SECTION VII: THE DARK TIMES

-20 BSW4

A virus strikes the settlers of the Outer Rim world of Minavar, just as Palpatine was taking control of the galaxy, and their calls for help went unnoticed in the turnover. The majority of the population was wiped out.

The first detailed survey of the Tasar system is conducted by an Admiral looking for a suitable location for a hidden shipyard. The hope was that new, untapped, rich mineral resources would be discovered. The hope was in vain.

Pello Scrambas is born on the planet Alderaan. He would later serve in the homeguard of the Royal House of Alderaan, and was one of the first troopers killed when stormtroopers from the Imperial Star Destroyer ‘Devastator’ invaded the ‘Tantive IV’.

Ansan Talam, is one of the first miners to arrive on the planet Tasariq. He would mine the planet for the next twenty years.

Moegid, a Verpine computer slicer is born in the Roche Asteroid Field.

Lobot escapes his enslavement and hides out in Cloud City on Bespin as a small-time thief – only to be arrested and convicted on that charge. Baroness Ellisa Shallence takes pity on the starving young man and offers a work-release sentence. Lobot accepts, and allows the Cloud City personnel to wire his head with cybernetic attachments. He is assigned to a 15-year indenture as Cloud City’s computer liason officer. By the time his indenture ends, the Empire is fast limiting employment opportunities elsewhere. Lobot decides to make Cloud City his permanent home.

The Ithorian Bersin Sekolah, a Republic scout, arrives on the planet Tasariq. He decides to retire on the planet, spending his remaining years finding a way to restore life to the surface of the planet.

A stray asteroid from the Duhrib Belt smashes into the planet Danoor, killing much of its native population and destroying large areas of the settlements. Contact with Danoor is cut off for several years.

STAR WARS, EPISODE III: Revenge of the Sith

Now entirely corrupted, Anakin Skywalker renounces his former identity, breaks off ties with his (unbeknownst to him) pregnant wife Padme Amidala and is renamed Darth Vader, becoming Palpatine's Sith apprentice and put in charge of killing the Jedi. Obi-Wan Kenobi battles him to attempt to win him back (on Horuz?), only succeeding in hideously injuring Vader by cuting of his legs and other arm where he then catches fire from a the edge of a lava flow. Encased in body armor and an artificial respiration system, Vader redoubles his evil efforts. Unbeknownst to him, his twin children, Luke and Leia, are born. Kenobi and Bail Organa act to hide the children from Vader and Palpatine. Leia is taken by Bail Organa to Alderaan, where she is adopted by Viceroy Bail Prestor Organa and raised as his daughter. Luke is taken by Kenobi to Tatooine (with a brief stop-over at Dagobah), where Luke is raised by Kenobi's brother Owen Lars. Kenobi himself goes into hiding in the Jundland Wastes of Tatooine.

Emperor Palpatine shuts down large portions of the Holonet and nationalises the rest to prevent news of his more evil activities from spreading throughout the Galaxy.

When the Emperor overthrew the Old Republic and declared the Empire, he removed a number of nobles from power. Instead of killing them and creating a whole new pantheon of martyrs, he made a bargain with them. If they agreed to permanent exile, he would allow them to keep much of their wealth. Though many chose to flee or chose death, a large number of the families accepted. In a mass exodus of around 300,000 nobles, they were relocated to Eliad, and to other planets like those in the Minos Cluster.

The Alien Protection Zone, an area of Coruscant's Imperial City is set aside for the habitation of non-human labor during the New Order. It was set up to appease many Old Republic Senators who felt that the New Order unfairly treated aliens.

Republic Fleet Systems is formally disbanded by decree of the Senate and most of the company’s resources are absorbed by the Republic’s Navy.

Lyle Lippstroot has cyber implants inserted in his brain.

The rise of Emperor Palpatine brings about the rise of “High Human Culture”: the ideology that humans were inherently superior to aliens. While this philosophy was not supported by all humans – most found the idea of “High Human Culture” repugnant – many aliens found their rights and freedoms restricted under Imperial law and faced a high degree of prejudice that was formally encouraged by Imperial dictates.

Wedge Antilles is born on Gus Treta spaceport in the Corellian system to Jagged and Xena Antilles. Raised in the neutral Corellian System, Wedge’s youth was not disturbed by the growing unrest in the greater Empire. He spent half of each year on a farm school in Corellia’s northern hemisphere and half on his parent’s refueling station in high orbit. Both places taught him how to ride: on Corellia’s rolling hills, he herded naugas and nerfs from the backs of thaks and slopewings; and in space, he piloted tugs and shuttles. It was a tough life and not suited to everybody.

When Senator Palpatine declared himself Emperor, he found Moff Flirry Vorru, in charge of the Corellian Sector, to be a rival of sorts. Prince Xizor betrayed Vorru to the Emperor, but the Emperor did not slay him. It was thought that Vorru had ransomed his life by causing his datafiles about others in the Imperial Senate and throughout the Empire to be doled out to the Emperor bit by bit.

Ballin Dreshig is born (future slicer/data fixer).

Corran Horn is born on the planet Corellia.

(Future Imperial Lieutenant) Creb is born on the planet Bettok. He would go on to create the “Black Wing” TIE Fighter Squadron.

War breaks out between sistering worlds Kuan and Bortal. Maarek Stele is born on Kuan.

Thurlow Harris is born. He would later become one of the many Rebel pilots killed at the Battle of Yavin.

The Republic T.I.E. Fighter is upgraded into the Imperial TIE Fighter by the renamed Sienar Fleet Systems. The revised vessel is longer-ranged, but not equipped with a hyperdrive as some military personnel wished. Deflector shields are also eschewed as too expensive. At roughly the same time, a much larger version of the Star Destroyer, the Imperial-class, is designed and commissioned in part as a TIE carrier as well as a super-dreadnaught class warship. The Imperial-class Star Destroyer is designed by Lira Wessex, daughter of the Victory-class designer Walex Blissex.

The tourism industry that surrounds Calius saj Leeloo – the City of the Glowing Crystal on the planet Berchest dries up following the Clone Wars and the birth of the Empire. Berchest has since tried to reposition itself as a major trade center by using the established trade routes left over from tourism.

Sickened of war, the government of Alderaan places all of the planet’s weaponry aboard a huge unmanned military transport labelled “Another Chance.” The ship is sent into a perpetual state of hyperspace until such time as the Council of Elders summons it back. Alderaan becomes a pacifist world, where peace and learning become the pastimes.

A colony is established on Belsavis in the Senex Sector.

