c. -5,200 BSW4
The Sith Lords Marka Ragnos and Simus fight for control of the Sith Empire -- a conflict that is decided when Ragnos decapitates Simus. Simus manages to cheat death via Sith magic and is kept alive inside a jar.
c. -5,100 BSW4
A hundred years after his victory over Simus, Marka Ragnos is declared Dark Lord of the Sith, beginning a century of iron rule.
c. -5,032 BSW4
The Ankura lineage of Gungans (distant ancestors of Boss Nass) unites with the Otolla Gungans, who would later found the city of Otoh Gunga in Lake Paonga of the planet Naboo.
c. -5,020 BSW4
Gav and Jori Daragon are born on the planet Cinnagar.
Odan-Urr, a telepathic and long - lived Jedi Master is born. He would later be known as the Keeper of Antiquities, and as such was entrusted as gatekeeper of the Sith Holocron and other potentially dangerous devices.
c. -5,014 BSW4
Ikree, daughter of Emperor – King Prrit Qabaq of Nazzri goes into ‘boqeri’, a form of self-imposed exile.
c. -5,012 BSW4
A period of strike, economic decline and widespread starvation plague the planet Nazzri.
-5,007 BSW4
The symbol of the Republic Navy is carved on a moon of the Academy of Carida. There it will stay until the moon itself is destroyed 5000 years later by a prank of Mako Spince.
-5,003 BSW4
Tapani mining companies begin shipping trillions of tons of valuable ore to the Core worlds annually.
c. -5,002 BSW4
The Nazzar government begins to evolve from a monarchy to an oligarchical theocracy led by a king and 14 praefects, the heads of the 14 sects of the ‘Ulizra’, the state enforced religion of Nazziri.
Gav and Jori Daragon are offered the chance at becoming Jedi and going to the planet Coruscant to train. Leaving the decision to their children, Hok and Timar urge the children to take the opportunity. Seeing a large profit in prospecting safe and stable hyperspace routes, Gav and Jori turn down the offer.
-5,000 BSW4
At this point in galactic history, great portions of the galaxy had not yet been explored, and long - distance travel was dangerous and uncertain. Hyperdrive beacons were in use at this time, and hyperdrive explorers continued to map the galaxy.
Corellia StarDrive is formed by a former executive of Corellian Engineering Corporation (CEC). Corellia StarDrive developed several exceptionally successful ship designs in both the civilian and military markets. Corellia StarDrive warships carried the flag of the Old Republic Navy, much to the chagrin of CEC.
Republic scouts explore the Epidimi System, and its planets Disim and Iri. The Republic explorers discover that both worlds had produced species of avians that had similar genetic structures. The Republic explorers tried to get the two species to mate, in an attempt to verify their genetic compatability. The experiment was a success, and a new species was created from the union of the two. However, the new species flourished with greater intelligence, and they overran the two parent species, driving them to extinction. This new species, known as the Tarongs, now dominate both worlds.
The Qieg, an alien species living in the Lan system, form a network of cacti settlements tied together with stone walls.
Ood Bnar of the Neti race - a treelike species - is born on Myrkr.
A young Jedi scholar named Odan-Urr is sent to the Koros system to help Empress Teta conquer Kirrek, the last of the seven worlds of her system. Hok and Timar Daragon of Cinnagar (two hyperspace explorers) run relief supplies for the soldiers of Kirrek, and are killed in a final battle that wins Teta the planet and the entire system, largely due to Urr's Jedi battle meditation. Their children, Gav and Jori, take the ‘Starbreaker 12’ to explore the galaxy. A few months later, they are not faring very well financially, up to their eyeballs in debt to Aarrba the Hutt -- and worse still, a Cha'a cargo drone ship is destroyed using one of their routes. When merchant lord Ssk Kahorr manages to stop a bonus from the Navigator's Guild and sends bounty hunters for them, the Daragons have to escape. Stealing the impounded Starbreaker from Aarbra's repair shop and making a random hyperjump, they arrive on the planet Korriban -- right in the middle of the funeral of Marka Ragnos, Dark Lord of the Sith.
