bovark's, the C.O.L.D.s caused the vessel to on Stazi's Alliance shuttle. Warned of the attack over his personal, Stazi assumed the entire conference had been an elaborate Imperial ruse. This led to a brief scuffle between the Alliance and Fel delegates which ended any possibility of an alliance. Intervening to break up the fight, the station administrator expelled the Imperial delegation, forbidding them or any other elements of Fel’s forces from returning. Stazi was allowed to return to his shuttle and depart the station. Meanwhile, Corrde and Torlin resumed their manhunt for Cade Skywalker but turned on each other. In the, Torlin was slain.

As formed many years ago during the Chiss Ascendancy-Galactic Alliance War, after the Storm over Coruscant, the Fel Empire evoked their ages decades old alliance, the Imperial Alliance and forced the to join the war. Being the only major surviving members, as the New Republic Triumvirate had been annexed by 's, and the Predecessor Empire had mysteriously disappeared after the Chiss Civil War. The minor factions, like the Foronian Governance, were not bound by these terms, even though Foron already was a battleground.

Having learnt about the whereabouts of Emperor Fel following a on Vendaxa,, the Director of , dispatched  on a mission to  Fel. Aware that a frontal assault on the fortress world would only stretch the entire Sith fleet thin, the Sith opted for dispatching an assassin to deal with Fel. Due to the high level of security, Maladi’s operation involved inserting Darth Kruhl onto Bastion by using the defection of and the entire crew of the   as a cover. The reappearance of Fel on Bastion had encouraged elements of the Imperial military to defect over to Fel.

While Kruhl succeeded in infiltrating the where Fel was meditating, he was slain during the subsequent duel by the Emperor. Learning of Dorn’s deception, he ordered the execution of the entire crew of the Dauntless with the exception of Dorn himself who was allowed to return to Coruscant where he was slain by a furious Maladi. Consequently, Fel along with Stazi remained a rallying point for opposition to Darth Krayt’s Galactic Empire.

Mission to Coruscant
"I am a Jedi. I do not fear death. At this moment, in this terrible, once serene place, I think I feel greater happiness, a deeper peace, than you will ever know."

- Trey'lis before his death at the hands of Darth Krayt

Seeking to atone for turning in fellow Jedi to the Sith authorities, former&mdash;Jedi&mdash;turned&mdash; Cade and the crew of the  infiltrated the Imperial capital of Coruscant. After evading Imperial security forces and criminals alike, Cade infiltrated the and attempted to rescue Trey'lis. However, they were ambushed and overpowered by and.

In captivity, Cade was tortured while Krayt attempted to coerce the former Jedi to join his One Sith. Burning with hatred towards those who had murdered his father, Cade refused to cooperate. In an attempt to draw Skywalker closer to the, Krayt had his companions and  infected with   coral seeds that mutated their bodies using the dark side. Cade had no option but to help both of his friends by using his anger to cure them at the cost of tapping into the dark side. Bowing to pressure, Skywalker agreed to join the dark side on the condition that Syn and Blue were released.

Krayt accepted this deal and subsequently invited Cade with Talon and his most loyal Sith adviser,, to his chambers. There, Krayt surprised Cade by showing him Kol Skywalker's lightsaber encased in, giving Cade's father a place of honor. Cade was further surprised when Krayt revealed his knowledge about the Jedi and his true identity of, a during the  and a survivor of the. Krayt then recited the story of his duel on against, near the , and how he was cast out of both  and Jedi society.

After some further confrontation, Cade agreed to submit to a Sith training regime under the tutelage of Talon. However in reality, he was pretending to accept their teachings and to escape at the next opportunity. During a session in the, Cade managed to free himself and attempted to escape, but was caught by Talon. He was taken back to Krayt, where he was ordered to kill Hosk Trey'lis or die, but Cade refused to kill the Jedi. Krayt then killed Trey'lis himself, evoking Cade's anger. But Cade then received a vision of his father, telling him "That which can heal, can also break."