Outworlder City, a domed city on the planet Ergeshui is constructed to take care of off-world visitors who could not tolerate the Ergeshui land and climate. Outworlder City is built on huge metal support pylon raising it above the soggy terrain. The Ergesh look forward to expanding Outworlder City, to attract greater economic growth to their world. The Ergesh themselves, however, rarely venture into the city, finding its plasticrete sidewalks, metal walkways and the like offensive. Still, the city features an Ergesh Relations Office, staffed by 10 of the natives.

Sate Pestage is made Grand Vizier of the Empire by Emperor Palpatine. The Grand Vizier is Steward of the Imperial Personal Archives, and is privy to Palpatine's most secret holo-communications. He is also put in charge of the preparation and testing of the Emperor’s meals, holder of the Imperial Seal, and scheduling of all official functions.

Unbeknownst to anyone, Emperor Palpatine authorizes the construction of the "Eye of Palpatine," an asteroid-shaped ship that is the largest of it's time, and completely automated. The ship is built to help exterminate the Jedi. The Jedi Knight Callista and her husband Geith board the asteroid, to find it only too able to defend itself. Geith flies off the ‘Eye’ to get help, only to be blown to bits. Given no choice, Callista makes a suicide run at the ‘Eye’s’ computer. As she dies, Callista’s spirit takes over the ship to keep it from launching. An angry Palpatine sentences the ‘Eye of Palpatine’s’ designers to the sand mines of Neelgalmon.

The Empire establishes a base on the planet Pzob, a colony world of the Gamorreans, where 45 stormtroopers were to await pickup by the ‘Eye of Palpatine’. The battlemoon never arrived, and over the years every stormtrooper except Triv Pothman was killed by internal fighting or constant skirmishes with the Gamorreans.

Although the battlemoon ‘Eye of Palpatine’ never arrives to wipe out the Jedi enclave on Belsavis, the Emperor sends a small backup force of interceptors to bomb Plawal. The attackers are wiped out by Belsavis' Y-wings, and the Jedi departed for places unknown - after erasing all knowledge of their presence from the inhabitants of the city. After their departure, Brathflen, Galactic, and Imperial/Republic arrived to dome the valley and cultivate vine-coffee and silk. Nubblyk the Slyte began blasting landing pads on the glaciers around this time, and the smuggling trade began in earnest. A small force of tariff police left by the region's Imperial Governor were little use against the smugglers.

Imperial forces enter the Tapani Sector. Upon arrival at Pelagon, three Imperial Star Destroyers are faced with the Pelagia Star, which withstands their firepower. It is damaged beyond repair, but still is not damaged enough to send it crashing to Pelagon. After the Imperials have taken control of the planet, the ship, now in a standard orbit, is rechristened Pelagia’s Moon and used as a space station, though the nobility of Pelagon still desire to one day fix the ship/station and make it the flagship of a Pelagian battle fleet once again.

-19 BSW4

A group of anti - tax protesters on the planet Ghorman are crushed to death when an Imperial warship commanded by Captain Willhuff Tarkin lands on them at a spaceport. Dozens are killed, hundreds more are injured. This incident, known as “The Ghorman Massacre,” serves as the beginning of rebellion in the Empire. When Tarkin is promoted to Admiral after the massacre, several Senators begin covertly aiding rebel uprisings. Tarkin is an interesting individual, a kind of person who appears untouchable, both in the heat of battle and on the Senate floor. His charisma and personal presence are capable of swaying even Darth Vader's iron resolve, saving some of his closest commanders from Vader's deadly mind-projected wrath.

Rivoche Tarkin, daughter of Brigadier Gideon Tarkin (brother of Wilhuff) is born.

Under the rule of the Old Republic, slavery was abhorred and outlawed galaxy–wide, although it did exist and was ignored in the fringe of the Outer Rim territories. With the rise of the Empire, and the Emperor's anti-alien stance, the laws upholding the rights of sentient beings slackened. With the passing of Imperial Decree A-SL-4557.607.232, which legalized procurement of slaves under certain conditions, slaving guilds rose to prominence. The once secret Guild of Zygerrian Slavers went public, and prospered under the Empire's rule. Other slaving groups competing with the Zygerrians are the Thalassians and the Karazaks. Members of the guild receive a "patch" of space in which to operate in return for their membership fees. The guild guarantees that only two or three other slaver territories would overlap. The guild structure streamlined the bureaucratic process allowing the Zygerrians to obtain Slaver Permits. The Twi'leks of Ryloth tended to use the business - like Zygerrian guild for slaving in order to reduce the strains of slaving on their society. The Zygerrians organize themselves into clans. One of the most influential clans is the Pr'ollerg, leaders of the Zygerrian Slaver Syndicate. The Zygerrian Slaver Syndicate is a loose confederation of pro-slaving bounty hunters acting as a bounty hunting guild. Their activities often resemble outlaw banditry. Live acquisitions brought back to the Syndicate are often sold into slavery. The Syndicate is ruled by the ruthless Pr'ollerg clan, dictating who hunts what acquisitions where.
Their estimated membership of 2000 comprises mostly younger hunters who work for lesser pay. They specialize in bounties fewer than 5,000 credits. Most others in the business regard the Zygerrian Slaver Syndicate as a bunch of thugs, hoodlums, and murderers. The Syndicate operates in the Outer Rim Territories, out of the world of Kazarak. Membership requires a private initiation fee (rumored to be between 2000-5000 credits). The fee is sometimes waived for those with relatives in the organization.

Wookiees have long feuded with the reptilian Trandoshans, who inhabit another planet in the same star system. In fact, it was a Trandoshan official who convinced the Empire to exploit the powerful species as slave labor. Kashyyyk is placed under martial law by the Empire, and Wookiees are enslaved as laborers.

For thousands of years, the Ailon Nova Guard was allied to the Republic and served its defense with honor. With the coming of the Empire, the Guard’s activity was sharply curtailed and largely restricted to ceremonial duties, except on occasions when Imperial Central Command needed cannon fodder to soften up tough positions (which led to a few embarrassments when the Nova Guard overran opposition before the Imperial military could act). The non–human Ailon were largely forced into inactive peace for a generation. During this period, the annual Ailon Military Ceremonies became the primary focus for the Nova Guard. The Guard honed its skills, upgraded its equipment, observed the martial traditions of other species, staged full war–games, and waited. This turned out to be a grand strategic disaster for the Empire. The high reproduction rate of the Ailon allowed the Nova Guard regiments to fill to capacity, and in time new regiments were created simply to train the burgeoning youth.

When Palpatine came to power, he realized that in order for him to retain his throne he needed control over the people of the galaxy. An expanding population, discovering and colonizing worlds, is difficult to dominate. Colonies, far from the guiding hand of the Imperial star fleet, get dangerous ideas about freedom and self–determination. Thus, Emperor Palpatine choked off exploration – the Imperial Survey Corps still catalogued new systems, but the emphasis was on discovering new civilizations that could be conquered and forced to join the Empire.

