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After the much needed, yet also cautious victory at the battle of Atrisia, The Imperial Confederation once more turned its eyes and their focus towards the Holy Worlds of the Sith Order.
The last time that The Imperial Confederation attempted to draw out the Sith from these culturally and economically significant planetary systems, it had led to the loss of men, material and confidence. Yet, it had also laid bare the flaws within the Confederation, revealing the weak points among the Imperial remnants, making clear who was and who wasn't truly dedicated to the further growth of the regime seated on New Alderaan.
Now, after heavy reforms, leading to the strengthening of its economic and military power, The Imperial Confederation are once again making
their move to seize control over the Thandon Star Nebulae, where Brosi and the other systems of the Corporate Sector rest alongside those dark planets of the Stygian Caldera.
But where last time the Imperials were gripped by fear, stumped by chaos and disorder, and thwarted by a lack of cohesion, this time they are set to bring their best and brightest to the fight.
With a simultaneous attack on both the Brosi and Florrum systems, The Imperial Confederation seeks to eradicate the mistakes and errors of the past, attempting wholeheartedly to present itself as the last bastion of reason and rationality in the ever-changing chaos that has engulfed the Outer Rim systems.
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The invasion of the Thandon Star Cluster did not announce itself with diplomacy or warning. Confederate fleets tore out of hyperspace along familiar routes with practiced precision, striking across multiple systems in rapid succession. The intent was evident from the opening hours. Speed was meant to fracture coordination. Pressure was meant to force mistakes. Sith defenses were expected to bend before they could fully respond, and for a brief window, the attackers believed momentum belonged to them.
That belief carried them to Brosi. Scarred by plague and long abandonment, the world appeared fragile, a fault line waiting to split under sustained force. Confederate ground units advanced into shattered cities and blighted expanses while naval elements contested orbit, seeking to isolate the planet and dismantle resistance in stages. What they encountered instead was a world prepared to suffer without yielding. Defensive lines held. Hazards were not avoided but turned outward. Infrastructure long dismissed as dead reasserted itself under Sith control, and every advance demanded more blood than anticipated.
As the fighting deepened, the defense of Brosi crossed a threshold. Darth Caedes
, King of Korriban, enacted a Dark Side ritual tied to a Force-linked organism known as Psilofyr, anchoring the act through sacrifice and will. Revna Marr
, Srina Talon
, and Gerwald Lechner
lent their strength as the ritual reached completion amid ongoing battle. When it concluded, Psilofyr erupted from beneath the corrupted ground and spread with violent speed, its roots tearing through streets and ruins as it grew. Entire sectors of the battlefield became unstable and impassable, and the planet itself ceased to behave as neutral ground.
Above the surface, the war tightened. Sith fleets held critical orbital positions and denied the Confederation the control required to dictate the fight. Reinforcements arrived late or not at all. Extraction proved as costly as advance. With each engagement, initiative slipped from the invaders’ grasp and was replaced by attrition and uncertainty. The campaign ended not with conquest, but with withdrawal, as Confederate forces abandoned the cluster without securing their objectives.
The Sith Order did not hesitate in the aftermath. Authority on Brosi was consolidated, and Madrona A’mia was installed as planetary governor to secure the world and enforce Sith rule. The Thandon Star Cluster remained in Sith hands, hardened by invasion and reshaped by what had been unleashed. The war had ended in name, but the ground it left behind was no longer neutral, and any force that returned would do so knowing the cost of failure had already been written into the soil.
That failure did not bring quiet to the halls of the Imperial Confederation. It sharpened them. Every report was reread and every variable reexamined. Unanswered questions resurfaced with renewed urgency, and among them stood Mandalore, a power that claimed independence while its warriors had bled beside Sith banners under private oaths. That ambiguity had lingered during the first war, and it would not be tolerated again. Before fleets moved and before hyperspace lanes burned with engines, the Confederation demanded clarity. The Mandalorian question was not raised in pursuit of peace, but as preparation while the shape of the next conflict was still being decided.
The answer never arrived cleanly, but the question itself carried weight enough to be felt across borders. To Sith observers, the demand echoed a familiar pattern learned through long war. Powers preparing for action first removed uncertainty from their flanks. Those intent on peace tolerated ambiguity because it cost them nothing. The Confederation did not. Its attention lingered on Thandon not as a concluded failure, but as an unresolved pressure point.
On Brosi, that shift did not pass unnoticed. Authority tightened in quiet ways. Defenses were reviewed with intent. Preparations continued without public declaration. Nothing moved openly, yet nothing was allowed to rest. The war had ended in name, but the silence that followed felt less like relief than the pause before motion resumed.
