Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders / Legends The Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders were an order of Mandalorians sponsored by Mandalore the Ultimate following the end of the Great Sith War and his own ascension to the position of Mandalore . Named after the original Mandalorian Crusaders , they fought the Mandalorian Wars , and were later regrouped and reformed under Mandalore the Preserver . The headquarters of the Mandalorian Neo - Crusaders , while under the command of both Mandalore the Ultimate and Mandalore the Preserver , was a sprawling complex that was built amidst the dangerous jungles of Dxun . Cassus Fett considered the Neo - Crusaders to be a New Order in contrast to the Republic , which he saw as the Old Order . Ironically , despite the fact they were the ones who started the Mandalorian Wars and fought against the Republic and the Jedi , after they were rallied by Canderous Ordo , they indirectly aided the Onderon Royalists in their civil war , and ultimately fought alongside the TSF and Republic forces in the Battle of Telos . History . Prior to the Mandalorian Wars . The Neo - Crusader movement arose during the veterans of the Great Sith War discontent about how the Crusaders performed in the war : excellent at pillaging and destroying Republic installations , they were not nearly as efficient at exploiting their conquests . With the Crusader ethic focused on fighting the next battle , the Great Sith War provided the Mandalorians with little time to exploit their gains : huge industrial complexes conquered remained idle rather than rearming the " Mando ' ade " , and millions of potential recruits who might have been brought into the movement were not . Ascribing this flaw to the lack of order arising from their nomadic lifestyle , a small group of enthusiasts calling themselves Neo - Crusaders took residence on the planet Mandalore . They adopted a rudimentary chain of command and division of labor , not found in the traditional culture . Many Mandalorians found this bizarre , but some took interest in the Neo - Crusaders . When the Mandalorians again began to raid nonaligned worlds , the Neo - Crusaders won their share of battles due to their discipline . Sensing an opportunity , Mandalore the Ultimate and his closest assistant Cassus Fett decided to encourage the movement . Cassus refined the former cult ' s organizational strategies for use on a larger scale . The Mandalorians who tested the Republic in the early skirmishes found that they had a distinct advantage with Neo - Crusaders as their vanguard . By the time the wider Mandalorian Wars with the Republic finally broke out , Neo - Crusaders were present in every unit , boosting morale and spreading the new ideals and discipline . When the Mandalorians took Republic worlds , they immediately located potential recruits . Shipped to training centers , the new recruits were taught by Neo - Crusaders to become the Neo - Crusaders . Traditional Mandalorians were encouraged to adopt the system as well , although some were distressed by the changes . The Mandalorians of the past were voluntarily committed to the cause , but Neo - Crusaders increasingly included warriors of poor quality who joined to escape occupation or to simply gain their share in the pillaging . At the same time , Zeltron Neo - Crusader Demagol also began an experiment at his New Generation Academy on planet Osadia to help combat Jedi forces in the upcoming war by attempting to establish the Mandalorian Knights . The project was aborted after the Crucible slaver group invaded and he gave them his daughter . The Mandalorian Wars . On conquered worlds , the Mandalorians gave former Republic citizens a choice : to join the Neo - Crusaders as warriors , or to sit quietly and work as manufacturers for the clans as de facto slaves . Many — including a host of criminals from the prisons the Mandalorians emptied — were sent with the recruiters to planetary staging centers , such as the one on Jebble . There they received whirlwind indoctrination in the " Resol ' nare " from Mandalorian Rally Masters before being issued blue Neo - Crusader armor and blaster rifles from the on - site War Forges . Also from these forges were large fleets of Kandosii - type dreadnoughts , Kyramud - type battleship s , Jehavey ' ir - type assault ships , dungeon ships , Q - Carriers , Teroch - type gunship s , and Davaab - type starfighters that transported Neo - Crusader forces and engaged in stellar warfare . Many Neo - Crusader units were complimented by elite Shock