When Emperor Palpatine takes control of the galaxy, Republic News is renamed Imperial HoloVision. Imperial HoloVision is one of the largest, most powerful news agencies in the galaxy. The company is reorganized, given an Imperial warrant, and more or less passed back to its old management.

Emperor Palpatine closes the Museum of the Galactic Republic on the planet Centares.

Greedo is born on the planet Rodia.

Jovan Vharing is born.

Grell Panib is born (future Imperial Captain).

An Imperial chartered corporation, Planetary Safaris, discovers the planet Barab I. The company goes to great lengths to hide the sentience of the native Barabels and turns the planet into a hunting world. Eventually word gets out, as a guerilla war led by Barabel hunter Shaka-ka wrecks Planetary Safari operations on their world. A Star Destroyer investigates, and the Barabel are welcomed into the Empire.

Emperor Palpatine forms a secret society within the highest echelon of the Imperial elite. The Secret Order receives commands directly from the Emperor and his loyal cadre of Advisors. Representatives from the Order appear on Imperial command ships with little or no warning, contacting prospective initiates and issuing secret missions and cryptic directives. The dark gray-clad beings wear hoods that mask their faces, and their command is absolute. It is believed that from the Order came the Emperor’s closest agents – his Hands and dark side initiates. (It is possible that the so-called Prophets of the Dark Side also sprang from this Order.) Indeed, high-ranking members of the Order exhibit talents in the Force with their chillingly accurate prognostications. Some reports also have the elite of the Order being able to wield terrifying Force Lightning. Upon initiation into the Order, a member receives a purple tattoo in their inside forearm. As they continue to advance in rank and stature, the tattoo is added to, eventually forming an elaborate variation of the circular Imperial sigil. The Order represents absolute loyalty to Palpatine. They are tasked with rooting out treason and keeping the power-hungry Imperial elite in line.

Caamas, a peaceful and noble world loved throughout the Empire, is completely ravaged by unknown attackers. Even Caamas's enemies condemn the savage act that all but wipes out the Caamasi race. Unknown to everyone, the attackers were Imperials under orders from Emperor Palpatine. The Bothan race sabotaged Caamas's planetary shields to allow the butchery to take place -- a fact the Bothans spare no effort to hide in later years.

Caamasi Jedi Y'lenic It'kla is away from his homeworld, Caamas, when it is brutally attacked by agents of Emperor Palpatine. Visiting friends on Alderaan, he escaped his planet's destruction.

Factions within the Empire work to establish Camaasi 'refugee camps' on worlds throughout the galaxy, one being the planet Alderaan.

Darth Vader arrives at the struggling plant of Honoghr. He offers to aid the Noghri people. In return for Imperial detoxification of the land, the Noghri must serve him and the Empire as commandos. The Noghri gratefully accept. Unbeknownst to them, the Empire uses chemically treated kholm - grass to leave Honoghr contaminated, leaving the Noghri permanent slaves of Vader.

Emperor Palpatine forms the Inquisitorius, used during the Great Purge to root out disloyalty and treason in the highest ranks of the Empire. Lord Torbin is appointed as the first Grand Inquisitor.

Taj Junak, a Jedi Knight, surrenders to the Empire so that they will not attack Mrlsst Academy to get to him. The Empire responds to his non-violent surrender by incinerating him in front of the school. For years afterward, rumours persist that Junak's ghost haunts the Academy.

Varin Arabella is born into the House Barnaba.

Cmdr. Jake Farrell, an Imperial pilot who earlier flew under the Old Republic, retires from the Imperial Navy to a secret location as he realises what the Empire is really about.

Darth Vader slaughters the colonists of Talasea for harboring a single fugitive Jedi.

Neena is born in the household of Bail Organa on Alderaan. When she began to display musical talent, Organa sent her off-planet to school to master her art. This meant she was away on the fateful day when the Empire used the Death Star to destroy Alderaan. In shock, Neena tried to seek out her friend Leia, but without the money provided by the Organa family, Neena was stranded. She eventually ended up on the planet Adarlon, where she thrived in its music and entertainment industry.

The Emperor funds an experiment by Bobrorygmus Gog and Mammon Hoole into the nature of life. The experiment goes horribly wrong, and Hoole and Gog barely escape before the experiment kills everyone on the planet Kiva. Unbeknownst to Hoole, Gog knew all along about the impending genocide. Hoole leaves his homeworld of Sh’shuun and goes into exile.

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Mardoc the Hutt becomes Executive Secretary of the Grand Council of Hutts.

Dewlanna, a Wookiee, is recruited into the Shrike clan as cook, along with her exiled mate Isshaddik (killed just over a year later during a run to Nar Hekka). Meeting young Han Solo, she reveals to him his last name, which she learned from a drunk Shrike. The young man secretly begins to educate himself, with Dewlanna’s help.

Mara Jade is born.

Imperial Senator Garm Bel Iblis visits a convocation at the school on Corellia that 11 year old Han Solo is attending. Solo asks Iblis several pointed questions about anti-alien bias and corruption in the Imperial Senate. Iblis begins covertly following the boy's career from this point on.

The Eddel species are characterized by a quick wit. During the days of the Old Republic, the unusual Eddelian trading vessels were a common sight near their home system of Fehern, in the Trax sector. The rise of the anti-alien Galactic Empire brought a war against the Eddel, resulting in the elimination of their technology and the decimation of the species. Today, there are a few thousand Eddelians still alive, mostly serving as slaves to the human population that emigrated to their homeworld.

A monumental idea was born, linking vast and disparate corporate interests. Galactic Corporate Policy League members began analyzing the revenues of the existing Corporate Sector. Probes into the surrounding regions of space showed an amazing coincidence; of the thousands of stars within and near the Corporate Sector, only eleven were known to contain intelligent species, and none of them had been contacted by the Republic. With careful doctoring of evidence and discrete “first contact teams”, the League could distort the evidence to show no such species. The result was an undeveloped and “uninhabited” region of space, rich with resources. Thousands of star systems were ripe for “development”. Baron Tagge, informal leader of the League, formulated a plan centered on changing the way the Corporate Sector was administered. He proposed that the region of space known as the Corporate Sector be expanded to include nearly 30,000 unclaimed stars. He proposed that a new corporation, the Corporate Sector Authority, be formed. The Authority would be the sole owner, employer, government and military of the region. The Authority would buy all the existing corporate facilities within the Corporate Sector, as well as shepherd the development of all future resources. Companies that already had facilities would receive shares in exchange for turning over their property. These companies and others could invest in the Sector by providing funds to the Authority. The Authority would handle every major industrial venture, including exploration, extraction, refining, processing and manufacturing. The Authority would maintain order, run the business operations, research and develop new products, and promote the sale of goods in the Sector without outside interference. Profits from the Sector’s operations would be split proportionate to the shares amongst all the investing companies. Aside from profits derived directly from business operations, the Authority would also supply raw materials and manufactured goods to the parent companies at greatly discounted prices.

