Thrashia
01-12-2008, 03:51
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The History of the Glorious and Exalted Empire of Thrashia
BY
Adolphus Xavier
Acknowledgments: As a scrivener and archivist of the Empire, I cannot say that I wrote this alone. I must salute the heroes and villains of these tales to whom, without them, there would be no great histories to write. And I must thank the benevolent Emperor Treize Kushrenada I to whom we all should pay homage, not only for his leadership, but support for the arts as well.
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CONTENTS
Chapter One: The Galactic Civil War of Thrashian Ambition
Chapter Two: The Overthrow of the Shadaum Line
Chapter Three: The Rise of Treize Kushrenada
Chapter Four: Rebirth of Friendship - Return of the Empire
Chapter Five: Conquest of Charybdis
Chapter Six: The Dominion of Thrawn
Chapter Seven: ....
Chapter One
The Great Galactic Imperial Civil War was a war during which the Thrashian Empire, led by the then aging Emperor Shadaum IV, attempted to usurp the Imperial Throne from the newly appointed Empress Nightshade of the Galactic Empire. The event sprung from the supposed death of Emperor Palpatine and the opening of a "power vacuum" which many Imperial Alliance members felt Nightshade was unable to fill. In trying to gain the Imperial throne and take over the leadership of the Galactic Empire, Thrashia's Grand Admiral Alabar instigated a civil war which was to create the most vicious and compelling epics of the age.
==Coruscant==
It was within a few days of Emperor Palpatine's funeral that Grand Admiral Alabar took it upon himself to begin gathering allies within the Galactic Empire and other outside support, so that Thrashia might make a bid for power against the young and newly appointed Empress Nightshade. He approached many different nations, even those who were tied quite strongly to the Imperial Throne and its new occupier. Alabar played upon their fears of having a Masaki relative on the throne of ultimate power, and a Sith no less than that.
Upon discovering Alabar's treachery Empress Nightshade confronted him in her throne room. Alabar denied all the charges and attempted to bring out Nightshade as a whore and as a lesser leader that was unable to fully control and rule over the vast Galactic Empire. Without notice one of Alabar's aides, a Major Kindal, took out his blaster pistol and shot Alabar in the back; his body fell ‘lifeless’ to the floor. Major Kindal bowed to Nightshade and informed her that he was a loyal servant of the Emperor Shadaum IV and did not believe Grand Admiral Alabar was following proper orders by trying to instigate a civil war, and that Thrashia remained ardently loyal.
Empress Nightshade, slightly taken aback by this unexpected reprieve, allowed Major Kindal and his guards to leave, dragging the "dead" body of Grand Admiral Alabar with them.
However Grand Admiral Alabar was not dead. Major Kindal had been ordered to ‘shoot’ Alabar when he felt that the Admiral would be unable to extricate himself from the situation should Nightshade discover their plans. Alabar rose up from the gurney his body lay on and revealed the armor plating he wore under his uniform and showed where the blaster bolt had hit his back. Their small trickery allowed them to escape Coruscant Without further ado they returned to Thrashia Prime to gather allies and mobilize the Thrashian armed forces.
===Prelude to Battle===
The first few weeks after Alabar's return showed a great increase in Thrashian diplomatic channels. Emperor Shadaum IV agreed with Alabar and supported the idea of taking over the Galactic Empire and leading the alliance. Within a few weeks Alabar gathered together a group of supporters at an unknown point where they could ready their campaign against Coruscant and the witch, Nightshade.
Remiel de Draken, Emperor of Chronosia, himself made an appearance at the meeting and pledge to give his support against the Sith menace, as such was the way in which Alabar and Shadaum presented their cause. Several other nations: Godular, Parlim, Mini Miehm, Kyanges, Humankind Abh, Kendari, and No Endorse all pledge their forces as well.
Even though the Thrashian Empire was also a member of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances at that time, several nations of that alliance traveled to Thrashia Prime to help reinforce against the Sith Empress. Later in the battle the nation of Mini Miehm brought a large portion of the Avon alliance fleet into the conflict against the Galactic Imperial Forces as well, further spreading the conflict on not only multi-national levels, but on multi-alliance warfare.
===The Battle of Thrashia Prime===
The first beginning of the battle started when Empress Nightshade ordered the Death Star and a large mass of Imperial Star Destroyers to head directly to Thrashia Prime once Imperial Center had learned the full extent to which Thrashia was willing to go to overthrow Nightshade. The Death Star was Thrashia's biggest concern, yet was to prove a false worry with the intervention of Godular. Upon receiving intelligence that the Death Star was moving and that Imperial fleets were heading toward Thrashia Prime, the Thashian Fleet mobilized in preparation for defense; all thoughts of the planned offensive campaign forgotten.
