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==The Use of the Force in large scale combat== One of Emperor Skywalker's great acts was to research the ancient Sith techniques of large scale use of the Force in naval combat, which is echoed in the likes of the actions of Naga Sadow and his causing two stars to nova, the fleet level illusions of Aleema Keeto and the terrifying hunger used by Darth Nihilus. While he maintained the greatest secrets for himself and future Emperors, Skywalker taught the new Force using nobility powers that would lay armies and fleets to waste. His series of tomes, the Codex of Annihilation, is taught as the standard texts at the naval academies of both the Great Houses and the Legions, to varying degrees. House Tarkin uses a minimalist, surgical approach to the use of the Fury in combat, while the small fleets of the Orantei can unleash Terror-based sorceries that can cripple larger opponents. Palpatine, for his part, preferred to rely on technology to enforce his will, using the Force subtlely, since he knew of the destructive effects of such powers on the Force from prior precedents, such as Malachor V and the destruction of Ossus. For Palpatine, the Force was a tool, while for Emperor Skywalker, it was both a means and an end. Usually, these involve a leader who has several adepts assisting him. Special fleet-affecting powers that manifest physical force, radiation, explosive energies and other dark side effects can be used to engulf enemy fleets. These powers will use the leader's normal dice codes for Control, Sense and Alter - the assistants enable the leader to increase the scale of his or her die codes and effects or normally known powers from the personal up through the vehicle, starfighter and capital ship scales, dependiing on the Force Strength and skills of the Adepts involved. As a point of information, the techniques of the old Sith Empire, from which the Sithaar'i derive their naval sorceries, were lost upon the fall of the ancient Sith empire and were not resurrected until the Sithaar'i era. The Jedi, for their part, never dealt with such egregious disruptions of the Force, with one notable exception - the incomparable power of the Jedi Battle Meditation. First developed in the Great Hyperspace War, this harmonious power robbed opponents of the will to fight, ending physical conflict at it's source and opening the door for negotiations. As much as they tried, the Ancient Sith could not find a means to counter Jedi Battle Meditation, which could be used to counter fleet-wide fear powers, enhance morale while sapping the will to fight of opponents. As much as he tried, Skywalker The First could never rediscover the secrets of Battle Meditation, which caused him to rage through his palaces. The ancient Jedi of the Great Hyperspace War era also devised counters to Sith fleet sorceries, but due to their lesser numbers, were more likely to attack Dark Side adepts at their source, in strikes of Jedi Knights supported by Republic rocket jumpers and the like.
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