D’STAAN’S BETRAYAL ERA The era of
harsh reality for the burgeoning new underworld alliances in Setnin. Propelled by Dessio D’Staan’s betrayal,
Glann Cipple begins a concerted push for power, at the expense of Duze
Jostenn… Seventeen years before
Battle of Yavin DESSIO D'STAAN'S BETRAYAL -
Dessio D’Staan
double-crosses the group, taking Jeriah and one day-old Armella into the
Core. The rest of the Happy
Contrivers never meet him face to face again. -
As a consequence of
D’Staan’s disappearance the runs from the Setnin Sector into the Core Worlds swiftly
collapse. -
Glann Cipple and Dessio D’Staan speak one final time
through a hyperspace communication channel. -
Twelve-year-old Jan Lomona and his Trandoshan friend Treesk finish building their hot-rod Swoop
and enter it in a local prairie race.
They finish in an impressive third position. -
Glann Cipple and Dressel sell out a Jedi family hiding
in the old town of Veshat on Trefnare, the family of the future mercenary
Luschia Arkensaw, to the Empire for a million credits. -
In the process Cipple comes into possession
of a Spaarti Cloning Cylinder, a piece of equipment used for cloning. Cipple neglects to tell his partners of
the discovery. APPARENT DEATH OF RIGER
-
Riger is apparently
killed one night later after Dressel pushes him off a cliff in Old Veshat
Town on Trefnare, explaining the incident as an accident and publicly
mourning Rigers death. -
Glann Cipple learns of
the existence of the information chip that Riger acquired which contained
information about the runs to the Core Worlds. Confronting Dressel about it, Dressel denies any knowledge of
such a chip. -
After the death of her
family at Imperial hands Luschia Arkensaw is adopted by another family,
raised as their own and doesn’t learn of her true heritage until much later. -
Upon arrival on Amagad,
Anzai Karoo takes a forty thousand credit cut of the one million credit
Imperial reward, buys the Cannon Angel, takes N1K, the droid from the Happy
Contriver who secretly hold the Riger information chip, and leaves the
system. QUEED ACCEPTS HIS FIRST BOUNTY -
Queed acquires his
starship the Afterburner and apprehends an errant law enforcer on the planet
Escall, pocketing a tidy sum. His
name and reputation are swiftly noticed by interested parties. -
Angered by her
husband’s neglect of his family for the last five years, Fuida Galgen and her
nine-year-old son Skeet revert back to her maiden name of Jonas and flee from
Coruscant, travelling to Tatooine. -
Feeling betrayed by his
wife’s disappearance, Galgen hires the bounty hunter Queed to track them down
and bring them back alive. CIPPLE AND DRESSEL BEGIN EMNITY
-
Dressel and Glann Cipple have a major falling out
after arguing, among other things, about the Riger information chip. They
part acrimoniously. -
Queed finds Fuida and Skeet Jonas on Tatooine in the city of Mos Banely. Queed
accidentally kills Fuida but decides to leave nine-year-old Skeet on
Tatooine, away from the attentions of Galgen. Galgen is unaware of this development. -
Jan Lomona and Treesk enter their second
race and finish in fifth position. -
Emag Retsam falls deeply
in love with Komag the Hutt's Twi'lek slave dancer Yona. -
Dressel hires his first group of employees, among
them a young operator called Ensonn.