To defend itself the Empire of Thashia had at its disposal 9 full fleets, each containing at least 100 capital ships of the Star Destroyer class. Thrashia's home system was guarded defensively by asteroid fields "above" it and black holes "below" it, as well as untold trillions of mine fields that surrounded Thrashia on all sides, except for the main system entrance known as the "Mouth."
Grand Admiral Alabar had supreme command aboard his Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer flagship, the Incarnate. In support, aboard the Epion Space Station, was Grand Admiral Schwartz. The location of Emperor Shadaum IV at the time of the battle was unknown except until the end when it was found that he was inside a hidden bunker at his palace on the surface of Thrashia Prime, the planet itself.
The first fleet to arrive in-system was the Thrashian allied fleet of Mini Miehm. This nations’ fleets took up positions within the Thrashian System and prepared to repel all invaders.
The opening act of the battle proved to be a surprise for the Thrashian faction. The Galactic Empire led a surprise assault upon the mine fields. Clouds of the tiny, cheaply produced droids entered the Thrashian home defense systems from all sides numbering in the millions. These droids were tasked with the destruction of the mine fields, cannon fodder in name and existence. After this initial assault by the Imperial droids, which was only halted by the quick reprogramming of the mine’s targeting data; more allied fleets arrived belonging to Kyanges. At the same time a single important vessel that was to have the greatest of impact upon the battle arrived: a Godulan Mako-class Star Destroyer. The first stroke by allied forces was the intervention of FTLi mines laid by Kendari pirates, enlisted by Alabar, along the path of Imperial forces attempting to make their way toward Thrashia Prime.
The first Imperial Fleet arrived out of hyperspace "above" the asteroid fields that protected that flank of the Thrashian System. Admiral Keldalri, commander of the Imperial Fleet and aboard the Death Star, ordered that the fleet advance through the fields using tractors beams to capture asteroids and launch them at any targets of opportunity.
To counter this threat Grand Admiral Schwartz shifted the defense fleets to face the asteroid fields and left Admiral Alabar to handle defense of the "Mouth." Without even informing Schwartz however Alabar launched all of his Praetorian cruisers (73) in his contingent out of the "Mouth" and into hyperspace. He ordered them, under Vice Admiral Konner, to attack the enemy flank and rear. Vice Admiral Konner, known as a hotrod and hot-head, gladly accepted the challenge and inspired his men by announcing that they would be the first to come into grips with the enemy.
At this time two new forces appeared upon the field of battle. Three massive ships of Parlim appeared, including the rare and powerful 'Sword of the Republic' type, in support of Thrashia. The second force to arrive was the forces of Khurgan, a Chaos worshipping nation with its allegiance tied to the Galactic Empire.
The attack made by Admiral Konner was, though gallantly led, a complete failure. Vice Admiral Konner’s force was obliterated and failed in their attempt to halt the advance of the Death Star and its escorts. Khurgan forces had appeared to Konner’s rear, just as the Vice Admiral had done to the Imperials, and tore through the cruisers in his task force like a Khornate berserker. Admiral Keldalri had her Immobilizer specialist Star Destroyers also turn their flank and smashed into the then heavily engaged Praetorian Cruisers. Admiral Konner and his men died within half an hour of fierce combat.
At the same time as Admiral Konner's attack was taking place, Grand Admiral Alabar tried a new plan of attack. He moved the Super Star Destroyer Immortal into a position from where it could capture the defensive mines with its tractor beams and copied the Imperial tactic of launching asteroids by launching the mines at the approaching Imperial forces. At the same time Admiral Schwartz ordered the remaining defensive fighter droids (30,000) to launch and fight with a kamikaze-like adherence. This continued to slow the advancing Imperial forces under the shadow of the Death Star, but was ultimately a delaying tactic at best.
It was at this time, just as the battle was escalating, that Admiral Viersan and his 9th Expansion Fleet was fully mobilized 40 light years from the battle, amassing 430 Star Destroyers, 180 Praetorian Cruisers, and the 5 Super Star Destroyers in the entire collection of 9th Expansion Fleet. In tight-beam communication with High Command back at Thrashia Prime, Viersan was made aware of Vice Admiral Konnor’s fate and the thus far stages of the battle. He was ordered to make a “timely” entrance.
The Imperial forces were nearly through the entire asteroid field by this point and ship to ship combat was taking place at their greatest ranges. The Death Star was fast approaching behind a screen of Star Destroyers, looming over everything like a shroud. It was at this vital juncture that Grand Admiral Alabar made one of the largest and fatal mistakes of the battle. He ordered his flagship, the Immaculate, to charge up and fire its axle-super laser. He made the decision on impulse and with the intention of destroying the Death Star, or at least severely damaging it, before it had a chance to fire upon Thrashia Prime.
