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[Delete] | What follows is a history of the SoD setting. Book events up to the NJO have taken place. SoD replaces said NJO events, so the Vong are NOT in this setting. Additionally, the Junior Jedi Knight Series and the Young Jedi Knights series have also not happened.
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7200 years before ANH
-The Gree Enclave receives a visitor through a recently discovered ancient gateway, a humanoid energy being known as Sa'an. The energy being is from a race known as the Ekishzai within the Ferai galaxy and is in exile from a 'terrible darkness' that is enveloping their galaxy where the Ekishzai can "nolonger light the way". In return for sanctuary, Sa'an offers his knowledge of Ekishzai technology in the hope that one day it will serve to thwat the 'terrible darkness' within his own galaxy.
6500 years before ANH
-The Shekdai war begins with an attempted assassination of the Ruling Council upon Ne'kress Prime. The Shek'dai unveil their surprise weapon in the form of Kizan - the first Gatekeeper.
6000 years before ANH
- The Shekdai War ends with the defeat of the Shek'dai forces. The Shek'dai are punished, whilst the Be'teris and U'aiou are reintegrated into the Ruling Council. Kizan is hunted down and captured and his soul is put into eternal torture and captivity. The vessel is sent off into the far reaches of space never to return.
- The Gree make excellent technological progress due to Sa'an, especially in the field of dimensional engineering which would baffle the Imperial scientists to come. Hypergates are established within the Gree Enclave, which serve as rudimentary gateways based upon the Gateway linking to the Ferai Galaxy. Whilst the original Gateway uses an unknown power source and is based in a different theory, the Hypergates make a use of Hyperspace itself.
5000 years before ANH
- Sa'an leaves the Gree Enclave and is never heard from again. The gate to Ferai shuts down permanently and the Gree fall victim to their inability to improve and maintain their current level of technology.
- Kizan's vessel crash lands within the Tapani Sector and he dominates the mind of the Shek'dai upon the vessel.
3000 years before ANH
- The Ne'kressis Imperium faces total collapse as inner-clan rivalries begin to break out throughout the Ferai Galaxy. With no enemies to face, the arachnids begin to turn upon one another. The Ruling Council become split upon how to deal with the situation.
- The Ekishnak lead a hundred year investigation into charts that were uncovered for the Gate Network. They discover that Gates exist in other galaxies. Using this, they gain control within the Council once more and make a last desperate bid to save the Imperium. The Ne'kressis mobilize scout fleets to send to the new galaxies.
17 years after ANH
-Ne'kressis arrive through the northern rim of the known galaxy and enter what is known as the Unknown Regions.
- Striking like pirate raiders, the Ne'kressis make tests of their technology upon some races within the Unknown Regions that they encounter. Dalris is captured by the Shek'dai. Agents for the Ne'kressis are sent out.
19 years after ANH
-The New Republic and Imperial Remnant end the Galactic War and sign a peace treaty.
-The main Ne'kressis fleet arrive. Dalris is declared Gatekeeper and Reishen, a planet within Directorate territory, is invaded. First encounter with a Jedi.
- A new Darksaber project begins within the Zhanak Asteroid Field financed and supported by Zarin and a being known as The Dark Phoenix.
- The Directorate mobilize four Imperial Star Destroyers to investigate the blackout of all communications from Reishen.
- Several more Directorate worlds are invaded and captured by the Ne'kressis in a startingly accurate coordinated attack.
- Zarin and his group of Star Destroyers encounter a Ne'kressis vessel for the first time. One Star Destroyer is destroyed as the other two are gutted from an attack focussed upon their fighter docking bays. The Ne'kressis vessel suffers little to no damage in return. Zarin retreats.
- Shakurus becomes the Ne'kressis Gateworld.
- Interdiction cruisers are used in an attempt to disrupt the "Unknown" forces. They fail.
- Battle for Zhanak - Zarin commands a flotilla of Star Destroyers and Support vessels along with an Interdictor against what appears to be one Ne'kressis ship. The Ne'kressis ship manages to rampage through the Directorate lines till Zarin has the Interdictor focus a gravity well entirely on the alien ship. Unable to use its vast manuervability and with a bombardment of missiles and torpedoe's the Ne'kressis ship is destroyed. Victory is shortlived as another three Ne'kressis vessels arrive out of "thin air" and forces the embattled Directorat eforces to retreat.