A power struggle is under way between Ragnos's two pupils, the complacent Ludo Kressh and the impulsive Naga Sadow. Ragnos's spirit halts a battle between them, urging them to "choose your course wisely... fight the correct battles... or all is lost." On Cinnagar, Teta vows to arrest the Daragons if they return, even as Urr receives a premonition of the dark times to come. The Daragons arrive at Korriban and are immediately taken captive. Sadow sees in the Daragons a door to the Republic, and conquest. He saves them from certain execution at Ziost fortress, murders his old ally Simus (a disembodied former enemy of Ragnos), takes the two in at his fortress at Khar Shian and declares himself Dark Lord of the Sith. He made the escape look like a Republic raid, and he calls for war.
On Coruscant, Teta and Urr informs the Senate of the danger, but the Senate doesn't take the threat seriously. Sadow begins teaching Gav Sith magic, as well as plotting the downfall of Ludo Kressh, who himself vows to kill Sadow before he ruins the Sith Empire. A final battle ends in the wipeout of Kressh's forces (Kressh himself escapes), and Sadow sees Jori out of the system in Starbreaker 12 -- which, unbeknownst to her, has a tracking device on it that will lead the Sith Empire right into the Republic...
Jori returns to Cinnagar, and is immediately arrested and charged with a long string of crimes. Her desperate warnings go unheard, let alone heeded. Everyone, even Aarrbra, has turned against her. And to add insult to injury, a gleeful Ssk Kahorr (the reason she and Gav left Cinnagar in the first place) shows up to personally take the Starbreaker 12 for himself. Jori is tried, convicted, and sent to the slave labor prison colony of Ronika all within a single day. Meanwhile, Odan Urr's teacher, Master Ooroo, comes to visit. He tells Odan that while the Senate didn't listen to his warnings, the Jedi did. And Empress Teta has been building up her army in preparation for the assault. Ludo Kressh tries one last time to warn the Sith of Sadow's plans, but Sadow orders Gav to block the transmission -- then watches Gav's shocked face as he in fact blows up Kressh's ship. Gathering his fleet at Khar Shian, Sadow appoints a reluctant Gav commander of his fleet, and orders the Great Hyperspace War into being...
Jori escapes from Ronika in an ore ship, risking her life against the Cinnagar fleet to reach Empress Teta's palace and finally getting the warning to her. The Sith fleet arrives in Republic space. Their first shot destroys the Starbreaker 12 and Ssk Kahorr. They rush upon a completely unprepared Coruscant, and every other major point in the Republic, as Sadow uses Sith illusion to make the fleet look much larger than it truly is, and starts firing drop ships of Massassi warriors and giant beasts upon the planets. Teta launches her fleet to meet the challenge as Urr works at Kirrek with the now pardoned and released rebels to repel the invasion. Gav travels down to Cinnagar to find Jori -- and is helpless to stop his Sith guards from disembowelling Aarbra. Jori arrives just in time to see Gav and the Hutt's corpse, and jumps to the wrong conclusion. Wielding a lightsaber given her by Urr, she attacks her brother. Gav escapes and (with Jori following) rushes to Sadow's base at Primus Goluud, now fully realising how Sadow has used him and determined to stop him. With Sadow thus distracted, the Jedi find it easier to see through the illusions and drive the Sith off Coruscant. The heroes win at Kirrek as well, even with Master Ooroo's death. Sadow challenges Gav to face him directly -- and then quietly abandons his base. Gav enters the base just as Empress Teta's fleet (who followed him) arrives. He informs Jori that with Sadow's entire force in Republic space, the entire Sith Empire is completely unprotected. Sadow retaliates by detonating the supergiant Primus Goluud into a supernova, killing Gav before his sister's eyes. Teta's fleet just barely escapes the death trap. The shattered remains of the Sith fleet return to the Empire, only to find Ludo Kressh securely in place as Dark Lord of the Sith. He exiles Sadow from the Empire forever. Sadow replies by crashing a ship into Kressh's flagship.