However the Admiral had forgotten the presence of the Godulan Mako-class ship, which from the outset of the battle had remained hidden on the far side of Thrashia Prime’s single moon. The fact that it was the only ship of its kind in the entire system had caused Thrashian High Command to place it in a location away from where the fighting would be fiercest and thus keep it from being destroyed. The unique ability of this ship was the technology known as a "Void Shield." The Void Shield was capable of returning High-Yield Direct Fire weapon beams (in this case super lasers) to their point of origin, resulting in the destruction of the weapon that fired.
The Immaculate was destroyed along with Grand Admiral Alabar due to the void shield and his foolish mistake was to cause the tide of battle to shift significantly. Emperor Shadaum, aware of the situation through the MAGI system, placed Grand Admiral Schwartz in overall command of the defense in Alabar's place. In a last act of defiance, Admiral Konner, still alive, took his damaged flagship and made a hyperspace jump strait into the enemy Khurgan flagship after seeing his task force destroyed before his eyes.
Twenty minutes after Alabar and Konner's deaths, with the Imperial Fleet now concentrated on breaking into the Thrashian System main, the 9th Fleet arrived under Admiral Viersan at the very rear of the Imperial Fleet with total surprise, catching the Khurgan and Imperial forces there flatfooted. Admiral Viersan ordered all ships to engage and disrupt the enemies operations. His five accompanying Super Star Destroyers concentrated their efforts on the now heavily damaged Khurgan flagship.
The Parliminian contingent began an all out duel with the Death Star as it finally exited the asteroid field and the great "Sword of the Republic" began systematically targeting and destroying the Immobilizer Star Destroyers in its vanguard. At the same time, now aware of a Goduland presence, Khurgan forces attempted to find and destroy the Mako craft outright. Mini Miehm ships launched massive missile salvos and heavy laser fire upon the Death Star in an attempt to damage or destroy it.
Out of the void and into battle at this point arrived the fleets of No Endorse. Late but not too late, they arrived and pounded into the enemy just as the errant 9th Thrashian Fleet had, turning the flank of the Imperial vanguard. Almost as if some cosmic joke was being made, another Imperial allied fleet arrived under the flag of Zactern Prime. After the arrival of these two fleets the fleet of Mini Miehm launched into a massive attack after its failed missile salvo at the Death Star. Thousands of fighters and gunships concentrated their efforts on the Imperial Fleet with devastating effect. Their attack only increased with the arrival of the Mini Miehm Terran Battle globe.
The Khurgan forces commander, still embattled with 9th Fleet, began a bizarre ritual to the Chaos Gods in an attempt to destroy the 9th Fleets SSDs. However this was countered by the rare and powerful Thrashian Pysker known as Simon. Using his immense power Simon cast down the warp spell that was trying to destroy them and fended it off, ultimately leading to his death from the overload of Chaos power that he was forced to contend with. Admiral Viersan, standing next to Simon, ordered that the entire available ships of the 9th fleet concentrate on the head ship of Khurgan and unleashed salvo after salvo of firepower upon it.
The Mouth
The 1st Thrashian Fleet, under Admiral Veers, which had taken little part in the action by that point in the battle, was sitting in a defensive posture at the "Mouth." When the enemy fleet under Zactern Prime appeared before the entrance to the Thrashian System Veers laughed with contempt at their presence and quickly came to grips with the enemy, the 1st Fleet tearing into them with abandon. The battle, already large, became an ungainly battle of titans.
Deployment
It was at this juncture that Grand Admiral Schwartz felt that he could no longer hold back the 5th-8th Thrashian Fleets that he held in defense behind the quickly disappearing asteroid field. As Imperial forces were flowing forth, and the Parlim ships pulling back with severe damage to their hulls, he ordered his fleets to move forward and engage the enemy.
In a brilliant riposte Admiral Keldalri ordered the Death Star to halt and had her fleet form up into a classic 'Imperial's Bane' formation and had the DS take up a rear position of it. She then ordered the fleet to keep advancing until ordered to do otherwise. There would be no turning back until they had penetrated to the heart of the Thrashian System and brought the traitorous forces to face Imperial justice.
Turning Point
The great apex of the battle and turning point came with the arrival of Chronosia. Thousands of that nation’s mighty fleets appeared in the area of respite between the forces of the Empire and the forces of the Thrashian Faction. Many Chronosian ships also materialized within the Thrashian lines, melding with the line like any allied power would. The Thrashian fleets cheered with exultation and with the cry of victory! How could the Empire defeat them now with their allies, so strong, now amongst them?
However this cry was to die in the throats who yelled it. The Chronosian ships, under the command of Lucian, opened fire and lay waste to many Thrashian ships that were in their path. The fleet that had appeared between the lines turned its head from the Death Star and tore its mighty jaws into the flesh of the Thrashian lines.
