Ecclessian Suns

## Strategic Information

### Personnel Numbers

650,000~ Employed, 150,000~ Combat Ready Personnel

### General Equipment

Advanced Combat Armor, Imperial and Endari made support equipment

## Historical Information

### Leader Dates

Inasmo Pavros 66 BBY-24 BBY, Dalora Pavros 24 BBY-20 BBY, Sarish Pavros 20 BBY-Current

The '*Ecclessian Suns'* are an Endari Mercenary and Warlord coalition based primarily out of the Endari-centric world of Hytentia in the Ecclessia System on the edge of the Traverse.

### History

#### Founding

In 67 BBY Red Eagle mercenary Inasmo Pavros found herself disgusted with the brutal, dishonorable ways of the mercenary companies in the Traverse. Being herself an ex-royal commando, she believed that mercenaries should operate in a sense specifically to support and uplift society as a whole, rather than being vicious hired thugs with no sense of moral compass. By the end of 67 BBY Inasmo left the Red Eagles after ten years of service with a small company of friends and followers.

Within one year Inasmo had set her own plans in motion, training a small contingent of fifty soldiers to act as a new company on Hytentia. After doing several jobs, Inasmo managed to get a reputation as honorable and fair minded. Due to this reputation and several dissagreements with her former employers, Inasmo found herself at war with the Red Eagles.

#### Rise to Power

The first blow came from the Eagles themselves, a surprise attack at their main base of operations. Inasmo however was prepared thanks to a warning from an ally inside her old employers. When the Eagles arrived with the cream of their forces expecting resistance, Inasmo blew her own fort up, killing their forces and quickly launched a series of counter attacks that left the Red Eagles on Hytentia crippled. At this point, the commander of the Eagles had a choice of calling for help from forces outside the system, or backing off. Unwilling to humiliate himself by calling for help, the Eagles backed off and Inasmo's reputation exploded. Recruits, both green and experienced, began pouring in wanting to join Inasmo's forces. Within several months, the new *'Ecclessian Suns'* were the most powerful mercenary company on Hytentia, almost every new high profile job went to Inasmo. One of the primary factors of the Ecclessian Suns became their strict Endari-centric recruitment and command policy. Inasmo having little love of non-Endari shaped this sentiment.

#### Inasmo Pavros's Command

The Ecclessian Suns rallied around their leader and by 60 BBY the Suns had gained a more permenant command fortress along with their own capitol ships. Inasmo chose to utilize these assets to push her idealized version of what a mercenary should be. Not a hired thug doing corporate dirty work, but a idealist paid soldier with a set of morals. Pavros became quickly embroiled in several large corporate and governmental conflicts, always siding with those who had a moral high ground. Pushing her own beliefs, Pavros voluntary had Suns members hunt terrorists, gangs and move into areas long ignored by the Hytentia Police Force.

By 52 BBY the Suns were ready to expand. Pavros brought on an Endari pirate queen named Demora Erias to spearhead these expansions. Utilizing Erias's personel fleet supported by ships owned by Pavros and the Suns, Erias formed several chapters on Paela Varla, Mineth, Alioth and operations throughout the Vermar Expanse.

In 51 BBY Inasmo Pavros had an affair with Demora Erias, Erias giving birth to a daughter that held her name, Zanath Erias who by 25 BBY would come to command the Asylum, a mining operation. The Ecclessian Suns primary slave base. Inasmo however wouldn't stop there, eventually marrying the daughter of a rival mercenary faction on Mineth, bringing the faction into Ecclessian Suns control. Inasmo would eventually have several daughters, notably Dalora, Sarish and Anaria.

Inasmo would continue to lead the Ecclessian Suns with a strong moral guidance formed around the betterment of the Endari as a whole. In 24 BBY the Paela Varla chapter found itself involved in a large corruption scandal. To bring order, Inasmo left the confines of her secure fortress and made her way to Paela Varla, however this would prove fatal. The brutal ways of the Baroness of Paela Varla were showcased as she ordered the entire Paela Varla chapter of the Ecclessian Suns bombed to rubble. During the hastily evacuation of the chapter, Inasmo was killed by a bomb trying to save one of her lieutenants.

