Waymancy Storm The Waymancy Storm was a conflict that occurred in 7811 BBY when the Galactic Republic came into contact with the Waymancy Hollow , the government of the planet Waymancy . The Waymancy ships were equipped with energy weapons that were far more powerful and faster than any the Republic had access to , as they utilized incredibly efficient power generators designed by the group known as the Sisters of the Machinesmith , and the Waymancy warships easily destroyed the Republic ships . Despite heavily outnumbering the Waymancy forces , the Republic only achieved victory after it successfully reverse - engineered the Sif - Alulan process used to create Waymancy weapons and developed its own pulse - wave weaponry . Prelude . The Signatories of Waymancy Hollow were utterly opposed to the Republic ' s expansion into what became the Inner Rim and the Expansion Region of the galaxy , known to colonists as the Northern Dependencies . A diverse group , some of the Signatories were religious fanatics while some believed in territorial cleansing . Others , such as the Sisters of the Machinesmith , believed in nothing beyond the cold logic of machinery . Associated with Waymancy Hollow were the mercenary army of Whirl - Point - Six , the armada of the Wives of Tingrippa , the nests of Neshtab , and the planets Muzara and Doshan . Having studied Republic technology in isolation within the Waymancy Hollow for a thousand years , the Sisters of the Machinesmith had improved on nearly every single design , creating pulse - wave blaster s far more powerful and with greater rates of fire than anything in the Republic ' s arsenal , battleships that were faster and with greater endurance , and deflector shields capable of defeating attack by any Republic weapon . The war . First contact between the Republic Navy and the ships of Waymancy resulted in Republic warships being torn apart . Wholesale massacre of Republic colonists throughout the Northern Dependencies followed . At the Battle of Upper Brightday , ten million colonists died in an orbital bombardment , while an entire Republic battlegroup was destroyed in the defense of Barenth as it covered a civilian evacuation of the planet . The power of Waymancy weapons meant that despite being heavily outnumbered by the Republic , in any battle they would inevitably inflict massive casualties : the army of Whirl - Point - Six carried pulse - wave cannon s with immense rates of fire , while the navy of the Wives of Tingrippa carried weapons that could puncture any Republic hull and deflector shields that could soak up any Republic counterattack . At Sooncanoo Beacon , the Republic ' s Fortieth Flotilla was massacred to a man after a bid to boost their shields against Waymancy attack failed and left their ships drifting dead in space . The Republic Military rallied in response , resolving to liberate the northern Rim . Their ranks bolstered by volunteers and the industrial infrastructure of the Expansion Region , the Republic Military began a massive effort to counter Waymancy technological superiority . A group of spies , codebreakers and slicers known as the Squill Sifters worked to intercept and decrypt Waymancy communications . At Sif - Alula , the Republic Navy scored a decisive strategic victory when it captured Waymancy weapons and power generators , which were taken to a shipyard in the Axum system where Republic technicians struggled to reverse - engineer them . The Republic ' s victory came when it successfully uncovered the process behind Waymancy ' s weapons . Dubbing it the Sif - Alulan process , the Republic developed its own pulse - wave blaster s . At Tantara , the Rocket Jumpers routed the Neshtab ine nest , while at Immalia , the cannonship " Squintpipe " , equipped with experimental shield generators and weapons , successfully broke the Waymancy formation , halted their bombardment of the planet , and sent the surviving ships into retreat . Further successes were had at the Battle of Mittoblade , the Battle of Paig , and the First and Second Battles of Brightday , where Darsius became famous . The final Republic push was marked by further Waymancy atrocity until Republic forces reached the planet Waymancy itself , where they reduced the Waymancy bridal seat to a hyperspace sinkhole . Aftermath . The Waymancy Storm ended with a Republic victory . Colonization of the Rim resumed . The Republic marked the anniversary of the victory , and twenty - five years later , Supreme Chancellor Nagratha gave a commemorative speech for the occasion in the presence of veterans like Chief Sergeant Saens Sukko . After Waymancy ' s defeat , the Sif - Alulan process for energy weapons was further refined until the 7700s BBY , when the Verpine master crafter Lyns Skutroo unveiled his improved squintpipe process . This resulted in a brief period where rapid - fire turbolasers outclassed any available deflector shield , until 7 , 500 BBY when further developments in the squintpipe process resulted in stronger deflector shields . Behind the scenes . The Waymancy Storm was first mentioned in the 2009 role - playing guide " Galaxy at War " , under the entry for the Republic rocket - jumpers , and the 2012 reference guide " The Essential Guide to Warfare " gave further information on the conflict .