The companies would profit handsomely from this system. To interest Palpatine, the proposal would provide an operations tax directly to Palpatine. While the net would be considerably smaller than the taxes for comparable worlds within the Empire proper, the revenues would go directly to the Imperial government, rather that be split amongst sector, planetary and local governments. Likewise, because the Authority would be responsible for maintaining order and policing the region, there would be no investment in the region by the Empire. In Baron Tagge’s vision, the Corporate Sector would be a tremendous boon to Imperial coffers with no effort on the part of the Empire. With his scheme developed, Baron Tagge invited all the existing Corporate Sector companies, as well as members of the League, to a week–long closed door conference on the banking world of Aargau. There, he presented his plan. For a week, in the splendor of the famed Dragonbird Gardens of Aargau, from dawn to late at night, they haggled and wrangled and debated. But, at the end of the week, the Baron and his comrades had their charter. The proposed charter further refined the Baron’s ideas. The League proposed the creation of a special non–interference region, separate and autonomous from the surrounding Empire. The region would be a limited free market fief. That meant materials restrictions, often invoked during martial law in the Empire, could be ignored. Also, there would be no content supervision over advertising and media in the Sector.

Since the region was devoid of all sapient life, there would be no first contact priorities to interfere with total economic conversion. Here, there would be no need of economic conversion or social policy and the Authority could maintain its own control over the fief worlds. As a special incentive, there were to be no corporate taxes or import/ export fees on any products transported into or out of the Sector. Companies would not pay taxes of any sort on materials and expenditures intended for sale or trade to the Sector Authority. Of course, they still had to pay the usual taxes and levies on their total income and their non–Sector holdings. As a compensation to the Empire, there would be a yearly stipend of 3% of the total gross product from the Sector. Furthermore, all funds would be paid directly into the Imperial treasury. Lastly, 9% of all materials and 20% of strategic rare elements would be given directly to the Empire for its military buildup. Many well known companies such as TaggeCo., Bank of the Core, Kuat Drive Yards, Rendili StarDrive, Cybot Galactica, Corellian Engineering Corp, and various others would be among the ‘sponsors’ of the Corporate Sector Authority (CSA).

Serv-O-Droid, makers of labor automata, work droids and equipment goes out of business shortly after signing the Charter of the Corporate Sector Authority, and its assets and resources are split among the other droid manufacturing firms.

Breth Gart is born on the planet Agamar. Gart longed to become a daring starfighter pilot, but the harsh realities of combat training proved very difficult. A rare disease, which he contracted as a child, damaged his brain stem. There were no outward symptoms of the damage until Gart began his training. Problems with disorientation syndrome during simulations caused him to wash out, but he persevered, eventually earning his wings after three tries. Gart learned to ignore the stabbing pain that the syndrome caused, and he became a capable pilot. Aboard the star cruiser Independence, Gart was assigned to Keyan Farlander as part of Red Squadron. They eventually transferred to the Defiance. What was intended to be a training mission became the real thing when the Defiance was attacked by the Star Destroyer Immortal. Gart died during the attack on the Imperial base at Kalla VII. Gart was a soft-spoken boy with unruly jet-black hair, lazy eyes and a wide smile. He was enthusiastic, though painfully shy around women.

Iella Wessiri is born on Corellia. Two years younger than Wedge.

Part and parcel of the Corporate Sector Charter was a specific agreement on the part of the Empire to surrender direct military control over the entire Corporate Sector to the Authority. The Authority itself would act in the name of the Emperor to settle disputes and to maintain security. When this clause of the charter was first brought before the Emperor’s advisors, the reaction was derisive to say the least. To ask the Emperor to surrender control he had just wrested for himself and give it over to a private company was laughable. None of them knew the Emperor was already aware of the proposal and had, in fact, had his Vizier suggest it to the corporate interests. Imagine the shock when Palpatine agreed to those conditions. Palpatine realized what an opportunity it would be to have a whole region providing unbridled revenue with no costs to maintain order.

Thrawn graduates from the Imperial Academy of Carida.

Emperor Palpatine, firmly in power, uses his minions to act quickly and bring the annoying planet Adarlon of the Minos Cluster to heel. A series of crackdowns and black-listings, ostensibly to curb licentiousness and obscenity in the entertainment industry, effectively destroyed free speech, and all holos became subject to Imperial censorship. The purge was brilliantly conducted by Babel Torsch, at the time Consular-General on Adarlon. His name is still hated and feared today. Holos about Jedi or depicting any sort of the Empire are strictly forbidden, but are still produced and distributed on the black market.

Although never used, retreats are built on Coruscant, and Bast Castle is built on Vjun, for Darth Vader.

Lord Bal Jaset begins serving on Coruscant as a Court advisor.

General Locus Geen retires. He later serves in the complex bureaucracy of Salliche, where he cultivates innumerable contacts.

The Empire’s SAGEducation program becomes a large part of Vin Northal’s youth. He achieves the position of local SAGroup wegsphere champion. This achievement earns him the personal attention of the local CompForce recruiter. However, while Vin found the CompForce recruiter’s offer attractive, he also realized that the Imperial Academy was wide open to him. He applied and was accepted.

Padme Skywalker dies during child birth and frim despare at loosing Anakin. Upon her death, Emperor Palpatine orders all mentions of her, her planet, and thus almost all mentions of his pre-Emperor past) be erased from all galactic records and libraries. Darth Vader eagerly participates, in part to bury the last shreds of his own past. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, nobody remembers who Luke and Leia’s mother was.

Ki Drayson leaves Dargon Five to begin his adventures as a crew member of the Deuce, a KDY Space Master medium transport. He stayed there for three years. Much later he would make an enemy of Klia Naris, sister to Gothar Naris whom Ki had to kill to save a cargo of slaves.

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Mora, the newborn Princess of M'Haeli, is the sole surviving member of the royal family after an attack on her world by the Empire. Unbeknownst to the planet's new Imperial rulers, the child is found and raised by the H'drachi Ch'no.

The pirate Happy GoLucky, who would become the notorious second-in-command to Black Jack, is born.

