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==The Reign of Princess Gabriella Storm: A Black Sun Rises==
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'''Black Sun''' existed in some form or another for centuries, possibly originating from remnants of the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Exchange Exchange]. It was infamous for its involvement in piracy and smuggling, although it was heavily involved in every known type of illegal activity. About four thousand years ago, it was known to have controlled a large district on [[Coruscant]], where Black Sun set up its headquarters. After the establishment of the [[Galactic Empire]], Black Sun was crippled and forced to leave Coruscant.
  
Although existing in more nebulous forms for hundreds of years, an organization recognizable as the current Black Sun was first mustered under the Dark Princess Gabriella Storm. Its business front opened to the galaxy on Year 0 Day 5 (CGT). Though ostensibly a reputable trading concern, the core of the group was to become one of the most feared social clubs in existence.
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==History==
  
According to accounts from the period the first Princess eventually grew bored with continuing success and faked her own death in order to escape the group (Year 0 Day 318). The existing pattern of loyalties, when confronted with the sudden departure of the Princess, created a rift in the organization. Many who were loyal to the Princess reasoned that where their leader went they must follow and so they departed. For the first time the leadership of the Sun was shaken and the organization set to tear itself apart.
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Around Year 0, Black Sun was headed by [[Gabriella Storm]] with a trading company as its front. From the start of the Galactic Civil War, Dark Princess Storm had a close working relationship with Zee Wolf, then the leader of the [[Rebel Alliance]], Storm was also a close associate of the upper echelons of the [[Galactic Empire]]; when the [[Imperial Core]] was formed (which later became part of the [[Dark Empire]]), Storm reportedly faked her own death so she could join, leaving Black Sun without a named heir.<ref name="Compedia - Gabriella Storm">[http://compedia.wikia.com/wiki/Gabriella_Storm Compedia - Gabriella Storm]</ref><ref name="History of Black Sun">[http://www.swc-bs.com/history.php History of Black Sun]</ref>
  
==The First Inter-regnum: The Reluctant Princes==
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Efforts to take over Black Sun led to one Dark Prince after another taking the "throne" and being overturned, until Qel Dar - who centralized the power within Black Sun - became the Dark Prince. It was during his reign that the [[Hapes Consortium|Hapan Pride Campaign]] (also known as the "Black Sun Crisis") took place.
  
Loyalty games are almost always devastating. They divide groups along the faults lines of who/what members are actually loyal to. Then come the other reasons; Those members who are ambitious or greedy are lured towards opportunities they see opening and those who are fickle are motivated just by the desire for a change. The damage is, generally, far worse than expected. Such times are treacherous and a leader is required to stabilize what is left. Dark Prince Blood was appointed in the interim and, though he never wanted the job, he did his best at a holding action until a new leader could emerge.
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The planned Tri-Star Alliance (involving the [[Hapes Consortium]], [[Falleen Federation]], and [[New Anzat Order]]) was cancelled following the assassination of the Hapan King Andrew. The Consortium moved away from the planned interstellarisation and also dropped all plans of aiding the [[Rebel Alliance]] in their conflict with the [[Galactic Empire]]. Black Sun, on the other hand, became more closely tied with the Falleen Federation; the leaders of both organizations part of the same Falleen clan. Along with the former Hapan governor of [[Lorell]], also from the Falleen clan, the three drafted plans to establish production facilities, service establishments and luxury housing along the north-eastern coast of the main continent. Their intent was to wrest control of the planet of Lorell from the Hapes Consortium.
  
After long deliberation among stakeholders in the high command a new Prince was chosen, Dark Prince Keevan Colton, who pushed towards stabilizing the high command and the organization as a whole. Again, the new leader was a reluctant Prince and quickly set about training a successor.
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After attempting a diplomatic solution to the issue, the Royal Hapan Navy were ordered to initiate a lockdown of the [[Lorell System]] and to blockade the planet. After evacuating innocent civilians from the warzones, the Navy proceeded with the operation to bombard the illegal construction sites from orbit.
  