The Republic fleet (led by a vengeful Empress Teta and Jori) arrives, hellbent on finishing the Sith Empire for good. Sadow flees, putting all the other Sith between him and the Republic fleet. He uses the Denarii nova, detonating it to wipe out most of the Republic fleet and make good his escape. The Republic celebrates it's victory. Odan Urr studies the Sith's abandoned ships, and discovers a Sith Holocron. He decides to establish a Jedi learning center on Ossus, the quiet world where Master Ooroo trained him. Naga Sadow and his Massassi warriors arrive on the quiet planet of Yavin IV. He decides to establish a base there, and begins building great temples. He intends to restore the glory of the Sith, “no matter how long it takes.” Jori Daragon has the happiest ending of all. Cleared of all charges, she takes over Aarrba's repair dock, and now has a secure fortune and bright future...
The Veeshas Tuwan Sith library on Arkania is attacked and destroyed by several hundred Jedi Masters.
-4,998 BSW4
The Gotals of Antar 4 begin to use a half dozen different species of beasts for short distance transportation.
-4,700 BSW4
A Sith Holocron comes to the attention of the Jedi at around this time, the last to be found for centuries.
-4,600 BSW4
Odan-Urr becomes a presider of Jedi assemblies, a post he will hold for six centuries.
-4,597 BSW4
Willm Lywin, a Duinuogwuin is born.
c. -4,500 BSW4
A fierce series of wars occur on the world Calamari, between the surface-dwelling Mon Calamari and the underwater Quarren. The primitive Quarren were jealous of the more advanced Calamari, and were driven by a fanatic pride. The Quarren, despite the overwhelming odds, fight until only just over a million of them are left – all Calamari prisoners. In the most daring social experiment of their history, the Calamari attempt to civilize the Quarren and bring the two races to an equal level. They ruthlessly separate the Quarren young and teach them relentlessly for a decade, then return them to their elders. The Quarren were forced to defeat and kill their recalitrant elders, then restart their civilization and tie them with the Calamari in an uneasy peace that continues into the Imperial era.
c. -4,470 BSW4
Freedon Nadd, a Jedi apprentice of unequalled enthusiasm and dedication, approaches what he believes to be the end of his apprenticeship and promotion to Jedi Knight. But when the time comes, the Jedi Masters refuse to grant him the title. Stunned at this contradictory action, he seeks the advice of Master Matta Tremayne, who tells him “some things you must find in yourself.” She won’t tell him what’s keeping him from Knighthood. Enraged, he murders Tremayne, steals a ship, and flies toward the worlds of the former Sith Empire.
c.-4,450 BSW4
The Dark Jedi Freedon Nadd comes to Onderon to rule the planet, bringing with him the dark power of the Sith.
-4,400 BSW4
Chamma begins his service as a Jedi Knight. His first mission as a Jedi is a total disaster, and he spends the next century in seclusion. Finally, Miralukan Jedi Noab Hulis brings Chamma to his senses, and he works his way gradually up to Jedi Master.
-4,398 BSW4
Freedon Nadd dies on Onderon.
-4,350 BSW4
The Beast Wars of Onderon begin, a battle between exiled criminals and the Dark Side ruled city of Iziz.
c. -4,197 BSW4
The Gank Massacres occur, a struggle between the Light and Dark Sides of the Force. Also during this time, the Vultar Cataclysm occurs, another war between the Light and Dark Sides of the Force.
-4,150 BSW4
The Hapes Consortium, or Cluster, is first settled by pirates – the Lorell Raiders – who seize beautiful women to be their mates. Male domination would continue for a few generations.
-4,068 BSW4
Queen Amanoa of Onderon is born.
c. -4,059 BSW4
Jev Sunrider serves the Jedi as watchman of the Darada system on the edge of the Core Worlds.
c. -4,050 BSW4
The Hyabb - Twith Campaigns take place between the Jedi and the Nelori Marauders of Dachat at the Hyabb - Twith Corridor (a disputed parsec on the spinward arc of the Core Worlds that had been embroiled in conflict since the birth of the Republic). Jedi Master (and master swordsman) Arca Jeth plays a key role in resolving the conflict.
