The order had been idle against its enemies for far too long, but today they would finally take the opportunity to strike against what was probably their biggest enemy: The Empire. Their strength had been mighty, being able to strike down none other than Darth Raze himself, however, they were now at their weakest, and the sharks smelled the blood in the water. The fact that one of the sharks were the Hutts, an outsider to the original conflict with strength to spare, meant things had never been better: The enemy of the order's enemy was after all, a friend...Or at least a big enough distraction.
Unfortunately, most of the imperials decided to remain loyal despite the Hutt's tempting offer, but there were enough to cause a problem...As long as they were properly armed. For that to happen, they needed the proper benefactors, and it so happened that Anai had struck a deal with the Hutts so, together, they could become the patrons of the insurrectionists on Ossus, the leader a soon to be puppet head for the Order. Ossus would be taken from the Empire by the order, only needing to pay a tithe to the Hutts in exchange for the help while the both of them would benefit from the Empire needing to split their attention.
The order had chosen Ossus for many reasons: Not only was the planet weakened by the exalted not long ago, but it was even easier to rile up the insurrectionists in there. After all, their lives had been sacrificed by the Empire that had sworn to protect them in order to kill Raze, many would be grieving for the Imperials that died via Imperial fire.
Not only that, but with Ossus they didn't need to take care for the planet in the long term, their main objective being something other than simply taking over the planet. Ossus had a certain garrison filled with sith artifacts, the history of the sith stolen by the traitorous Imperials and stockpiled there a while ago, it was, of course, the best defended place on the planet, but it was also their main objective. The sith would help the insurrectionists take over the garrison in exchange for the artefacts stored in there, and they would make sure that those vaults were empty by the time the Empire tries to take the planet back.
Anai had been the one to come up with the idea, but she needed the help of another sith: Karys (@Apollyon). He had enough resources to help fund the insurrectionists, make sure the order didn't need to completely depend on the Hutts when it came to taking over Ossus, for it was not wise to owe much to a Hutt. However, she could've asked someone else with resources, maybe the order itself, to help take over the planet. However, she was also doing this for her ally, for Karys.
The man had been put through a lot lately, he had burned a lot of bridges, hurt former friends. Those feelings of hate and rage against people he once loved could make him feel conflicted, cloud his heart in the future as they worn it down. This battle would give him a clear enemy, one he could focus into destroying without any semblance of remorse, the Empire would become the grindstone in which Karys would sharpen his hatred and rage so they became powerful weapons that he could use against anyone that stood in his way, no matter who they were.
Wearing her armor, lightsaber in hand and vibroknives under her cloak, the Kaleesh champion looked ahead as they approached the main garrison, the sounds of blaster filling the area as the insurrectionists and loyalists fought "This is it, Karys" she told the taller pureblood, looking at him for a moment, her voice cold and focused as the woman readied herself for her biggest fight since Corellia "Today the order shall claim back what was taken from us, are you ready?"