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| The Empire of the Hand | |
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| Ramis | Mar 26 2012, 09:43:10 AM Post #1 |
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The Empire of the Hand The Empire of the Hand was an autocratic government that was secretly established by Grand Admiral Thrawn in the Unknown Regions. Sharing the same vision of the future, Thrawn and Emperor Palpatine organized the exploration and the pacification of the Unknown Regions in parallel to the establishment of the Galactic Empire. Combining Chiss and Imperial ideologies, Thrawn's shadow empire was created with the purpose of protecting the galaxy from various threats that hid within the Unknown Regions, including extra-galactic invasions. Government and Poltiics The Empire of the Hand was a faction that Grand Admiral Thrawn founded on in the Unknown Regions by combining Chiss and Imperial ideologies and weaponry into a new military and political force. Thrawn's empire was intended to establish the order and efficiency of Emperor Palpatine's New Order, but without the Emperor's megalomania, the Tarkin Doctrine, and the institutionalized xenophobia. The Empire of the Hand drew its name from the Hand of Thrawn, the Grand Admiral's main fortress based on Nirauan. Though largely based on the authoritarian structure of the Galactic Empire, the government of the Empire of the Hand operated more like a confederation than a true empire. The Hand worked to form alliances with the native governments within the Unknown Regions as opposed to conquering them through brute force. Also unlike the Empire, the Hand accepted the alien races that lived in the Unknown Regions of space into the ranks of their military. The connection between the Galactic Empire and the Empire of the Hand was kept mainly for historical aspects, but also for the psychological value as well. The Empire of the Hand's military ethics were based on Thrawn's vision of war. It was an original combination of Chiss and Imperial tactics personally arranged by the Grand Admiral, such as respect of the enemies, careful consideration of soldiers' lives, surgical strikes, demonstrative invasions, preventive strikes and the significant use of intelligence gathering. Military: The Empire of the Hand maintained many visual connections to the Galactic Empire through its warships (including Star Destroyers), vehicles, use of stormtrooper armor and Imperial uniforms. Many regular soldiers were given stormtrooper armor to promote order amongst the Empire of the Hand's citizenry. Traditional, elite stormtroopers remained, but were relatively rare. Unlike the Galactic Empire, the Empire of the Hand allowed and encouraged aliens of all its worlds to join their ranks either as pilots, soldiers or as stormtroopers. Despite the disdain of the Ruling Families for Thrawn, the Chiss constituted the bulk of the Empire of the Hand forces. The Nssis-class Clawcraft was the better example of successful collaboration between Chiss and Imperial engineers. During the rule of Palpatine's Empire on the galaxy, Thrawn also tried to attract the best elements of the Empire to the Empire of the Hand. One of them was Baron Soontir Fel. At some point, Thrawn became a Syndic within Chiss society. With his new-found title, he created his own House Phalanx, a typical Chiss paramilitary organization. Although the creation of a personal warrior retinue did not make Thrawn more respectable amongst his own people, it enabled him to recruit many Chiss sympathizers who could publicly voice their support for him. History: Thrawn made his first contact with then-Chancellor Palpatine, in 27 BBY, at the time of the destruction of the Outbound Flight. The Sith Lord and the Chiss Commander agreed with the idea that an unknown and powerful threat was rising in the Unknown Regions. Soon after the Declaration of a New Order, Captain Voss Parck of the Victory-class Star Destroyer Strikefast discovered Thrawn in exile on a remote planetoid in the Unknown Regions. Thrawn insisted he return to his people to protect them, but was convinced by Parck that by offering his service to the Galactic Empire, he would be better equipped to do so. Thrawn was convinced by Parck's reasoning and accompanied him to Coruscant. Upon reaching the Imperial Capital, Thrawn formally met Emperor Palpatine in person. Impressed by the Chiss, Palpatine decided to have Thrawn trained as an Imperial officer. After rising through ranks of the Imperial Military and sharing many ideas with the Emperor about the Unknown Regions, Thrawn was tasked with a mission to explore and pacify those as yet unexplored territories. Using the vast resources of the Imperial Navy, Thrawn