Other Space Kaiden
Better than other-other space Kaiden
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To chronicle Darth Vulcanus' reign as Emperor and tell the story of the fall of the Original Sith Empire from one of the many points of view. It is also to begin the task of chronicling the Graug history from before the site purge (may the threads rest in peace)
- Image Credit: Epic Games/Gears of War
- Links: Purged (may they RIP)
- Vulcanus Takes the Throne
- The Invasion of Korriban
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Event Name: The Reign of the 7-Day Emperor
- Participants:
- The Sith Empire (Original)
- The Graug Horde
- The Galactic Republic
- The Jedi Order
Results:
- The Graug usurp the remaining Sith Military Hierarchy
- A Sith named Krag takes the title of Darth Vulcanus and forcibly takes the Sith Throne on Korriban
- Sith under the guidance of [member="Darth Carnifex"] and others use the Graug Defense of Korriban as cover to flee and create the One Sith in secret
- Vulcanus' Graug Horde is shattered - leaving millions of the beasts stranded and without leadership across Sith Space
- The Sith Empire is destroyed
- Darth Vulcanus dethroned
- Fel Empire takes a swath of old Sith Space
CHRONICLE INFORMATION
Following the abdication of the throne by Darth Carnifex, a void of power was left in the Sith Empire. With Fel rebellion stripping away planets from Sith grasp and the Republic onslaught driving deeper into Sith territory, the Empire began falling into chaos. Without a united front to form a solid defense against the enemy, the planets of the Sith began collapsing in short order. This was when a Graug Sith Lord by the name of Krag decided to take advantage of the situation. For years, Krag had built Graug influence throughout the Sith Empire and had used his position as a Sector Lord to infest the Northern-most half of the Empire in Graug colonies. With the throne open for the taking, Krag rallied his Graug Horde and forcibly occupied Korriban - proclaiming himself Darth Vulcanus and taking the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith.
As the Graug Hordes seized territory throughout the Empire, The Galactic Republic's intelligence community soon got word of the shift in power. Thorough plans were laid out across all levels of the Republic military, including the Jedi Council. Having combated the Graug throughout the galaxy and knowing the fractured state of Sith affairs, The Republic devised an operation that would drive the fleets into the heart of Sith territory and drive the Graug Warlord away - shattering the fragile Graug command structure and leaving the Sith hierarchy irreplaceable displaced.
Over the course of the next Six Days, the Republic would prepare its operation in secret - gathering their forces for what was herald as the final push against Sith rule. During this time, Vulcanus struggled internally to keep power as there was a constant word of threat against his rule. Mass purges of non-Graug military staff were conducted and the already failing Sith Order grew smaller as more Sith denounced the rule of the Graug Warlord, choosing to instead join the One Sith in hiding or following their own devices. The more power Vulcanus attempted to exert, the more that it all slipped through his claws.
By the time The Republic operation was ready to begin, The Sith were on the brink of civil war and only a handful of the once illustrious Sith Empire still remained to fight alongside Vulcanus and his Graug Horde. However, with most Graug forces preoccupied with the monumental task of maintaining Vulcanus' loosening control over Sith territory - a large but marginal force of Graug was all that was left to meet The Republic at Korriban.
On the seventh day of Darth Vulcanus' rule, The Republic launched its final offensive of the war. The massive invasion fleet overtook the dwindling number of Sith vessels left to defend Korriban - leading to a ground assault and a brutal battle where the forces of the Republic Military and the Jedi Order clashed with the forces of the Sith Military, The Graug Horde and the Sith Order. Republic soldiers were ripped asunder by Graug claws, Sith Knights brought down in hails of blaster fire and in the center of it, Grand Master Tefka Efreet and Emperor Darth Vulcanus did battle. In a display of fire and lightning, the two Masters of The Force clashed in a vortex of power while the armies fell by the hundreds around them.
In the end, Darth Vulcanus was forced to flee the planet against innumerable odds. The Graug Horde was decimated, the grandest of Korriban's remaining temples were destroyed and the Sith Throne buried by the Empire collapsing around it - never again to be reclaimed.
Until the ressurgence of the New Sith Empire...