Working out of a mobile base, they quickly begin to make ground as a
potent smuggling concern. -
Queed contacts Galgen and tells him of his failure
to locate Fuida and Skeet. 17-BBY – Death of Yona -
Pod Racing is banned in
Raca City on Junduk IV in the Ki-Ki Sector after Yona's death in the final
race of the season – and the subsequent death of two hundred spectators in
the riot that ensued. Devastated by Yona’s death and believing the sport to
be too dangerous and likely to incite future crowd troubles, track owner and
Governor Emag Retsam bans it from future meets and concentrates on speeder
and swoop races. DUZE JOSTENN AND GLANN CIPPLE ENTER
PARTNERSHIP -
Duze Jostenn agrees to
a partnership proposed by Glann Cipple, an agreement that initially seems
mutually beneficial to both sides. -
Honaro Desiato arrives on A-desando to help promote the
Young A-Desando Prairie Swoop Championships. 17-BBY – Swoop Dreams -
Honaro Desiato is sacked from the Assalam Astronautics
swoop racing team while promoting his next race on the Setnin world of
Hammill. DRESSEL BANISHES ENSONN
-
Dressel is forced to sack Ensonn, one
of his very first hiring’s after learning that he has been skimming profits
and cooking the books. He has him
sent to the Outer Rim world of Actua Dua as punishment, partly to make an
example out of him but also to keep an eye on him and possibly use him at a
later time. -
Honaro Desiato competes
in his first race for the Derrelex Swoop Racing team in a track meet in Raca
City on Junduk IV. He finishes in a
reasonable fourth position. -
Unbeknownst to Duze
Jostenn, Glann Cipple acquires the services of a massive army of traders who
will, when summoned, enter Setnin and assist in his efforts to take control
from Duze Jostenn. -
Duze Jostenn uses Glann Cipple and his contacts to
annex the operation of Geon Tasar. 17-BBY - Extinction Point DEATH OF DUZE JOSTENN -
Glann Cipple makes
Amagad his permanent base of operations, letting other locations including
Duze Jostenn’s headquarters on Yotil drop away. -
Angered by his banishment, Ensonn
determines to make Dressels life in the Outer Rim difficult and begins to
find ways to hamper his operations. -
Imperial agents who
remained on Trefnare after slaying the Arkensaw Jedi family make discoveries
about the genetic properties of the native Trefnarians and send their
findings back to Coruscant. Sixteen years before Battle of Yavin -
Ocern Gabe, a respected
smuggler throughout the Setnin Sector and once Duze Jostenn’s main smuggler
agrees to run for Glann Cipple. -
Melm, after learning
much about the Ferrerean warrior culture on their homeworld, is hunted down
by Blackwing Mercenaries hired by the Ferrereans for the crime of stealing
that sacred knowledge. -
Hijjin Lomona leaves the A-desandian Security Services
and joins the Imperial Naval Academy making his father, an officer in the
Imperial Army, supremely proud. -
Now a man with a sizable
following, Ensonn manages to scupper Dressels in-roads to the Outer Rim by
bandying his name about in a negative manner and distracting potential
clients. -
Melm is arrested by the
Empire on the planet Zelon and sentenced to imprisonment. 16-BBY - Dishonourable Intentions -
Melm comes to work for
Glann Cipple after Cipple saves his life.
Glann immediately sends Melm to Ferrerea for intense training. -
Melm, after observing
the correct protocols of atonement, starts
a Shadow Warrior Academy on Ferrerea.
Fifteen years before
Battle of Yavin -
Naaven Torr
double-crosses Glann Cipple by
selling information to the Empire and dies painfully aboard the then derelict
Euphoria Space Station in orbit above Chinyard – torn to pieces by a pack of
starved Sraw Rats. Broadcast live to
certain establishments, this served as a graphic illustration of what could
be expected for cheating Glann Cipple.
Soon the phrase `Naaven’ passed into popular vernacular as a name for
a spy or a traitor. GARRIS TARAINNEW AGREES TO HELP CIPPLE
-
In order to facilitate his forthcoming
election race, Glann Cipple enlists the assistance of Garris Tarainnew, head of the Amagadian Chamber of Justice
and a well-respected public figure.
Initially resistant, the lure of promised wealth and influence is too
much for Tarainnew to resist and he agrees. GLANN CIPPLE ASSUMES GOVERNORSHIP OF
AMAGAD CITY -
Realising the need for a legitimate face to his
underworld operations, Glann
Cipple opts to run for the governorship of Amagad City. With resident
Imperial Admiral Kriner on his payroll he soon streaks ahead in the election
race against an actor named Ansonn that he has employed to play the part of
his main opponent. Cipple wins the
governorship of Amagad City. He
graciously accepts the position, one he will not relinquish for over two
decades. DRESSEL ARRIVES ON CAWBATE -
Dressel arrives on
Cawbate and makes it his permanent base. -
Moff Dacartchen is
invested as Grand Moff of the Setnin Sector.