- Directorate surrenders to the Ne'kressis and become part of the Imperium.
- Reinforcements arrive from Ferai, including the U'taris and the Ruling Council itself. The Ne'kressis smoother over the Directorate. Atarnis gains superiourity.
20 years after ANH
- First contact between the Aurora and Ne'kressis is established. The Ruling Council make false, sweet promises and the two factions sign a Non-Aggression Pact with Military Support upon request.
- Atarnis is betrayed by Dalris, who seeks to be the most powerful Gatekeeper. Unable to be killed, Dalris sends Atarnis to Tatooine with a shattered memory.
- Zaisius, G'keti Gatekeeper unleashes a plague upon an Outer Rim world. Due to it remoteness, the plague never reaches its potential and fizzles. Zaisius himself creates the first Gifted.
- First hybrid vessel created between the Directorate and Ne'kressis. Eager to plug any weaknesses, the Ne'kressis investigate Interdiction technology.
- A group of Dark Siders, known as the Dark Empire have one of their number struck down by the Ne'kressis upon the Directorate border. Malus and Deianeira respond with a biological weapon that whilst totally ineffective against the Ne'kressis is able to strike down Zaisius. The G'keti choose to study the weapon and thus mistakingly forget about Zaisius and his lack of immunity. Zaisius dies as a result. The G'keti are highly ridiculed.
- The Ne'kressis begin their invasion of the Outer Rim and Mid Rim with their Directorate and Aurora allies. Dathomir, Ithor, Kashyyyk are the first worlds to fall.
- The Ne'kressis send a token force to strike back at the Imperial Remnant, at the request of the G'keti for their involvement in striking down Zaisius. The Yaga Minor shipyards are devastated as a result and citizens upon Muunilist are slaughtered in the thousands.
- The G'keti in return for the vengeance upon the Imperial's plant agents upon Thyferra and begin a vast operation to modify the galaxies bacta. It succeeds, yet the modification is so small and diluted that the G'keti predict a decade till results will be satisfactory.
- Obroa-Skai, the library world, is wiped out by the Ne'kressis fleet. They purge the planet of all life and pierce the planet's crust in multiple vectors. Officially classed as a Death Planet, inhospitable to life.
- Protests become widespread throughout the Aurora at the cruel and brutal attacks committed upon the Galaxy. Aurora military forces begin to desert and refuse Brors Devilla's orders.
- The New Republic is unable to respond to the sudden threat. The Senate begins embroiled in feuds and doubt. Admiral Coltar liasons with Senator Drax Milamber in an attempt to study the new "unknown" invaders which sparks the multi-million credit Camelot Project.
- Disgusted by the Aurora resistance, the Ruling Council conduct a galaxy wide purge of all known Aurora facilities and vessels. They seize control of Aurora territory and wipe out the "inferior" faction. Aurora Prime is born from the ashes.
- A cult sweeps the galaxy, proclaiming the Ne'kressis as the galaxy's new Gods. This new religious force gains a large momentum, and becomes the Eclipse Order. The Eclipse begin conducting terrorist attacks upon the New Republic
- Dalris is thwarted by Rohan Ambrai upon Tatooine by the timely arrival of the Jedi's Corellian YT-2000 freighter.
- Night Stalker allies his Dark Circle to the Ne'kressis Ruling Council. The Council agree due to the closer nature of the Directorate to the Shek'dai.
- Once reborn, Dalris takes on Zarin, leader of the Directorate, as a Gatekeeper apprentice.
- The Eclipse complete construction of a dedicated temple to the Ne'kressis (whilst functioning also as a military base) within the Cron Drift. The Ne'kressis acknowledge the Eclipse Order's existance and pledge great rewards for service to them. The Directorate make no attempt to accept the terrorist organization however.
- Tyler Sizas is created with the memories of Zaisius by the G'keti with help from Shek'dai Soul technology. They unfortunately are unable to recover most of the former Gatekeeper's memories and likewise fumble the human instincts. Tyler escapes the Ne'kressis and becomes a rogue Gatekeeper.
