Outer Rim Frontier – System Rhaegus V
The stars bled as the Obsidian Armada tore into realspace.
The edge of the Rhaegus V system was a lawless conglomerate of pirate kingdoms, failed colonies, and forgotten Republic outposts. Kael had not come for diplomacy. He had come for domination.
From the Sovereign Abyss, Kael issued the invasion protocol.
Command Protocol: Dominion CleaveObjective: Complete Planetary and Systemic SubjugationFleet Formation: Split into 5 Warwings
Each Warwing carried:
4 Dreadnoughts
12 Stealth Corvettes
2 AI Logistics Carriers
50,000 Ascendant Soldiers per Wing
They fell like a plague of metal gods.
First Contact: Rhaegus V Defense Citadel
A haphazard fleet of retrofitted Republic-era vessels attempted a stand.
Enemy Count: 17 Capital-Class ShipsStatus: Hostile Engagement
Kael strode onto the Sovereign Abyss' tactical bridge.
"Deploy Blink Striker squadrons. Tell the Black Echo to silence their command channels. Leave no retreat."
In less than ten minutes, the fleet was reduced to flaming husks drifting through asteroid debris. Kael watched impassively as distress signals blinked and then died.
Combat Achievement: Sector Blitz Victory (First Contact)+2,000 XP
Black Echo Kills: 3,129
+6,258 XP
Kael has reached Level 35
System Update
Level: 35
Stats Allocated:
Strength: 44 (+1)
Agility: 47 (+1)
Midichlorian: 8,210 (+10)
Available Stat Points: 0
Skills:
Veil of the Forgotten – MAX
Blink Strike – MAX
Tactical Analysis – Lv. 4
Force Suppressant Grenade – MAX
Covert Operations – Lv. 3
Blade Mastery (Vibro) – Lv. 7 (+1)
Engineering Command – Lv. 3
Empire Management – Lv. 3
Interrogation Techniques – Lv. 1
Available Skill Points: 0
Planetary Invasion: Groundfall Protocol
Rhaegus V was covered in dark forests and toxic plains, its population split among desperate militia, warlords, and hidden Force cults. None could prepare for the surgical efficiency of the Ascendants.
Black Echo killed communications and sensors within hours.
Atmospheric dispersers spread obedience gas across major cities.
Tactical orbital strikes annihilated population centers with known resistance.
Within a day, 19 city-states fell. Kael walked through burning capitals without needing to draw his blade.
Mass Subjugation Bonus: +8,000 XP
Execution Tally (Warlords & Leaders): 723 Executed+1,446 XP
Obsidian Expansion: Terraform and Integrate
Kael installed:
Three Neural Archive Pylons
Eight Indoctrination Facilities
AI Administrative Overseers in all reclaimed cities
Rhaegus V—renamed Obsidian Reach Prime—was no longer a frontier. It was a staging ground.
Planetary Loyalty Index: 92.6% and risingIndustrial Output: +37% within 24 hours of integration
Kael's Broadcast to the Outer Rim
Every stolen holonet tower, every pirate relay, and every abandoned Jedi beacon now transmitted Kael's voice:
"Order comes to you wrapped in fire. I offer it once. Deny me, and you deny survival. Submit to the Obsidian Mandate. Become immortal in purpose."
Entire pirate coalitions began to surrender without resistance.
Achievement: Strategic Galactic Broadcast Conquest (First System Annexed)+3,000 XP
Rhaegus System was now Kael's.
The Outer Rim had felt its first tremor.
The next systems had already begun to panic.
And in the Jedi Temple, a young seer collapsed, whispering the same word:
"Obsidian... Obsidian... Obsidian..."