Auren Yomm is born in the Umboo colony of the planet Roon, to Nilz and Bola Yomm. She would later become romantically involved with trader Mungo Baobab following her adventures in the Roon system, and also would meet the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO.

Isshaddik dies on a run to Nar Hekka.

A mob hired by the Empire storms the royal palace of Velmor and murders the King and Queen. The youngest son, Anod, was an Imperial sympathiser and thus not harmed. The older son, Prince Denid, flees Velmor with his fiance Loren and an alien protector named Jedidiah to an unnamed jungle planet. The crash landing kills Loren and leaves Jedidiah brain damaged. Denid sets an automatic distress beacon and learns to survive on the jungle planet.

When members of the Tetsus clan on Rodia begin refusing to join in gladiatorial hunts against their own species, Navik the Red and the Chattza clan come and begin slaughtering them. Many of the Tetsus clan, including Neela, Nok, and the two-year-old Greedo are able to escape to a new world.

Corellian Diktat Dupas Thomree dies. Heir–apparent Daclif Gallamby becomes the new Diktat, though he is little more than just a figurehead for a puppet government. Gallamby’s ascension brought Thracken Sal-Solo to a position of second-in-command.

Fiz Cor’gril, a Bith, sets up a starship dealership on Trevi IV. Hiring a Verpine named Garginoolaara to repair his starships, and taking a chance on Shanna Kinn to help him sell them, Fizzi has built one of the most affordable and dependable starship dealerships in the sector. Fizzi is known to his clients as a fair but demanding salesman, with a polite demeanor and a shrewd business mind. He prefers to let his clients browse rather than pushing a hard sell on them, and is glad to take them on tours himself.

Tinian I’att is born, heir to the I’att Armament company.

Akanah Pell’s mother Talsava abandons her on Carratos.

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The father of Bothan Koth Melan is executed on trumped-up charges of espionage. This ironically turns his son into an anti-Imperial spy, who delivers information to various rebel cells.

(Future murderer, pirate, and slaver) Faarl the Conqueror, AKA "The Child Conqueror" is born on the planet Korlings.

Allexia and Allandria Evlan are born. Later in life, the two twins would become Alliance operatives, and would provide valuable intelligence concerning the Kuat system where they lived during the Galactic Civil War.

As a member of the Organa family's entourage, C-3P0 attends the annual Emperor's Ball on Coruscant. There, he meets and talks with Darth Vader, mistaking him for a new type of Guard-droid. Thanks to that mistake, he then spends the next year as a preschool teacher.

A month previous to his death at Weerden, Imperial High Inquisitor Torbin visited the Corporate Sector on an inspection tour. While relaxing in an opulent pool, survivors of the religious cult Church of the First Frequency attempted to kill Torbin. Odumin, disguised as a Tynnan tourist, used his native aquatic skills to save Torbin and alert security about the would-be assassins. For his heroism, Odumin was promoted. Odumin was influential in cracking slaving and criminal operations in the Corporate Sector. He is credited with single-handedly breaking the Xiochi slaver gang, and his actions caused him to become the target of the Malorm gang. The criminal family nearly killed Odumin, so the Tynnan hired notorious gunman Gallandro to permanently solve the Malorm problem.

Lord Torbin, Grand Inquisitor of the Galactic Empire, is killed by an assassin droid on the planet Weerden. Though no replacement would be found for Torbin, the Inquisitorius continued on until the shakedown of the Imperial Civil War.

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As the Empire's true nature becomes more apparent, several splinter groups begin to rebel against the New Order. One cell is led by Imperial Senator Garm Bel Iblis, another by fellow Clone Wars veteran Jan Dodonna, another by Senior Senator Mon Mothma. Others, such as “Freedom’s Sons” and a freelancer named Cody Sunn-Childe, begins attacking the Imperials outright. Sunn-Childe’s exploits inspire many, including a young Lando Calrissian. He mysteriously vanishes after one adventure.

Zorba the Hutt is arrested and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on the prison world Kip.

Darth Vader kills the Jedi Knight Aidan Bok on the space station Nespis VIII and destroys the library of Jedi lore Bok was protecting.

A scout from the Rego Mineral Company discovers Altor 14. After negotiations of considerable length, the Nuiwit (the native lizard like species) agree to establish trade relations with the company for the purposes of mining the silver, gallium, and selenium ores available in territories controlled by their communities.

Thila, a female Sullustan, begins to make herself known as a notorious slaver, although this fact is just a cover, as she transports people to the growing dissident rebel movement.

Vuffi Raa and his archaeologist master (The one before Lando) lands on Renatasia, a planet long cut off from the rest of the galaxy. Vuffi joins the master as representatives of the Empire. They spend the next 700 days gradually updating Renatasian civilization. On the 701^st day, the Imperial fleet arrives -- and the people rebel against the sudden crackdown on freedoms and rights. The resultant "pacification" wipes out 2/3rds of the planet. The whole "incident" is covered up, and the Fleet abandons Renatasia as hopeless.

After four years of self - imposed exile, Mammon Hoole asks Jabba the Hutt to erase all records of him. He starts life again, enrolling in the Galactic Research Academy of Koann, where he becomes an anthropologist.

Lyle Lippstroot becomes the book – keeper to the Rodian named Vop the Usurer, a loan–shark.

Asori Rogriss, daughter of Imperial Admiral Teren Rogriss, is born.

Yuri Stonelaw, an idealistic farm boy, is born.

Qwi Xux is born on the planet Omwat.

The Empire opened a varmigio mine on the planet Karra, but meet with no greater success than the original colonists. The Imperial base was later destroyed by swarms of attacking insects, presumably operating under the control of the native Karrans.

The Lan system is officially taken over by the Empire, but the Empire has not bothered with direct control. Due to its extreme isolation, Lan Barell is now a refuge for smugglers and refugees trying to avoid the Empire's attentions.

-14 BSW4

Bail Organa takes six–year old Leia to the Time of Meeting on Ithor, a holiday where the herd-ships of the Ithorian race gather for a brief time.

Young Luke Skywalker unconsciously uses the Force for the first time, to find Aunt Beru's stitching mender-fixing screwdriver. He later recalls Uncle Owen's reaction as "The worst yelling-at I ever got in my life."

(Future) Imperial Corporal Terkuss is born on the planet Plesstil.

Jost Ellan is born on the small barren world of Dodz. His parents would later be killed by the evil Destroyer, the enforcer droid that Governor Kugg used to terrorize the citizens. Jost lived on his own, in a cave in the barren plains of Dodz. Jost earned a meager living repairing and selling machinery, and his cave was filled with components, spare parts, and other machinery that he used in his trade. One of the items he found near the crystal mines of Dodz was an ancient Ranger X-One droid. Jost used this robot to defeat Kugg’s Destroyer. To this end, Jost was aided by C-3PO and R2-D2. At the time of his encounter with Threepio and Artoo, Jost was about 12 years old. He was a human male, with fair skin and blond hair. He wore a red and gray tunic, and a red headband.

