Tion Hegemony
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Known as the Ancient and Honorable Union of the Tion Hegemony, the Hegemony is a collection of 27 star systems in the fictional Star Wars galaxy and the most powerful state in the Tion Cluster. It is one of the oldest and most ancient human civilizations in the galaxy, and was the domain of the pre-Republic tyrant Xim the Despot.
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[edit] Origins
Sometime between c.28,000 - 25,500 BBY, an off-course 'sleeper ship' from the Core Worlds deposited its human passengers within future Tion space. The human settlers eventually built hyperdrives (somehow fusing Rakatan technology with fixed hyperspace beacons), forming a 'lighthouse' system that allowed for safe FTL travel - as long as one stayed within the network.
Without any knowledge of the Perlemian hyperlane the humans had no means of contacting human worlds in the Core. The Tionese did eventually encounter the Hutts, whose economic 'empire' was a dominant force in the pre-Republican galaxy.
[edit] Xim the Despot
About 150 years before the formation of the Republic (25,150 BBY), Xim the Despot's father, himself a pirate, carved out the Kingdom of Cron, presumably from the Livien League which had previously controlled the Hegemony. Xim, the tyrannical 'pirate prince', vastly expanded the Tion's borders between 25,130 and 25,100 BBY, through raiding planets and appointing governors to manage the newly conquered worlds. Among his conquests, in addition to all of the Tion Cluster, was the present-day Corporate Sector. Uncountable treasures were plundered and housed in a voluminous facility on Dellalt, while atrocities such as mass 'spacings' were common.
Xim's decline began 25,105 BBY when the Hutts demolished one of his fleets at Vontor. Five years later, at the Third Battle of Vontor, Xim's war droids were crushed by Kossak the Hutt and his allied/slave conscripts. Xim's ultimate fate (killed in battle or death in Kossak's dungeons) is disputed, but the Tion Cluster split into competing states following his passing.
[edit] The Tion and the Republic
As the Republic's explorers mapped out the Perlemian Trade Route, communications between the Tionese and their ancestral homeworld(s) were reestablished. Relations between the Republic and the Tion soured swiftly, and the Force-users of Ossus became a bulwark against the declining Tionese and Hutts, preventing the Perlemian from becoming an invasion highway.
War erupted between the Tion and the Republic approximately 24,000 BBY, and Republican/Tionese armadas raged up and down the Perlemian hyperlane, raining pressure bombs on their respective capitals of Coruscant and Desevro. The Republic emerged victorious when its agents stirred the Hutts against their old enemies in the Tion, and within a century most of the Tion Cluster had joined the Republic.
As the Republic grew and the Tion Hegemony was increasingly marginalised, the sector saw a decline in its fortunes. However the Hegemony remained the breadbasket of the Tion, providing foodstuffs for all three of the Tion's sectors. Both the Empire and the Yuuzhan Vong seem to have left it alone during the turmoil that followed the Republic's downfall (19 BBY - 30 ABY).
[edit] Worlds of the Tion Hegemony
- Brigia
A poor planet. The university of Rudrig has been providing guidance and aid to Brigga's development and modernization initiative.
- Daluuj
A miserable, backwater Republic training outpost. The weather is constantly a storm, making visibility minimal and sensors almost useless.
- Dellalt
Possibly the capital of Xim's empire, this planet housed the famous vaults where the tyrant's treasure was supposedly stored. Now a destitute ruin.
- Desevro
Capital of the Tion Hegemony c.24,000 BBY. Bombed by Republican warships during the Tion-Republic war. Subsequent fate unknown.
- Kabal
A backwater world. Near a white dwarf star, surrounded by hundreds of derelict ships, held in place by the strong gravity.
- Rudrig
Education, science, research, space docks; technologically the more advanced of the Tion Hegemony worlds, it has become something of a tourist site.
- Saheelindeel
Saheelindeel is a backwater world inhabited by intelligent, green-furred primates. The high festival on Saheelindeel is a time for tribal hunting rituals and harvest ceremonies, and has recently begun to incorporate farm machinery exhibits, shock-ball matches, and airshows in an attempt to become more technologically sophisticated. The Saheelindeeli, led by a matriarch, have an affinity for grandiose actions.
Forest, cold, mining
- Vontor
The site of the Third Battle of Vontor, the final defeat of the historical tyrant Xim the Despot. During this battle, Xim's orbital fortress and nearly all of his war-robots were vaporized.
[edit] References
- Han Solo and the Lost Legacy, Brian Daley, Del Rey Books, 1980. ISBN 0-345-37980-2
- Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology, Daniel Wallace, Del Rey Books, 2005. ISBN 0-345-49053-3
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Rudrig is the site of the University of Rudrig, which uses the entire planet in one form or another. It is the only advanced center of learning in the Tion Hegemony, but has attempted to create branch schools elsewhere in the Tion, such as Brigia. (Source: Han Solo and the Lost Legacy, Brian Daley, Del Rey Books, 1980. ISBN 0-345-37980-2)