This was not however the only betrayal. Another thousand strong Chronosian fleet appeared to the rear of the Death Star and the Imperial Fleet where the 9th Expansion Fleet was beating down the last vestiges of resistance from the Imperial rear guard. There Remiel de Draken himself commanded from aboard his mighty flagship and ordered his fleets into combat, rending into the 9th Expansion Fleet forces with a holy, Chaotic fervor to give souls to the Chaos Gods. Remiel was making a bid for power, to both destroy the rebelling Thrashians and to usurp the Imperial Throne from Nightshade. The carefully crafted alliance of Shadaum was torn apart within a matter of moments.
With no other options left to him and a desire to first defeat the Chronosians that were in the Thrashian System proper, Grand Admiral Schwartz ordered the yet unengaged 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Thrashian Fleets into a tri-phalanx formation and gave them orders to clear out and destroy the Chronosian fleet there under Lucian. In aid of this appeared the fleets of the Grey Knights of Dratheria to whom the head of Lucian fell.
The battle was fierce and bloody. Tens of thousands of fighters flew across the battlefield engaged in dog-fights of amazing proportions. Star Destroyers battered into cruisers. SSDs were targeted and destroyed. The Death Star and Terran Battleglobe dueled like titans above the field of battle. Hundreds of thousands lost their lives.
A further blow to the Thrashian cause and its allies was the arrival of still more Imperial forces under the command of Darth Hydrus of Huntaer. They arrived at the 'Mouth' where the weakened 1st Fleet was still finished off the remnants of Zactern Prime. Even with reinforcements from Admiral Khan of Borain, the last allied fleet to arrive, the Mouth could not be held for long. Therefore, Admiral Schwartz ordered the two fleets to retreat from the Mouth and initiated the order 626. This signal caused the thousands of mines in the neighboring mine fields to converge on the Mouth, impacting upon all ships located there, cutting the Huntaerians from entering the rest of the system. A small, but cheap victory in an already being lost battle.
The 9th Expansion Fleet was nearly at the end of its tether as the battle came into its final stages and had taken heavy losses, when there arrived one more allied fleet under Klington. This took a large amount of pressure off the 9th Expansion Fleet and allowed them to rally. The 2nd-4th Fleets Phalanx formation was turned and smashed into the flank of the Imperial spearhead in the system proper. The FLTi that had until then kept any forces from entering the system proper until then was destroyed. The Humankind Abh's fleet, which until then had remained out of the fight, appeared amidst the Khurgan remants and fought next to the 2nd and 3rd Thrashian fleets.
However the Thrashian forces were not the only ones to take advantage of the FTLi being down. More Khurgan forces entered the warp and exited over the upper atmosphere of Thrashia Prime and let loose a deadly poison mist along with several warheads. At this time the Parlim ships withdrew from battle. Heavily damaged by the combat they had endured, and the loss of one of their three ships, they could no longer stay. Opening a worm hole the two remaining ship left the battle behind.
It was then that the single most selfless act of the battle took place. Taking it upon himself, Captain Rivan, commander of Schwartz's Sovereign-class SSD Conquest, along with the entire crew’s agreement, launched the Super Star Destroyer into hyperspace and smashed it into the heart of the Death Star.
After seeing this great act of selflessness and sacrifice, Emperor Shadaum IV ordered that the planet population leave via the Delta Evacuation Plan, a Warp Gate system that was utilized by the Thrashians to extricate their citizens and the majority of their ground forces from Thrashia Prime. Emperor Shadaum had also the vast majority of his industry and merchant guilds transport their equipment along with the citizens. Within hours they all disappeared through the portal and then onto the hidden Parlim system, embittered by the thought of leaving their fighting men and women behind.
However, before leaving, the Parlim Sword of the Republic had left behind a worm hole by which the Thrashian forces could withdraw. Emperor Shadaum, wishing to save what he could of his men, ordered a retreat. A rearguard action then ensued as small portions of each Thrashian fleet filtered into the wormhole and on to safety.
Against orders, General Xavier, in command of a last Crusader Defense station, and several other fleet captains held their ground and fought to the last man. Last to leave was Admiral Schwartz who waited until the great majority of allied and Thrashian fleets could escape through the wormhole or into hyperspace. He then initiated the last part of order 626; the entire mine field system that defended Thrashian space collapsed upon itself destroying anything and everything that could be destroyed, further injuring a victorious Imperial Fleet.
With Thrashian forces gone and the citizens of Thrashia escaped, the majority of Thrashia’s allies left as well. Khurganate forces, in a last act of contempt, destroyed the surface of Thrashia Prime with a burning fire and caused the planet to die, becoming little more than a lump of rock.
So ended the greatest, largest, and shortest civil war ever to be recorded in the galaxy. The victor: The Chronosian Empire and its now subjugated ally, the Galactic Empire. The loser: The Empire of Thrashia and its collective allies. The war to end Sith tyranny was over and its banner would not be raised again for a long time to come, and never again by the Thrashian Empire.