In the subsequent duel, Cade took on Krayt and his Sith acolytes, wounding Darth Nihl. Just as their duel was reaching its climax, Morrigan Corde blasted open the window behind them, shooting Krayt in the back. Cade then jumped out and was rescued by aboard the Mynock, who pulled him inside. The Mynock then escaped the planet and jumped to hyperspace, but not before Corde revealed herself to Cade over a. Corde revealed herself to be his mother, but when Cade demanded some answers, she replied that he wouldn't be getting any. Unbeknownst to him, Krayt was planning on breaking him, using his power to heal himself and then kill him.

Raid on Dac
"We are in danger of becoming just another pirate fleet, raiding for supplies. We need to make military strikes, and for that we need the Imperious!"

- Admiral Gar Stazi

The planet in the  was a key manufacturer and supplier of warships for various galactic powers. Prior to the, the planet had been a prominent supporter of the , as well as the and  that preceded it. Under, the had gained control of the planet and the  were an important supplier of warships for the. Despite this, several key and Quarren leaders were sympathetic to Stazi’s Alliance Remnant and provided spare parts,, recruits as well as intelligence.

Former Alliance member  learnt that the new  prototype  was undergoing the final stages of construction in the Mon Calamari Shipyards. Capturing the Imperious would allow the Alliance Remnant to switch from hit-and-run raids to engaging in full-scale military offensives. Hatching a plan to capture the prototype warship, the local resistance sabotaged the computer systems that controlled the Shipyards automated defense systems, allowing an Alliance task force to enter the system and hijack the new Star Destroyer.

However, former Triumvir Gahan was unaware that Imperial  had planned a trap for Stazi's forces. Stormtroopers on the Imperious ambushed the Alliance commando units while Valan's appeared at Dac, trapping Stazi between his fleet and the planet's defense systems. Valan contacted Stazi and told him to surrender or die. However, he was unaware that the latter been prepared for his trap all along and had set up one of his own. The Mon Calamari resistance fighter had seized control of the shipyard guns used them to bombard Valan’s fleet in coordination with a barrage by Stazi’s forces. The combined fire-power of the Alliance fleet and the shipyard's guns inflicted heavy damage on the ships of Outer Rim Third Fleet.

Meanwhile, the stormtroopers that had re-seized the Imperious were actually Alliance troops under the command of. They hijacked the Advanced Star Destroyer and got it to one of the Alliance bases. Having achieved their objective, the Alliance evacuated the system. During the ensuing escapade, Stazi’s flagship the Indomitable was crippled by enemy fire but he managed to escape. Instead, Captain Yorub took command of the Indomitable and, despite a desperate barrage of fire from Valan's fleet, rammed the ship into the shipyards, destroying a third of them and damaging a quarter.

The battle was a major military and political victory for the Alliance. Not only had they escaped with minimal casualities, but they now possessed a ship that could out-gun the Empire's best ships. In contrast for the Sith Empire, the battle was a source of embarrassment since it undermined Imperial power. In retaliation for their assistance to Stazi, Darth Krayt retaliated by unleashing a against the, exterminating one-tenth of them and ordering the rest to be placed in work camps. The were the members of the  though Quarren dissenters were also targeted.

Unbeknownst to both the Alliance and the Sith Empire, Emperor Fel’s agents had sabotaged the Imperious. Three sets of explosives had been rigged to destroyed the ship as soon as its weapons were brought online, which was expected to occur far enough from the shipyards so that the Mon Calamari would not be blamed. As the Alliance was still considered a potential ally by Fel, Imperial Knights and  rescued Gahan and, at Gahan's insistence, numerous other downed Alliance personnel so that they could reach the Alliance fleet and warn Stazi. Following the operation, Imperial Knight revealed how to disarm the bombs on the Imperious. Impressed by their actions, Stazi agreed to reopen negotiations with Fel's forces for coalition against the Sith. Master Sinde remained behind to establish contact with the Mon Calamari resistance.