Promising a hard-line attitude, it isn’t long before Dacartchen is
actively seeking out confrontations for his troops to deal with. 15-BBY – Journal
of a Dead Man TRALAT DURGE TAKES RUUTHORNE AS HIS OWN
-
Pirate King Tralat Durge swoops in and claims the barren and remote
Setnin world of Ruuthorne as his new base, eager to utilise its good location
for trade routes and passenger liners.
His pirates subjugate the population of the largest city on the planet
and use them as slave labour. -
Dressel sends agents to Actua Dua to track down and
discipline Ensonn, but they are unable to locate him on the eleven billion
strong populated world. -
Opposing Janite forces clash, with the island of
Oronori as the prize. Redd Garmich,
Janos Executioner, is present. 15-BBY – War Children -
Anzai Karoo crashes on
Janos, destroying a holy temple and almost destroying his droid N1K in the
process, resulting in a totally new body casing for the old droid. JANOS HOLY WAR - Enraged by Anzai Karoo's act of blasphemy, Janos declares a Holy War on the Setnin Sector. -
Geon Tasar, already a
respected operator within the Setnin Sector, accepts the offer of becoming
Dressel’s Operations Manager two years after his own operations were annexed
by Duze Jostenn and eventually merged into Cipple's new operation. JANOS
INVASION OF CHINNGARD
-
Janos Executioners continue their Holy Crusade with the
invasion of the feudal world of Chinngard. -
Bacca inherits the
uninhabited Abeote System as a coming of age gift. Not knowing what to do with it he places it directly into his
will. -
Jan Lomona finally
amasses enough credits from prairie racing to acquire his first starship, the
Trooper. Fourteen years before Battle of Yavin BIRTH OF WEALE GALLETTI -
Weale Galletti is born
into the Galletti family on Trefnare. -
Honaro Desiato arrives on Inianjon to prepare for his
upcoming swoop race. 14-BBY – Bacta Reality IMPERIAL INVASION OF TREFNARE
-
On the order of Grand
Moff Dacartchen, the Empire invades Trefnare, intent upon taking the populace
for cloning. Trefnarian DNA being
pure and unsullied by crossbreeding they are seen as perfect genetic material
for cloning Stormtroopers. -
Eighteen-year old Petrol Merritch leaves his homeworld of
Cawbate and embarks on a career in smuggling. Thirteen years before Battle of Yavin THE GALLETTI FAMILY EVACUATE TREFNARE -
The Galletti family take their chance and
flee Trefnare in two starships - the ship carrying the Galletti’s Mother
Gres, Father Drate and baby Weale is apparently destroyed after smashing into
an asteroid. -
The Galletti brothers – Hindley, Boah, Goah and Brush begin a nomadic existence aboard Hindley’s ship the Shadow of the Phoenix. Determined to keep the family together,
Hindley takes smuggling jobs to make ends meet. -
Petrol Merritch begins working for Jomobol Pocock, running
the small, low profit lanes. He
quickly gains a good reputation. COMPLETION OF CHANCAI LEVEL TWENTY-SEVEN
-
Level twenty-seven of
the Chancai Trade Centre is completed with the massive turbines being lifted,
the new level slid into place and the turbines replaced. One of the largest feats of civil
engineering seen in the sector, the Trade Guilds finally gains permission to
clear the forest and begin their construction of Fringe-Mall. JAN LOMONA LEAVES A-DESANDO
-
A few short months after acquiring his starship, sixteen-year
old Jan Lomona leaves his
homeworld of A-desando with the family droids Aurran and Troopie in the
Trooper and heads towards Chancai to make his fortune. -
Jan Lomona’s droid Aurran briefly
works for the Chancai-based ganglord Wessen on Zelon. -
Torona Formoon, a man born in the Setnin Sector but working
on the Outer Rim, becomes one of Jabba the Hutts many Mid-Rim lieutenants. -
Den Treece is posted to
the planet Mantin VII to oversee the garrison there. He oversees the early
design stages of what will eventually evolve into the Revenger Super Star
Destroyer. -
Galgen is promoted to
the position of Governor of Junduk IV in the Ki-Ki Sector. -
Willing to impress and
undercut his rivals Lomona is soon running for Jomobol Pocock, charging half
the usual fee. Pocock is impressed
and offers Lomona more work. -