The Confederation forfeited the element of surprise the moment it committed forces to Brosi ahead of any open campaign. The deployment of a covert strike team with a defined operational objective revealed that planning had moved beyond contingency and into execution. Once Confederation personnel were active on the planet, intent was no longer concealed. Brosi was again an active target, and the renewed invasion was already in motion.
That realization extended beyond the planet itself. The Blackwallexisted to make intrusion unmistakable, and its stormseedsensured that passage into Sith space never went unnoticed. Void storms shifted along the border as they were meant to, collapsing any illusion of silent approach. Border defenses shifted from observation to readiness as patrol routes adjusted. Whatever methods had been used to reach Brosi ceased to matter. The invasion had revealed itself, and the Sith response aligned accordingly.
With Imperial forces once more committed to the surface, attention returned to what had changed Brosi the most. The world tree raised during the first invasion remained standing,its roots spread deep through the surrounding terrain and its presence unmistakable even at distance. Imperial movements began to orient toward the densest growth rather than around it, signaling intent to destroy the thing that had made the planet dangerous.
Sith defenders did not yield that ground. They consolidated within the root network and along constricted approaches, accepting that the struggle there would not favor numbers or maneuver, but proximity and endurance. The space around the tree ceased to function as an open battlefield and became a choke point for direct confrontation, drawing the strongest combatants on both sides into sustained, close-quarters fighting.
The second invasion did not repeat the disorder of the first. Imperial forces advanced with discipline, committing experienced officers and elite formations to the surface. Deployments concentrated around the Treptel spaceport, which emerged as the primary objective for sustaining the advance, before pressure extended toward the cities of Shoengen and Rann. There, hardened units were tasked with breaking organized resistance and securing urban control.
That advance met immediate opposition. Local militias resisted alongside Sith reinforcements, turning the spaceport and surrounding cities into contested zones rather than clean objectives. Fighting intensified across landing corridors, urban districts, and airspace as both sides committed resources to hold or seize ground.
While ground fighting intensified on Brosi, the wider conflict expanded beyond the planet itself. Imperial naval elements diverted their focus toward the Florrum system, pressing against the borders of the separated Sith vassal state. Control of the hypergate there offered the Imperials a means to sever support, reinforcement, and trade flowing from Sith homespace. Engagements around the gate unfolded at close range, favoring rapid starfighter actions and boarding operations, and carrying consequences beyond the immediate battle. Success or failure there would determine whether the campaign remained confined to Thandon or escalated into a wider confrontation with the full weight of the Sith Order brought to bear.
The world tree raised during the first invasion of Brosi remains active and intact, drawing power from the Force and the planet itself. Imperial forces have identified the tree as a priority target, believing its destruction would weaken Brosi’s defenses and undo the effects of the ritual that reshaped the battlefield. Sith defenders are actively positioned to retain control of the tree and prevent Imperial access, turning the surrounding root network into a focal point of conflict. Fighting in this area favors close-quarters combat and sustained engagement, naturally drawing champions and frontline warriors into direct confrontation.
The Imperial Confederation returns to Brosi with discipline and intent, committing elite ground forces and experienced officers to secure key infrastructure rather than relying on speed alone. Sith resistance around the Treptel spaceport focuses on denial rather than reclamation. Landing zones are disrupted, supply routes are contested, and Imperial attempts to establish stable control are repeatedly undermined. In Shoengen and Rann, Sith forces and local militias operate in depth, striking exposed units and withdrawing before formations can consolidate. Airspace over the cities remains contested, with Sith assets harassing dropships and intercepting reinforcements to ensure that any occupation remains unstable and costly.
As Imperial ground forces press their attack on Brosi, the Sith Order recognizes the widening shape of the campaign. Imperial naval elements divert their strength toward the Florrum system, pushing into the space of the separated Sith vassal state in an attempt to bypass Brosi rather than resolve the fighting there. To Sith commanders, the movement signals an effort to fracture the conflict and isolate Thandon from the wider Empire.
The focus of that push is the hypergate within the Florrum system. Sith forces understand its importance immediately. Control of the structure determines whether reinforcements, supply, and trade continue to flow from Sith homespace or are cut off entirely. In response, Sith fleets and allied assets contest the approaches through interception, rapid starfighter engagements, and close-range boarding actions. The fighting around the gate remains fluid and unresolved, but its outcome will decide whether the invasion stays contained or forces the Sith Order to answer with its full strength.