Jedi Knights decimate the male Lorell Raiders of the Hapes Consortium. Women take control of the cluster, and the inherited leadership title of Queen Mother is initiated. The first Hapan Queen Mother makes Hapes the capital of the Hapan Cluster.
-4,048 BSW4
Drokko Kira, father of Modon and grandfather of Oron, is cast out of Iziz. He promptly joins the Beast Lords.
-4,040 BSW4
Novar is born into one of the wealthiest families of Iziz.
-4,028 BSW4
Novar gains acceptance in the court of King Ommin.
-4,022 BSW4
Netus serves the Republic as a member of the elite rocket–jumper corps.
-4,021 BSW4
Jedi Master Mroon Jassa begins training Jedi at his compound in the Truuine system.
Andur Sunrider is born, birthplace unknown.
-4,020 BSW4
Intrepid explorers and traders from the Brentaal League begin forging hyperspace routes deep into the Expansion Region. They create a string of colonies to provide the League with new resources for a booming economy back in the Core Worlds.
-4,018 BSW4
Oron Kira is born on the planet Onderon.
Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma are born on the planet Alderaan.
Upon the death of his father, Ommin takes the throne of Onderon and marries Lady Amanoa, daughter of a wealthy noble. Like the kings of Onderon before him, he begins to study the ways of the Sith under the tutelage of Freedon Nadd.
-4,017 BSW4
Netus leaves the military, dedicating himself from that point on to politics. He would eventually become a Senator.
Keval Raffaan is born on the planet Chandrila.
-4,016 BSW4
Galia, daughter of King Ommin and Queen Amanoa and heir to the throne of Onderon, is born.
After spending a dozen years studying the fine art of diplomacy at Ov Taraba, one of the cities most prominent and expensive universities, Novar is appointed assistant to the King’s aide (a position he received due more to his father’s connections than to his own accomplishments).
-4,013 BSW4
Vici Ramunee is born on the planet Alderaan.
After several years of manipulating and undermining his mentor, Tolo Kad, Novar is promoted to minister of state.
-4,009 BSW4
Zythmar, temple priest of the Massassi warriors of Yavin IV, enters an extended period of solitude that lasts until the Sith War.
Jev Sunrider, grandfather of Andur the Jedi Knight, leaves the family to pursue an evil force on Krayiss II. He never comes home.
-4,008 BSW4
The spirit of Jev Sunrider visits the teenage Andur to say farewell to his grieving grandson. He advises him not to ignore the calling of the Force, and tells him that he will play a crucial role in a coming war.
Finhead Stonebone, an alien pirate Captain arrives in known space without a single possession and unable to speak Basic. He quickly took to illegal means of generating income, finding a gunnery position aboard a pirate vessel in Vorc Sector within a week.
-4,007 BSW4
Veni Ramunee is born on the planet Alderaan.
-4,006 BSW4
Finhead Stonebone assumes the role of first mate aboard a pirate ship, and eventually steals and embezzles enough funds to buy his own pirate marauder corsair, the Starjacker.
-4,003 BSW4
After a decade of manipulating King Ommin, Novar convinces him to take him on as an apprentice to learn his secrets of Dark Side magic.
-4,002 BSW4
Oss Wilum, a Vultan, completes his Jedi training under Master Arca on Stenness. He had initially begun his training under Master Garnoo, who died before the training was complete. He goes on to live with Master Thon on Ambria.
Qrrl Toq leaves his homeworld for the first time.
Andur Sunrider begins his Jedi training under Master Chamma on H'ratth.
-4,001 BSW4
Kith Kark encounters a group of Jedi apprentices while on a sightseeing excursion in the Truuine system. Kith, sensing the inner peace and calm of the Jedi, decides to follow them to the training compound of Jedi Master Mroon Jassa, however he is ignored, because he has proven that he is not yet ready to commune with the Force.
