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Eternal Empire conquest

"People of Zakuul, the unthinkable has happened. Our beloved Emperor, Valkorion, is dead - murdered by an Outlander who sought to shake the foundations of our great society. The assassin will receive swift and just punishment, and this act of unprovoked aggression will be answered. As your new Emperor, I can promise you this: Zakuul's enemies will face the full power of the Eternal Throne. They will answer for their warmongering ways... and every last one of the Core Worlds will burn!"

―The newly installed Emperor Arcann proclaims war on the galaxy

Around 3636 BBY, the emerging Eternal Empire of Wild Space began a campaign to conquer the Core Worlds, defeating both the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, the known galaxy's major powers.

Prelude

Arcann and Thexan leading the raids.

For most of the Sith Emperor's time away from ruling his Sith Empire, he secretly created a new empire: the Eternal Empire. It was situated in uncharted territory within Wild Space, with its capital on the planet Zakuul. There, under the identity of Emperor Valkorion, he built up and fortified his forces, intending eventually to emerge and conquer the galaxy. By 3636 BBY, the Eternal Empire had destroyed the Sith Empire's few outposts in the Wild regions as a test of its strength, though the Sith Empire could not identify the culprits. Later that year, while the Galactic War continued among the Empire, Republic, and third parties, the Eternal Empire launched raids and devastated several of their planets, including Korriban, before withdrawing into Wild Space.

Darth Marr, serving as the de facto leader of the Dark Council and the Imperial Military, commanded a joint Imperial-Republic expedition into Wild Space in pursuit of the Emperor, but the force was ambushed by the Eternal Fleet. Marr and another prominent figure, who would become known as "the Outlander," were captured from Marr's wrecked flagship by Prince Arcann, Valkorion's surviving son, and taken to the Emperor on Zakuul. Valkorion offered to share his power with the captives if they knelt before him. Recognizing Valkorion as the Sith Emperor, Marr refused and was killed for defying him. When Valkorion made the same offer to the Outlander, Valkorion was killed, and Arcann took the throne in his stead. The new Emperor publicly blamed the Outlander for his father's assassination and declared that the Core Worlds would burn as a consequence. The Outlander was frozen in carbonite, as Arcann sensed that Valkorion continued to live within the mind of his "murderer".

The war

Emperor Arcann on the Eternal Throne, the new seat of power in the galaxy.
Arcann's campaign was swift and brutal. From the Eternal Throne, the new Emperor directed the fleet in an assault on both the Republic and the Empire, destroying their shipyards and blockading major trade routes. The Eternal Empire possessed the advantages of numbers and speed; only ships powered by isotope-5 could hope to evade the more powerful vessels of the Eternal Fleet. Within three months, they had secured naval superiority over both sides, and by the end of the first year, the Republic capital of Coruscant and the Imperial capital of Dromund Kaas were under blockade. The Dark Council of the Sith Empire continued fighting, but without Marr's leadership, the Council was almost completely destroyed. Likewise, the Republic's Supreme Chancellor, Leontyne Saresh, refused to surrender the Republic to Zakuulan authority—and, incredibly, waged war against both the Eternal Empire and the Sith Empire, at the cost of millions of Republic lives.Saresh was quickly overruled by the Galactic Senate, which sought peace. The Minister of Logistics likewise did so for the Empire.Both sides dispatched emissaries—Senator Evran for the Republic, and Darth Vowrawn for the Empire—to Zakuul, where they were brought before Arcann.The Emperor agreed to a ceasefire on the condition that the Republic and the Empire pay heavy tribute to Zakuul and accept restrictions on their armaments. With few alternatives, both sides consented. In the years that followed, Saresh was removed from power but continued to shape policy through her successor, Jebevel Madon. Likewise, as the Dark Council was largely dissolved, its sole visibly surviving member, Darth Acina, proclaimed herself Empress of the Sith. The war between the Republic and the Empire continued even then—Saresh unwilling to consider any alliance with the Sith to overthrow the Eternal Empire—and Arcann permitted it to continue as long as they acknowledged Zakuul's supremacy and kept paying the tribute demanded of them.Instead of governing occupied holdings with armies, Arcann deployed hundreds of enormous battle stations called Star Fortresses in orbit around major planets, including Alderaan, Belsavis, and Voss. These battle stations were commanded by Exarchs—Knights of Zakuul enhanced through biological and cybernetic upgrades- and drew power from great "sun generators," essentially artificial stars, much like those used on Zakuul itself, while being protected by shield generators constructed on the surface. Any resistance was met by the stations releasing excess plasma from the sun generators in devastating beams directed at the surface, effectively holding the planets and their populations hostage.

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Related Categories:- Battles of the Eternal Empire conquest

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