Xanthum the Mighty
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: A Capitol World for a Faction / High Tech haven of the arts for the enlightened of the Galaxy.
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- Canon: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: Xzaien, Cathar, Battle of Cathar, First Jedi Purge, Precursor Inspiration
- Planet Name: Cathay
- Demonym: Catharian
- Region: Unknown Regions
- System Name: Catharia
- System Features:
- Class B Star.
- One Colonized Moon, in a nearly perfect circular orbit over Cathay
- One Toxic Uninhabited World, located in the Goldilocks Zone: Telos IV style post-bombardment corrosive atmosphere
- Two Gas Giants (Tibanna and Oxygen Respectively), far behind the Asteroid Belt
- Narthari Asteroid Belt (Iron, Gold, Copper, Silver, and Tin [Among Others])
- Hyperspace Cannon Station 'Cathay Prima' : A massive mega-structural Hyperspace Cannon, inhabited with a large shipyard, Civilian Colonist quarters, and a Naval Academy. Connected to the surface of Cathay with a Space Elevator. This mega-structure acts as both a Hyperspace Cannon mounting point as well as the Headquarters for the Catharian Navy. Over the decades, it had been retrofitted with fitting so that it could be capable of Capitol Ship sized vessels used during the Mandalorian Wars and the centuries after, with mounting points for Republic Hammerhead Cruisers, and Sith Interdictor Cruisers, and early prototypes for Revan's Sith Harrower Dreadnoughts. The shipyard mounted on the Station is capable of building later designs such as Republic Venators and Secutor Dreadnoughts, as well as the later still Imperial Star Destroyers. But sadly, thanks to a lack of functional large ship yard sectors, most of the smaller ship yards have been delegated to mid range ships in large quantities such as the Interdictor and Hammerhead Cruiser. Among serving as a shipyard and hyperspace cannon, the Station itself is a whole host to almost 1.5 million inhabitants in Civilian Colonial Quarters, and is home to the Famous Catharian Naval Academy, Cathay Restitus which incorporates both Old Republic and Sith Doctrine into one unified structure and is also home to the Catharian Naval Headquarters.
- Cathay has a rotational period of approximately 25 Hours, alongside a year of one galactic standard year (365 Days) located in the middle of the Goldilocks Zone.
- Location: Hex Right of Bogo Rai
- Major Imports: Duraplast, Mandalorian Iron, Plastoid,
- Major Exports: Various fruits, grains, vegetables, and lifestock. Durasteel, small amounts of Xensto, Polymers, and Oxygen Containers.
- Unexploited Resources: High Levels of Uranium, and Kolto, this Kolto deposit has been renamed "Xensto" and is very rare to come by.
- Gravity: Standard
- Climate: Temperate
- Primary Terrain: Grasslands, Deciduous Forests, Coniferous Forests near the poles, and Large Mountains near the Equator
- Atmosphere: Type I, 30% Oxygen, 70% Nitrogen, .000014% Other
- Capital City: Xzeenia
- Planetary Features: Large mountains and Massive Cities, a mix of Urban, Suburban, and Rural Living alongside a highly nationalistic zeal which permeates its cities.
- Major Locations:
2. Xzeench: The second largest city on Cathay. Primarily settled by former Sith Soldiers and Dark Jedi. Founded by Xzaien's followers as a secondary place of dark-side power alongside a research base used by Catharian Scientists to reverse engineer Precursor technology.
3. Solus: The third largest City on Cathay, a trading hub directly on the road to Xzeenia. Settled by Republic Deserters and home to the Catharian Light Side Sect, known as the Tacitus Je'daii, former Jedi disillusioned with the Jedi Council during the Mandalorian wars alongside those who fled the known Galaxy to flee the First Jedi Purge.