The History of the Glorious and Exalted Empire of Thrashia
BY
Adolphus Xavier
Acknowledgments: As a scrivener and archivist of the Empire, I cannot say that I wrote this alone. I must salute the heroes and villains of these tales to whom, without them, there would be no great histories to write. And I must thank the benevolent Emperor Treize Kushrenada I to whom we all should pay homage, not only for his leadership, but support for the arts as well.
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CONTENTS
Chapter One: The Galactic Civil War of Thrashian Ambition
Chapter Two: The Overthrow of the Shadaum Line
Chapter Three: The Rise of Treize Kushrenada
Chapter Four: Rebirth of Friendship - Return of the Empire
Chapter Five: Conquest of Charybdis
Chapter Six: The Dominion of Thrawn
Chapter Seven: ....
Chapter One
The Great Galactic Imperial Civil War was a war during which the Thrashian Empire, led by the then aging Emperor Shadaum IV, attempted to usurp the Imperial Throne from the newly appointed Empress Nightshade of the Galactic Empire. The event sprung from the supposed death of Emperor Palpatine and the opening of a "power vacuum" which many Imperial Alliance members felt Nightshade was unable to fill. In trying to gain the Imperial throne and take over the leadership of the Galactic Empire, Thrashia's Grand Admiral Alabar instigated a civil war which was to create the most vicious and compelling epics of the age.
==Coruscant==
It was within a few days of Emperor Palpatine's funeral that Grand Admiral Alabar took it upon himself to begin gathering allies within the Galactic Empire and other outside support, so that Thrashia might make a bid for power against the young and newly appointed Empress Nightshade. He approached many different nations, even those who were tied quite strongly to the Imperial Throne and its new occupier. Alabar played upon their fears of having a Masaki relative on the throne of ultimate power, and a Sith no less than that.
Upon discovering Alabar's treachery Empress Nightshade confronted him in her throne room. Alabar denied all the charges and attempted to bring out Nightshade as a whore and as a lesser leader that was unable to fully control and rule over the vast Galactic Empire. Without notice one of Alabar's aides, a Major Kindal, took out his blaster pistol and shot Alabar in the back; his body fell ‘lifeless’ to the floor. Major Kindal bowed to Nightshade and informed her that he was a loyal servant of the Emperor Shadaum IV and did not believe Grand Admiral Alabar was following proper orders by trying to instigate a civil war, and that Thrashia remained ardently loyal.
Empress Nightshade, slightly taken aback by this unexpected reprieve, allowed Major Kindal and his guards to leave, dragging the "dead" body of Grand Admiral Alabar with them.
However Grand Admiral Alabar was not dead. Major Kindal had been ordered to ‘shoot’ Alabar when he felt that the Admiral would be unable to extricate himself from the situation should Nightshade discover their plans. Alabar rose up from the gurney his body lay on and revealed the armor plating he wore under his uniform and showed where the blaster bolt had hit his back. Their small trickery allowed them to escape Coruscant Without further ado they returned to Thrashia Prime to gather allies and mobilize the Thrashian armed forces.
===Prelude to Battle===
The first few weeks after Alabar's return showed a great increase in Thrashian diplomatic channels. Emperor Shadaum IV agreed with Alabar and supported the idea of taking over the Galactic Empire and leading the alliance. Within a few weeks Alabar gathered together a group of supporters at an unknown point where they could ready their campaign against Coruscant and the witch, Nightshade.
Remiel de Draken, Emperor of Chronosia, himself made an appearance at the meeting and pledge to give his support against the Sith menace, as such was the way in which Alabar and Shadaum presented their cause. Several other nations: Godular, Parlim, Mini Miehm, Kyanges, Humankind Abh, Kendari, and No Endorse all pledge their forces as well.
Even though the Thrashian Empire was also a member of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances at that time, several nations of that alliance traveled to Thrashia Prime to help reinforce against the Sith Empress. Later in the battle the nation of Mini Miehm brought a large portion of the Avon alliance fleet into the conflict against the Galactic Imperial Forces as well, further spreading the conflict on not only multi-national levels, but on multi-alliance warfare.
===The Battle of Thrashia Prime===
The first beginning of the battle started when Empress Nightshade ordered the Death Star and a large mass of Imperial Star Destroyers to head directly to Thrashia Prime once Imperial Center had learned the full extent to which Thrashia was willing to go to overthrow Nightshade. The Death Star was Thrashia's biggest concern, yet was to prove a false worry with the intervention of Godular. Upon receiving intelligence that the Death Star was moving and that Imperial fleets were heading toward Thrashia Prime, the Thashian Fleet mobilized in preparation for defense; all thoughts of the planned offensive campaign forgotten.
