Star Wars - Alternative Timeline Setting

The Star Wars - Alternative Timeline Setting is a break-away from the assumed Canon of the Expanded Universe "Old Republic" era. The setting is practically 100% compatible with anything marked as "Space Age Science Fiction" on this wiki site. 
== Timeline ==
This time-line write-up helps explain the major differences from the Canon. 
When speaking of Star Wars timelines, there are two general hallmarks that are used. 
BBY
 (Before Battle of Yavin - the battle that takes place in Star Wars 
Episode IV) and BTC (Before Treaty of Coruscant - which never occured in
 this alternative timeline). 
Because people far into the past 
would not have the foresight to know to refer to their years as BBY and 
because in our alternate timeline, the Treaty of Coruscant never 
happened, we're working with a different unit - namely BGE (Birth of the
 Galactic Empire). 
The Birth of the Galactic Empire happened roughly 280 years before the treaty of Coruscant, so that is worth keeping in mind. 
The Treaty of Coruscant was supposed to happen in 3653 BBY.
________________________________________________________________
Undocumented/Secret events
It's
 unknown WHO or WHAT sent the Pyramid ships to gather up force sensitive
 individuals from rather many sapient species and worlds - gathering 
them on Tython - in the Galactic Core, but this act laid the base for 
the Galactic Republic, which was largely centered (wisely) around the 
Galactic Core. 
An Order known as the Dai Bendu were the most 
advanced when it came to using the Force, but humans were among the most
 numerous to have gone on the Pyramid Ships. 
As such, most of 
the first Je'daii followed the religious beliefs of the Dai Bendu, 
rather than take a philosophical or scientific stance on the Force - and
 Humans became the most numerous species in the Galactic Core. 
The
 Dai Bendu believed in Balance between Good and Evil, and when they 
found out that negative emotions and positive emotions resonated through
 the force - they took this as outright evidence that their religion was
 true - and at the time, it was evidence enough for most. 
However,
 sooner or later, the Je'daii split into two factions - The Sith who 
believed that the Force trained should rule mankind because of their 
gifts, and the Jedi who believed that the Force trained should serve 
mankind, because of their gift. 
Ultimately, both factions wanted
 the same - namely peace and prosperity for mankind, but they both 
considered the other Order to be so problematic that they would surely 
doom the world if they carried out their plans, that they had to go to 
war with each other. 
Unsurprisingly, the people sided with the Jedi, and the Sith were exiled. 
The wars that lead to this even were known as the Schism Wars.
The
 the exiled Sith Order had found its way to Korriban, and from there,
 they expanded to various other worlds, including Ziost and Yavin IV - 
where they formed an Empire out of the indigenous populations. 
The great Hyperspace War 
This
 war is one of the earliest hallmarks in the Timeline of the galaxy - it
 happened in 5000 BBY and 1067 b.BGE (before BGE - meaning before the 
Birth of the Galactic Empire). 
The Great Hyperspace War was 
fought between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic, and it was the
 first time that the Jedi Order and the Sith Order met since the schism 
wars that birthed both Orders. 
By chance, they captured two Republic Citizen private pilots who were searching for new Hyper Space routes in a stolen ship. 
Events
 lead to Naga Sadow taking the mantle as Dark Lord of the Sith (at the 
time, the Sith Order was the governing body of the Sith Empire - as 
such, there were few titles at the time), and orchestrated an invasion. 
Sadow's invasion failed, and the Republic preserve red against the Sith Empire. 
Various
 smaller "tribes" of the Sith survived, seeking exile on various worlds,
 the true ways of the Sith preserved through these individuals - despite
 the Republic laying waste to Korriban, destroying any remnants of the 
indigenous population - though the Korribani Species survived in exile 
on other worlds. 
Vitiate's Rise to Power
Conducting
 a ritual, forbidden even to the Sith, Vitiate, a Sith Lord, consumed 
the living essence of an entire planet, becoming incredibly powerful - 
and immortal. Vitiate played a major role in Naga Sadow's downfall, as 
he killed 8000 Sith Lords and a planet loyal to the Sith Empire, with 
many soldiers and providing citizens on it, with his dark ritual. 
