Xim ' s Expansionist Period Xim ' s Expansionist Period is a term used to refer to the first twenty years of Xim the Despot ' s reign . It was during this time that he conquered most of the Tion Cluster , including the Livien League , and the surrounding regions : the Thanium Worlds , the Far Indrexu and the Kiirium Reaches . This period ended with the Hutt – Xim conflict . Prelude . In a series of campaigns , Xim ' s father Xer VIII had carved out an expansive empire within the Tion Cluster known as the Kingdom of Cron . However , Xer ' s expansion had been halted after his defeat by the Livien League at the Battles of Amarin and Lorrad . Despite this , the Kingdom of Cron ' s court rituals still referred to the Four Thrones of Cron - Chandaar , Raxus Prime , Cadinth , and the still - independent capital of the League , Desevro . In 25 , 130 BBY , Xer retired and relinquished the throne to his son Xim , who had earned a reputation for brutality and military skill in the Cronese Sweeps . Xim resolved to complete his father ' s conquest of the Livien League . History . The Conquest of the Livien League . Xim ' s forces quickly smashed the League at the Battle of Jhantoria . Xim prepared the raze the League ' s capital of Desevro as an example to those who would oppose him . However , Xim was dissuaded from this course of action when Maslovar Tiatiov , the military ruler of Desevro , showed him the world ' s first - class military academies and bureaucracy , explaining to him the Desevrar tradition of training the sons of outlying worlds as janissaries and civil servants . Impressed , Xim spared Desevro and proclaimed it the Fourth Throne . The Desevrar philosophy would fuel the later stages of Xim ' s Expansionist Period . With the Four Thrones under one crown , the Kingdom of Cron was proclaimed Xim ' s empire . The Thanium Worlds . The second stage of the Expansionist Period was the conquest of the Thanium Worlds from 25 , 126 BBY to 25 , 116 BBY . Spinward of Xim ' s empire , these planets took their name from the world of Thanium , the Fifth Throne where Xim established his military headquarters . Moving from Barseg to Thanium , one force moved to conquer Maldont , and from there split to take Pesegam and Thule , while another force took Ethain and Far Thanium . Another force moved from Thanium to take Galuch , Mossak , Galidraan , Draukyze and Rhen Var . Finally , a third force from Arcan conquered Nardolin , Vartholium , Ethullum and Bynas . Xim ' s empire conquered numerous worlds , built new hyperspace beacon s for the empire ' s navigational network , and prepared to settle a wave of Tionese colonists . Species that were considered " worthy " by the Despot , such as the Vurk and Stenax , were enslaved ; others were exterminated . Empty worlds were settled by Tionese colonists , their numbers steadily increasing as part of Xim ’ s strategy of conquest . The Thanium Worlds became the largest and richest of Xim ' s new provinces . Xim ' s spinward push ended at Far Thanium , Vynx , and Thule , just inside what later generations would call the Gordian Reach . Beyond Thule was the Radama Void , an empty expanse that determined the direction of Xim ' s next conquest . The Far Indrexu . Xim ' s forces then turned rimward , moving from Kanaver to Janodral Mizar , before splitting to conquer Makem Te and Quermia , and turning south to Tinatorn and Pakuuni . The second force moved from Janodral Mizar to Utavurk and Yutusk , before encountering a fierce challenge at the Battle of Ranroon : the Queen of Ranroon , Hylei Indrexu Cortess , fought Xim ' s invading janissaries for every inch of ground on her planet . Despite being defeated , Indrexu clearly made a strong impression on Xim , who renamed the Ihala Spiral nebula to the Indrexu Spiral in her honor , and the Far Indrexu became the sixth province of Xim ' s empire , with Yutusk as the Sixth Throne . The Kiirium Reaches . Concurrent to the war in the Thanium Worlds was the conquest of the Kiirium Reaches from 25 , 120 BBY to 25 , 096 BBY . Rich in the then - valuable military resource kiirium , the Reaches were a vital addition to Xim ' s military - industrial