Mandalorian Reunification Movement

The **Mandalorian Reunification Movement** encompasses the activities of Mandalorian reformists that resulted in the creation and shaping of the Mandalorian Imperium.

Started by a small tribe from Startor, over the years the Mandalorians built up their numbers by recruiting foundlings and uniting various Mandalorians across the galaxy. The build up after a decade resulted in Reclaim of Mandalore, a war which ended in Mandalorian victory, exterminating their rival Death Watch group and driving away the Federal occupants from the planet.

The movement is attributed to Kast Dosh as he acted as the Mandalorians primary leader during the period and was eventually elected to Mand'alor.

## Background

The Mandalorians war mongering ways were catching up to them after years as their numbers slowly decreased and they became scattered. Nearly 4000 years before the Galactic Empire, the Mandalorians were defeated by the Jedi in their conquest for the galaxy. With their Mand'alor dead, the Mandalorians were decentralized.

In 60 BBY, Jaster Mereel was elected Mand'alor by his peers. Mereel sought to reform the Mandalorians into honorable mercenaries and drop their war mongering ways. Mereel was Tor Vizsla and his followers, who still wished to raid, steal and bring destruction as they wished. Vizsla left to form the radical Death Watch group. Mereel's Mandalorians were also opposed by the pacifist residents of Concord Dawn, who wished to be far removed from the Mandalorian past. The ensuing civil war between the groups almost destroyed the Mandalorians.

Some survivors of past wars usually became lone bounty hunters and mercenaries, notable examples being Jango Fett, Boba Fett and Curtis Maverick.

With the numbers of warrior Mandalorians dwindled, Mandalore could not resist occupation from outside forces. The Galactic Empire retained absolute control of the sector before it's dissolution. After the Empire, Mandalore did not resist the New Republic occupation either, as it presented itself as a protection force against any further Imperial threat. 14 years after the fall of the Empire, however, some Mandalorians were disgruntled with the occupying New Republic, believing they were just as bad as the oppressive Empire. They formed a rebel group to oppose the New Republic and began fighting against their local forces, which were initially seen as terrorist attacks by the population. After the New Republic's secret projects were exposed, Mandalore was driven into a full blown civil war. The New Republic tested it's latest superweapon on the planet and once again severely crippled the Mandalorians, though this time their planet had become inhabitable as well.

## History

### **Last Mandalorians**

A small number of Mandalorians had survived the New Republic. Most of the survivors either formed tribes or groups of their own while others became lone mercenaries. Kast Dosh and his crew was one of them but Kast envisioned restoring the Mandalorians in the image of the honored ones from the past. Some of the splinter groups had forgotten their ways and became violent raiders or petty hired guns for criminal organizations while others simply hid and survived secretly. A rival group, the Watch was also harming the reputation of Mandalorians in Kast's eyes.

### **Dosh's Mercs**

Kast Dosh formed a mecenary group which he managed to recruit many solo Mandalorians into. He based the group on the ways of the True Mandalorians of the past and the Supercommando codex. The Mandalorians settled into Startor, the moon of the relatively unknown planet Awerica. Using his newly formed crew, Dosh started travelling the galaxy, taking mercenary work and other missions. Dosh's group also faced the Death Watch group, taking out their various bases. Through these missions, Dosh had managed to recruit more into the ranks of Mandalorians. The mercs had saved some children, which they took in as "foundlings", a tradition from past Mandalorians. Over the years Dosh's Mandalorians grew in numbers. Kast Dosh then started a search for scattered Mandalorian tribes across the galaxy.

By 31 ABY, Mandalorian scouts brought news that Mandalore was starting to heal up but was occupied by the Federation. Kast also learned from fellow Mandalorians in Nar Shaddaa that the Watch planned to move into Mandalore with their many brainwashed troopers. Kast sent out scouts to find and convince other tribes to join them in Concord Dawn. Before then, Kast himself visited Concord Dawn and managed to ally himself with the splinter Crusaders group. Before long, almost every Mandalorian in the galaxy was united under Kast Dosh in Concord Dawn. For the time, the Crusader fortress was used as a base for Mandalorians.

### **Endgame**

Kast's endgame was always to reclaim Mandalore and establish a single entity for all Mandalorians to unite under. However, the Federation had already taken Mandalore long before the Mandalorians arrived there.

Before the Federation learned of Mandalorian presence, few Mandalorian infiltrators were sent down to sabotage the Federations shuttles. Kast's group managed to infiltrate the Federal Destroyer and devastate it from the inside. With the capital ship down, the guarding fleet of the planet was down and the Federation received no outside reinforcements. With the Watch also arriving, the planet fell into a 3 way war. Kast was commented to be a brilliant battle commander and eventually through the Mandalorian war efforts, the Federal tower was destroyed, forcing the Federation to surrender and evacuate the planet. The Watch attempted to fight back by assaulting the Crusader fortress. The assault was a failure and the Watch was pushed back down to the planet and eventually completely defeated with the death of their secret Mand'alor, Vill.

### **Imperium**

After the war, the populate agreed to elect Kast as Mandalore for his great leadership. As Mand'alor, Kast gathered up fellow clan chieftans and battle commanders in the hall of the Mando Palace and discussed their state. Kast announced that to ensure the continuing unity and stability of Mandalorians, the Mand'tsar (Mandalorian Imperium) would be established as the one true government for all Mandalorians and to protect Mandalorian space. With the establishment of the Mandalorian Imperium, the period of reunification came to a close, as Mandalorians were united once more.