With
 what ever he could scrounge up of the remaining Sith Empire, he fled 
into the far reaches of space - to the planet Dromund Kaas, where he 
started building a new Sith Empire - but based on completely different 
ideals, and plotting the consumption of the entire galaxy and the end of
 all life. 
The Sith trained by Vitiate were psychotic, fascist, 
racist, narcissistic, deceitful and sadistic - they had no honor, and 
they were not beholden to anything but their own power - exactly how 
Vitiate wanted it - because as long as they were all blinded by their 
own lust for power, and all ultimately afraid of him, no one would ever 
oppose his true plans, or ask questions when he ordered the Genocide of 
thousands. 
Vitiate attempted to become a being of pure force 
power, but in doing so, he cannibalized the midi-chlorians of millions, 
including 8000 force users. 
This turned him into some sort of 
midi-chlorian-consuming abomination - but ultimately made him completely
 immortal, as he had already become one with the Force. 
The true Sith in Exile
The true Sith didn't die however, many lost tribes of Sith were in exile on various unknown worlds within Republic Reach. 
They
 were all eventually destroyed, but in the meantime, many things 
happened. Fallen Jedi, such as Exar Kun, studied the mysteries of the 
Sith and quickly came to realize how the Sith were right. 
Because
 the Sith had become censured through death and exile, the Jedi Order 
was the ONLY option for most Force Sensitives, even if they didn't 
fundamentally agree with the principles of it. 
Learning for the 
Sith Order told people like Exar Kun, that there HAD been an 
alternative, and that this Alternative was better. 
The Republic was growing weaker every minute, and the Jedi Order was growing weaker too, and more passive and apathetic. 
The
 Jedi at the time, chose to spread powerful propaganda, making full use 
of the religious superstition about their order to enforce the 
engineered truth. 
They claimed that the Sith Teachings lured people to "the Dark Side", and made these secrets completely forbidden. 
The Rise of the Triumvirate
Some
 time before the Birth of the Galactic Republic (probably close to a 
century), a powerful Jedi Historian was among those who studied the 
forbidden knowledge that she was sworn to keep hidden and keep Secret. 
Her
 memory faded from history, and nothing else is known about her past - 
except that she likely used a powerful Sith Technique to erase memory of
 her passing. 
She trained three students in the ways of the Old 
and the True Sith - from her Sith Temple on Malachor V, and took the 
mantle Darth Traya. 
Her two primary students, Darth Sion and 
Darth Nihilus; eventually betrayed her. Both had become enamored with 
the extremely dangerous dark rituals that the Sith themselves had never 
used, but had invented and discovered. 
Darth Sion was, in all respects, an undead creature - feeding on his own pain and anger, he was almost indestructible. 
Darth
 Nihilus had performed the same ritual that Emperor Vitiate had 
performed - but he had not been as successful, and he could not control 
his hunger as well as Vitiate could - and was quickly consumed by his 
own hunger and driven mad. 
In the end, both Nihilus and Sion 
sought to destroy the Jedi Order, but in secret, it is speculated and 
widely believed that both of them sought to purify the Galaxy from the 
Jedi - and then finally find death's embrace - because the Triumvirate 
worked for one man and one man only. 
And he didn't even know it at the time... 
The third student of Darth Traya was no other than Revan himself. 
The
 Triumvirate was powerful, and while Traya herself, studied in secret 
for a long time - long enough to be completely forgotten by the Jedi 
Order, it is unknown exactly when her two first disciples joined her, 
but it was likely around the beginning of the Mandalorian Wars. 
The Mandalorian Wars
The Mandalorian People proved the point of the the disciples of the True Sith Order time and time again. 
The
 Republic had become weak - their decision to let Sapient Species CHOOSE
 whether they wanted to be members of the Republic or not, exposed those
 species and their governments, making them easy targets. 