Cray Mingla is born.

Vin Northal graduates as an officer in the Imperial Army at the very top of his class; in fact, he set a new goal for Academy cadets to strive for. His name was passed on to the appropriate Imperial command authorities, and they began watching him in earnest. Vin’s abilities earned him the right to enter training for Special Forces. Upon graduation, he was placed under the command of one of the Empire’s best squad commanders, Crix Madine.

Alec Lamere of the House Barnaba is born.

The future Duchess Mistal is born on the planet Dargul.

The Empire takes over the Dushkan League in the Koornacht Cluster. They build a shipyard at N'Zoth and use the Yevethans as slave labor.

Tendra Risant, (future wife of Lando Calrissian?), is born on the planet Secorria.

Teroenza establishes the first Ylesian colony, a spice slave camp disguised as a religious retreat.

-13 BSW4

Tash Arranda is born on the planet Alderaan.

Zeth Durron is born on the planet Deyer.

The Justice Action Network, or JAN for short rises to prominence on the planet Findris, led by its founder Earnst Kamiel. The movement spread over much of the Colonies region of the galaxy before Kamiel’s capture.

After several years of secret construction, Emperor Palpatine opens his private resort world of Byss, near the center of the galaxy. Luring unsuspecting people (19.7 billion as of +10 ASW4) with promises of a ‘paradise,’ he begins to ruthlessly feed upon those people’s life-energies to help fuel his own Dark Side power.

Jem Brogan is born on the planet Ossus.

-12 BSW4

Zak Arranda is born on the planet Alderaan.

Fidge, a Biituian, is born. Fidge would later befriend R2-D2 and C-3PO when they encountered the Great Heep.

Escaping briefly from Shrike, Han Solo meets his aunt Tiion and cousin Thracken. After six weeks of being jerked around, Han finally forces some information on his family out of Thracken -- which amounts to next to nothing. The vindictive young Thracken locks his cousin up for days, and then sells him right back to Shrike.

Teneniel Djo, future heir to the throne of Hapes (and mother of Tenel Ka) is born on the planet Dathomir.

After two years, Vin Northal’s elite abilities gain him his own command. Soon after, he was put into Imperial stormtrooper officer training, where he also doubled as an infiltration instructor. He graduated with his own squad command.

Malindan Gevarak is born. He would later be wanted by the Empire as a young criminal for deliberate forgery of Imperial currency and falsification of Imperial identification credentials. To that end, Moff Adrell of the Klibanis sector issued a Colonies – wide bounty on Gevarek for 10,000 credits. The bounty’s specifications dictated he be taken alive, with a 2,000 credit bonus for delivery with minimal injury. He traveled with the Wookiee Cherior.

Leonia Tavira is born. She will later become the youngest Moff (at 16) in history.

After getting caught cheating at cards on Jubilar, 17-year old Han Solo is forced to participate at the Gladiatorial All-Human Free-For-All. Boba Fett (on assignment for Jabba to kill Hallolar Voors) is in the crowd when Solo narrowly defeats three men. Feeling cocky after his victory, Han picks a fight with Garris Shrike. The already-injured young man is promptly beaten to the brink of death by the enraged pirate captain. Han starts looking for a way -- any way -- out of the Shrike gang.

The second Ylesian colony is built.

-11 BSW4

Thrawn leaves a contingent of his own people, the Chiss, in a hidden fortress codenamed the ‘Hand of Thrawn’ on the planet Niraun. The caves and tunnels beneath the fortress were lined with cortosis ore. During the intervening time in wait of Thrawn’s return, they kept a huge assortment of weapons and warships armed and ready for his arrival. The existence of the fortress - which had five large towers, and resembled an up-turned hand - is kept secret.

On her twelfth birthday, Platt O’Keefe runs away and signs on as a cabin steward aboard a Sullustan starliner.

Bria Tharen joins the Ylesian colony.

Falynn Sandskimmer is born.

Vin Northal is asked to become a member of the Emperor’s personal guard. With unswerving loyalty, he accepted. As a member of the Emperor’s Royal Guard, he was trained, sharpened and honed into a loyal, lethal weapon capable of mass destruction. And this was just how the Emperor used him.

Ghent, future associate of Talon Karrde (and slicer expert) is born on the planet Baroli.

Iona Wince, a Wroonian and future cabin steward, is born.

Stuart, the son of future Governor of Dellantine - Trux Zissu is born.

A teenage Han Solo and Dengar participate in a swoop race through the crystal swamps of Agrilat (on Corellia). Solo wins, grievously wounding Dengar in the process. Imperial doctors wire Dengar with cybernetic parts, burning whole emotions out of Dengar’s brain by surgery, and begin training him to be an assassin. They hold out the promise of restoring Dengar’s emotions if he serves them well. Han goes on to win the swoop racing championship of the entire Corellian system.

Terek Rogriss, son of Imperial Admiral Teren Rogriss, is born. He would later join the Imperial Navy.

Dev Sibwarra is born on the planet Chandrila.

Alex Winger is born to Matt and Anii Turhaya.

The Qom Jha, bird like creatures of the planet Niraun, discover lightning fast tenticle creatures in the farthest reaches of the cave dwellings.

18-year-old Soontir Fel rescues a friend from an attack by Ilir Post, the spoiled son of the Fel’s employer. Post’s father sees to it that Soontir receives an appointment to the Imperial Academy at Carida to prevent him from testifying against his son. While all Soontir wanted to do was pilot transports for his father’s agro–combine, the move to the Academy would change his life forever.

The daughter of Kvarn Mandel, an aristocratic man and the chief executive of Fabritech, suddenly dissapears. As self-assured and powerful as he appears, Kvarn is haunted by the disappearance of his daughter, Samire. Kvarn believes that she is dead, but has a secret nagging thought that she left her family to join the Alliance and the growing seeds of rebellion. This thought surfaces whenever Kvarn reflects on his success, which has come from selling military equipment to the Empire. His son, Simmin, continues to search for her, but Kvarn does not support his efforts. Kvarn and his family live in a huge mansion on Thorgeld I.

-10 BSW4

The Imperial fleet finally stops the Lortan, an expansionist race that sent a battle fleet into twelve systems and wiped out every planet it encountered, including the Jiroch System. This extermination of life was known as the Reslian Purge.

Matt Turhaya enters the Imperial Naval academy at Carida.

