Syndicate War

The Syndicate War was a multi-month long conflict that broke out during the reign of the Galactic Empire in the aftermath of the Attack on the Executor. That attack and the following conflict were manufactured by the resurgent Crimson Dawn criminal syndicate as part of a secret war waged by its leader, Lady Qi'ra, to destroy the Sith Lords Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, ending their rule over the galaxy and bringing forth a new power structure. The war saw a number of syndicates and groups turn against one another, disrupting the criminal underworld. Upon realizing the plot against him, Sidious moved to crush Crimson Dawn and contacted the heads of the warring syndicates, ordering them to stop the pointless conflict and instead locate and kill Qi'ra.

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