==The Reign of Prince Qel Dar: The Falleen Connection==
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Black Sun disappeared from public eye shortly after the end of Hapan military operations on Lorell. Humiliated, Qel Dar abdicated within six months and Plojo Rosom became the new Dark Prince.<ref name="History of Black Sun" /><ref name="Hapan Pride Campaign">[http://library.hapes.org/index.php?title=Black_Sun_Crisis Hapan Pride Campaign]</ref>
  
This successor was Dark Prince Qel Dar. He propounded the philosophy that the Sun's power must become centralized and became known for military-level conflicts with the Hapes Consortium.
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Dark Prince Rosom set out to reconstruct Black Sun, dividing the corporation up and appointing Lords, each with the responsibility of conquering space. He also entered into agreements with mercenary factions, one such being the [[Shadow Walkers]]. Before abdicating, Rosom nationalized the Shadow Walkers and chose Xya Howie (formerly Tee ubo Tarkona, fiancée to the [[Emperor]] [[Uebles]] who left him to marry petty warlord Irv Howie - who she divorced within a year) as his successor. Her reign lasted only eight months, although she is known for having created the Black Market and for having formed an alliance of conglomerates, including [[SoroSuub Corporation]].  
  
The reasons for the dispute between Black Sun and the Hapan government are lost to time as no member involved still serves the Family today. What is known is that Prince Dar was a member of the Huruk-Rah clan and drew the Sun closer to the Falleen Federation. The Federation was, at that time, led by Tholin, a sentient with ties to the syndicate. Qel Dar also took as his protégé the galactic businessman Kosh Naranek who was former governor of Lorell. Together, they pushed construction on the planet in an effort to wrest control from Hapes (Year 3 Day 107, CGT), ultimately leading to a military intervention that foiled these plans.
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Her successor, Joseph Roscha, was so inept that after three months, Xya Howie was placed back on the throne. After an incident that presumably left Xya dead, the Regent Tara Tygler became a short-lived Dark Princess. Camaris sa Vinitta then took the throne and the organization sundered again, leaving Daa`iata Tnaysc to take over. Her reign also did not last long, and Adam A Flynn became the new leader of Black Sun.  
  
Despite his other works as Dark Prince, Qel Dar's plan to seize the planet Lorell was his most grandiose action and his failure there irrevocably marred his reign. He would abdicate within half a year after the conclusion of what the Hapans now call the "Black Sun Crisis".
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Because of the turbulence, by this point Black Sun had been stripped of all but its Kiffex holdings, the flagship ''Darkstar''-class battleship, and a fleet of Vipers. By the time SoroSuub merged with the [[Rebel Alliance]] to form the "New Republic", Black Sun was forgotten almost completely - or so it seemed.  
  
==The Reign of Prince Plojo Rosom: The Black Sun and those who Walked in its Shadow==
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The then-[[Chief of State]] of the "New Republic", Ingo R. Vailis, was heavily involved in Black Sun, and worked with Flynn to work up plans to sell Black Sun to [[Teniel Djo]], a promising candidate as the new leader of organized crime in the galaxy. Details of the deal were leaked to the public, and Vailis was impeached. Vailis sent orders to Black Sun agents within the "New Republic" to kill several highly-placed leaders and to secure the transfer of large amounts of military technology and credits into Black Sun.
  
Naranek, the expected successor, had disappeared from the galactic stage when Dark Prince Dar stepped down and so the task of rebuilding passed to Plojo Rosom (ascended to the throne Year 4 Day 61). Dark Prince Rosom set out to reconstruct Black Sun, dividing the corporation up and appointing Lords, each with the responsibility of conquering volumes of space. Each of these taskforces would be a microcosm of the way Black Sun itself had been run in the past and the Family grew to its largest point since its inception under Dark Princess Storm. Freed from the day-to-day management of territory and assets the Prince could take on larger issues and those of personal interest. Dark Prince Rosom married Avalon Larkin on Year 4 Day 159.
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This jump-started the return of Black Sun, which set up its headquarters on [[Thyferra]] and began to reconstruct. In Year 9, Black Sun abandoned the façade of a legitimate trading company - mainly as it had already lost any credibility it may have had.  
  