To defend itself the Empire of Thashia had at its disposal 9 full fleets, each containing at least 100 capital ships of the Star Destroyer class. Thrashia's home system was guarded defensively by asteroid fields "above" it and black holes "below" it, as well as untold trillions of mine fields that surrounded Thrashia on all sides, except for the main system entrance known as the "Mouth."
Grand Admiral Alabar had supreme command aboard his Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer flagship, the Incarnate. In support, aboard the Epion Space Station, was Grand Admiral Schwartz. The location of Emperor Shadaum IV at the time of the battle was unknown except until the end when it was found that he was inside a hidden bunker at his palace on the surface of Thrashia Prime, the planet itself.
The first fleet to arrive in-system was the Thrashian allied fleet of Mini Miehm. This nations’ fleets took up positions within the Thrashian System and prepared to repel all invaders.
The opening act of the battle proved to be a surprise for the Thrashian faction. The Galactic Empire led a surprise assault upon the mine fields. Clouds of the tiny, cheaply produced droids entered the Thrashian home defense systems from all sides numbering in the millions. These droids were tasked with the destruction of the mine fields, cannon fodder in name and existence. After this initial assault by the Imperial droids, which was only halted by the quick reprogramming of the mine’s targeting data; more allied fleets arrived belonging to Kyanges. At the same time a single important vessel that was to have the greatest of impact upon the battle arrived: a Godulan Mako-class Star Destroyer. The first stroke by allied forces was the intervention of FTLi mines laid by Kendari pirates, enlisted by Alabar, along the path of Imperial forces attempting to make their way toward Thrashia Prime.
The first Imperial Fleet arrived out of hyperspace "above" the asteroid fields that protected that flank of the Thrashian System. Admiral Keldalri, commander of the Imperial Fleet and aboard the Death Star, ordered that the fleet advance through the fields using tractors beams to capture asteroids and launch them at any targets of opportunity.
To counter this threat Grand Admiral Schwartz shifted the defense fleets to face the asteroid fields and left Admiral Alabar to handle defense of the "Mouth." Without even informing Schwartz however Alabar launched all of his Praetorian cruisers (73) in his contingent out of the "Mouth" and into hyperspace. He ordered them, under Vice Admiral Konner, to attack the enemy flank and rear. Vice Admiral Konner, known as a hotrod and hot-head, gladly accepted the challenge and inspired his men by announcing that they would be the first to come into grips with the enemy.
At this time two new forces appeared upon the field of battle. Three massive ships of Parlim appeared, including the rare and powerful 'Sword of the Republic' type, in support of Thrashia. The second force to arrive was the forces of Khurgan, a Chaos worshipping nation with its allegiance tied to the Galactic Empire.
The attack made by Admiral Konner was, though gallantly led, a complete failure. Vice Admiral Konner’s force was obliterated and failed in their attempt to halt the advance of the Death Star and its escorts. Khurgan forces had appeared to Konner’s rear, just as the Vice Admiral had done to the Imperials, and tore through the cruisers in his task force like a Khornate berserker. Admiral Keldalri had her Immobilizer specialist Star Destroyers also turn their flank and smashed into the then heavily engaged Praetorian Cruisers. Admiral Konner and his men died within half an hour of fierce combat.
At the same time as Admiral Konner's attack was taking place, Grand Admiral Alabar tried a new plan of attack. He moved the Super Star Destroyer Immortal into a position from where it could capture the defensive mines with its tractor beams and copied the Imperial tactic of launching asteroids by launching the mines at the approaching Imperial forces. At the same time Admiral Schwartz ordered the remaining defensive fighter droids (30,000) to launch and fight with a kamikaze-like adherence. This continued to slow the advancing Imperial forces under the shadow of the Death Star, but was ultimately a delaying tactic at best.
It was at this time, just as the battle was escalating, that Admiral Viersan and his 9th Expansion Fleet was fully mobilized 40 light years from the battle, amassing 430 Star Destroyers, 180 Praetorian Cruisers, and the 5 Super Star Destroyers in the entire collection of 9th Expansion Fleet. In tight-beam communication with High Command back at Thrashia Prime, Viersan was made aware of Vice Admiral Konnor’s fate and the thus far stages of the battle. He was ordered to make a “timely” entrance.
The Imperial forces were nearly through the entire asteroid field by this point and ship to ship combat was taking place at their greatest ranges. The Death Star was fast approaching behind a screen of Star Destroyers, looming over everything like a shroud. It was at this vital juncture that Grand Admiral Alabar made one of the largest and fatal mistakes of the battle. He ordered his flagship, the Immaculate, to charge up and fire its axle-super laser. He made the decision on impulse and with the intention of destroying the Death Star, or at least severely damaging it, before it had a chance to fire upon Thrashia Prime.
