Star Wars: A dyad in the Force 「A Reylo FanFiction」

Act 54: New Republic Era

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Warning: Major Spoilers of TRoS.

Note: This is a Reylo FanFiction (slow-burn)

Author's Note:

Greetings, please allow me to devote one small chapter to the history of the Old Republic and where the New Republic stands now! We'll need it for the upcoming chapters. ^_^

「PART II」

「Act 54: New Republic Era」

Long...

...long...

...ago in a galaxy far, far away ...

... twenty-five thousand years, many star systems and species in the center of the galaxy came together to form the Galactic Republic, governed by a Chancellor and a Senate from the capital city of Coruscant. As the Republic expanded via the hyperspace lanes, it absorbed new member worlds from newly discovered star systems; it also expanded its military to deal with the hostile civilizations, slavers, pirates, and gangster-species slug-like Hutts that were encountered in the outward exploration.

But the most vital defenders of the Republic were the Jedi Knights. Originally a reclusive order dedicated to studying the mysteries of the life energy known as the Force, the Jedi became the Republic's guardians, charged by the Senate with keeping the peace, with wise words if possible; with lightsabers if not. But the Jedi weren't the only Force-users in the galaxy.

An ancient civil war had pitted those Jedi who used the Force selflessly against those who allowed themselves to be ruled by their ambitions, which the Jedi warned led to the dark side of the Force. Defeated in that long-ago war, the dark siders fled beyond the galactic frontier, where they built a civilization of their own: the Sith Empire. The Republic and the Sith Empire's first great conflict occurred when two hyperspace explorers stumbled on the Sith worlds, giving the Sith Lord Naga Sadow and his dark side warriors a direct invasion route into the Republic's central worlds.

This war resulted in the first destruction of the Sith Empire, but it was hardly the last. For the next four thousand years, skirmishes between the Republic and Sith grew into wars, with the scales always tilting toward one or the other and peace never lasting. The galaxy was a place of almost constant strife: Sith armies against Republic armies; Force-using Sith Lords against Jedi Masters and Jedi Knights; and the dreaded nomadic mercenaries called Mandalorians bringing muscle and firepower wherever they stood to gain.

Then, a thousand years before the Battle of Yavin, the Jedi defeated the Sith at the Battle of Ruusan, decimating the so-called Brotherhood of Darkness that was the heart of the Sith Empire—and most of its power. One Sith Lord survived, Darth Bane and his vision for the Sith differed from that of his predecessors. He instituted a new doctrine: No longer would the followers of the dark side build empires or amass great armies of Force-users.

There would be only two Sith at a time: a Master and an apprentice. From that time on, the Sith remained in hiding, biding their time and plotting their revenge, while the rest of the galaxy enjoyed an unprecedented era of peace, so long and intense that the Republic eventually dismantled its standing armies. But while the Republic seemed healthy, its institutions had begun to rot.

Greedy corporations sought profits above all else. A corrupt Senate did nothing to stop them until the corporations reduced many planets to raw materials for factories and entire species became subjects for exploitation. Individual Jedi continued to defend the Republic's citizens and obey the force's will, but the Jedi Order to which they answered grew increasingly out of touch. And a new Sith mastermind, Darth Sidious, at last, saw a way to restore the Sith's domination over the galaxy and its inhabitants and quietly worked to set in motion the revenge of the Sith.

The destruction of the second Death Star and Emperor Palpatine's death had shaken the Empire to its core. While the remnant of the loyal Imperials settles in for a long, drawn-out last stand, the victorious Rebel Alliance and its supporters found a galactic governing authority they named the New Republic. Troops and warships were donated to the cause, as New Republic military leaders forged plans to seize Imperial fortress worlds, invade the Core Worlds, and retake Coruscant itself.

Eventually, the Imperial Remnant was pushed back to a small part of the Outer Rim, and the New Republic was finally able to focus on restoring a just and democratic government to the galaxy, or so they thought. They spent too many years trying to rebuild the New Republic, to organize once again the galaxy, and to find a new leader. Before they could bring results, a new Order raised the First Order, which wanted to conquer the known universe. War ascended again; the old Rebellion, now known as the Resistance, fought back. It didn't take long, and the war was once also the main issue, and the New Republic remained leaderless.

Meanwhile, as the known Galaxy was trying to stand back to its feet and the New Republic to be organized once more, the North Unknown Regions were slowly united under Delkor's command. It took years to manage and connect the planets around the North Unknown Regions, even form a council, and raise an army. A sharp plan that Dark Rey came to think of. Unite the North under one power. Their forces were slowly rising as the new darkness was orbiting around Eanor.

Though there was one more covert action taking place, as the Dark Enemy of the Unknown World -Delkor- was absent from the council meetings, Dark Rey's position rose. Although everyone knew that behind her was her master Delkor, lately, they talked about Dark Rey when they spoke about leadership. She was the one who would show up and inform them about any new plans, she would be the one who would organize attacks or techniques for more planets to join, and she was the one who was generous with diplomacy and politics.

That way, she became the North Uknown Regions' known ruler and promised them to join the whole galaxy under her name. Fame, Richness, new territory, armies, and worlds they have never seen were promised to them. But what the great secret that she offered them was freedom. Away to escape from the Unknown Regions and be able to travel towards the known galaxy. Her position was secured; Delkor was only called a ruler by name; the real Ruler of the council was Dark Rey. Rey Dark Palpatine as she was known among the council members.

The Last Order, as well as the First Order, had been defeated. Still, the galaxy has been slow to recover from their depredations, with powerful worlds chafing at the economic burdens and military restrictions put upon them by the nascent Galactic Alliance, once-powerful species seeking to rise again, newly prosperous worlds testing their influence, and long-buried secrets coming to light.

The result of all this faced a Galactic Alliance that had fallen away from its values, Luke and the Jedi Order hadn't been around for long, the Resistance was fewer in numbers, and while hostilities spread across the Core Worlds, lurking in the shadows was a Sith adept who wasted no time in taking advantage of the galactic chaos to wage a very personal way to grasps the leadership.

「Upcoming Chapter: Act Fifty-Five 」

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