A Coup d'etat
"My vision&hellip;my dream&hellip;for One Sith&hellip;will live! "It is a magnificent vision, my Lord. Sometimes, for the dream to live&hellip;the dreamer must die."

- Darths Krayt and Wyyrlok, shortly before Wyyrlok killed Krayt



Despite his position as Dark Lord of the Sith and ruler of the Galactic Empire, Krayt's grip on power was also challenged by his affliction. Decades before the, A'Sharad Hett, who would become Darth Krayt, had been captured by the Yuuzhan Vong and implanted with their slave seeds. He eventually escaped captivity and founded the One Sith order which adhered to the. In contrast to the earlier which limited the Sith to one Sith Lord and one, Krayt’s Sith order consisted of many Sith subservient to one Dark Lord. Though able to combat the effects of the seeds through his growing strength in the, Hett was slowly losing his battle with them. By 137 ABY, he had assumed the mantle of Dark Lord and restyled himself as the of the Sith, but the coral seeds still threatened to turn him into a mindless shell of a.

For years Krayt was able to sustain himself through and extended periods of, Krayt consulted the s of earlier Sith Lords but was denied any assistance for disregarding the Rule of Two and therefore being a pretender to the Sith legacy. He was looked after by the most trusted of his servants, the latest of them being. Despite being the most learned of Krayt's Order in Sith lore and ritual, Wyyrlok was unable to find a way to cure that which afflicted his. Thus, he consulted a in his possession, one that belonged to an ancient  named, who was known to have reanimated his flesh after his own. Wyyrlok then traveled to the to Andeddu's homeworld of, searching for information that would assist Krayt.

Wyyrlok managed to find, where he encountered a previously unknown called the &mdash;one that worshiped Andeddu and refused to allow Wyyrlok further entry into their domain. In the ensuing skirmish, he killed all the cultists save one named, who revived Andeddu's deceased corpse at the cost of his own life. Andeddu then engaged Wyyrlok in a duel of, a battle that Andeddu ultimately lost. With the ancient Sith Lord dead for a second time, Wyyrlok returned Andeddu's body to its sarcophagus and sealed it within.

Wyyrlok's mission was partially unsuccessful, as he was still unable to obtain any information in Andeddu's vast collection of Sith lore that would help him in the preservation of Krayt's life. However, he came to the conclusion that Krayt's own doubts that he would not achieve his dream of a stable galaxy under Sith rule fulfilled were a significant contributor to his affliction. An opportunity transpired following an attack on the Imperial garrison on the legendary world of  by a mysterious, Skywalker and a force of Jedi and Imperial Knights. The female Jedi was the ancient  who had been kept alive by the &mdash;an ancient Sith relic created by the Sith Lord  which was capable of turning other sentients into mindless  known as s. While the talisman kept Morne alive beyond the natural human lifespan, she was a captive of Muur until he found a Force-strong individual he could possess. The sole survivor was who succumbed to his wounds and became a Rakghoul but not before telling Krayt of Skywalker’s presence.

Krayt and his advisers then received a transmission from Had Abaddon. Under the guise of the Jedi woman, Karness Muur contacted Krayt and presented him with none other than Cade Skywalker. Muur then issued an invitation to Krayt&mdash;one that he was to answer alone, or both he and Skywalker would die. Krayt accepted the invitation, albeit with three of his Sith Lords accompanying him, and set out for Had Abaddon with intentions of capturing Skywalker once and for all. As they traveled to Had Abbadon, Wyyrlok surmised that Muur would not divulge any secrets, and rather sought to control Krayt through his talisman. However, Krayt was desperate to find a cure for himself as his life was nearing its end.

