The Infinite Empire was the first known galactic government, founded by the Rakata in 49,000 BBY. Through several major wars, the first recorded wars on galactic scale, the Rakata eventually fell in 25,200 BBY. Attributed with inventing the hyperdrive and other technologically advanced machines, the Rakata had great knowledge in the fields of science and war. Combining the Force and this knowledge, the Infinite Empire rose to contain over 500 different subject worlds.
History
The Rakata rose to new heights when, in approximately 49,000 BBY, they successfully combined the power of the Force with advanced technology creating wondrous effects that seemed to border on the mystical. Due to this achievement they used their technology to explore space, however when they found civilizations less advanced than themselves, they conquered and enslaved them rather than be beneficial and help them advance. The Infinite Empire, dominated known space for thousands of years and enslaved numerous developing species including the Duros, Selkath, and Humans.
The Rakatan civilization expanded over a period of twenty thousand years and at its height, it consisted of more than 500 subject worlds with a population of ten billion Rakata and one trillion slaves.
Wars
- Island Wars -- Fought between local tribes on the home planet of Lehon; unified the tribes under one leader and led to the rise of the Infinite Empire
- Expansion Wars -- Occurring over a series of ten thousand years, the Expansion Wars bought the Infinite Empire to its head but also caused a near collapse of it
- First Expansion War
- Duros Uprisings
- Second Expansion War
- Third Expansion War
- Kashyyyk Massacre
- Human Uprisings
- Fourth Expansion War
- Kumumgah Rebellion
- Slave March
- Yugwana Coup -- Military coup d'état led Elder Yugwana on Lehon
- Thousand Year War -- War between Yugwanists and local warlords of several Lehon islands; severe fighting only during the first two hundred years; warlords finally defeated after one thousandth year of violence
- Algebreoph War - Led by Algebreoph High Priets, the warring empire of the Template:SW:Unknown Regions invaded Infinite Empire space and brought a ten year bloody war that gives rise to seperatists and rebel groups
- War of the Star Forge -- Struggle for control of the Empire and its newly-created Star Forge begins between Yugwanists and Ortar, a paramilitary, left-wing political party; though the the Yugwanist government prevails, this war sets the stage for the eventually collapse of the Infinite Empire five thousand years later
- Rakatan Civil War