The 
Jedi Order's unwillingness to lead and their unwillingness to engage in 
warfare (fearing that such actions would lead to a return of the Sith), 
the masters still emotionally shaken from the passing memory of Exar 
Kun. 
All of this stood as a shining invitation for someone like the Mandalorians to come along, and start chipping away. 
It
 wasn't until 62 b.BGE that the Mandalorian Wars finally broke 
officially, but before then, the Mandalorian People had been attacking 
independent worlds for a long time, expanding their growing empire, 
building a more powerful fleet, recruiting new soldiers - almost 
completely unopposed. 
The Republic and the Jedi Order had both 
refused to help, and when the Republic finally went to war, the Jedi 
Order still refused to help. 
This drove many Jedi to question their beliefs. 
Revan
 was one of them - he and his Jedi Defectors assumed command of the 
Republic Military and defeated the Mandalorians - but not all was as it 
seemed. 
Revan was changed by the Mandalorians - being at war 
with them, he became more and more like them every day, he even wore a 
Mandalorian War-Mask. 
He finally came to realize, that while the 
Mandalorians had to be stopped - the true enemy was the Weak and 
Stagnant government of the Republic, and the Jedi Order. 
Seeking
 training from Darth Traya, he unleashed many evils upon the Galaxy - as
 part of his design to reshape the Republic into a Sith Empire, based on
 a modernized and inspired version of the true Sith Ideals. 
No one knew of his plans, how ever. 
Revan
 was so trusted, that no one ever doubted his words, his loyalty or his 
commands - he orchestrated the final parts of the war, so that the final
 battle took place on Malachor V - and forced the hand of the Republic 
masterfully, causing them to choose to employ a weapon of mass 
destruction, that destabilized the planet's core, thus hiding all 
evidence of his passing there, so no one would recognize his ideals and 
call them "Sith Teachings" when he introduced them. 
He also 
ensured that anyone who was a risk to his continued command of the Jedi 
defectors and the Republic Military died on Malachor. ]
The Mandalorian Wars were formally concluded in 23 b.BGE, with the decimation of Malachor V. 
The Rise of Revan
The uneducated claim that it was by chance that Revan chased the Mandalorians out of known space - out of hatred perhaps. 
The
 truth was, Revan had become so strong and attuned, that he had slowly 
become aware of a bigger threat somewhere in the Galaxy. 
Allowing
 some Mandalorians to escape Malachor, and following them - playing on 
the hatred of the Republic towards this enemy, he managed to take the 
majority of the Fleet with him - though he wisely chose to leave his 
Jedi Defectors behind - many of whom faced judgment by the Jedi Order, 
and were exiled. 
Others went to Korriban - his inner circle - 
and began preparing for Revan's return, knowing that he had always 
realized that he would not return to the Jedi Order. 
Revan knew 
that the Mandalorians were luring him somewhere - as they had been far 
too much on the retreat in the last parts of the war - opposing their 
own culture through these actions. 
He sent his fleet to join the Jedi Defectors on Korriban. 
Revan
 made it to Dromund Kaas - as it turned out, Mandalore (the Mandalorian 
Leader) had secretly been working for Emperor Vitiate, who had tried to 
destabilize the Republic and the Jedi Order. The Mandalorians found 
save-haven to lick their wounds - and Revan discovering Vitiate's 
Empire. 
Revan managed, using Sith Techniques of his own (that 
Vitiate was unaware that Revan possessed), to cause Vitiate to think 
that Revan had become his willing servant. 
Vitiate sent Revan to find the Rakatan Artifact known as the Star-forge, and start building a fleet for Vitiate. 
__________________________ NOTE __________________________
This is where the timeline breaks from the Canon timeline. 
The Jedi Civil War
Originally,
 the Jedi Civil War happened in what would be 25 b.BGE, and was between 
Revan and the Republic - and then later between Malak (Revan's right 
hand man) and the Republic. 
Instead, the civil war began in 23 b.BGE - right when the Mandalorian War was concluded with the Destruction of Malachor V.
 Traya united Revan's former followers under the Triumvirate. 