The mechanic Romanoe does his first work for Jan Lomona,
installing an array of security measures aboard the Trooper. -
Belarra, a small-time
operator running out of Chancai offers Jan Lomona a multitude of jobs
including regular runs to Gista. 13-BBY - Primary Function -
Jan Lomona and Bacca meet on Chancai and soon the two strike up a strong friendship. -
Boah Galletti leaves his brothers behind and begins his
own career as a con merchant and smuggler. -
Lord Tarr Ranth falls
ill, but neglects to inform his son Tarrion Randelle, the man later to be
known as the bounty hunter Tarr Ranth. TREECE INVESTED AS IMPERIAL GOVERNOR OF
CHANCAI -
Den Treece is promoted
and takes up the office of Governor of Zelon, based in Chancai. His first order of business is to help
persuade Janos to call off its war with the sector, and in doing so promises
to bring Anzai Karoo to justice for the blasphemous act of destroying a Janos
Holy temple. CESSATION OF JANOS HOLY WAR -
Culdinatia the Third
agrees to Governor Treece's proposition and ends the two-year Holy War on the
Setnin Sector. -
Realising that his ship
the Trooper, a freighter little weightier than a shuttle, is not large or
powerful enough to continue working with, Jan Lomona trades it in for a
Desando Dynamics Stock Light Freighter, the Crusader. -
After impressing
various Setnin operators Lomona is spotted by one of Jabba the Hutt’s Mid-Rim
lieutenants, Torona Formoon. JAN LOMONA'S FIRST RUN FOR JABBA THE HUTT -
Jan Lomona completes a simple run from Tatooine to
Geonosis, thus starting a long and profitable relationship with the Hutt
gangster. -
Yaboko, chief of the
native Niekon tribe who dwell in the Mutumbarr forest surrounding Chancai,
spurs his people onto active rebellion when construction workers move in on
their territory to clear them from their homes. -
Returning to Setnin,
Jan is spotted in the Fallast Corridor by Glann Cipples agent Zoz
Eldenn. JAN LOMONA'S FIRST RUN FOR GLANN CIPPLE -
Soon after his first run for Jabba the Hutt he completes a similar mission
for Cipple, running through the Quarshannel Sector en route to a secret
location. Jan completes the job
swiftly, impressing Cipple. -
Research teams on
Coruscant find that the DNA taken from Trefnarian inhabitants could possibly
be augmented into something much more useful. Under orders from the Emperor they are given permission for
tests to begin. -
Whilst running for
Glann Cipple Jan Lomona is captured by local authorities on Varoone and
imprisoned in a cell with an aged inmate.
The man unlocks Jan’s limited ability with the force, a trait within
the A-desandian handed down through the generations by a Jedi Knight in Jan’s
family line. Unknown to Lomona the
man is Arcc Nedeen, millennia old member of the long-lived Bedois race. -
Arroth Quenn departs
from Amagad to find work elsewhere in the Setnin Sector. -
Jeriah D’Staan leaves Dessio and their daughter
Armella. Tired of the constant
arguments she sneaks out in the middle of the night and leaves Abrogard,
never to be seen again. TREFNARIAN STORMTROOPER PROJECT BEGUN -
The Trefnarian
Stormtrooper Project is begun by order of the Emperor under the
command of Grand Moff Dacartchen. The
project is given the task of gradually populating the Setnin Sector with
genetically enhanced cloned Trefnarian Stormtroopers. Research shows that Trefnarian DNA
responds well to cloning and augments, with the correct cocktail of drugs,
the subject’s natural abilities. FIRST GANG WAR -
Glann Cipple
successfully sees off a consortium of gangsters who seek to overthrow his
operations on Amagad. -
Jan Lomona leaves his
droid Aurran with Romanoe for safekeeping during the
first Gang War. -
After the conclusion of
the first Gang War Cipple learns that Aurran briefly served Wessen, a rival
gang leader a year before and had amassed a sizeable amount of
information. Cipple orders the droid
stripped to the wires and the information retrieved. -
Due to the technical know how of Romanoe Aurran is saved from being junked, and the information is safely removed. Unwilling to betray the trust of his
former employee Wessen, Jan tampers with the information, making it largely
useless. -
Jezzren is hired as
Glann Cipples secretary. |