However the Admiral had forgotten the presence of the Godulan Mako-class ship, which from the outset of the battle had remained hidden on the far side of Thrashia Prime’s single moon. The fact that it was the only ship of its kind in the entire system had caused Thrashian High Command to place it in a location away from where the fighting would be fiercest and thus keep it from being destroyed. The unique ability of this ship was the technology known as a "Void Shield." The Void Shield was capable of returning High-Yield Direct Fire weapon beams (in this case super lasers) to their point of origin, resulting in the destruction of the weapon that fired.
The Immaculate was destroyed along with Grand Admiral Alabar due to the void shield and his foolish mistake was to cause the tide of battle to shift significantly. Emperor Shadaum, aware of the situation through the MAGI system, placed Grand Admiral Schwartz in overall command of the defense in Alabar's place. In a last act of defiance, Admiral Konner, still alive, took his damaged flagship and made a hyperspace jump strait into the enemy Khurgan flagship after seeing his task force destroyed before his eyes.
Twenty minutes after Alabar and Konner's deaths, with the Imperial Fleet now concentrated on breaking into the Thrashian System main, the 9th Fleet arrived under Admiral Viersan at the very rear of the Imperial Fleet with total surprise, catching the Khurgan and Imperial forces there flatfooted. Admiral Viersan ordered all ships to engage and disrupt the enemies operations. His five accompanying Super Star Destroyers concentrated their efforts on the now heavily damaged Khurgan flagship.
The Parliminian contingent began an all out duel with the Death Star as it finally exited the asteroid field and the great "Sword of the Republic" began systematically targeting and destroying the Immobilizer Star Destroyers in its vanguard. At the same time, now aware of a Goduland presence, Khurgan forces attempted to find and destroy the Mako craft outright. Mini Miehm ships launched massive missile salvos and heavy laser fire upon the Death Star in an attempt to damage or destroy it.
Out of the void and into battle at this point arrived the fleets of No Endorse. Late but not too late, they arrived and pounded into the enemy just as the errant 9th Thrashian Fleet had, turning the flank of the Imperial vanguard. Almost as if some cosmic joke was being made, another Imperial allied fleet arrived under the flag of Zactern Prime. After the arrival of these two fleets the fleet of Mini Miehm launched into a massive attack after its failed missile salvo at the Death Star. Thousands of fighters and gunships concentrated their efforts on the Imperial Fleet with devastating effect. Their attack only increased with the arrival of the Mini Miehm Terran Battle globe.
The Khurgan forces commander, still embattled with 9th Fleet, began a bizarre ritual to the Chaos Gods in an attempt to destroy the 9th Fleets SSDs. However this was countered by the rare and powerful Thrashian Pysker known as Simon. Using his immense power Simon cast down the warp spell that was trying to destroy them and fended it off, ultimately leading to his death from the overload of Chaos power that he was forced to contend with. Admiral Viersan, standing next to Simon, ordered that the entire available ships of the 9th fleet concentrate on the head ship of Khurgan and unleashed salvo after salvo of firepower upon it.
The Mouth
The 1st Thrashian Fleet, under Admiral Veers, which had taken little part in the action by that point in the battle, was sitting in a defensive posture at the "Mouth." When the enemy fleet under Zactern Prime appeared before the entrance to the Thrashian System Veers laughed with contempt at their presence and quickly came to grips with the enemy, the 1st Fleet tearing into them with abandon. The battle, already large, became an ungainly battle of titans.
Deployment
It was at this juncture that Grand Admiral Schwartz felt that he could no longer hold back the 5th-8th Thrashian Fleets that he held in defense behind the quickly disappearing asteroid field. As Imperial forces were flowing forth, and the Parlim ships pulling back with severe damage to their hulls, he ordered his fleets to move forward and engage the enemy.
In a brilliant riposte Admiral Keldalri ordered the Death Star to halt and had her fleet form up into a classic 'Imperial's Bane' formation and had the DS take up a rear position of it. She then ordered the fleet to keep advancing until ordered to do otherwise. There would be no turning back until they had penetrated to the heart of the Thrashian System and brought the traitorous forces to face Imperial justice.
Turning Point
The great apex of the battle and turning point came with the arrival of Chronosia. Thousands of that nation’s mighty fleets appeared in the area of respite between the forces of the Empire and the forces of the Thrashian Faction. Many Chronosian ships also materialized within the Thrashian lines, melding with the line like any allied power would. The Thrashian fleets cheered with exultation and with the cry of victory! How could the Empire defeat them now with their allies, so strong, now amongst them?
However this cry was to die in the throats who yelled it. The Chronosian ships, under the command of Lucian, opened fire and lay waste to many Thrashian ships that were in their path. The fleet that had appeared between the lines turned its head from the Death Star and tore its mighty jaws into the flesh of the Thrashian lines.
