Addendum 4: Historia Galactica, Vol. 71

The Clone Wars. The period commonly referred to as the Clone Wars remains one of the most widely recognized, yet arguably one of the most misleading designations applied to a series of conflicts that shook the galaxy in the second decade following the Great ReSynchronization. In fact, the entirety of this galaxy-spanning conflict only became known as the Clone Wars because of the highly sensationalised opening battle of the war, the 1st Battle of Geonosis, where the eponymous Clone Army of the Republic made their thundering debut onto the galactic stage. As the war unfolded, the label ‘Clone Wars’ proved increasingly inadequate, for the scope of the conflict far exceeded the initial skirmish that had given rise to its name.

The Galactic Civil War. The Separatist Crisis, the Separatist Uprising. The Republic-Confederacy War, the Core-Rim War. The Great Patriotic War, the Confederate War of Independence. The Rimward War, the Liberation of the Rim. The War for the Outer Rim. Across the galaxy, the war was known by different local names, each reflecting the perspectives and experiences of the many factions involved. The conflict was as multifaceted as the societies it engulfed, with traditional rivals fighting on the same side, and erstwhile allies pitted against each other. The war marked the first galaxy-wide war in over a millennium, with shifting alliances and ideologies shaping the course of events as both sides adapted to the rapidly changing realities of warfare. The term ‘’Clone Wars’ may have sufficed in the early days following Geonosis, but it soon became clear that the conflict could not be encapsulated by any single name.

And yet, if one made an attempt to pinpoint the exact moment of time where all of these names would have been accurate, from one perspective or another, it would be in the eighth month of the fourteenth year post-Great ReSynchonization. Known to us as the final Confederate offensive against the Republic, the war had reached its zenith. Operation Storm-Door saw both the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems commit the full weight of their military and economic resources to the struggle, convinced that victory was just within reach. No region of the galaxy remained untouched.

To the north, the New Territories are under siege by the GAR; in the east the CAF launches a brutal counterattack to recapture their lost territories; in the south Eriadu lays silent a tomb, the entire Rimma Trade Route engulfed in a bloody crusade against the Core Worlds. Indiscriminate bombardment had become a standard tactic, entire worlds put to the torch as punishment for their continued resistance one after another. Both sides, believing their final victory to be imminent, escalated the violence in a desperate bid to bring the war to a swift conclusion. The cost was staggering, and the true number of lives lost may never be fully known.

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