Realizing the Sun's need for military muscle, Rosom contracted mercenary groups among these was Irv Howie, a petty warlord based in the Jospro sector. This mercenary's relationship with Tee ubo Tarkona (then fiancé to the Emperor Uebles) drew him into conflict with the Galactic Empire. Tee fled Imperial space aboard her YV-666 the "Leap of Faith" to join with Howie's fleet just outside the Sullust system, it was here she changed her name and appearance to avoid pursuit. Tee became Xyanax Jasper and then Xya Howie after the pair married and combined their resources into a new group, the Shadow Walkers, which was hidden from those who were not members.
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==Government and politics==
  
Using her connections in the Empire she lured a Victory-class Star Destroyer the flagship of 2IF "Dauntless" to the Sullust system. Here they were ambushed by elements of Warlord Howie's fleet, notably the Carrack-class light cruiser "ISS Golgotha" which was loaded with troops, ready to storm the Destroyer. After a fierce battle the ship was captured and renamed the "ISS Chosen" to serve as flagship of Howie's fleet. Disputes between Xya and Irv caused the marriage to decay. Xya took those Shadow Walkers loyal to her into the service of Black Sun, while Howie returned his fleet to mercenary work.
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The Shadow Walkers were initially employed by Dark Prince Rosom as an external group to remove Family members who broke their pact with the Sun. Incorporating Xya and Tara Tylger into Black Sun caused diplomatic strife with the Empire - the Emperor hated the pair, for personal reasons and for their involvement with a group which stole a Star Destroyer and murdered its crew. Hostility led to war and Black Sun found itself at war with a large government once again. After a small altercation on Tatoonie, Black Sun rose to meet the new challenge. Ultimately, neither faction could claim to have won the conflict and, after diplomatic success, it was downgraded to a state of mutual animosity.
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Xya was still tasked with reporting and eliminating Family members who betrayed Plojo and her personal records suggest that as Plojo grew more paranoid she grew to hate the work. Prince Rosom finally merged the Shadow Walkers into the mainstream of Black Sun and left, appointing her the Dark Princess.
 
 
 
==The Reign of Princess Xya Howie: Conglomeration, Conglomeration, Conglomeration==
 
 
 
The agenda of Dark Princess Xya was to push omniscience through connections with factions and to push illegal money making with the creation of the Black Market. Her initial reign lasted just over eight months.
 
 
 
The Black Market was set up to sell rare and expensive technology anonymously through Black Sun as an intermediary. Silent auctions meant that pirates could flog their stolen goods to upstanding citizens without anyone stopping to pick up moral scruples. The two principal sources of military goods for the Black Market were Emperor Uebles (who was faced with the prospect of either, working with BS, or continuing hostilities with them) and Irv Howie (who maintained volatile relations with the Princess and her organization).
 
 
 
At the same time Black Sun formed an alliance of conglomerates. Wealthy through initiatives like the Black Market and capitol created during Prince Rosom's reign, Black Sun could afford to tempt new, expanding groups with offers of support. No less than three budding conglomerates considered themselves a part of the organization at this point. Xya pushed for this in order to fulfill the goal of Black Sun:
 
 
 
''Being everywhere and knowing everything at any given time.''
 
- Princess Xya Howie, Kiffex Palace, Year 5 Day 160.
 
 
 
The fourth, and final group involved was to be SoroSuub. Irv had funneled his personal wealth into the creation of the SoroSuub Conglomerate along with his new business partner Adam A Flynn. Together they were pushing forward what would become the largest, richest group of businesses the galaxy had seen. The SoroSuub shipbuilding company was a gift to the pair from Black Sun so, from the start, they were indebted to the organization. SoroSuub began its golden age around Year 5 Day 181 (CGT) and by this point it was very loosely interwoven into the Sun.
 
 
 
==The Second Inter-regnum: The Mistakes of Our Past==
 
 
 
When Princess Xya Howie stepped down her loyal Regent Joseph Roscha was appointed Dark Prince. His reign was short, only three months, before continued disagreements with the former Princess prompted a turn of events that saw him expelled from the group and Dark Princess Xya's return to the throne.
 
 
 
While Count Irv Howie of SoroSuub Conglomerate and Dark Princess Xya Howie of Black Sun were aboard the YV-666 "Leap of Faith" the ship suffered catastrophic damage. The central computer on the ship was fried and provides no clues to this day what became of the pair but they are still missing, presumed dead.
 
 
 
The Regent Tara Tylger stepped into the breach as the new Dark Princess but this was short lived. Princess Tylger's reign ended when she rampaged through the palace on Kiffex, leaving many dead.
 