Recruiting
 war veterans, mercenaries and former Mandalorians - the Triumvirate was
 preparing for Revan's return - because Traya had foreseen what Revan 
would do. 
What remained of the Jedi Order was at first unwilling
 to have another war, upon the discovery of the defection of large 
numbers of Jedi into the newly formed Sith Empire, but at this point, 
the Republic had completely lost faith in the Jedi. 
A small 
enclave on Dantooine was the only known governing cell of Jedi that 
still remained - and they were still choosing to stay out of the 
conflict. 
The other Jedi had either stopped being Jedi, they were 
slowly being captured and converted, they had converted willingly or 
they were dead by either the Sith Assassin's, or by other means. 
The
 liberated Mandalorian Empire became the new Sith Empire - most of the 
liberated people there, GLAD to accept help from a strong, civilized 
power - uniting under the same Jedi that had liberated them under 
Revan's command. 
The actual war between the newly established 
Sith Empire under the rule of the Triumvirate, and the Republic, would 
not break out for a long time - but for half a decade - the Jedi Order 
crumbled. 
Eventually, war broke out between the Empire and the Republic, formally - and the Republic Fleet had become the Sith Fleet. 
Just
 as it had been Traya's and Revan's plan, what remained of the 
Self-exiled Jedi, rallied behind a powerful icon - one she had secretly 
been grooming and teaching the ways of the true Sith. 
Meetra Surik. 
The end of the Exile
Meetra Surik was one of the Jedi who had been exiled by the jedi Council after following Revan into battle. 
She
 had not gone to Korriban - Revan had viewed her much as a Sister, and 
her him as a Brother - but he knew that she would have been overwhelmed 
by the truths he had come to know - so she was never made aware. 
On
 purpose, Revan had deafened her to the Force, so that she would remain 
in exile, until the time was right - and that was when Darth Traya found
 her. 
By then - as expected, Traya's two apprentices had overthrown her - and held the Republic by it's throat. 
Meetra
 Surik was taught the ways of the Sith without even knowing it, by her 
mysterious mentor, Darth Traya, who masqueraded as a fallen Jedi (not 
too far from the truth) and allowed her to feel the Force again. 
Meetra
 Surik became a rallying point of the Republic and what ever few Jedi 
remained, and she defeated the remaining members of the Triumvirate - 
including Darth Traya. 
These events occurred in 18 b.BGE. 
Revan's Return
Revan returned from Dromund Kaas at 25 b.BGE, but his arrival was a well-kept secret among certain members of the Triumvirate. 
Revan
 secretly used the confusion from the Jedi Civil War to find the Star 
Forge, and when he did (around the time of 23 b.BGE) - he looked his 
apprentice in the eyes - knowing full well that Vitiate was watching 
through Malak's eyes, and then killed him. 
His last words to Malak - and through him - to Vitiate, was; "I'm coming for you". 
Using
 the Star Forge over the course of the next few years, to secretly build
 a massive fleet - his guns always pointed away from the Republic, and 
out at the unknown, he finally stepped forward and revealed his master 
design. 
Revan's Empire
Meetra Surik had 
been slowly shown the truth that Revan also had come to know, and the 
many exiled Jedi who followed her came to know the same truth through 
her. She allied with Revan - her long lost Brother in Spirit, and so did
 most of the Republic - excepting the Core Worlds. 
The final 
cell of Jedi on Dantooine finally gave up - when they attempted a 
desperate move, namely to cut the head of the serpent. 
Their own
 rallying figure - Bastilla Shan, a Jedi who mastered a rare technique 
that they believed would help them defeat the Empire once Revan was 
dead, came to understand Revan when they fought each other. 
In fact, they formed a powerful bond - both mystical and romantic. 
Returning
 to Dantooine, she never formally joined the Sith, but she negotiated 
the exile of the few Jedi who would not join Revan, and stripped them of
 their weapons. 
Revan waged a very brief war with the few 
remaining Republic provinces that had not surrendered or joined him, and
 then directed all of his attention towards Vitiate's Empire. 