21 years after ANH
- Construction of the first new Camelot cruiser is completed along with a squadron of V-Wing Interceptors. Admiral Shane Coltar commands.
- An Eclipse attempt to commandeer an Imperial Remnant Torpedo Sphere within the Tapani Sector is thwatted.
- Kra'gressis, Patriarch of the Ne'kressis fleet launches an attack personally upon the Bilbringi shipyards. The fleet's flagship, a Kraiken class vessel is used to devastating effect. It's main Apocolypse weapon opening the battle and crippling the shipyards in one fell swoop. The New Republic forces attempt to retreat, but over 85% of its forces are destroyed.
- Yaga Minor within the Imperial Remnant begins operational once more and the Moff Council agree to a hasty and concentrated military buildup in an effort to prevent the disaster happening once more. Communication with the Republic is heavily disrupted due to the Ne'kressis territory cutting both the Remnant and Republic apart.
- Coltar engages Directorate forces with success at Ithor. Zarin is able to bring in the most vessels however and force the New Republic admiral to flee, albiet with vital intelligence.
- A Ne'kressis envoy is sent to Bastion in an attempt to appease the Imperial Remnant. The Remnant mistake the appearing Ne'kressis cruiser as hostile and shoot it down. The envoy vessel engages its phase drive whilst damaged and crashes into the main city with cataclysmic force - killing millions and levelling the Imperial capital.
- The Eclipse Order enter a high season of sacrifices and offerings to the Ne'kressis - pledging total eradication of the Jedi Order within a year. The Ruling Council instructs its three personal Agents to cull the Impurity upon Tatooine.
- High Admiral Kalle engages the Ne'kressis at Rodia, where the Ne'kressis use the cover of a Mon Calamari wreck to bring in a force of fighters. Kalle is beaten back, yet Coltar arrives in the Camelot and is able to destroy the invading Ne'kressis cruiser and support vessels. This marks the first victory for the New Republic over the Ne'kressis.
- The Shek'dai begin bleeding of their own technology through the gates at Shakurus without the Ruling Council knowledge.
- Yun Sunrunner is able to defeat Agent Korik and Agent Charne. This infuriates the Ruling Council to no end as they resurrect the dead Agents and hastily reassign them to support the Eclipse in different areas of the galaxy. Sunrunner is however imbued with the Khal'ya and whilst able to power personal Nek'ressis items, it severely limits his force abilities.
- The Directorate launches its biggest single concentration of forces in an attempt to make a territory planet grab in the Corporate Sector. It is believed that if the Corporate Sector vast resources can be harnessed then the New Republic will be overrun in months rather than years. The Remnant notice the attempt and send their own task force in an effort to counter the effort.
- The Ne'kressis make a surprising push into the Core in a major offensive against Corellia. The New Republic forces are brushed aside yet the arachnid invaders do not carry forward to grind against more heavily fortified systems. Centerpoint Station is captured by the Eclipse.
- Agent Korik unwittingly helps Kizan escape the dirtball of a planet he resides upon in a Ne'kressis body bringing the former "Destroyer of Worlds" back into the Imperium.
- The Directorate ask for assistance within the Corporate Sector. In response the Ruling Council send an envoy to the New Republic - to bring in an era of peace and end this war and allow the stretched Ne'kressis to send a portion of its fleet to eradicate the Imperial thorn.
- Within the hasty peace, the Eclipse continue their terrorist actions in disregard to the proposed peace plan - the Ne'kressis make no attempt to correct their "children".
- Jekrakto Agents uncover a Shek'dai plot to ruin Kra'gressis and bring the Har'shook into disfavour of the Ruling Council. Dalris and Zarin flee from the Jekrakto upon Corellia. Directorate forces for the first time begin to make a stand verses the Ne'kressis forces for the first time in two years. Dalris uses the DarkSaber to enter the Corellian system and destroy the Kraiken flagship. He however is captured along with Zarin. The Directorate slips further into total Ne'kressis domination under the Ruling Council rather than the Shek'dai.
