Unreviewed Great Purge of the New Jedi Order

[Darth Carnifex]

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• Event Name: Great Purge of the New Jedi Order
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  • Galactic Empire Conquest of Coruscant
• Location: Across former Galactic Alliance and Neutral Space
• Galactic Standard Year: 903-905 ABY
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  • The Kainate - The principal architects and executors of the Great Purge, the Kainate under Darth Carnifex and Darth Prazutis coordinated a galaxy-spanning extermination campaign against the remnants of the New Jedi Order. Utilizing their vast array of forces and influence, the Kainate systematically hunted isolated Jedi across former Galactic Alliance territory. The Purge formed part of a broader effort to eliminate organized Jedi resistance and secure Sith dominance over the post-Alliance galaxy.
  • The New Jedi Order - The primary victims of the Purge, the New Jedi Order had already been severely weakened following the fall of Coruscant and the collapse of the Galactic Alliance. While some Jedi escaped into exile alongside the Hidden Path or fled to the High Republic, many remained behind to defend vulnerable former Alliance worlds from chaos, piracy, and Sith incursions. Fragmented, overstretched, and deprived of centralized support, the NJO was gradually destroyed through relentless military assaults, targeted assassinations, betrayals, and coordinated manhunts.
  • Reorganized Federal Government of the Galactic Alliance - Initially formed as a successor state claiming continuity with the fallen Galactic Alliance, the RFGGA became an active collaborator in the Purge under heavy Sith influence. Its security forces, intelligence agencies, and local planetary authorities aided Kainate operations by identifying, arresting, and exposing Jedi survivors throughout former Alliance space. The regime publicly portrayed surviving Jedi as dangerous destabilizers prolonging galactic disorder, using anti-Jedi legislation and propaganda to justify its participation in the campaign.
• Brief Overview: The Great Purge of the New Jedi Order was a prolonged campaign of extermination conducted between 903 and 905 ABY by the Kainate during the chaotic aftermath of the Galactic Alliance's collapse.
  
  • Fall of Coruscant and Collapse of the Galactic Alliance (903 ABY): The Galactic Empire under Darth Solipsis captured Coruscant, triggering the rapid political and military collapse of the Galactic Alliance. Former member-worlds became isolated and unstable as federal authority disintegrated across much of the galaxy.
  • Fragmentation of the New Jedi Order (903 ABY): In the aftermath of the Alliance's collapse, the New Jedi Order split between Jedi who fled into clandestine exile networks or the High Republic and those who remained behind to protect vulnerable worlds throughout former Alliance territory.
  • Beginning of the Great Purge (Late 903 ABY): Darth Carnifex and Darth Prazutis initiated a systematic campaign to eradicate surviving Jedi across former Galactic Alliance space through coordinated military assaults, intelligence operations, and targeted extermination efforts.
  • Expansion of Anti-Jedi Operations (904 ABY): The Kainate broadened the Purge into a galaxy-wide suppression campaign, coercing planetary governments into assisting Sith authorities while dismantling Jedi sanctuaries, supply routes, and support networks.
  • Hunt for the Jedi Shadows (904 ABY): Former Jedi Shadow Allyson Locke provides the Kainate with intelligence regarding surviving Jedi enclaves, clandestine operations, and the identities of numerous Jedi Shadows after striking a bargain with the Dark Lords. With her aid, the Kainate hunts down and kills many of the surviving Jedi Shadows of the New Jedi Order.
  • Formation of the Reorganized Federal Government of the Galactic Alliance (904 ABY): The RFGGA emerged as a collaborationist successor state to the fallen Galactic Alliance and became an active participant in the Purge by legitimizing anti-Jedi campaigns and assisting Sith operations.
  • Destruction of Major Jedi Sanctuaries (Late 904 ABY): The Kainate systematically hunted down and destroyed many of the last remaining centers of organized Jedi activity, including the mobile temple Prosperity, further fragmenting surviving Jedi forces.
  • Collapse of Organized Jedi Resistance (Early 905 ABY): Sustained military pressure, political repression, and constant pursuit reduced the surviving Jedi to isolated cells, wandering fugitives, and underground refuge networks operating in secrecy.
  • End of the Great Purge (905 ABY): By the conclusion of the campaign, the New Jedi Order had effectively ceased to exist as a unified galactic institution, leaving only survivors within the High Republic and hidden enclaves beyond Sith-controlled space.

