Buoying this shadow network was a strong Grand Army, completely engineered through the marriage of dark science and occult magic, and an equally powerful Shadow Armada that could move around the galaxy through strange and esoteric means. Strand-Casts, artificially created soldiers harvested from genetic material, formed the backbone of the Kainate's military. Each one was bred for unwavering fidelity from the moment they began gestating, forgoing the need for costly and time consuming conscription and conventional training.
The ruling ideology of the Kainate was Eternal Rule, a synthesized belief formulated by Darth Carnifex following His ideological experiments in the Sith Empire. It postulated that the Sith needed course-correction after many years of deviation, and that only Darth Carnifex was capable of doing so. It was this belief that set Him against the rising tide of Eternalism, and alienated old friends and allies alike.