On the surface, Muur offered an alliance and began to modify Krayt's body. Suddenly, everything was revealed to be a trap, as Cade's allies were waiting in secret. Muur, however, took control of Celeste and planned to take Krayt's body for his own. During the fight, Krayt was stabbed by, electrocuted and Force-pushed off of the cliff by Morne/Muur, and seemingly fell to his doom. At the bottom of the cliff, he was discovered by Darth Wyyrlok, who believing his master to dead, ordered his body to be taken back to Korriban.

To his surprise, Krayt woke, having cushioned his fall with the Force. He asked Wyyrlok to take him to a in order to regain his strength, but the  Sith Lord electrocuted his master in response, seemingly killing him. He then placed Krayt's corpse in a within  of Korriban, hiding the truth from the other Sith by claiming that his master had merely been wounded in combat and forced into seclusion. Wyyrlok assumed the position of, claiming to rule on behalf of Darth Krayt and continuing his predecessor’s policies including eliminating his opposition and inducting all beings in the galaxy into the ranks of the One Sith.

Against a Common Foe


Following the events on and, a number of allied systems allowed ships from their planetary fleets to join the Remnant. Admiral Stazi led the fleet of Alliance warships in a against the  at the Imperial stronghold of  with forces loyal to deposed emperor Roan Fel. The purpose of the attack was to capture ships to bolster their fleets and to recruit loyalist Imperials, while at the same time strain the Siths' ability to maintain control in the Outer Rim. While the Sith fleet commander Admiral agreed to surrender his fleet and to kill those who resisted, one ship refused to do so&mdash;the , under the command of Captain.

Tor who understood Stazi and Fenel's plans, refused Fenel's orders, causing the Fel loyalist Admiral to ordered all of his Fleet, as well as that of Kelsan, to fire on the Steadfast. Kelsan refused to comply with this new order, rescinding his previous order and ordering his crew to self-destruct and abandon their ships. When Fenel ordered his fleet to open fire on the escape pods, Stazi protested and ordered the Alliance fleet to shield the Sith-loyal s and the Steadfast. By these actions, Stazi reiterated that his forces would not employ the tactics used by Sith-Imperial forces and was an equal to Fel rather than a vassal. While the allied forces succeeded in forcing the Sith fleet to surrender, this victory was tarnished by differences between Stazi and, Admiral of the.

Following the Battle of Ralltiir, Stazi relocated his fleet to the in the Outer Rim where Alliance forces participated in a mission to evacuate Mon Calamari refugee from  in anticipation of a Sith attack. The local ruler  was an ally of the Alliance and was sympathetic to the plight of the Mon Calamari. During this period, Stazi came into contact with surviving members of the. The Jedi delegates, with the blessing of the surviving Jedi Council members at the, informed Stazi on their hope to ally with the Alliance against the Sith Empire. In addition, Stazi learned of Cade Skywalker's involvement in the assassination of Darth Krayt.

While in the midst of negotiations with the Jedi, the Alliance fleet was ambushed by the Sith-loyalist, under the command of Admiral. During the battle, the Mon Calamari Shipman attempted to assassinate Stazi but was foiled by the Jedi. The Alliance fleet retreated into but was unable to shake-off their Imperial pursuers since the latter were tracking the fleet’s comm frequency vibrations. However, Stazi's second-in-command  sprung a trap by using the flagship Alliance to lure Grail’s forces into the firing range of the re-assembled Alliance fleet. Sustaining considerable damage, the Sith-loyalist fleet was forced to retreat. Victorious in battle, Bey ordered all Galactic Alliance comm frequency vibrations changed before proceeding to the next rendezvous point.

Fortunately for the Alliance, Admiral Stazi recovered from his wounds. In the aftermath, Stazi met with Tealart in the Alliance's brig. Tealart admitted his guilt and explained that Sith agents had contacted him and threatened to kill his entire family on Dac if he refused to cooperate with their plot. With his family threatened, Tealart agreed to cooperate with these agents. While Stazi forgave him and agreed to do his best to rescue his family, Stazi did not pardon Tealart due to the severity of his crime. In accordance with Alliance law, Tealart would be tried and executed for treason.

