The Story: The Hutt War

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The Story: THE HUTT WAR

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End of the Alsakan Crisis

In 13,000 BBY, the Alsakan Union invaded and took control of Coruscant, beginning the aptly-named Alsakan Crisis between the Union and the Galactic Republic. The Alsakan Union, a religious government determined to fulfill a divine mandate to restore harmony between man and nature, and the Galactic Republic, a government that, at the time, spanned from the Core Worlds to the Expansion Region, fought this war for an entire year.

Following the assassination of the Alsakan Vicar Laharra, supposedly at the hands of the rogue Jedi Master Banik Kelrada, the Alsakan Union fell under military control, which led to the disastrous three-front battles on Ruan, Bessimir, and Metallos. Following this, the Alsakan Union lost control of Coruscant, and, while the Alsakan Union was believed to be behind a large-scale bombing against the Republic, the Alsakans were unable to recover from their losses during the final battles.

The war came to a sudden end with the devastation of the planet Alsakan, and the Republic once again emerged victorious. Helping with this peace was the Jedi Order, which modified its core tenants and aligned itself with the Republic. They were not officially part of the Republic, but they were becoming the guardians of peace and justice that the Republic desperately needed. Billions of Republic citizens rejoiced, believing that they would be able to once again live in peace.

They were wrong.

Expansion and the Hutt Empire

The Republic feared a build up of Alsakan terrorist forces who would seek revenge for the destruction of their planet, so the Senate allocated a large amount of funds to the military. One of the aspects of the military’s duty was to make contact with new planets in hyperspace routes that had been charted over the previous few decades by scientists. The military expanded the influence of the Republic past the Expansion Region and into the Mid Rim, brushing just up against the edge of the unexplored Outer Rim Territories. The Galactic Senate, fearing the potential repercussions of the military being the Republic’s first official olive branch, sent dignitaries to hundreds of new worlds, a large number of whom petitioned to join the Republic. While under normal circumstances the Republic may not have accepted the new found allies so quickly, the Senate decided that the Republic needed all of the member worlds it could get if the Alsakans were to regroup and attempt to capture Coruscant once again.

The exploration, however, had its drawbacks. Due to the Republic moving perilously close to the border of the Outer Rim, it began to worry a group called the Hutt Empire. The Hutts, a species of large hermaphroditic slugs, called on the Republic to leave the planets close to the border of the Outer Rim, but the Republic refused as it had no intention to actually move into the Outer Rim Territories. The Hutts saw this as an act of aggression, but the Republic agreed to send diplomats to Nal Hutta, the Hutt homeworld, to discuss the situation. The star charts provided by the Hutts for the journey opened up travel to the Outer Rim, although it was dangerous due to the escalating situation with the Hutts.

When the diplomats arrived on Nal Hutta, they were greeted with indifference, as the Hutts believed that the Republic was being far too cavalier about the situation. The situation was not able to be resolved, leading to tense relations between the two galactic bodies. Each side feared war, as the Hutts believed the Republic would encroach upon their territory with a sense of manifest destiny while the Republic believed that the Hutts would grow aggressive and attempt to expand their empire for power and wealth.

Outbreak

Finally, in 12,979 BBY, twenty years after the last shots were fired between the Republic and the Alsakans, war broke out between the Galactic Republic and the Hutt Empire. It was unclear who fired the first shots of the war, with each side claiming it was the actions of the other. The war began with a small border skirmish on the outskirts of the Mid Rim. The Hutts, whose goal was commercial conquest to amass large fortunes from the Republic's trade routes, grew far more aggressive in this conflict than the Republic thought was possible, prompting the Republic forces involved in the battle to retreat. Within days, the Hutts moved a massive fleet, one that rivaled the Republic’s, into the Mid Rim, making it clear that their goal was to take over the Republic’s commercial enterprises and assert economic dominance over the galaxy. What began as peaceful exploration in the name of defense for the Republic turned into a war of defense. The Hutts proved themselves to be despicable and treacherous, and they needed to be stopped. They were, as the galaxy-at-large saw them, an evil threat.

One aspect that the Republic had not counted on was the lack of a conventional Hutt army. The Hutts themselves were too large to pick up arms and fight the Republic, at least for the most part, but they employed a number of mercenaries, bounty hunters, and other criminal lowlifes to serve as their soldiers. Even criminals from within the Republic took up arms with the Hutts, believing that the Hutts would create the type of civilization these degenerates always wanted. More interesting, however, was the elite Hutt fighting force: a species called the Taungs, the self-proclaimed Mandalorian Warriors of the Shadow, that came from the Outer Rim world of Mandalore. These Taungs proved to be a formidable foe even to the most elite Republic forces, and they also needed to be stopped.

That was one year ago. It is 12,978 BBY, and the war continues.

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Please consult the individual faction boards for more detailed information about the timeline and the events that happened between it and the previous Alsakan Crisis timeline.
 
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