- Force Nexus: Darkside
Intent: The intent is to create a large force nexus equal to the power of Telos IV or Taris. A symbol of the billions of lives lost when a cataclysmic event scorched Xzeenia's surface and to remember the lives lost during the Mandalorian Genocides. - Ambiance: The crater itself is a place of darkness and of sadness. The billions of lives snuffed out within a few milliseconds perpetrates its aura through the world and affects it inhabitants. The crater itself goes almost a mile deep into Cathay's crust. Radiation pockets are also present outside of the designated safe zone, as well as possible minerals such as diamonds or various Isotopes of Uranium in the craters edge.
Nexus Name: "The Scorched Sun" - Nexus Alignment: Dark
- Size: Large : Approximately the very center is where it emanates from, it comes from the impact point which saw billions of lives snuffed out in a instant.
- Strength: Strong
- Accessibility: Highly Guarded by Dark-sider Templars which guard both the holy monastery and the central Monument. Passage is free to all.
- Effects: The Crater is a holy place, named so after its Templars who seek to protect artifacts discovered deeper within the crater. The effects on the mind vary from individual to individual. It is likely that the somber and quietness of such a place brings sad and depressive feelings along naturally but effects will always vary between person to person. While also depending on the Force Sensitivity and sheer will power. Distinguished Force Users could outright negate it, aswell as a trained and honed mind.
POPULATION
- Native Species: Precursors: Human-like Aliens that reached great technological heights prior to the expansion of the Kwa and the Rakatans. All extinct.
- Immigrated Species: Cathar, Humans, very few Trandoshans and Sith Pure-bloods. The latter of which exist only in the Dark Side Monastery in the center of the crater as seers and instructors.
- Population: Heavy : 4,000,000,000
- Demographics: Approximately 60% Cathar of Varying ethnicity, and 40% of Human Colonists among others.
- Primary Languages: Catharese, Galactic Basic
- Culture: Highly Technocratic and Civilized. A mixture of both Mandalorian, Coruscanti, Sith, and Cathar culture mixed into one. The Mandalorian culture only exists in its Government's Guardsmen and Military equipment as both Republic and Sith Troopers were influenced by Mandalorian Neo-Crusader Designs and copied them extensively.
- Government: Autocratic Queendom
- Affiliation: Xzaien / Catharian Hegemony
- Wealth: Medium to High: Most of the colonists that had arrived came from the ashes of war and hailing from nearly destroyed worlds. Many of the Citizens on planet only regained their wealth after participation in the Catharian Hegemony's many wars with its primitive neighbors.
- Stability: High: A highly militarized police force and harsh punishments permeate Cathay's Culture. A place where following the law is often respected and rewarded.
- Freedom & Oppression: Relatively Free, Most Catharians view their Autocratic ruler with a nearly religious fanaticism a ruler destined via divine right to be brought to them by the Force itself. Xzaien, the autocratic ruler takes advantage of this near worship and as such, all declared citizens are given all the rights and privileges similar to those living on the surface of Coruscant as long as they pay their dues and follow their obligations.
- Military: A highly advanced and organized Navy and Military System. With two separate branches, the Army and Navy with its own subbranches such as the Space Trooper Corps or Space Marine Chapters. Descended in a legendary linage which saw the great Sith Ruthlessness and Republican Tactical Expertise fully realized in a unified Militarized State.
- Technology: A highly advanced space faring culture which prioritizes the usage the protection of Precursor technology in its civilian life and Military machine which uses precursor technology to augment its already highly advanced military, police, and culture zones.