The Final Protocol
On Dac, the Sith-inspired Genocide had culminated in the deaths of an estimated ten percent of the Mon Calamari population. In an attempt to cower opposition to the Sith, the genocide was widely broadcasted on. After Darth Krayt left the planet,, a Sith, was left to oversee the genocide with the aid of , a Force-sensitive  Sith scientist. While thousands of Mon Calamari were sent to extermination camps, where they were left without food or medical aid so they would die of disease and starvation, others fled to the deep oceans of Dac, where they were hunted down by the. The Sith-inspired genocide was resisted by the, a resistance organization that waged a guerilla war against Imperial forces and aided in the escape of refugees. The Rangers were aided by Master Sinde, an Imperial Knight.

During a, Sinde and the Rangers turned the tables on an Imperial Army patrol under  which included s, s and one. The poor performance of Sturves' forces during this operation exposed a brain-drain in the Imperial military created by the defection of many able officers and personnel to Emperor Fel’s Empire-in-exile. Due to his expertise on biological warfare, Isen was assigned the task of overseeing the genoocide. Since Krayt wanted only the Mon Calamari eliminated and not the Quarren or any of Dac's other native species, Isen would not be able to release experimental viral organisms to wipe out all life on the world. Following some consultation, Isen settled for developing a ""&mdash;an aquatic variant of the &mdash; bioengineered created by  during the.

The creature, when completed, would be able to eliminate the remaining Mon Calamari on Dac. Though, the Sea Leviathan would absorb the life energies of those it killed, becoming and driving it to think like a Mon Calamari, enabling it to better locate their hiding places. Isen spent weeks developing the creature in the gaping, underwater, reaching the trench via an Imperial. Following development, the Sea Leviathan was first tested on Mon Calamari inmates at. Impressed the efficiency with which the Leviathan consumed its prey, the Sith Leviathan was deployed into the open oceans of Dac to hunt down Mon Calamari refugees and to lure the Rangers out of hiding.

Isen and Azard followed the Sea Leviathan in their AT-AT swimmer to on Dac's ocean floor, where the beast interrupted a reconnaissance mission undertaken by two Mon Calamari Rangers in s. However, one of the Rangers,  escaped back to the  and alerted her fellow Rangers, who were under the leadership of Sinde. While Isen, Azard, and their Sithspawn prowled around Devil's Crevasse, the Rangers devised a plan of attack that involved sacrificing the refugees to the Leviathan while they attempted to disable the Sith's AT-AT swimmer. They met the Sea Leviathan just as it approached the outskirts of the Crevasse, and a. Despite the deaths of many Mon Calamari refugees, the Rangers succeeded in disabling the AT-AT. Further losses were averted by the appearance of the —non-sentient fauna which resided within the Crevasse and had been disturbed by the commotion. Before the devilsquid could join in the fray and besiege the refugees, Master Sinde used the Force to them to attack Sea Leviathan. Unable to withstand the combined assault of the devilsquid, the Mon Calamari Rangers, and the Imperial Knight, the Sea Leviathan was dragged into the abyss of Devil's Crevasse, never to be seen again.

Only Isen and Azard survived the battle but were undeterred in their resolve to continue the Genocide. Unwilling to squander more Imperial resources on the systematic extermination of the Calamari and bloodied by defeats at and the failed attempted to annihilate the Alliance Core Fleet, Darth Wyyrlok ordered Isen to execute the : the extermination of all life on Dac. This involved contaminating Dac's oceans with s, which would be carried by oceanic currents and kill every life form on the planet within a week. Azard and the pro-Sith Quarren leadership protested, pointing out that the Sith-allied Quarren would also be affected. Wyyrlok was unmoved, though he allowed the Quarren to begin evacuation of Dac without helping or hindering their efforts. Wyyrlok's plan was for using a two-pronged operation to deal a serious blow to his Alliance and Fel foes. If successful, the on Agamar would capture Fel and the poisoning of Dac would lure Admiral Stazi and the Galactic Alliance  into a trap.