mapped great swaths of territory. Voss Parck and Dagon Niriz, the commanders of his flagship, the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Admonitor, were assigned to serve under Thrawn during his mission of exploration and conquest. Both men eventually became Thrawn's greatest supporters and were the first Imperial officers to join the Empire of the Hand. Thrawn also reestablished contact with the Chiss. Much of Thrawn's own people flocked to his banner because they had been battling many dark threats from the Unknown Regions, and many looked to Thrawn as a new source of hope for the Chiss. However, the Empire of the Hand was viewed with distrust by the Ruling Families of the Chiss Ascendancy, who still considered Thrawn an outcast from Chiss society, especially after his famous campaign. But agreeing with Thrawn's vision, many Chiss aristocrats unofficially supported Thrawn's renegade actions. In 10 BBY, Thrawn built a vast information complex on Nirauan, the Hand of Thrawn, and made it his base of operations. In 3 ABY, Thrawn defeated a group of Ebruchi pirates and captured their leader Creysis. Though he went through great lengths to avoid capture, Creysis ultimately underestimated Thrawn. Creysis was captured when a tracking device led the Chiss Admiral to his base, where Imperial forces easily overwhelmed the pirates and apprehended its leader. A year later, just after the Battle of Endor, the Ssi-ruuk launched a series of incursions into the known galaxy, as well as near Chiss Space. Thrawn responded with preventive strikes on the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. Nevertheless, the Ssi-ruuk attacked several minor Chiss worlds, capturing several Chiss as entechment subjects. Ultimately, their aggressive actions incurred the wrath of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force, which retaliated with a devastating counter-attack on Ssi-ruuvi space. As a result of the Chiss's military strikes against the aggressors, the Alliance to Restore the Republic was able to defeat the Ssi-ruuk more easily. In 9 ABY, Grand Admiral Thrawn returned to the known galaxy and launched a massive and brilliant campaign against the New Republic. But despite his genius, Thrawn was betrayed and killed at the Battle of Bilbringi. Thrawn had left his Empire behind under the leadership of Admiral Voss Parck. Parck, a select group of top Imperial officers, including General Soontir Fel and Commander Stent, and a cadre of Thrawn-loyal Chiss were given the responsibility of upholding Thrawn's vision and expanding his empire. None of them believed in the Grand Admiral's death, believing in another of Thrawn's stratagem. In fact, he said he would return to them ten years after his announced death. During the Caamas Document Crisis, the Empire of the Hand was discovered by Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade when they were searching for the source of the clones and mysterious starfighters that had suddenly appeared. They found the Hand of Thrawn and met Parck, Fel and Stent, still waiting for Grand Admiral Thrawn's return. Luke and Mara informed them of Thrawn's death. The Jedi refused to join them but accepted to not reveal the existence of this shadow empire. They found an almost mature clone of Thrawn and a map of the Empire of the Hand. They decided that the clone had done nothing wrong yet so they wouldn't destroy it, but when two defense droids attacked them, they were forced to involuntarily destroy the clone to escape. Before they did, R2-D2 managed to download an unaltered copy of the Caamas Document. In 22 ABY, the Empire of the Hand was involved in a local conflict on the planet Kariek. Stormtroopers of the 501st Legion were dispatched to overthrow a warlord who had invaded and conquered Kariek, where he established a tyrannical regime. In the same year, the Empire assisted the Chiss Ascendancy and the New Republic against a third Vagaari invasion. The Vagaari were defeated in the Chiss Redoubt by the Chiss, the Jedi and the Empire. In the aftermath of the battle, many of the surviving colonists from Outbound Flight chose to join the Empire of the Hand. After the death of Thrawn's clone, the Empire of the Hand lost its designated heir and consequently its legitimacy. The Chiss Ascendancy took advantage of it to begin to absorb the Empire. However, the Ascendancy was only successful in whittling away at the Empire, not its total destruction. Though the Empire was without an Emperor without the heir of Thrawn, they were not leaderless. A group of Chiss and former Palpatine Imperials formed a council of Moffs within the Empire of the Hand to deal with governance temporarily. The Empire of the Hand disappeared sometime during the