22 years after ANH
- Attempted assassination upon Senator Nhesh upon Procopia by the Dark Circle. It fails.
- Dalris is transferred to the Ruling Council at Pzob. Along the way, Black Sun mount a rescue mission and free the former Gatekeeper. The Ruling Council become enraged and confusing the Black Sun attack for Hutt interference, send a flotilla of Ne'kressis cruisers to devastate Nal Hutta.
- The Shek'dai take the opportunity to bring through the majority of their remaining forces and flee from Shakurus.
- Ethaeris becomes the new central Gatekeeper upon Shakurus after the Dalris debacle.
- Battle Of Yavin - During a meeting of the Jedi, the Shek'dai launch their first solo attack and "opening move". Using an army of soul powered constructs, the Shek'dai rampage through the Jedi Academy, capturing the souls of many force sensitives and Jedi upon Yavin. Luke Skywalker's soul is captured along with many of the other Jedi Masters. Even with the valiant efforts of Yun Sunrunner and other Jedi, the Shek'dai are able to capture a significant amount of souls for insidious purposes. Raltise, realizes his heritage as an Ekishzai, marks the first sighting of the old race to the Ne'kressis for over seven thousand years and is able to protect a group of Jedi from the Shek'dai Dharma ambush within the jungle. The retreat of the Jedi is shortlived as Ruling Council forces arrive. A Har'shook Dhalein and Thalein arrive in the Yavin system after following Auron and Nay-Tei and begin to blockade the planet - firing upon the Shek'dai forces. The Shek'dai are forced to retreat yet Raltise is able to block the Khal'ya connection to the vessel with great effort. A New Republic fleet from Mon Calamari led by Vice Admiral Sayir Tulon arrives to drive the Ne'kressis away, but in a final mockery of the "Impure" the crashing Shalein activates its phase drive to annhilate most of Yavin IV. The Jedi Order has been dealt a crippling blow.
- Senator Nrala Maty'lya attempts to assassinate President Delaric during a crisis Senate meeting upon the peace treaty and resultant event of Yavin IV. Bothawui withdraws from the New Republic and almost immediately petitions to join the Ne'kressis Imperium. The Ne'kressis are all to happy to accept - with the eradication of the Bothan defense force.
- Zhalimar, a prestigious "Gifted" Eclipse Priest captures Senator Nhesh upon Coruscant. Zhalimar is discovered by a mercenary group who are able to foil his plans and reveal the mutant hybrids that the Priest is developing within the bowels of the New Republic capital. Coruscant thus narrowly avoids an invasion from within by Zhalimar. Senator Nhesh reveals her account of events within the Tapani sector and recently upon Coruscant to reveal the Ne'kressis lack of respect for any peace.
- The New Republic refuse the treaty.
- Rihani Ambrai is made head of what's left of the Jedi Order. A new academy begins construction on Coruscant.
- Malus appeals to the Sith spirits upon Korriban in an attempt to amplify his power and bridge the gap to the Khal'ya to become a Gatekeeper. Using Prefekt to lead them to Korriban they dump him upon the planet to thwat Malus. Prefekt narrowly beats Malus as Agent Jedan oversees the Sith's termination. Fearing the supposed "Sith spirits" and how the Shek'dai could possibly use them, the U'taris begins to bombard the planet with its thousands of phase missiles. Eve
and Nyevin narrowly rescue Prefekt from certain death, although Agent Jedan is not so lucky as the Ruling Council condemn him to death. Korriban is destroyed.
- Phoenix Eclipse, leader of the Eclipse is called before the Ruling Council and executed for the Eclipse Order's failure in terminating the Jedi Order.
23 years after ANH
- Rohan Ambrai, Jedi Knight is shown the fate of Luke Skywalker as he is shown a secret base for the Shek'dai. Skywalker now powers a massive construct that builds the Shek'dai technology. Inserting a soul into Rohan, they hope to use him as a medium between themselves and the New Republic.
- Amongst much fanfare and celebration four new Camelot cruisers are launched at Kuat Drive Yards. A Nekressis fleet attacks the parade but is totally destroyed. During the conflict, one of the rearmost Camelot cruisers fires upon it's brother/sister ships - crippling their main systems, before entering hyperspace. The Eclipse have gained possession of a Camelot cruiser.
