Shadows of the Dark Side
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Setting
Shortly after the Battle of Endor, Leia Organa brought the Galactic Civil War to a formal close by claiming the Imperial Throne. In the one and a half years since, she has worked closely with Chancellor Mon Mothma, easing the Empire back from a total war footing and preparing to restore the Senate. Her brother, Luke Skywalker, has finally managed to steal enough time away from guarding his sister against assassination attempts to begin identifying, recruiting, and training agents for the Order Inquisitive, which is absolutely not a front for reviving the still-proscribed Jedi Order.
The State of the Galaxy
Galactic Empire
Ruler: Empress Leia Organa
Supporters: Chancellor Mon Mothma, Viceroy Han Solo, Lord Commander Luke Skywalker
Territory: The Galactic Empire controls almost all of the galaxy not claimed by another power; this consists of the Deep Core, Core, and Colonies, along with the bulk of the Inner Rim and Expansion Regions, and large chunks of the Mid and Outer Rims along the Corellian Run and Perlimian Trade Route.
Misc: Controversy has arisen over the delay in the reconstitution of the Imperial Senate, particularly with the new line of Senate-class Star Destroyers entering the design phase. Empress Leia maintains that she and her councillors are working on the structural reforms needed to resolve the problems that led to the Clone Wars, and that the Senate will be restored long before the first flight of the new vessels (slated to be named for Delegation of 2000 members Bail Organa, Padmé Amidala, Meena Tills, Tundra Dowmeia, and Grebleips) is completed.
Rebel forces that remained with Leia Organa and Mon Mothma have yet to be integrated into the Imperial military, instead existing in parallel as the so-called Irregular forces. The one exception is the Royal Starfighter Guard, which has added the Red and Blue X-wing squadrons to the Gold and Silver TIE Avenger squadrons. All are periodically rotated into service with Irregular and Imperial forces as Rogue, Bandit, Guardian, and Shield Squadrons, respectively.
True Empire
Ruler: Grand Moff Phedrik Tarkin
Supporters: Grand Vizier Mas Amedda, Admiral Rodon Carcharias, Colonel Viktr Techt
Territory: This New Orderist remnant is governed from the planet Eriadu, capital of Seswenna Sector. The territory of the self-promoted Grand Moff, a cousin of the late Wilhuff Tarkin, extends coreward along the Rimma Trade Route and Hydian Way as far as the Expansion Region, west and rimward to the edges of known space, and east along the Triellus Trade Run to the Five Veils Route.
Misc: The flagship of the True Empire’s fleet is the rechristened Super Star Destroyer Sheev Palpatine. Colonel Techt is a former Royal Guardsman who commands the True Empire’s elite forces and wears his red Guardsman’s cloak as a cape over a chromed suit of stormtrooper armor.
Zsinj Dominion
Ruler: Warlord Zsinj
Supporters: Brigadier Baron Rébas Hejaran, Commodore Taina Starlancer
Territory: The Zsinj Dominion covers the north quadrant of the known galaxy from the Outer to Mid Rim, with a few intrusions into the Expansion Region and the Inner Rim. The Hydian Way marks the beginning of the Dominion’s eastern frontier, with its authority and influence falling off quickly beyond it.
Misc: The Super Star Destroyer Iron Fist serves as Zsinj’s flagship and mobile capital; most of the rest of his fleet consists of older Victory I and II-class Star Destroyers. Agents and armed vessels (no larger than a Corellian Corvette) from the True Empire are permitted to travel and operate in the Dominion, as long as they keep Zsinj informed of their presence and activities.
Real Alliance
Ruler: Senator Garm Bel Iblis
Supporters: Queen Kiré Elthiina (Naboo), King Lux Bonteri (Onderon), Countess Giana Visconi (Serenno)
Territory: The Real Alliance holds little territory as such; the Corellian system has rallied around its returned Senator, and a few scattered systems like Naboo, Onderon, and Serenno have also declared open allegiance to the cause, but the bulk of this faction exists underground and on the fringes, with sympathizers everywhere if one knows where to look and how to ask.
Misc: The Real Alliance to Restore the Republic is composed of those factions of the Rebellion that opposed Leia’s ascension to the Imperial throne. When Leia and Mon Mothma went to Coruscant, they cut ties, then rallied around Garm Bel Iblis when he made his triumphal return to Corellia. It’s an open secret that many formerly Rebel-aligned systems, despite officially accepting Leia Organa’s authority, are strongholds of sympathy for the Real Alliance.
Hutt Space
Ruler: Hutt Grand Council
Supporters: —
Territory: The internal power struggle resulting from Jabba’s demise has left the Hutts in a poor position to take advantage of the political divisions in the rest of the galaxy, with the result that they have expanded only into those portions of the Outer & Inner Rim most immediately adjacent to their existing territory, and have not yet made any significant pushes coreward.
Misc: Jabba's young son, Rotta the Hutt, is seeking an alliance with the True Empire to secure control of Hutt Space for himself in exchange for his aid against Organa.
Characters
Player Characters
XP Earned 370 (2/11)
Syrine Bex
Played by squidheadjax, Syrine is a former member of Imperial Intelligence who followed her mentor, Admiral Balar Cray when he defected to the Rebellion, and then back to the Empire when he supported Leia Organa's claim to the throne. Her accomplishments in the field and sensitivity to the Force caught the attention of Lord Commander Luke Skywalker, who recruited her as one of the first members of his new Order Inquisitive.
Erwin Vetrol
Played by EnigmaticOne
Kai Arcton
Played by Prince Facestab
Sanadi Kurei
Played by QuZi
Secona Kurei
Played by Atlictoatl