Yuuzhan Vong War, going off the grid for all intents and purposes. The Jedi believed that the Killiks destroyed it, while the Chiss claimed that it was merely absorbed either by the Imperial Remnant or the Chiss Ascendancy itself. However, remarks made by Aristocra Chaf'orm'bintrano shortly before the Swarm War suggested that the Empire of the Hand was simply disbanded. Despite their absence in the years following the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Empire of the Hand ultimately survived in deep space, far from the notice of the galaxy at large. Although rumors persisted that the Hand had either collapsed or been absorbed by the Chiss Ascendancy, Jagged Fel discovered at an unknown point in time that the Hand was still an active state. As Head of State of the Imperial Remnant, Fel kept the secret of the Hand's survival to himself for security purposes. Natasi Daala, a deposed Chief of State of the Galactic Alliance and admiral of the Maw Irregular Fleet developed a plot to seize control of the Remnant. With his position threatened by Daala's ambition to become Empress, Fel mobilized a fleet of loyal supporters and moved to destroy Daala and her subversives with a preemptive strike at Exodo II. At the same time, he requested aid from the Empire of the Hand, which dispatched a vanguard of its forces to aid the Remnant and its leader. After converging on Daala's position, a battle commenced to determine the future of the Imperial Remnant. Though they aided Jagged Fel in subduing Daala, the Empire of the Hand never formally joined the Imperial Remnant instead preferring their own area of space. They were not opposed to an outsider leading the Empire of the Hand, because they had been formed of outsiders, however they were not yet ready to rejoin the Galaxy at large. The Council of Moffs believed it would be for the better if the Empire of the Hand remained in the Unknown Regions, still keeping to Thrawn's vision of protecting the Galaxy from the threats of the Unknown Regions. By 64 ABY, the Empire of the Hand still remained in operation. The Moffs who had preserved Thrawn's legacy by keeping the Empire in tact had begun to die of old age, and only a select few remained to lead the Empire. Leadership had largely fallen on Admiral Regan, a human who had been only a Captain during Thrawn's time but who in the years in between proven to be a staunch follower of the Thrawn Doctrine and a capable leader of the Empire and its military. As he entered into his 80th year though, he could feel his life slowly draining away and he began to search for a worthy successor for the Empire. Astrography Thrawn explored the Unknown Regions more than anyone else before him. In 19 ABY, the Empire of the Hand stretched across the equivalent of 250 sectors, as opposed to the Imperial Remnant's 8 sectors. Its capital was Nirauan. In 22 ABY, the Wild Space system Kariek joined the Empire of the Hand. Though the Empire of the Hand was extensive, few of the planets it held were actually colonies. Most were simply military bases, and listening posts. A few dozen worlds were shipyards worlds, built around resourceful worlds to create an extensive Navy. About three of those worlds rivaled Kuat, Fondor and Dac in terms of size and output. After the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Empire entered into a state of slow decline, many worlds going to the control of the Chiss Ascendancy. However, the Council of Moffs and Admiral Regan managed to stem the tide enough that by 64 ABY, the Empire of the Hand still stretched through about 100 sectors within the Unknown Regions, among those worlds still held were the shipyard worlds. |
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Empire of the Hand 501st Lieutenant - Primary Character Terath'ras'kerran The Burned Sith - Secondary Character Phaethon Menage-a-Trois Smuggler - Tertiary Character Drexl Inactive Character: Darth Furoris ![]() And you can have it all. My Empire of dirt. I will let you down. I will make you hurt. | |
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| Jean | Mar 30 2012, 07:14:58 AM Post #2 |
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After deliberation among the staff a decision was reached in regards to this particular faction. Please read the following topic: http://z13.invisionfree.com/StarWarsLegacy...?showtopic=1269 This organization is free to exist on the board, but discussion about its absorption, resources, and plots involving it must be made public in the Roleplay Planning area, and can be open to involvement from other factions. Thank you for your patience while this project was put on hold until staff reached a decision. |
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