Chaotic Epoch

The third epoch of the Old Era, which lasted from about 300.000.000 – 200.000.000 Sentian s.c.a., marked the period in galactic history most famous for the events of the eponymous Chaotic Wars. It saw the rise of the Rebels of the Outer Territories (R.O.T.), the fall of the Gimoan Alliance, the failed Ragash Regime, the dawn of widespread imperiality in the galaxy, the founding of the Jurrikian Empire, and the second-worst mass extinction event in galactic history after the Great Silence of the Bleak Epoch. It is considered to have begun around the time of the signing of the Broogpact – a treaty of allegiance signed by Ragash rebel-leader, Shamfast the Bandit-King, and the numerous Brooglords of the Outer Territories. With Broogish financial, political and military aid, the signing of the treaty effectively instigated the large-scale rebellion against the Gimoan Alliance that Shamfast had been waiting for, although soon after the Broogpact was signed he died as result of waning health and old age. Nevertheless, the Rebellion was set in motion, orchestrated by Shamfast’s closest and most devoted representatives, and lasted until 151 of the 4th Age, when the Gimoan Alliance’s capital at Old Astur was invaded, pillaged and sacked by the Rebels, who were by this point at the end of their capacity to continue the Rebellion. What ensued was the brief but brutal Ragash Regime, effectuating a ruthless crackdown on covert Alliance-sympathisers, a roundup of its former nations, and a redistribution of planetary property and wealth. The Regime largely failed to achieve these ambitions, and as a result of its campaign it inadvertently managed to cause a catastrophic impact on trade, which counterintuitively worsened conditions in the Outer Territories, making enemies of its people including a large percentage of the Ragash populace. Promises made to the Brooglords at the signing of the Broogpact were never met, instigating a war between the Ragash Regime and the enraged Brooglords, whose wealth and political stature had also dissolved as a consequence of the Rebellion. The failed Ragash Regime was swiftly overthrown by its multitude of enemies, none of whom were politically affiliated with one another except in their desire to oust the Regime. This resulted in yet more conflict, as several nations eagerly endeavoured to acquire dominion over the increasingly unstable galaxy, either as a means of national glory or simply as a means to survive. This gave rise to the Sly-Ky Empire, which in turn became the Sly-Ky Confederacy, a former nation of the Gimoan Alliance, who dominated the galaxy from the defeat of the Ragash Regime all the way into the early Middle Era. Another notable nation of this age was the young Jurrikian Empire, whose founding of their capital at Jurriko (a former Gimoan planet called Cheyhunn) was the start of what would become the most powerful imperial force the galaxy would ever see. As the tail-end of the Chaotic Wars transitioned from disgruntled rebel nations seeking to occupy the shell of the former Gimoan Alliance to autonomous imperial powerhouses battling in their infancy, so too did the Old Era transform into a new one. At about 200.000.000 Sentian s.c.a., the Chaotic Epoch ended and the Imperial Epoch, the first epoch of the Jurrikian Era (Middle Era), began.