 
 
Regime changes are never a good thing for a group and it is readily apparent that Black Sun was, by this point, in crisis. Camaris sa Vinitta took the throne and the organization was sundered again. Predicting this eventuality a successor had been trained in secret and now stepped in to restore control to the fractured group, Dark Princess Daa`iata Tnaysc.
 
 
 
During this period SoroSuub Conglomerate had pushed forward the creation of a massive city-world on Galalryn and eventually became the leading Galactic Government, replacing the Galactic Empire. Count Ingo R. Vailis made a famous speech to the Galactic News Service, outlining his political views and pushing SoroSuub towards the Rebel Alliance and, eventually, the New Republic.
 
 
 
Meanwhile, Count Adam A Flynn was heavily involved with Black Sun, supporting Princess Tnaysc's efforts to rebuild. Her reign did not last long and she handed control over to Prince Flynn. In such a short period Black Sun had undergone tremendous political turbulence. SoroSuub was willing to contribute massive amounts of credits to sustain the syndicate but to no avail. Rivalry among the remaining Family members made their position untenable and Black Sun was gutted. The group was held as part of the SoroSuub Conglomerate, stripped of all but its Kiffex holdings, the flagship Darkstar-class battleship and a fleet of vipers. Prince Flynn and Count Vailis debated its future at length but neither could afford to divert time from the furtherance of SoroSuub to repair the damage done to the Sun. It looked like the end.
 
 
 
==The Reign of Prince Flynn: Illegitimate Government==
 
 
 
As events came to a head and SoroSuub merged with the Rebel Alliance to form the New Republic, Black Sun was forgotten almost completely. Prince Flynn and Count Vailis had never been able to answer the question of how to restore the group and so it languished, neglected.
 
 
 
The New Republic outlined plans to transform Black Sun into Republic Trading. Severing the group from its criminal past and setting it on the course for a legitimate future as a trade consortium. Flynn and Vailis proposed a deal to sell the group to Teniel Djo with the hopes that a pirate could become a solid candidate as the new leader of organized crime in the galaxy. The idea of selling to a pirate sickened the moral majority in the New Republic. The Chief of State and leader of the Republic, Ingo R. Vailis, unable to reconcile his past and current identities or achieve his goals within the framework of the Republic, pushed on the deal. A last, desperate ploy to float something of the heritage which he felt a part of, rather than see it sink.
 
 
 
The member body of the republic rallied against what they saw as unethical behaviour and, on Year 8 Day 310, they passed a vote of no confidence in Chief of State Vailis. Ingo secreted himself on Sulon and there he met with Adam A Flynn, Beauba Fettt and other key individuals to plan their response. It was time to correct the mistakes made with the Sun.
 
 
 
On Year 8 Day 338 Chief of State Vailis began sending orders to Black Sun agents in the New Republic. He ordered the deaths of several key political opponents and the transfer of massive amounts of military technology and credits into Black Sun. He and Adam A Flynn worked closely together over this period and, by Year 8 Day 350, Dark Prince Flynn had ascended to the mantle of Black Sun, this time with the full intentions of restoring the crime syndicate to its former infamy.
 
 
 
== State of Play: Black Prince takes White Castle ==
 
 
 
The first actions were to pull Black Sun's new warfleets back to Thyferra (a planet taken from the Republic) and begin organizing centralized military muscle on a massive scale while their leaders take time to plot the future course of the syndicate. Shortly after this point Black Sun begins pushing to reconstruct itself on all fronts.
 
 
 
Year 9 Day 30, Black Sun takes the decision to become a government in its own right, abandoning the facade of legitimate trade concern which has long since lost any credibility among the wider galactic population. Work begins rebuilding the famous Library of Black Sun as a central repository of all information in the galaxy, public and illicit. Plans for the development of Kiffex are unveiled with a view to creating a suitable capitol world out its current barren and neglected state.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Black Sun
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Political information
Type of government Crime syndicate/ Monarchy
Founding document
Constitution
Head of State Dark Prince Corvis Orion
Head of Government Prince Regent Owen von Ismay
Commander-in-Chief Dark Prince Corvis Orion
Executive branch Family Council
Legislative branch Family Council
Judicial branch Family Council
Societal information
Territory Polith System

Tarogoth System

Capital Polith System
Official language Galactic Basic
Currency
State religious body
National holiday
Historical information
Formed from Exchange (possibly)
Date of establishment Year 0 Day 5

Black Sun existed in some form or another for centuries, possibly originating from remnants of the Exchange. It was infamous for its involvement in piracy and smuggling, although it was heavily involved in every known type of illegal activity. About four thousand years ago, it was known to have controlled a large district on Coruscant, where Black Sun set up its headquarters. After the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Black Sun was crippled and forced to leave Coruscant.