The Empire discovers the planet Maridun, home of the Amanin. The Amanin react well to their first contact with offworlders, responding with curiosity and interest. Eventually, the Empire establishes several small mining and research facilities on Maridun, with a small force of Imperial Army troopers for protection.

The Empire eventually takes control of the former Republic base on the planet Borleias, adding shields, ion cannons, and TIE squadrons for its defense. The installation's commander, General Evir Derricote, also discovered the forgotten Biotics facility and made it profitable once more, while secretly siphoning Imperial credits and resources to make his headquarters more powerful and secure than it would otherwise appear to be.

Sullustan Jedi Master Darrin Arkanian runs through the shadow–drenched alleys of Coruscant with his human companion, Corwin Shelvay, searching for Captain Rashh, their ticket to get off-planet. Master Arkanian hears a voice behind him, he turns to view the person as he steps from the shadows, it is High Inquisitor Tremayne. Tremayne meets the gaze of Corwin – he knows him. Arkanian and Tremayne duel with their lightsabers. Shelvay watched in horror, unable to do more than crawl back into the shadows. He didn’t see the armored figures skulking in the alley until they had pointed their Imperial–issue blasters at him and ordered him to remain motionless. Tremayne had brought reinforcements.

Tremayne orders Jedi Master Arkanian to drop his weapon, or the Troopers will kill the boy. Arkanian complies, but is then promptly cut down by Tremayne. High Inquisitor Tremayne gloats to himself that he has finally killed a Jedi Master. Shelvay, distraught at his masters death, calls his fallen mentor’s weapon into his hand and attacks Tremayne. Shelvay, during the duel, manages to sever Tremayne’s arm just below the shoulder, and slashes across his face.

Floating in a bacta tank, Tremayne is delirious, and has a vision of himself shortly after his 15^th birthday. He dreams of the time when he was a Jedi Apprentice under Master Kylanu. Master Kylanu tells him “that Palpatine himself is interested in weeding out the corruption that has begun to rot the Jedi ranks. And you, Tremayne, have been chosen to help him. Palpatine is quite convinced of your ability, your integrity and your loyalty. You shall train under his premier agent, Darth Vader...”

Tremayne, awake, studied his new facial and arm implants. The new implants made the grotesque wounds look even more fearsome. The medical droid revealed that Darth Vader himself had demanded the use of such unattractive prosthetics – as a sign of the Dark Lord’s displeasure over his student’s failure. Vader rebukes Tremayne for being defeated by the boy Apprentice Shelvay, but is pleased that Arkanian was defeated. Arkanian had been an irritation to the Emperor for too long. Vader tells Tremayne that he is in a forgiving mood, and departs, leaving Tremayne to ponder his future, vowing not to fail his master again.

Nineteen-year-old Han Solo finally escapes Garris Shrike's ship the ‘Trader Luck', but unfortunately at the cost of Dewlanna's life. Stowing away aboard the drone ship ‘Ylesian Dream', he passes himself off as a pilot when he reaches Ylesia, a so-called religious retreat/glitterstim spice mine run by Teroenza and Zavval the Hutt (who takes his orders from Aruk). Under the alias Vykk Draygo, Han befriends Muuurgh, a Togorian, and Bria Tharen, a young woman working in the mines. Practicing his piloting, Han starts hauling glitterstim spice for Teroenza, learning how to fight off pirates at the same time. (During this, he travels to Alderaan for the first time, where he learns first hand you CAN’T sell spice on Alderaan. He also meets Aryn Dro and Bornan Thul.)

Han gradually catches on to the fact that the colony is a concentration camp, handing out "Exultations" like drugs. He manages to pull Bria from the mines, and begins to fall in love with her. Revealing the truth about the colony to Muuurgh and Bria, and rescuing Muuurgh's love Mrrov from the mines, Han escapes Ylesia, killing Zavval, stealing Teroenza’s art collection and blowing up the glitterstim factory. They travel to Togoria for Muuurgh and Mrrov's wedding. They continue on to Corellia and Bria's family, with Bria suffering from Exultation withdrawal. Needless to say, the family doesn't welcome Bria's new lover with open arms. Then on to Coruscant, where Han begins preparations to join the Imperial Academy.

Thanks to the Hutts, Han barely avoids arrest at the Imperial bank. But far worse than this, Bria leaves him, unable to deal with her addiction and her love for him both. She does leave Han a sizeable loan from her father to go on with. Torn apart by this, Han continues on to the Academy. Just as he's accepted and about to begin classes -- Garris Shrike catches up to him at last, seeking a bounty from the Hutts. Shrike is killed by another bounty hunter who has also come for Solo. In a desperate fight, Han kills the bounty hunter. He officially becomes a cadet in the Imperial Navy.

Gavin Darklighter (cousin of Biggs) is born on the planet Tatooine.

A small, independent smuggling group led by a Captain Hoffner accidentally stumbles onto the ‘Katana’ fleet. Amongst it's crew is navigator/sensor specialist Talon Karrde, who immediately recognizes the find.

Haaken Baranar, a huge man who is a scout and independent free trader is mauled by a snow demon during a stop-over on the planet Toola. He is taken to the Great Hoary Mastmot Trading Station, and while he recovers, the owner - a Wookiee named Spetbecca - is captured by bounty hunters. Haaken is unconscious at the time, and feels that he owes the Wookiee a debt for not helping out. Thus, Haaken remains on Toola to manage the Trading Station in the hopes that Spetbecca would return.

The Empire builds a swoop-racing arena to entertain the populace on the planet Travnin, in the Minos Cluster as part of a program to raise the morale of the Imperial workers. However, because of the flimsy materials used in its construction (a result of Imperial corruption), it collapsed during the opening ceremonies. Now it is in ruins.

Bynder Zebb, a Twi’lek, becomes a corporate scout for TaggeCo.

Wedge Antilles’ older sister, Syal, was not a child of the world of greasy rags and hydrospanners. In her late teens, she left home to pursue her more cosmopolitan dreams that even the wonders of Coronet City could not provide. Wedge hadn’t spoken to her for some time, and now she was gone. Syal went on to use her business savvy and stunning beauty to become the acclaimed holostar “Wynssa Starflare”.

Rendili StarDrive wins its’ last major military starship contract.

On the planet Najiba, currently suffering through the visitation of the “Children of Najiba” (asteroid cluster), a mysterious man named Adalric Brandl demands a ship to carry him through the treacherous asteroids to the planet Trulalis system, and terrifies the unwilling populace with Force powers. A bartender calls up a smuggler friend named Thaddeus Ross and offers him 2,000 on top of whatever Brandl pays -- “just get him off the planet!” Brandl gives him 8000. Ross checks on a 10-96 (what the bartender called Brandl) on the computer -- and learns Brandl is a Jedi.