Troopers in battle . The wars began with the Battle of Althir , during which the Neo - Crusaders decimated an Althiri force ten times their strength . Under the guidance of Mandalore and his Field Marshal s , the Neo - Crusaders conquered several independent star systems across the Outer Rim Territories in many campaigns including a brutal attack on Cathar and some operations in Hutt Space . The Republic initially ignored the Mandalorian aggressions as they were still healing from the damage dealt by the Great Sith War , with incursions between the two galactic powerhouses often being in the form of insignificant skirmishes . This eventually changed after Taris , a semi - autonomous Outer Rim world crucial to Republic economy , was besieged by Neo - Crusaders under the command of Cassus Fett . In retaliation , the Republic engaged the Mandalorians at a violent battlefront spanning from Jebble to Vanquo over the course of a months - long deadlock . The tides were turned when the Mandalorians broke the stalemate and attacked dozens of Republic systems as far in as the Mid Rim . It was during the Mandalorian onslaught that a group of Jedi under the Jedi Knight Revan joined the war as officers and instructors in the Republic Military . After Onderon ' s occupation by Mandalorians forces , an outpost was established on Onderon ' s jungle moon that served as an important forward command base for the Neo - Crusaders ' cause as they carried out devastating campaigns into Republic territories . Under Revan , the Republic eventually overturned the Mandalorians and began liberating several Mandalorian vassals . During a massive battle at Malachor V , Mandalore was slain by Revan , who then destroyed most forces present with the Mass Shadow Generator , rendering Malachor desolate and lifeless in the process . The sacrifice proved effective , though , as the Mandalorian clans fell into infighting and eventually dispersed , with many Neo - Crusaders becoming bandits , pirates , and mercenaries . Reorganization . The Neo - Crusaders entered dark times , when they were no longer great warriors , but mere thugs . Revan encountered some of these fallen warriors during his quest to find the Star Forge , such as raiders on Dantooine and hunters on Kashyyyk . After the end of the Jedi Civil War , before leaving into the Unknown Regions to find the True Sith , Revan tasked Canderous Ordo , one of the former Neo - Crusaders who accompanied him on his journey , with reuniting the scattered Mandalorian clans on Dxun . Canderous recovered Mandalore ' s Mask , which had been lost since the Battle of Malachor V , and declared himself the new Mandalore . He began to reunite the clans under the Ordo banner on Dxun , where the Mandalorian Wars began . Five years after the Jedi Civil War , Meetra Surik , also known as the Jedi Exile , was forced to land on Dxun by Colonel Tobin ' s space forces when searching for Jedi Master Kavar on Onderon . She was found by a Mandalorian sentry and taken to the Mandalorian base . Mandalore the Preserver agreed to give her safe passage to Onderon if she proved herself worthy . After completing various tasks , such as stopping Tobin ' s scouts from uncovering the base and rescuing the lost warrior Kumus , Mandalore agreed to help her . Shortly before they could leave , however , Sith assassin s , who had been tracking her progress since an incident on Peragus , attacked the base . Surik helped defend the base from the invaders before leaving . After their business on Onderon was done , Mandalore stated that he would accompany Surik on her journey for two reasons ; the Sith would eventually dominate the Mandalorians if they were allowed to defeat the Jedi once and for all , and he had been meaning to leave to search for more clans . He found such clans on Nar Shaddaa and Dantooine . When the Battle of Telos IV began , the Mandalorians helped battle against the Sith , particularly aiding in the destruction of the " Ravager " , Darth Nihilus ' personal vessel . Thousands of years later , the Trandoshan headhunter Garnac had a Neo - Crusader helmet as part of his collection of trophies . Armor . Neo - Crusader armor was standardized , being colored to correspond with the position of the wearer . A recruit and anyone not having a leadership position wore blue , while Rally Master s wore crimson . A golden suit was then handed out to Field Marshal s . The armor had a few advantages over the earlier Crusader armor , including a harder surface . Neo - Crusader Shock Trooper s wore a unique variant of Neo - Crusader armor .