The Clash of Empires
Revan's Sith Empire versus Vitiate's Sith Empire - definitely a confusing part of history. 
The
 war lasted for almost two decades, and Vitiate destroyed the Star Forge
 in a botched attempt to capture it - and in that same fell move, 
Vitiate exposed himself enough that Revan managed to get the drop on him
 and destroy his physical form. 
Revan made, what many consider 
to have been the ultimate sacrifice, when he contained Emperor Vitiate's
 soul inside his own body. 
The Birth of the Galactic Empire
Revan
 had united the two Sith Empires into one Galactic Empire - and with 
that came a significant reform. The reform was perhaps what made him so 
popular - it resembled a return to a free and more democratic society, 
but without the stagnate weakness of the Republic. 
The creation 
of Provincial Congresses and the Imperial Senate were among his most 
famous decisions - loathed by his reluctant subordinates from the former
 Vitiate's Empire. 
Two thirds of the Galactic Empire, had at a 
point been known as the "Sith Empire" - very confusing. The term "The 
two thirds of the Empire" was coined, referring to the parts of the 
Empire that were already under the Sith infrastructure by the time the 
Galactic Empire was formed. 
Officially - however, the two 
separate space regions are known as Inner Sith Space and Outer Sith 
Space - the latter being Vitiate's former Empire, and the former being 
Revan's Empire. 
300 years later
300 
a.BGE (after the Birth of the Galactic Empire), Hutt Space remains the 
only known part of the Galaxy that is unclaimed, excepting a few largely
 uninteresting systems believed to be uninhabited and a few worlds that 
are just plain thought of as unimportant. 
The Jedi Order has 
retreated to the far away world of Ilum, where they remain in exile - 
under watch of the Sith Inquisition, and prohibited from wielding 
Lightsabers or leaving in groups larger than 5 without an Imperial 
Escort. 
Some small cells of Jedi Terrorists still exist - 
causing trouble on the edges of the Galaxy, and many provinces are still
 not properly integrated. 
Struggling with the weight of 
Vitiate's soul in his body, Revan was overcome with sorrow - when his 
one true weakness, Bastila Shan, died. 
Revan was preserved - granted immortality by Vitate's soul - but Bastila was not. 
Finally,
 her death allowed Vitiate to attack Revan from within, and he has 
retreated away from politics, relying on Revanite Loyalists to keep the 
peace in his absence. 
Unfortunately, Vitaite's Sith ideals are strong and well alive among many Sith, the chief among them Darth Malgus. 
Galactic Civil War
While this is not CURRENTLY part of the gaming events, this will happen 
in the future, and is written here for future reference.
In the 
year 310 a.BGE, The Galactic Empire faces war on two fronts - the 
Opposition, lead by Darth Malgus, and large parts of the Sith 
Inquisition decide to attempt to secede from the Galactic Empire - 
causing Civil War. 
At the same time, TCR (The Core-world Repubic
 - a poorly integrated Province of the Empire that consisted of the most
 powerful Republic Words) rebels against the Galactic Empire, seemingly 
with the help from Jedi Terrorists. 
The Eternal Empire attacks
While
 this is not CURRENTLY part of the gaming events, this will happen in 
the future, and is written here for future reference. 
Around 325 a.BGE, the Galactic Empire comes under attack by the Zakuul Empire. 
As
 it turns out, Vitiate managed to somehow duplicate his own being, and 
while part of him remained inside Revan - who had not shown his face for
 decades - another part was secretly ruling another Empire on the 
outskirts of the galaxy. 
He had masterfully allowed Revan to 
unite the Galactic Empire, knowing that Revan was clever enough to 
contain his soul after slaying him - but not smart enough to realize 
that Vitiate had split in two. 
He made sure to destroy the Star 
Forge, knowing full well how to recreate it, should he ever desire to, 
because the Star Forge would have made the Zakuul invasion impossible. 
Then
 he incapacitated Revan, cutting the head from the snake, and waited 
until the Galactic Empire grew weak again - before invading.