Two years into his training, King Ommin becomes too ill to continue mentoring Novar. Luckily (and to Novar’s surprise), Queen Amanoa took Ommin’s place as mentor, bringing him through the next levels of Sith technique. In time, Novar grew in power, eventually becoming a minor Dark Side wizard.
King Ommin’s Dark Side-caused illness worsens, as his very bone marrow degenerates. His personal physicians construct a durasteel exoskeleton to support him and keep him alive. He goes into hiding to pursue Dark Side studies, leaving Queen Amanoa in charge of Iziz. Rumors circulate of his death, and he does nothing to discourage them.
-4,000 BSW4
A huge droid revolution occurs on Coruscant, where nearly every droid on the planet rises up against its masters. Jedi Master Arca Jeth and many other Jedi on Coruscant help defend the planet's citizens from the malfunctioning droids. This event is later known as The Great Droid Revolution.
The first Republic settlers are brought to the planet Muzara by a colony cruiser from the Brentaal League. They establish a base atop one of the massive plateaus where they can oversee the agricultural enterprises planned for Muzara. The league intends to produce food on the planet for export to nearby settlements that are not yet self– sufficient.
Ssseeeeseetek, a Galidyn, is born on the planet Fyodos. He would become the oldest, strongest and wisest of his kind on the planet. He would become the ruler of the Galidyn city closest to the Roh tribe of Fyodoi.
Churabba, a female Hutt with a cunning business mind, controls the Si'Klaata Cluster during this period of time. She was there when the Cult of M'dweshuu once again rose to power on Kintan. It was believed that she admired the Cult for its ability to galvanize the Nikto race, even as she sought to destroy it to gain control of the Nikto race. She ordered that the Cult's main headquarters be bombarded, killing off many of the Cult's leaders and leaving the Nikto people without a strong leadership. The Nikto then signed their support over to her.
Kevan Raffaan graduates from school on Chandrila, and hopes to enroll at the Diplomatic Institute on Coruscant, wanting to further hone his abilities and later go on to serve the Republic as a negotiator. Little does Kevan know: the Force changes his destiny, and he elects to leave the life of an average student, and apprentices himself to Jedi Master Ma’tien.
Old Corellian, or ‘olys Corellisi’, an archaic dialect still found in some sections of the Corellian sector and the galaxy fades into extinction. There still exists a secluded sub-culture that insists on using the language, so as to remember the past and the Corellian forebears who helped open up the galaxy. Socorro, for instance, is a planet with a known Old Corellian dialect still in active use.
Galactic explorers from the Old Republic make contact with Onderon. Off-world traders begin to arm the Beast Lords with advanced weaponry.
The Tallaan shipyards are built. At the junction of a number of trade routes frequented by several space–faring species, among them the Herglics, Humans, and Sullustans, the Tallaan system has always been home to large communites made up of a variety of species. The Tallaan shipyards, orbiting the planet Tallaan, begin to become an internal cog in the interstellar operations of the Republic.
Kith Kark is once again rejected by Jedi Master Mroon Jassa. Over the next year, he would contemplate why he went wrong, eventually seeing light to his inner problem.
Vima Sunrider is born to Andur and Nomi Sunrider on H'ratth.
Dace Diath begins Jedi training under his father, Jedi Master Sidrona Diath.
Vici Ramunee begins her Jedi training.
Sundari, the hot, arid third planet in the Garos system, is settled as a mining colony. Sundari immediately began to trade with its sister planet, Garos IV, because the Sundars were dependent on an outside supply of foodstuffs.
-3,999 BSW4
Kith Kark is finally accepted by Jedi Master Mroon Jassa, and he begins his training.
Qrrl Toq encounters several Jedi who are arbitrating a treaty on the tropical planet of Ulda Frav. When he approaches the Jedi, they cut short his questions, telling him that he possessed the potential to become one of their numbers. They were taken aback when he announced that he had never heard of the Jedi Knights. At their request, Qrrl joined them on their return to Ossus to begin Jedi training.
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