Fall of the first order and The Apocalypse

**Around 136 ABY, the emerging Apocalypse Empire launched a campaign of conquest into the Core Worlds, defeating the first order, the known galaxy's major powers.**

## Prelude

**During most of the Matthew Kling's absence from reigning his Coruscant Empire, he had been secretly developing a new empire, the Eternal Empire, positioned in uncharted territory within Wild Space and with its capital on the planet Zakuul. There, known as Emperor Darth Nihilism, he built and strengthened his forces to one day emerge and give peace to the galaxy. By 136 ABY, the Coruscant Empire's few outposts in the Wild regions had been wiped out by the Apocalypse Empire to test the latter's strength although the Apocalypse Empire was unable to discover the culprits. Soon that year, as the Apocalypse raged between the Apocalypse Empire and The first order/The Eternal Empire launched raids and decimated several of their planets, including London on Planet Earth, before retreating back into Wild Space.**

'*Delphini Lestrange-Riddle,*de facto*head of the Dark Council and the Imperial Military, led a joint Imperial expedition into Wild Space to pursue Matthew Kling and the first order, only to be ambushed by the first order/Eternal Fleet. Matthew Kling and another prominent figure, who would become known as "the Outlander", were captured from Matthew Kling's destroyed flagship by **Delphini Lestrange-Riddle, the surviving daughter of** Voldemort and brought to the Empress and princess of darkness in London. **Delphini Lestrange-Riddle offered to share her power with her captives if they would kneel before her. Sunburst, recognizing Delphini Lestrange-Riddle as the Apocalypse Empress, refused and was killed for his defiance. As she offered the same to the Outlander. The Empress publicly accused the Outlander of Attempted assassination to her Apocalypse Empire and declared that the Core Worlds would burn as a result. '***

## The war

**"*People of Zakuul, the unthinkable has happened. Our beloved Emperor, Matthew Kling, is dead - murdered by an Outlander who sought to shake the foundations of your great society. The assassin will receive swift and just punishment and this act of unprovoked aggression will be answered. As your new Empress, I can promise you this: Zakuul's enemies will face the full power of the* apocalypse *empire. They will answer for their warmongering ways... and every last one of the Core Worlds will burn!*"**
**―Delphini Lestrange-Riddle**
**Delphini Lestrange-Riddle's war was swift and brutal. Directing the fleet from the *Koros-Strohna (worldship)*, the Empress attacked the First order, destroying their shipyards and blockading the major trade routes. The Apocalypse Empire had numbers and speed on its side; only ships powered with isotope-5 could hope to evade the more powerful vessels of the Apocalypse Fleet. Within three months, they had achieved naval superiority over both sides and by the end of the first year, the Republic capital of Coruscant and the Imperial capital of Coruscant City was blockaded. The first order Council fought on, but without Sunburst's leadership, the Council was all but destroyed. Similarly, the Republic's Supreme Chancellor, Rogue One, refused to submit the Republic-Zakuulan to Cheliax authority - and incredibly, waged a war against both the Eternal Empire *and* the Apocalypse Empire, at the cost of millions of Republic lives.Matthew Kling was swiftly overridden by the Galactic Senate, which sued for peace. The Minister of Logistics did likewise for the Empire.**

**Zakuul** **sent emissaries - Jaina Solo-Kling for the Republic and Zakuul to London, where She was brought before Delphini Lestrange-Riddle. The Empress agreed to a ceasefire, provided that the Republic and Zakuul pay heavy tribute to London and submit to armament restrictions. With little option left to them, Zakuul disagreed. In the years that followed, Rogue One was out of power, but continued to dictate policy through his successor, Jaina Solo-Kling. Similarly, with the first order Council practically dissolved, its one visible remaining member, Jaina Solo-Kling, declared herself Founder of Zakuul. Even after this, the war between the Republic and the Empire continued - Jaina Solo-Kling willing considered an alliance to overthrow the Apocalypse Empire - and Rogue One didn't allowed it to continue and provide that they acknowledge the supremacy of Zakuul and not continue to pay the tribute demanded of them.**

**Rather than control his new holdings with occupation armies, Rogue One deployed hundreds of massive battle stations known as Star Fortresses in orbit around major planets, such as Delta Earth, Kamino and Zakuul. These battle stations were commanded by Exarchs - Knights of Zakuul enhanced by biological and cybernetic upgrades- and were empowered by great "sun generators", essentially artificial stars (similar to those used on Zakuul itself), and protected by shield generators built on the surface. Any attempts at resistance were answered by the stations venting excess plasma from the sun generators into devastating beams fired at the surface, essentially holding London's population hostage.**