Cathay once went by a different name in prehistory. A name long since forgotten to modern scholars and historians. What is known however, was that its peoples. Named the "Precursors" evolved and then took control of the world via conquest of lesser species. This Precursor race was human-like in its base form, but from what fossilized evidence portrays they looked nearly identical to the Zhell people of Coruscant, likely a ancestor race of the modern Human. This race of hominids took control of their world and quickly advanced technologically independent from either the Kwa or the Rakatan Empires respectively and soon came to colonize its moon and third planet nicknamed "Thalia" in artistic portrayals. These humanoids expanded past their system upon the discovery and production of a Hyperspace Cannon, an Precursor made structure that allowed for a primitive version of FTL travel. Sadly, this technology was in its infancy when this great civilization met its end by some sort of Cataclysmic event of epic proportions which saw Xzeenia utterly destroyed and the third planet rendered toxic via radiation bombardment. What did happen on Cathay, was that there were a large number of survivors placed into Stasis pods just before the "Event". The only Empire capable of doing such a thing was the Rakatans yet in Rakatan scripture no mention of Xzeenia or its name or even references were even found. Once it was destroyed, Cathay fell into legend as a place defined as technologically vast and a treasure trove for pirates and treasure hunters. What is known, was that all who attempted to find Cathay without trying to find its star-map were all lost in the Unknown Regions. The only known map to Cathay was once located on the world of Yavin IV.
This starmap allowed for its discovery back during First Jedi Purge nearly 6,000 years ago. The person who located it with a motley band of followers was of course, Xzaien, the future Autocratic Ruler of Cathay. Despite efforts to relocate the starmap in the present, no evidence of its location have been found. Likely bulldozed prior to the Rusaan Reformations. What is known despite the inability to find its starmap was that Xzaien eventually discovered Cathay and colonized it with a small band of Dark-Siders known only as the Knights of Xzeench or simply as Dark Templars who over the next few years restored many of the amenities that were located on Cathay such as the reactivation of its Hyperspace Cannon, and the Massive Turbo-laser cannon located in the Capitol City. Once news of its discovery reached the ears of those displaced during the Mandalorian Wars and subsequently the First Jedi Purge.
Cathay soon became a haven for Cathar refugees fleeing the Mandalorian Genocide of their species on their home world alongside Mandalorian Deserters known as the Repentant, Mandalorians who directly refused the Order to exterminate the Cathar on their homeworld and fled alongside the Cathar. These Mandalorians accompanied the first groups of fleeing refugees to protect them from being intercepted by Mandalorian vessels as they made their escape. As they arrived on Cathay, they tore Cassus Fett's emblems off their shoulders and declared loyalty to Xzaien's Autocratic Government. The early refugees viewed the Repentant as protectors and defenders.
Subsequently following the end of the 1st Jedi Purge and subsequent disappearance of both Meetra Surik and Revan into the Unknown Regions, Sith Remnants calling themselves the Eradicators arrived on planet and declared loyalty to Xzaien, shortly followed by Republic Deserters also known as the 7th Core Fleet lead by famous Republic Rear Admiral Raxis Keyes who also declared loyalty and were subsequently made into citizens by Xziaen. Shortly after Xzaien was crowned Queen and soon Cathay entered a golden age of technological advancement and cultural growth. With the Repentant growing in numbers. Soon, Xzaien made the Repentant into the Government's Senate and Imperial Guardsmen and as such, to this day the Guardsmen bear the Mandalorian influence they were derived from. T Shaped visors and flame throwers. What followed was a massive ecological restoration project on the world of Cathay to restore its Class II atmosphere into a Class I atmosphere. It did eventually succeed ten years after Revan's disappearance into the unknown regions.
Unfortunately the Republic Refugees and their Jedi renegades did not play well with the predominantly Sith Oriented City as they had reverted into a near gang-warfare like state where small bands of Sith and Republic troopers battled each-other on the outskirts of the City. This entire situation of disunity would exist for a year after being settled by the Renegades and Sith deserters. Fortunately, the disunity eventually stopped as a prominent politician by the name of Remulus Ordana traveled to Cathay in an illegal attempt to assert Republic control over Xzaien's Autocratic Government. He traveled to Cathay in a Hammerhead Class Battle-cruiser with a full contingent invasion force inside of smaller support craft.
