Post by Darth Xaos on Jun 3, 2015 3:04:05 GMT
The doctor smiled in appreciation of Jacen's interest, "My kind's history is a long one so I will keep my explanation as succinct and relevant to the current discussion as I can. For millenia the Shi'ido lived in tranquil isolation on Lao-Mon, with only a few of us venturing into the wider Galaxy to trade or learn from other cultures. Our shape-changing abilities meant that we could blend in, and we were even less-known back then. During the Clone Wars we suffered numerous pirate raids and ultimately an invasion that forced our people into a diaspora. We Shi'ido remained one nation during this time and, with the old monarchy destroyed by Lao-Mon's fall, established a representative government. But, sadly, most never forgot the old superstitions and, even after it became safe to return home, the measure would not pass as there had yet to be a sign to signal the end of exodus. Even more sadly, that signal ultimately came in the form of the last surviving heir of the royal house, discovered or manufactured through fraud by the Sith. In their enthusiasm my people turned over all their power to the new Queen and the priestesses, recreating the mythical realm of our earliest age. Now the Sith rule Lao-Mon in all but name. The Queen broods in her palace ceaselessly, shirking the growing problems of trying to make a modern state out of a fairy-tale governmental model onto the common folk. A process that is deeply hindered by the priestesses' refusal to permit reorganization of democratic institutions which would facilitate this goal, as no provisions are found in the ancient religious laws to permit such organization. These iron-fisted judgments are imposed forcefully by the Queen's witch-women."
"The Sith have been permitted to operate unopposed in the Unknown Regions and on worlds deep outside their strong regions for far too long," Daala concluded Formbi and Hoole's narratives, "Their new expansions in the Outer Rim mean the territory is now just large enough and requires just enough commitment for them to be contained. Within a month's time, I intend to have forced the Unionists back into their Outer Rim holdings."
"The Sith have been permitted to operate unopposed in the Unknown Regions and on worlds deep outside their strong regions for far too long," Daala concluded Formbi and Hoole's narratives, "Their new expansions in the Outer Rim mean the territory is now just large enough and requires just enough commitment for them to be contained. Within a month's time, I intend to have forced the Unionists back into their Outer Rim holdings."