Dac Civil War

The Dac Civil War is a war that has erupted on Dac (16 ABY) between indigenous Quarren and Mon Calamari. The war itself is a manifestation of behind the scenes Imperial interference and subtle manipulation on the part of Imperial saboteurs, intended to bring about the end of New Republic rule over Dac and the installation of Quarren leadership over the predominately Republic-friendly Calamari.

Imperial Planning
The civil war's genesis can be found in the mind of Vextin Mandor, a historian and adviser to the Imperial Military. Mandor had joined the Imperial Navy shortly after Danik Kreldin's failed coup against Aleister Vadim, himself being secretly loyal to Kreldin's agenda; Mandor, however, realized the foolhardiness of openly opposing the regime and instead focused his creative efforts on furthering the Imperial agenda. In an open letter to Imperial High Command, including Vassily Korolov himself, Mandor spoke out against the inactivity the Empire had stumbled upon and urged the Empire to not fall into the same trap that ensnared Bacharan Valak after his successful conquest of Coruscant. In order to fully capitalize on their recent successes, the Empire had to act as quickly as possible to drive the nail into the Republic. To do so, Mandor proposed an intricate plan that would wrest control over the Republic's prime military supporter, Dac, which he entitled Operation Squid Lake, after the famous opera performed by the Mon Calamari Ballet.

The operation called for the manipulation of the native Dac species to bring them to civil war; to do so, Imperial agents would reignite the old flames between the two major species, Quarren and Mon Calamari, whom for generations held deep hatred and mistrust of each other after a bloody civil war thousands of years prior. Vextin predicted a civil war would send the Republic into bureaucratic chaos, but believed the Republic would ultimately support the Mon Calamari, whom occupied many high offices in the Republic, such as Admiral Ackbar himself. The ultimate goal of Squid Lake would be either direct Imperial control over Dac or indirect Imperial control through a proxy Quarren government, whom the Empire would seek to win over by assisting them through their struggle against the Calamari.

Mandor's plan became the talk of High Command. But in order for the plan to be successful, the intelligence work had to be perfect; enter Korynn Fleming of Imperial Security Bureau, whom met with Mandor to discuss the operation. After reviewing the details and a lengthy discussion with Mandor, Fleming was won over by the operation and agreed to provide full support. It then fell upon Fleming and his agents to plan the specific intelligence operations to ignite the civil war. Working with Mandor and other branches of the Empire, Imperial sleeper agents on Dac were activated and apprised of operation details; Fleming himself infiltrated the planet with a team to lay the ground work for the manipulation campaign.

Squid Lake, however, hit a bump when it was revealed that Mandor had been a loyalist to Kreldin; Mandor was arrested and brought before tribunal. The situation cast a dark light on Operation Squid Lake, with many in High Command feeling it tainted by treasonous elements, some even going as far as to call for its termination. Ultimately, Squid Lake was allowed to proceed, with the backing of High Command and the Ruling Council, and thus a steady flow of credits to maintain the operation.

Dirty Work
See Operation Squid Lake - Infiltration for more information

For months, Imperial agents, under Fleming's supervision, infiltrated Quarren and Calamari society. Incidents began to occur across the planet, notably at the Whaladon Pub, where Fleming incited racial tension that led to the first incident of Quarren rejecting Mon Calamari patrons. Such incidents began to spark up in more and more establishments, all the work of ISB's clever manipulation campaign.

The culmination of Mandor and Fleming's plan came six months after the plan initialized; a deadly toxin was planted within a bacta supply crate bound for Reef Home City. Within a short period of time the world's supply of bacta was tainted, resulting in the death of the Mon Calamari crew managing the bacta supply depot. Soon after, food spoilage occurred as a result of Imperial sabotage. Millions of Quarren were killed in the resulting epidemic, which took no more than two hours. The crisis enraged the Quarren population, who rose up to burn food storages to prevent the spread of death.

Leia Organa Solo called for an emergency meeting with Quarren and Calamari ambassadors. She was met with one Eeth Mentel, a Quarren who had been manipulated by Fleming, who provided Leia with falsified documents that shed guilt on the Calamari; convinced, Leia was left with no choice but to assemble a peacekeeping mission in an attempt to restore order and civility on Dac. However, the action was too late - Quarren partisans struck out in full-force against the Calamari, starting the Civil War. In less than half a day, the entire world was plunged into war.

So far Squid Lake had emerged as a complete success; no suspicions had been risen, and the Empire's hands were clean of the situation.

Galactic Response
The galaxy responded to the crisis nearly immediately. The Republic called for cessation of hostilities, while the Empire responded with a rare press release from Aleister Vadim sending their condolences to the Quarren and decrying the Republic for allowing the civil war to occur; speculation arose that the Empire would send a COMPNOR mission to help mediate differences.

Merchants from the Corporate Sector Authority received a major boon as the demand for bacta (due to the tainted reserves on Dac) increased dramatically. Galactic Transport Systems established a mission on Dac, transporting civilians off the planet to escape the devastation - for a nominal fee. FineLine Systems responded with similar offers to cash in on the war.

Early Stages of War
The war has begun. Mandor's original plan called for Imperial advisers (read: commandos and Stormtroopers) to be sent under secrecy to Dac to train, supply and assist the Quarren fighters, but would refrain from direct involvement until later in the campaign; Mandor hoped that the Republic would respond by sending in their military to attempt to mediate, which, to Mandor, would help the Empire's objectives. So far it is unknown how many Imperial soldiers have been sent to Dac, if any, or the extent to which the war has spread.