Order of Zildrog

The Order of Zildrog was a militant organization that emerged on Zakuul following the fall of the Eternal Empire. Driven to avenge his people's defeat, Vinn Atrius brought together various individuals and factions with different agendas who were united in their hatred of the Alliance and the Commander who commanded it. Learning about Zildrog, an ancient superweapon from Iokath, Atrius was informed by GEMINI 16, a rogue GEMINI unit who sought the destruction of the Eternal Fleet, of its workings and whereabouts, giving the Order the means to bring the Alliance down.

One of the Alliance's original founders Theron Shan learned about the Order and decided to work against it from the inside. Shan led the Commander into a trap on Iokath and later revealed himself as a traitor during the mission to Umbara. Faking his defection to the Order, Shan stalled them with false data while he chased Zildrog's location by infiltrating the Chiss House Inrokini on Copero to obtain the Sith Emperor's holomap leading to it. After the Order found Zildrog on Nathema, Theron send an encrypted message to the Alliance, convincing them to attend a rendezvous where he revealed his true allegiance and motives.

Together with Lana Beniko and the Commander, Theron tried to stop the Order from awakening Zildrog, but they were too late. Trapped in a force field, they could do nothing but watch as GEMINI 16 activated Zildrog and revealed his secondary form to be none other than the Gravestone. The Alliance's key asset was parked on Odessen, from where Zildrog proceeded to remotely use it to systematically destroy the entirety of the Eternal Fleet, which sat without orders in Odessen's orbit. After Zildrog prepared to target Odessen itself, the Alliance leadership used an opening to engage and destroy GEMINI 16, defeat Vinn Atrius and finally destroy Zildrog itself. Although the Order failed to achieve its primary goal, it nevertheless dealt a serious blow to the Alliance, depriving them of their most valuable military assets and causing many of its members to leave in the aftermath.

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