- The Satek Stone is prevented from falling into either Shek'dai or "Loyalist" Ne'kressis hands. A mercenary group now seek out the rest of the pieces to go with this artifact.
- The Battle for Corellia begins. High Admiral Kalle and Navy General Coltar lead one the biggest operations since the conception of the war in an effort to retake Corellia. Upon arriving at the planet, a massive fleet is shown to be present from the Nekressis yet an element of it hangs back. Centerpoint Station is destroyed in the initial phases of the space battle. Gruelling fighting ensures, with a startling relevation that the Nekressis can create illusionary copies of themselves that baffle sensors. For the first time in open combat - the Nekressis attempt boarding of enemy vessels, though accompanying Jedi defeat the attempt. The Republic is able to gain a foothold upon one side of the planet, yet fighting continues against what appears to be an almost endless amount of Nekressis ships. Eclipse forces retreat into hyperspace for the most part, yet many ships remain behind on the opposite orbit to New Republic vessels. Troops begin landing.
- The Shekdai lead the Utharis into an ambush, attacking the flagship/station of the Nekressis Imperium and capturing the soul of one of the Ruling Council itself. With this, a new Shekdai war has begun which infuriates the Harshook and Ekishnak. Bickering ensures between the clans.
- War rages upon the planet. A New Republic striketeam encounter a underground labyrinth underneath an old Cor Sev base which was sealed from the outside. This labyrinth is Nekressis-made, including a phase portal into a cesspit of a town used as a prison used to test new creations from the G'keti. The striketeam penetrates into this town and beyond until reaching the nest of a new hybrid creature (Gobblygookscarything). The creature seems to have been spawned from a Nekressis originating creature and a Vornskr providing a beast that hunts down force-users and drains it from them. The striketeam barely escape yet cause significant damage to the nest.
- A plague sweeps over the New Republic forces which hampers efforts to mount an effective assault. Kuole is exposed as a former-gatekeeper known as Kizan who dedicates himself to helping form a cure against the Nekressis bio-weapon. With a group of Jedi, he penetrates into a G'keti medical facility to retrieve the necessary data. A temporary cure is produced, yet secretly Kuole has implanted a gene that will wear down the willpower of a subject. He hopes to build his own cult and army in which to oppose the Nekressis Imperium.
- Imperial forces arrive in support of the New Republic, yet disaster strikes when the Imperial General is forced to crash land upon the planet. He is taken to an oceanic based slave-camp for the Eclipse. Miss Black, a light-side Jedi, responsible for intel on gobblygookcreature and retrieval of the cure is able to mount a daring rescue. Zhalimar is defeated (yet again) and escapes from the camp as it embroils itself within turmoil of thousands of escaped slaves running amock - even the Nekressis envoy assigned to the base makes a "tactical withdrawel" in haste of the inner rebellion caused by Black and her team.
- The cities of Tyrena, Bela Vistal, Doeba Gurfel amongst others are liberated from Eclipse/Nekressis control.
- Inexplicably the Nekressis withdraw their remaining space forces from Corellia, effectively bringing the war for the planet to an end. Coronet City quickly becomes the last bastion of Nekressis control, yet despite New Republic efforts withstands assaults. With casualties already numbering hundreds of thousands, the New Republic ceases its actions against the Coronet "Spire" leaving the city within Nekressis control for the time-being so a more effective assault can be organized after the rest of Corellia had been totally secured and rebuilding was way underway. Without Nekressis support, it is believed that the Spire cannot constitute much of a threat - yet this has not stopped a ten mile radius from being cordoned off around the seemingly impregnable fortress.
- Celebrations rage across the Core and Remnant as word of victory at Corellia reach them.
- The Shek'Dai arrive at Coruscant with a fleet. They deem it 'diplomatic' yet it is clearly a fleet prepared for possible invasion. Rohan Ambrai is present to act as mediator and ambassador for the Shek'Dai in their proposal of a treaty with the New Republic.
24 years after ANH
-Current Setting
Edited 4:29am, February 14, 2009 by V, author. |