#### Dalora Pavros's Command and the Ecclessian Suns Civil War

Inheriting the 'throne' of the Ecclessian Suns was initially Dalora Pavros who idolized her father, Inasmo. Dalora continued the trend of being a 'force for good' like Inasmo dreamed. However the middle sister of the trio, Sarish Pavros, had other ideas. Unlike Dalora who was raised to be the successor, and thus taught alot of the business side of the operation, Sarish was trained in the art of war and had done many operations personally. Sarish had seen how much money and power was being missed out on by always siding with the underdog, always taking jobs that were in the clear or 'doing good', and always doing volunteer work. Sarish wanted to tap into this vast amount of credits that was sitting idly by as all the competition had been annihilated by Inasmo.

By the end of 23 BBY, Sarish had convinced the youngest sister Anaria, Zanath Erias and an up and coming warlord named Laxa Finna to help her seize power from Dalora Pavros and Demora Erias who had bought into the charismatic Inasmo's beliefs. When the assassination attempt on Dalora was foiled at the turn of 22 BBY, the Ecclessian Suns were plunged into civil war. The war lasted almost two and a half years and shed thousands of lives, of Ecclessian Suns, other mercenaries and factions who joined in the fray, and innocents. In the height of 21 BBY however the tables turned on Dalora when Zanath met her mother in single combat...and won. After claiming victory, the majority of Dalora's forces switched sides and joined Zanath and thereby, Sarish.

In 20 BBY the war concluded when Sarish and her allies surrounded the last few remnants on Dalora's forces on Hytentia. Rather than fight, Dalora surrendered in an attempt to bargain for her life. Sarish initially agreed, however after the surrender was finalized, Sarish changed her mind, Dalora had too many contacts and too many other allies, not to mention the strongest claim to the Ecclessian Suns. Sarish summarily executed Dalora and all of her cabinet. Her remaining soldiers were either killed or forced into slavery to serve Sarish's allies.

#### Sarish Pavros's Command

Sarish Pavros had one real goal...success. And she followed this goal to the bitter end. Sarish believes very much in a dog-eat-dog mentality and utilized this mentality to immediately begin a campaign of extermination. Throughout the Ecclessian Suns she purged any form of dissent, bringing on several ex-Endari Inquisitors to oversee the purge of dissention. Her next target was external threats, the Red Eagles, who were weakened from problematic leadership back in Endari Space, were eradicated from the Vermar Expanse.

Sarish then followed through with her promises of wealth and power. Anaria was handed the keys to the rich aquatic world of Mineth, leading and expanding the Mineth chapters power over both the native government and the mining industry, bringing Anaria more wealth than imaginable. Sarish authorized Zanath Erias to begin slave operations which had been banned under Inasmo and Dalora, forming the Dark Asylum, a slave hub and slave mining base. Laxa Finna was given resources to go out further and establish a base of operations in the Shrike Sea.

Sarish ended up married in 17 BBY to the daughter of Imperial Grand Moff Daner of the Endari Sector. This was accomplished by a series of genius power moves at one of Queen Nathi's balls. Having the empire essentially in her pocket allowed Sarish extended freedom to nearly dominate the entire region. Wanting her children to avoid the power struggle she herself had endured, Sarish only had one 'official' daughter with her mate. Aeria Pavros. Though in actuality Sarish had a variety of children with many different partners, most of those however would go unnamed, many not even knowing Sarish was their father.

In 17 BBY during the *'Custodian Summer Offensive'*, Sarish made a genius move. Sarish sabotaged the Imperial Star Destroyer *Eliminator* by way of small bombs set in vital areas of the ship. When the ISD Eliminator engaged a small Custodian Scout force, the bombs went off, crippling the ship. The Custodians boarded the Eliminator and massacred the crew, however were driven off by an Ecclessian Suns task force after everything was over The Eliminator was taken to a secure base in the Sigmar System and was placed under the watch of the Systems commander, Zanath. The empire believed the Eliminator either destroyed or captured by the Custodians. The truth would not be known until 5 ABY, by that time the only Imperial with any power to affect change was Admiral Erin, who lacked the power base necessary to take on the Ecclessian Suns solo and win.

Sarish continues to command the Ecclessian Suns with impunity, expanding slowly throughout the Traverse.