Maim once more returned to his seat within the center of the meditation chamber. A dark black shroud surrounding him, he called upon the power of the Dark Force to scour the lands clean of infestation. His mind reached out beyond him.. meters, kilometers, parsecs...

Soon he was convinced that they had, indeed, made a clean take-over of the planet Vjun. The way was paved for the New Order, and for his own.. Bast Castle was, at last, his.. Soon all places of Dark Power would be under his control.. but for the time being, he was forced to take things a step at a time.

Soon more planets would fall to his control. Yes, and to the control of the New Order. Together - the Sith and the Empire - they would control all.

Deep within the bowels of Imperial space… the message was received.

Even this simple comm. communiqué was imbued with the darkness within the sender’s heart, the evil incarnate…


A small Imperial task force was deployed immediately.


In time, fortifications were established on the planet of Vjun, encampments were set up, command stations were constructed, eventually, even shipyards would be built…

But on the planet… no Imperials went within 500 kilometers of Bast Castle and the evil that emanated from it. The Noghri were also left alone.


In this fashion, the world of Vjun was jointly controlled by the Sith and the Empire. Just as would be the entire galaxy, in time…