Dromund Kaas, New Kaas City, Sith Citadel...
The Shadowed Dominion.
The skies above Dromund Kaas churned with unkempt fury, streaks of purple and crimson lightning cracked through the sky with the frenzy of a berserker's axe. In the days of the past smog clouds once billowed skyward as the ceaseless grinding of industry forged ever forward, all across the globe the iron fist of the Kainate held the world firm. Factories operated without end driven from the disciplined hand of their master's as war material, food, and valuable resources rolled off assembly lines and put through the intricate chain to be consumed by the Kainate. It was an unprecedented military buildup, a process driven by none other than the Dark Lord of the Sith, the Undying King, Elysian Grandeval Mortarch, the Sovereign of Dromund Kaas, and Shadow Hand of the Kainate Darth Prazutis.
Complacency was death. A refusal to evolve saw even gods killed, and it wasn't a process he would allow the Kainate to fall into. Even now they stood as the strongest economic bastion within the Sith Order, the most technologically advanced Sith in the entire galaxy. They stood in a powerful place, and it wasn't a mantle he was willing to relinquish to anyone, and that meant they needed to work harder. So, the Shadow Hand had brought Darth Xyrah to him to work directly with, putting to task the might of the dark science divisions, taking a direct hand in technological developments to push the boundaries of what is, to what could be. It was a large-scale operation to retrofit, to upgrade the entirety of the Kainate military and push them so far beyon contemporary groups, there was no question to their superiority. The first step of the process began with the Shadow Armada. The deep investment of the Kainate into Dromund Kaas had paid off greatly, the world had become a powerful economic boon to their industrial complex.
Through the deal set up with
Ivalyn Yvarro
Dromund Kaas now possessed the latest and greatest in environmental technology, scrubbing the atmosphere clean to prevent the industrial might from poisoning the world. Every day he dug his grip deeper into the very fabric, the bone marrow of the holy world, carving Kainite dominance so deep it was indisputable, incorrigible. The Shadow Hand sat atop his colossal throne, its blackened stone rising like the bones of a great colossus, that saw him towering above the throne room before him. It had been a busy day that saw the Pit of Supplication, the recessed amphitheater into the wall above opposite of the throne filled with those who had come to seek audience with the Sovereign. It had been a revolving door of agents, officials, and technocrats from the Shadow Mind to address the expansions in technological innovation. The cloaked visage of Typhojem sat on the arm of his throne, an instrumental assistant in his daily operations. The hologram spoke up then, cutting through a report from the Shadow Mind. "Dark Councilor Darth Arcanix is attempting to reach you. Shall I patch her through?" The Shadow Hand dismissed the attendant with the wave of a hand, looking towards the AI then "Yes I'll receive her call here."
The Lady of Secrets wasted no time, the very moment her presence emerged in the holo call she cut straight to pressing business. "Allyson Locke has successfully assassinated the governor of Varonat and seeks to have Madelyn Lowe, in addition to her position as Minister, installed as the governor in his place. I intend to sponsor and propose the ascension legislation myself, but I wanted to inform you both as well of these developments. I feel we have other issues to discuss as well, including the Commonwealth's issues." The news wasn't dissimilar to what he was hearing from the Eyes of the Dyarchy, if anything it confirmed his suspicions. Good. It was one more step forward, one more seat secured, their influence continuing to spread. "Good. Every governor placed, every minister swayed, all of it tightens the net. Let them believe it innocuous. You'll have no resistance from us, only support and expectation. This is the first move in a much longer game. Once Lowe is governor it will position us comfortably to pass any legislation, we deem necessary through the assembly. As for the Commonwealth it has grown to a point where it needs to be addressed. Before the situation becomes untenable, we have time to kill this problem in its crib."