They arrive, and a suspicious Ross questions the Jedi, who claims is on a journey of penance. They make their way to the village of Kovit, where they meet Brandl’s master, the old actor Otias. Twelve years have passed since Brandl fell under the Emperor’s sway, and he’s tried to struggle back to the light, but the old master has no words of forgiveness for him.

Returning to Ross’s ship, Brandl is confronted by his teenage son Jaalib, who warns him that the villagers plot to kill him. The ship is set upon as it lifts off, but Brandl has been using a transponder -- bringing a Star Destroyer to the planet. The ship is hauled aboard, and Brandl is taken to Inquisitor Tremayne, while Ross receives his freedom and 10,000 credits for returning Brandl to them. Brandl himself pays his travel fee to Ross -- then uses a thermal detonator to kill himself as Ross leaves the Star Destroyer...

Senator Bail Organa points out Gilad Pellaeon to Leia at the annual Grand Alderaanian Gathering at the Royal Pavilion. Bail tells Leia that Pellaeon is one of the Fleet’s most promising officers.

Daala, a female Imperial tactician chafing under the Empire's prejudice towards women, creates a computer network alter ego to transmit her ideas and tactics through the Imperial fleet. Her work attracts the attention of Moff Willhuff Tarkin, who meets her on Carida. She is reassigned to Tarkin's personal staff and begins to rise in the ranks. She also becomes Tarkin's mistress.

-9 BSW4

Botanist Klorr Vilia and Ithorian botanist Zorneth invent savorium, an herb that causes profound, and permanent, euphoria. After Vilia is rendered insensible by the herb, Zorneth sets out to experiment with savorium, and finds it works on almost all aliens. But the herb-takers -- “Smilers” -- prove too accommodating, and are used as slave labor by others. An assistant steals some savorium and puts it on the black market, and Smilers start showing up everywhere. He starts experimenting with savorium - laced Thookan meat to try and promote galactic peace.

A “death wave” (only the fifth recorded in Chadra-Fan history) occurs on Chad as ocean floor quakes create massive tidal waves.

Balass ke Rassa, son of perator Pekaelic ke Teldan, is born on the planet Adumar.

Luke Skywalker suffers from a brief case of Tatooine “dust fever.”

Ob Khaddar, known to be a troublemaker and a radical at Alderaan University, upon hearing of the Emperor’s intended state visit to Alderaan, conceals his dislike and successfully campaigns for permission to create a large grass painting “to honor the Emperor”. He allowed no-one to assit him in the planting of hundreds of thousands of seeds from various flowers, etching out a portrait of the Emperor himself. After the warm rains of spring the broad viseage of Palpatine rose from the grasses, fresh and alive – cowled but powerful, his face radiating benevolent energy, his yellow eyes filled with strength. And so when the Emperor arrived for his state visit he took the opportunity to take his entourage out on a large sail barge to view the great portrait to commemorate him. But Ob Khaddar had played a final trick. On the very day the Emperor rode out to observe, accompanied by his withered advisors and his red–cloaked Imperial Guards, another set of flowers bloomed in the midst of the grass portrait. Black lillies spread their dark petals across Palpatine’s face, making it look as if his skin had begun to fester and decay from within. The bright flowers of his eyes withered, leaving hollow–looking sockets. Seeing this, the Emperor was outraged and ordered the entire plain to be torched. Stormtroopers flew over the grasses, blasting with incandescent lasers, ripping up the soil, and setting the tall grasses ablaze. Senator Bail Organa and other representatives of Alderaan apologized profusely, though none of the Imperials could determine whether they were sincere in their shock and horror... or were secretly pleased. Ob Khaddar himself, intelligent as well as talented, wisely disappeared before the Emperor arrived on the planet. An Imperial death warrant has been placed on him, but numerous bounty hunters have never been able to get a clue as to his whereabouts.

GM NOTE: The Timeline in the game is subject to change from this point forward. The original version is listed here for clarity. Any changes made will be noted in this color.

-8 BSW4

Emperor Palpatine becomes terminally ill, as age and the effects of the Dark Side catch up with him. But the killing of Jedi Master Ashka Boda reveals a Holocron, and a way for Palpatine to cheat death by transferring his consciousness into a clone of his former self. Palpatine does this for the first time (on Korriban?). The Emperor completes his Mount Tantiss storehouse on Wayland, placing the mad clone Dark Jedi Joruus C’Baoth and one other Dark Jedi (whom C’Baoth kills) as guardians. Among the hidden treasures are a working prototype for a cloaking device and scores of Spaarti cloning cylinders.

Also during this year the Empire steps up patrols of major hyperspace lanes. This announcement comes shortly after the Emperor inaugurates the first Imperial Star Destroyer II into service. It is designed for ship-to-ship combat.

The enterprising Sullustan named Eib, sells his business Gryseium Incorporated, to Rigis Corazon, and retires.

All key industries on Mecetti worlds are nationalized.

An unknown man leaves a newborn orphan within The Lost City of the Jedi, an underground city on Yavin IV. The young Jedi Prince Ken, is brought up entirely by droids.

A great disturbance is felt in the Force on a remote planet. Darth Vader is sent in to investigate and discovers that a Clone Wars veteran Jedi Knight survived Order 66. She, Jehanna Camari, would be hunted down and be given the choice to either join the Emperor or die.

-7 BSW4

Quintan Drayson, Great Grandfather to Ki Drayson (a clone of the real Ki), is killed at the hands of a Dark Side Jedi known as Darkness, but not before he tells Ki about his Jedi heritage and destiny.

127.3.18: Starship manufacturer Gallofree Yards, Inc. goes bankrupt.

127.4.22: A city on the planet Falleen is totally wiped out by the Empire after a biological weapon escapes quarantine from a laboratory established by Darth Vader. Two hundred thousand Falleen are killed in the "sterilization," which saves the rest of the planet's populace.

Later this year a group of misfits (Jehanna, Ki, Sork, Gwen, Ylldu, Annika Cray, Sil and Hunter) join together in a loose bond of frienship and join the 1188th Resistance Group. They take one year to attend Basic Training and other duties. Harry and Xexilia remain mercenaries and are hired to locate Garm Bel Iblis and his secret resistance group and try to get them to join forces.

-6 BSW4

128.5.2: A smuggling ship under the command of Captain Hoffner stumbles upon the lost Katana fleet of dreadnaught starships. Talon Karrde is a member of the ship's crew.

128.6.15: The misfit group, now known as Command Team Three, is assigned their first mission - the rescue/defection of Crix Madine.