History

Around Year 0, Black Sun was headed by Gabriella Storm with a trading company as its front. From the start of the Galactic Civil War, Dark Princess Storm had a close working relationship with Zee Wolf, then the leader of the Rebel Alliance, Storm was also a close associate of the upper echelons of the Galactic Empire; when the Imperial Core was formed (which later became part of the Dark Empire), Storm reportedly faked her own death so she could join, leaving Black Sun without a named heir.[1][2]

Efforts to take over Black Sun led to one Dark Prince after another taking the "throne" and being overturned, until Qel Dar - who centralized the power within Black Sun - became the Dark Prince. It was during his reign that the Hapan Pride Campaign (also known as the "Black Sun Crisis") took place.

The planned Tri-Star Alliance (involving the Hapes Consortium, Falleen Federation, and New Anzat Order) was cancelled following the assassination of the Hapan King Andrew. The Consortium moved away from the planned interstellarisation and also dropped all plans of aiding the Rebel Alliance in their conflict with the Galactic Empire. Black Sun, on the other hand, became more closely tied with the Falleen Federation; the leaders of both organizations part of the same Falleen clan. Along with the former Hapan governor of Lorell, also from the Falleen clan, the three drafted plans to establish production facilities, service establishments and luxury housing along the north-eastern coast of the main continent. Their intent was to wrest control of the planet of Lorell from the Hapes Consortium.

After attempting a diplomatic solution to the issue, the Royal Hapan Navy were ordered to initiate a lockdown of the Lorell System and to blockade the planet. After evacuating innocent civilians from the warzones, the Navy proceeded with the operation to bombard the illegal construction sites from orbit.

Black Sun disappeared from public eye shortly after the end of Hapan military operations on Lorell. Humiliated, Qel Dar abdicated within six months and Plojo Rosom became the new Dark Prince.[2][3]

Dark Prince Rosom set out to reconstruct Black Sun, dividing the corporation up and appointing Lords, each with the responsibility of conquering space. He also entered into agreements with mercenary factions, one such being the Shadow Walkers. Before abdicating, Rosom nationalized the Shadow Walkers and chose Xya Howie (formerly Tee ubo Tarkona, fiancée to the Emperor Uebles who left him to marry petty warlord Irv Howie - who she divorced within a year) as his successor. Her reign lasted only eight months, although she is known for having created the Black Market and for having formed an alliance of conglomerates, including SoroSuub Corporation.

Her successor, Joseph Roscha, was so inept that after three months, Xya Howie was placed back on the throne. After an incident that presumably left Xya dead, the Regent Tara Tygler became a short-lived Dark Princess. Camaris sa Vinitta then took the throne and the organization sundered again, leaving Daa`iata Tnaysc to take over. Her reign also did not last long, and Adam A Flynn became the new leader of Black Sun.

Because of the turbulence, by this point Black Sun had been stripped of all but its Kiffex holdings, the flagship Darkstar-class battleship, and a fleet of Vipers. By the time SoroSuub merged with the Rebel Alliance to form the "New Republic", Black Sun was forgotten almost completely - or so it seemed.

The then-Chief of State of the "New Republic", Ingo R. Vailis, was heavily involved in Black Sun, and worked with Flynn to work up plans to sell Black Sun to Teniel Djo, a promising candidate as the new leader of organized crime in the galaxy. Details of the deal were leaked to the public, and Vailis was impeached. Vailis sent orders to Black Sun agents within the "New Republic" to kill several highly-placed leaders and to secure the transfer of large amounts of military technology and credits into Black Sun.

This jump-started the return of Black Sun, which set up its headquarters on Thyferra and began to reconstruct. In Year 9, Black Sun abandoned the façade of a legitimate trading company - mainly as it had already lost any credibility it may have had.

Government and politics

Notes

  1. Compedia - Gabriella Storm
  2. 2.0 2.1 History of Black Sun
  3. Hapan Pride Campaign