This was not however the only betrayal. Another thousand strong Chronosian fleet appeared to the rear of the Death Star and the Imperial Fleet where the 9th Expansion Fleet was beating down the last vestiges of resistance from the Imperial rear guard. There Remiel de Draken himself commanded from aboard his mighty flagship and ordered his fleets into combat, rending into the 9th Expansion Fleet forces with a holy, Chaotic fervor to give souls to the Chaos Gods. Remiel was making a bid for power, to both destroy the rebelling Thrashians and to usurp the Imperial Throne from Nightshade. The carefully crafted alliance of Shadaum was torn apart within a matter of moments.
With no other options left to him and a desire to first defeat the Chronosians that were in the Thrashian System proper, Grand Admiral Schwartz ordered the yet unengaged 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Thrashian Fleets into a tri-phalanx formation and gave them orders to clear out and destroy the Chronosian fleet there under Lucian. In aid of this appeared the fleets of the Grey Knights of Dratheria to whom the head of Lucian fell.
The battle was fierce and bloody. Tens of thousands of fighters flew across the battlefield engaged in dog-fights of amazing proportions. Star Destroyers battered into cruisers. SSDs were targeted and destroyed. The Death Star and Terran Battleglobe dueled like titans above the field of battle. Hundreds of thousands lost their lives.
A further blow to the Thrashian cause and its allies was the arrival of still more Imperial forces under the command of Darth Hydrus of Huntaer. They arrived at the 'Mouth' where the weakened 1st Fleet was still finished off the remnants of Zactern Prime. Even with reinforcements from Admiral Khan of Borain, the last allied fleet to arrive, the Mouth could not be held for long. Therefore, Admiral Schwartz ordered the two fleets to retreat from the Mouth and initiated the order 626. This signal caused the thousands of mines in the neighboring mine fields to converge on the Mouth, impacting upon all ships located there, cutting the Huntaerians from entering the rest of the system. A small, but cheap victory in an already being lost battle.
The 9th Expansion Fleet was nearly at the end of its tether as the battle came into its final stages and had taken heavy losses, when there arrived one more allied fleet under Klington. This took a large amount of pressure off the 9th Expansion Fleet and allowed them to rally. The 2nd-4th Fleets Phalanx formation was turned and smashed into the flank of the Imperial spearhead in the system proper. The FLTi that had until then kept any forces from entering the system proper until then was destroyed. The Humankind Abh's fleet, which until then had remained out of the fight, appeared amidst the Khurgan remants and fought next to the 2nd and 3rd Thrashian fleets.
However the Thrashian forces were not the only ones to take advantage of the FTLi being down. More Khurgan forces entered the warp and exited over the upper atmosphere of Thrashia Prime and let loose a deadly poison mist along with several warheads. At this time the Parlim ships withdrew from battle. Heavily damaged by the combat they had endured, and the loss of one of their three ships, they could no longer stay. Opening a worm hole the two remaining ship left the battle behind.
It was then that the single most selfless act of the battle took place. Taking it upon himself, Captain Rivan, commander of Schwartz's Sovereign-class SSD Conquest, along with the entire crew’s agreement, launched the Super Star Destroyer into hyperspace and smashed it into the heart of the Death Star.
After seeing this great act of selflessness and sacrifice, Emperor Shadaum IV ordered that the planet population leave via the Delta Evacuation Plan, a Warp Gate system that was utilized by the Thrashians to extricate their citizens and the majority of their ground forces from Thrashia Prime. Emperor Shadaum had also the vast majority of his industry and merchant guilds transport their equipment along with the citizens. Within hours they all disappeared through the portal and then onto the hidden Parlim system, embittered by the thought of leaving their fighting men and women behind.
However, before leaving, the Parlim Sword of the Republic had left behind a worm hole by which the Thrashian forces could withdraw. Emperor Shadaum, wishing to save what he could of his men, ordered a retreat. A rearguard action then ensued as small portions of each Thrashian fleet filtered into the wormhole and on to safety.
Against orders, General Xavier, in command of a last Crusader Defense station, and several other fleet captains held their ground and fought to the last man. Last to leave was Admiral Schwartz who waited until the great majority of allied and Thrashian fleets could escape through the wormhole or into hyperspace. He then initiated the last part of order 626; the entire mine field system that defended Thrashian space collapsed upon itself destroying anything and everything that could be destroyed, further injuring a victorious Imperial Fleet.
With Thrashian forces gone and the citizens of Thrashia escaped, the majority of Thrashia’s allies left as well. Khurganate forces, in a last act of contempt, destroyed the surface of Thrashia Prime with a burning fire and caused the planet to die, becoming little more than a lump of rock.
So ended the greatest, largest, and shortest civil war ever to be recorded in the galaxy. The victor: The Chronosian Empire and its now subjugated ally, the Galactic Empire. The loser: The Empire of Thrashia and its collective allies. The war to end Sith tyranny was over and its banner would not be raised again for a long time to come, and never again by the Thrashian Empire.