King of Korriban
START: 27th OCTOBER 2023
THE SITH ORDER & GALACTIC ALLIANCE JUNCTION OF ODACER-FAUSTIN
THE SITH ORDER & GALACTIC ALLIANCE JUNCTION OF ODACER-FAUSTIN
902 ABY
Murakami Initiative
Amidst the tumult of a galaxy at war, the specter of the dark side looms ever larger. Embroiled in the divisive clutches of Darth Ophidia's civil war, the Ouroboros Crisis of the Sith Order rages on. The Emperor and his followers, Darth Empyrean's Eternalist Sith, clash with the rebellious legions of Ophidia's Tsis'Kaar in an effort to quell the uprising and cull the treasonous.
Seeing opportunity in the strife of their rival-Sith, the Order's warlords set their sights on the lost Holy Worlds of Korriban, Dromund Kaas, and Ziost, in a ruthless bid to reclaim those sacred dominions. Generations of Ashlan inhabitants were cast aside as these venerated planets fell, one after another, into the shadow of the Sith, their cries for justice echoing through the void. As the Sith Order's displays of viciousness and power escalate and their territories encroach upon the galactic core, they threaten the hard-earned stability enjoyed by the Galactic Alliance.
Emerging from the crucible of battle on Thule, whereupon the Alliance opposed the relentless expansion of the Sith, the Jedi now stand at the precipice of a new and harrowing conflict and disturbance in the Force. Uncovering an agenda on behalf of the Sith Order to claim the dark side world of Odacer-Faustin, the Galactic Alliance marshals its forces and dispatches its second military task force in as many months to the foreboding Sith Holy Worlds.
Odacer-Faustin, a world veiled in ancient secrets, radio-silent for some five thousand years, was once home to a sprawling Sith academy, founded by the Sith Lord Darth Drear. Beneath the hallowed halls of its sprawling libraries lay a dark and foreboding temple which concealed the arcane secrets to eternal life. A potion, brewed from the rare and powerful Murakami Orchid, with a macabre twist: immortality at the cost of individuality. At the heart of the Academy's ancient grounds lies a great, towering black spire, within which remain the clandestine laboratories of Sith Lord Darth Scabrous— he who dared to try unlocking those accursed secrets for himself. Instead, he unleashed an unholy terror which consumed the world— a ravenous horde of cannibalistic undead.
Seeing opportunity in the strife of their rival-Sith, the Order's warlords set their sights on the lost Holy Worlds of Korriban, Dromund Kaas, and Ziost, in a ruthless bid to reclaim those sacred dominions. Generations of Ashlan inhabitants were cast aside as these venerated planets fell, one after another, into the shadow of the Sith, their cries for justice echoing through the void. As the Sith Order's displays of viciousness and power escalate and their territories encroach upon the galactic core, they threaten the hard-earned stability enjoyed by the Galactic Alliance.
Emerging from the crucible of battle on Thule, whereupon the Alliance opposed the relentless expansion of the Sith, the Jedi now stand at the precipice of a new and harrowing conflict and disturbance in the Force. Uncovering an agenda on behalf of the Sith Order to claim the dark side world of Odacer-Faustin, the Galactic Alliance marshals its forces and dispatches its second military task force in as many months to the foreboding Sith Holy Worlds.
Odacer-Faustin, a world veiled in ancient secrets, radio-silent for some five thousand years, was once home to a sprawling Sith academy, founded by the Sith Lord Darth Drear. Beneath the hallowed halls of its sprawling libraries lay a dark and foreboding temple which concealed the arcane secrets to eternal life. A potion, brewed from the rare and powerful Murakami Orchid, with a macabre twist: immortality at the cost of individuality. At the heart of the Academy's ancient grounds lies a great, towering black spire, within which remain the clandestine laboratories of Sith Lord Darth Scabrous— he who dared to try unlocking those accursed secrets for himself. Instead, he unleashed an unholy terror which consumed the world— a ravenous horde of cannibalistic undead.
OBJECTIVE 1 << Fleet to Fleet >>
Odacer-Faustin
In Orbit
Abruptly, the dappled star-line of empty space is blotted out as massive vessels of war drop out of hyperspace along the Daragon Trail. For the first time since the Caldera Crisis over Elom, Sith Order and Galactic Alliance forces meet for war within reach of the Sith Holy Worlds. In the near distance, looming and massive, lay the bleak and cold, dark world of Odacer-Faustin. Storm clouds churn across the planet’s surface like ink thrown into soapy water, the writhing mass momentarily under-lit by flashes of ultraviolet lightning. Blockading the world in a thick, bisecting belt, across from the emerging fleet, the Sith vessels of war lay neatly scattered like so many flickering asteroids.
Already, troop carriers and shrieking starfighters launch like swarms to engage in mass deployment efforts across the planetary battlefront. Orders are simple: protect your lander-class support craft, wipe out the enemy, and disrupt their own landing efforts at Odacer-Faustin.
OBJECTIVE 2 << Academy of Darth Drear >>
Odacer-Faustin
Outbreak Ground Zero
The library was silent and empty, no doubt the largest and oldest structure within both the Academy and on Odacer-Faustin itself, which also meant that it was in the worst condition. Centuries of perpetual ice storms and shifting planetary tectonics had savaged the Academy’s many reaching towers, closing off entire chambers, stairways and corridors beneath tons of snow and ice. From within, it resembled nothing so much as a grand monument, walls black with soot and ice, torn apart and frozen at the seams; one massive, cracked cathedral ceiling at the building’s heart.
The Sith Academy, once a bastion of dark knowledge, now lay frozen and forsaken. Few yet knew the secrets this place held, secrets granting eternal life at a terrible cost. Deep beneath the library, hidden from the eyes of all but a select few, lay a Sith temple containing the malevolent secrets of its founder, Darth Drear.
With a sprawling campus and access to various subterranean passageways, Odacer-Faustin’s Sith Academy represents a potentially high-value and defensible territory. However, as Sith Order and Galactic Alliance forces deploy, they do so oblivious to the many macabre secrets hidden beneath the snow and within the frozen ruins. Silent and hungry for eons, thousands of undead abominations lay dormant, encased in the ice and lurking in the shadows, immortal guardians of a world lost to apocalypse.
Then, somewhere amidst the howling winds and biting cold, a simian scream pierces the air, bellowing, sounding deranged and wet, then another, and another, and another.
OBJECTIVE 3 << Mortis Bio-Spire >>
Odacer-Faustin
The Galactic Alliance and the Sith Order have set their sights on Mortis Bio-Spire, an ancient albeit prestigious military science facility shrouded in bone chilling rumors and guarded by hordes of the dreaded Sithspawn undead.
Built upon the secret command of Darth Scabrous, the facility hides many weapons which even the Sith have come to dread. Among them, the knowledge of a bioweapon known as "The Hunger," along with countless other sinister creations.
As forces from both sides converge on Mortis Bio-Spire, they must prepare to navigate the treacherous corridors and dark passageways leading deeper and deeper into the darkness, all the while knowing that immortality may not be the ultimate prize, rather a curse which could consume them all.