The Great Purge of the New Jedi Order was a systematic two-year extermination campaign orchestrated by Darth Carnifex and Darth Prazutis in the aftermath of the Galactic Empire's conquest of Coruscant and the subsequent collapse of the Galactic Alliance. With the Alliance fractured, its military shattered, and central authority effectively nonexistent, the New Jedi Order found itself isolated across hundreds of vulnerable worlds. While a minority of survivors rallied around Valery Noble in the clandestine network known as the Hidden Path, or fled to the High Republic, the majority of Jedi remained behind in former Alliance territory to defend abandoned populations from piracy, warlordism, Sith incursions, and civil collapse. This decision left them dangerously exposed.

Recognizing the disarray of the post-Alliance galaxy as an opportunity to permanently cripple organized Jedi resistance, Darth Carnifex initiated a coordinated campaign of extermination throughout former Galactic Alliance space. Kainate fleets, Saaraishash operatives, and Blackblade Guard detachments targeted isolated Jedi enclaves, relief missions, safehouses, and temples across dozens of systems. Entire worlds already weakened by economic collapse and political instability were pressured or coerced into surrendering Jedi protectors to Sith authorities. Others willingly collaborated out of fear of retribution or in exchange for military aid and economic support.

The Purge intensified further following the establishment of the Reorganized Federal Government of the Galactic Alliance, a collaborationist successor regime heavily influenced by the Sith. Publicly presenting itself as the lawful continuation of the fallen Galactic Alliance, the RFGGA framed the remaining Jedi as destabilizing extremists responsible for prolonging galactic chaos. Federal Security forces, local militias, and intelligence bureaus were mobilized to aid Kainate operations by identifying, tracking, and detaining surviving Jedi. The regime's anti-Jedi legislation effectively criminalized harboring Force-sensitive fugitives within its territory.

A crucial factor in the campaign's effectiveness was the defection of the former Jedi Shadow Allyson Locke, who had fallen to the Dark Side and aligned herself with the Sith. Leveraging her intimate knowledge of New Jedi Order operations, clandestine communications, and Shadow networks, Locke provided the Kainate with intelligence on surviving Jedi cells, hidden sanctuaries, and former associates. Her information proved especially devastating to the Jedi Shadows, many of whom were systematically eliminated through targeted assassinations, infiltration operations, and coordinated ambushes.

A major operation of the Great Purge centered around the destruction of the Prosperity, an immense ancient spaceborne temple that had served as one of the New Jedi Order's most important mobile sanctuaries and centers of influence following the collapse of the Galactic Alliance. Vast enough to function as a traveling fortress-monastery, the Prosperity carried Jedi refugees, archivists, initiates, healers, and relief personnel across former Alliance territory, bringing aid and stability to isolated worlds while simultaneously acting as a rallying point for surviving Jedi. Over the years, the temple had become both a powerful symbol of the New Jedi Order's endurance and a practical means of maintaining communication between scattered Jedi enclaves.

Darth Carnifex identified the Prosperity as one of the single greatest remaining pillars of organized Jedi resistance. Acting on intelligence gathered through Kainate infiltrators, collaborationist officials within the Reorganized Federal Government of the Galactic Alliance, and information provided by the fallen former Jedi Shadow Allyson Locke, the Kainate launched a concentrated campaign to locate the wandering temple. Sith intelligence operations systematically dismantled the hidden supply chains, hyperspace routes, and sympathetic planetary networks that had kept the vessel concealed throughout the early stages of the Purge.

When the Prosperity was finally discovered operating within the fringes of former Galactic Alliance space, the Kainate committed overwhelming force to ensure its destruction. Shadow Armada warships isolated the temple from escape routes while Blackblade Guard boarding contingents and Dark Side adepts assaulted its interior chambers in brutal close-quarters fighting. Large portions of the ancient structure were devastated during the battle as the Jedi defenders attempted to evacuate civilians, sacred archives, and surviving initiates. According to later accounts, Darth Carnifex himself participated in the final stages of the assault, viewing the destruction of the Prosperity as both a strategic necessity and a symbolic execution of the dying New Jedi Order.

By the conclusion of the Great Purge in 905 ABY, the New Jedi Order had effectively ceased to exist as a unified galactic institution. The overwhelming majority of Jedi remaining in former Galactic Alliance territory were killed, captured, or driven into permanent hiding. Only scattered Hidden Path enclaves, isolated wandering survivors, and remnants affiliated with the High Republic endured beyond the Purge. The event marked the definitive end of the New Jedi Order as a major galactic power and cemented the dominance of Sith-aligned regimes throughout much of known space.