This illegal unsponsored invasion landed in the plains outside of Cathay's Capitol City, Xzeenia. The Republican Senator Remulus gave a declaration of Unconditional Surrender to Xzaien's World, annexation into the Republic as a independent Republic, with Remulus as its new leader. This act of war infuriated both Republic refugees and Sith deserts as the former didn't want to live under Republican law, and the other simply hated any Republican attempt to drive them into the dirt. And as such, Xzaien consulted both leaders of the Dark-Side and Light-side factions inside of her Government. The Light Side leader was Raxis Keyes, and the Dark Side leader was Sith Lord Favrek Kriiban. During the talks both men agreed to set aside their differences and produce the "Declaration of Catharian Unity" which officially formed the previous un-unified colony into the First Catharian Dominion and as such, the first fully mobilized Catharian Military and Navy was drafted and created as response to this act of war and thus began the War of the Diamond. As a response to this sudden united front against Remulus's attempted coup, the Navy was mobilized, all fifteen Harrower Class Dreadnoughts and thirty Hammerhead Medium Cruisers began a space battle against Remulus's Battlecruiser. In the end, the battlecruiser was disabled and brought back down onto Cathay's Surface aswell as the temporary de-activation of the Hyperspace Cannon which prevented any quick FTL travel to escape. On the ground, the people were revved up into a nearly fanatical furver to see Remulus captured and his army utterly destroyed. Soon, Remulus was surrounded on all sides by the Catharian Army, and above with the Catharian Fleet. After a few more minor land battles Remulus was cornered, and he eventually surrendered the last remnants of his Republic Invaders, approximately ten-thousand Veteran Troopers and himself to Xzaien. Thus, ended the War of the Diamond. What happened to Remulus, no one knows. Rumors speak that he was imprisoned and tortured by Xzaien's Dark Templar followers, or simply murdered. No one knows. What was known however, was that the Hyperspace Cannon was reactivated and an Ambassador in the form of a Cathar Matriarch by the name of Relmna Orianxis appeared inside of the Republic Senate. She was in turn given her opportunity to speak and as such, revealed Remulus's illegal act and presented proof of his invasion including a full casualty count of civilians killed and soldier casualties. As a response, the Republic was moved deeply in the favor of the Catharians and as such. Remulus was stripped of his rank of Senator. As a means to apologise for his actions, few members of the Republic; Senators infact, gave the Catharians a few antiquated patrol vessels and a small amount of Credits to pay for damages. After all was said and done, the Catharian Ambassador returned to Cathay and peace was returned. With Cathay no longer being a minor refugee world. But now a nation with a Army, Navy, and a Flag. This peace, would bring great boons to Cathay's peoples and it would remain for years. A new Golden age to put in the history books.
One day, Xzaien had an Epiphany. She ordered her Dark and Light factions of Force Users to begin a ritual which would allow Xzaien to see the future. The two factions gathered inside of Xzeenia's Citadel and began the ritual. At the sacrifice of two force users from both sides alongside a non-force sensitive Xzaien was bombarded with visions dictating the future. She saw the beginning of Valkorion's Eternal Alliance aswell as its end, She saw the Outlander's Eternal Alliance Formed and destroyed, she saw what happened to the Eternal Fleet, she saw the end of the Sith Order during the Battle Ruusaan, She saw the death of the Republic at the hands of Emperor Palpatine, and she saw the creation of the New Republic. This showed her, that in only a few thousand years, The Sith and the Jedi would descend into legend, the rise of Palpatine showed her the pain the Cathar people that stayed on their homeworld opressed, and finally. She saw the inefficiencies of the New Republic after its creation. After the ritual was complete, as a means to keep her civilisation safe from the horrible dissolution of these empires and Republic, she ordered Cannon shut down and the civil populace placed into the same hibernation pods the precursors placed themselves in vain to survive. But, thanks to technological developments and enhancements the Pods were safe to use for however long they would remain. Only five years ago did the first groups of Catharians awake from their several millennia long hibernation and soon spread across their sector. Only now, was the Hyperspace Cannon re-activated and finally let news reach the Major powers of the Galaxy. What is to be seen of this new minor power, has yet to be felt.
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