History of The Arkanis Sector

  • 25053 BBY

    1000 BBY


    The Old Republic Era
    Era beginning/end

    AKA The Galactic Republic during its existence before the Jedi-Sith War, it was referred to as the "Old Republic" during the Republic's waning years. The Republic's existence before the Imperial Era was also referred to as the "Old Republic" after the rise of the Galactic Empire.

  • 3681 BBY

    3653 BBY


    Great Galactic War
    Military action

    The Great Galactic War, known as the Great War during the conflict and in the years afterward, was a war between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic between 3681 BBY and 3653 BBY, lasting for a total of 28 years. Also known as the Republic–Sith War, the conflict was ultimately the culmination of a 1300-year grudge held by survivors of the old Sith Empire against the Republic for their defeat in the Great Hyperspace War.

  • 1000 BBY

    2 BBY


    Rise of the Empire era
    Era beginning/end

    The Rise of the Empire era, sometimes referred to as the Prequel era, takes place between 1000 BBY (the Seventh Battle of Ruusan) and 0 BBY (the Battle of Toprawa).

  • 22 BBY

    19 BBY


    The Clone Wars
    Military action

    The Clone Wars (22–19 BBY), also known as the Clone War and the Great Clone War, was the name given to the major galactic conflict fought between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The war was named after the clone troopers utilized by the Republic against the battle droid forces of the Separatists. These armies, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Separatist Droid Army, were two of the largest ever pitted against each other in galactic history, and the fighting between them rapidly spread to countless inhabited worlds.

  • 22 BBY

    3

    First Battle of Geonosis
    Military action

    The First Battle of Geonosis, known most commonly as simply the Battle of Geonosis, was the first battle between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic in the conflict that would become known as the Clone Wars. It would be the first major combat of the Grand Army of the Republic, as well as the first major battle the Jedi would fight in years.

  • 22 BBY

    4

    First Battle of Tatooine
    Military action

    The First Battle of Tatooine was initiated by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars, one month after the Battle of Geonosis. Separatist forces under General Sev'rance Tann arrived on Tatooine after she had been informed by Count Dooku that Boorka, a Hutt living on Tatooine, had valuable information for the Separatists. Following the battle the Hutt gave up his information that the Republic was building a massive weapon called the Decimator on Eredenn Prime.

  • 21 BBY


    Skirmish at the Austan Cluster
    Military action

    The Skirmish at the Austan Cluster was a battle between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems that took place during the Clone Wars. In an attempt to capture Count Dooku a Republic fleet, led by Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, launched a surprise attack backing Dooku's Separatist fleet against the asteroids of the Austan Cluster.

  • 2 BBY

    19 ABY


    Galactic Civil War
    Era beginning/end

    The Galactic Civil War, (2 BBY–19 ABY) also known as the Imperial–Alliance War and later the First Galactic Civil War by the year 43 ABY, was a major galactic conflict fought primarily between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic. The Alliance was a rebel faction dedicated to the restoration of the Galactic Republic, the government that the Empire had supplanted at the culmination of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY.

  • 0 BBY

    27 /1

    Subjugation of Geonosis
    Military action

    With the Death Star project running out of construction slaves, Grand Moff Tarkin ordered Darth Vader to go to Geonosis and round up the natives to use as slave labor. The process caused a planetwide revolt, which the Empire resolved by virus bombing the planet, wiping out virtually all geonosian life.

  • 0 BBY

    5 /3

    Dissolution of the Imperial Senate
    Political event

    The Dissolution of the Imperial Senate was the suspension of the legislative body of the Galactic Empire, enacted by the decree of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine nineteen years after the Empire's founding.

  • 0 BBY

    6 /3

    Destruction of Alderaan
    Military action

    The Destruction of Alderaan, also known as the Battle of Alderaan, occurred in 0 BBY at the order of Grand Moff Tarkin, in order to demonstrate the destructive firepower of the first Death Star. The incident resulted in the complete annihilation of Alderaan and the death of all its inhabitants.

  • 0 BBY

    8 /3

    Battle of Yavin
    Military action

    The Battle of Yavin, also known as the Battle of the Death Star, was a major and decisive battle of the Galactic Civil War, in which the Rebel Alliance was able to destroy the Death Star and was seen as one of the first major victories over the Galactic Empire.

  • 0 BBY

    22 /3

    Disaster at Kemal Station
    Disaster / Destruction

    Kemal Station was lost and presumed destroyed after falling into the upper atmosphere of the Gas Giant Kemal, following an incident with the station's droid brain overseer. The loss of the main source of fuel in the Arkanis sector has wide ranging repercussions on both commerce and the nacent conflict between the Empire and the Alliance.

  • 11 ABY

    1 /4

    Current Campaign Date
    Miscellaneous

    The current campaign date.