Within three days, Dac's oceans were covered with the bodies of the dead. This led to the deaths of more than eighty percent of the planet's population. However, total annihilation was averted by the efforts of the Alliance and various individuals to evacuate as many survivors as they could. An Alliance fleet entered the Dac system, driving away the weak Imperial defenses and allowing a civilian evacuation fleet to evacuate many refugees. While the bulk of the evacuees were Mon Calamari, the armada also managed to evacuate large numbers of Quarren, and. The Outer Rim Third Fleet attempted to ambush the Alliance and evacuation fleet but were foiled by kamikaze ships loaded with s. The arrival of Fel's s under General Jaeger forced the Sith to retreat, allowing the allied forces to evacuate twenty percent of the planet's population.

The hunt on the Butcher of Dac
Word about the Massacre on Dac soon reached Cade. He decided that the "" to be the first target of his crusade that would inflict the Sith with a severe blow. Using intelligence from the  that indicated Isen was located on the planet, they raided the Sith scientist’s , but discovered a group of Imperal s instead of Isen they were looking for. While Syn planted timed explosives, Skywalker and Sazen engaged a group of Sith before the last remaining Sith revealed to him the whereabouts of both the scientist and his planet-killing s. He also revealed only that Isen had previously used Daluuj as a base and had left no secrets behind. The raiding party left the Sith to die when the base exploded.

Several survivors fled from their homeworld to  in the remote. The  owned a spa at the  of  on, the fourth moon orbiting Da Soocha. In response, the Sith Empire sent in the under Isen and  to punish Azzim for sheltering Mon Calamari by bombing Da Soocha’s oceans with. Upon arriving above Da Soocha's orbit, the  deployed its s of  that would drop the deadly toxin into the oceans of Da Soocha; exterminating all life on that world. These bombers quickly accomplished their mission and return to the War Hammer.

Azard also ordered the bombardment of Napdu and the secondary deployment of s to mop up all possible survivors. Maya Armus was bombarded, killing most of the inhabitants including the Hutt Azzim. Several civilian freighters attempted to escape the Imperial attack but, aboard her , ordered to destroy them. On the ground, Stormtroopers led by  eliminated the remaining survivors. One of his subordinates  showed disapproval of the ethics of his Sith masters' actions; but Harkas reasoned that they were only following orders and killed an injured survivor to support his argument.

On the Hutt capital Nal Hutta, Azzim’s uncle Vedo received a recording of the Sith atrocities on Da Soocha. He subsequently convened a meeting of the Hutt leadership on to consider entering the war on the side of the  and the. This was where Cade himself received a transmission from  who requested the former’s presence at this meeting. There, they hired his team on a to kill Isen.

Isen and Azard established a laboratory on, where he experimented on native and  subjects. He planned Gar Stazi's assassination and a new plague which would adapt to any living species.

Skywalker's comrades Jariah and Blue subdued Isen's assassin, however, while Cade and Sazen confronted Isen and Azard. Isen tried to escape while Cade gave chase. On the ledge, Isen ignited his lightsaber and fought Cade. During the duel, both sensed Darth Krayt, who had been resurrected, and soon after, Isen jumped into the to release the vial. Cade leaped afterwards, and using the Force to catch up with Isen, sliced Isen in before retrieving the vial containing the virus intended to eradicate Utapau, saving the planet.

Behind the scenes
The Imperial Civil War is the primary backdrop for the stories of the  series of s, with the exception of, which depicts the Sith–Imperial War and explains how it leads to the latter conflict.

When asked whether the events in Broken were the same as the Sith–Imperial War, replied, "Two different wars. In fact, Roan Fel's activities might be likened more to an insurgency so far than an actual war. It's all been hit and run with him so far, as he notes."

Appearances

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