complex , and three forces moved to conquer the region . One moved from Pakuuni to Xoraes via Ulonsus . The second moved from Caluula to Dellalt , then to Balshebr and Astigone . From there it moved via Kveror to Gwynhes , where it linked up with the third force sent from Murkhana to take Huronom and Far Barseg . Both forces then moved to conquer Gwynhes Minor . Huronom and Astigone then became the Seventh and Eighth Thrones of the empire . Aftermath . It was after the conquest of the Kiirium Reaches that Xim first learned of the Hutts after encountering Sakiyan and Nimbanel traders . Knowing from these stories that the Hutt Empire could not be conquered outright , he hoped to coexist with them while at the same time preparing for war . Diplomatic contact between the Hutts and the Tion broke down , however , beginning the Hutt – Xim conflict in 25 , 102 BBY that would see the end of Xim ' s empire . Hylei Indrexu Cortess was a debated historical figure for millennia after Xim ' s wars . According to the later Hutt dramatist Direus ' Pei in his play " Evocar " , Xim murdered his father after discovering that he had taken Indrexu as his wife . Other scholars considered this a pure literary invention , with some totally dismissing Indrexu ' s existence . Still other scholars accepted her existence but argued about her role in Xim ’ s empire and her ultimate fate . To some she was a minor figure , a fixture at Xim ’ s court whose name endured ; to others she was the pivot around which the empire turned , and even the very cause of the Cronese Wars , Xim ’ s expansion and everything thereafter . Xim ' s military . Xim the Despot ' s military was extremely advanced for its day , built from lost Rakata n technology . The scale of his armies and conquests meant that numerous examples of Xim ' s weaponry survived to the Galactic Civil War era . Xim ' s infantry were divided into several castes . Most were janissaries taken from occupied worlds , trained from childhood to serve as soldiers . They wore armor and helmets of lightweight ceramic alloy and carried either slugthrowers or heatbeam s , which used lasers to generate jets of plasma . Heatbeamers wore tough , fireproof padded gloves and " kamas " as protection against their weapons ' superheated exhausts . The " kama " would later be adopted by the Thyrsus Sun Guard and by the Mandalorian people as part of their culture . Among Xim ' s elite units were the Duinarbulon Star Lancers , who wore gloss - black ceramic armor and carried advanced ( for the time ) beam - tube s , distant ancestors of the blaster . The infantry was supported by tracked tanks , armored groundcar s , and floater s armed with beam - tube cannons . Elite vehicles were armored with kiirium to reflect energy weapons . Xim ' s most famous soldiers were the War - Robots of the Guardian Corps , three - meter tall battle droids armed with heatbeams , particle dischargers , and pulse - wave cannon s . The War - Robots were typically kept in reserve for use as shock troops . Xim ' s warships were smaller than Imperial - era craft and were all unique designs , since the ancient Tionese saw warship construction as an art form as opposed to an industry . Under the Anaxes War College System , the bulk of Xim ' s warships would be considered frigates or corvettes , and included Argaian hemiolia , Livien cutter s , Thanium star - glaive s , and Cronian battlebird s in mixed squadrons . Larger vessels , around the size of a cruiser , included Cronese harpice s , Brigian penteconter s , Thanium polyreme s , Yutuski rakehell s and Xolochi Dreadnought s . Xim ' s flagships included the " Eibon Scimitar " and the " Deathknell " . Xim ' s naval weapons were primarily torpedo s , concussion missiles , and pulse cannons , which melted enemy hulls and disrupted circuitry with blasts of radiation . The Despot ' s ships were armored with kiirium , a superconducting alloy that gave each ship a mirrored hull that could reflect enemy energy weapons . Mytag crystal s were used in communications and sensor systems to protect them from electromagnetic attack . Bordhell fuel slugs gave Xim ' s warships unparalleled range and speed .