Mandalorian Outpost (Dxun)

"This used to be the heart of the Mandalorian war effort. From this complex, we commanded an armada that had the Republic on the run."

- Canderous Ordo

The headquarters of the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders, while under the command of both Mandalore the Ultimate and Mandalore Canderous Ordo, was a sprawling complex that was built amidst the dangerous jungles of Dxun.

Following the death of Mandalore the Indomitable during the Fourth Battle of Onderon at the conclusion of the Great Sith War, a Mandalorian Crusader claimed the legendary mask of Mandalore and rose to power as Mandalore the Ultimate &mdash; lord of the Mandalorian Clans. He and his followers claimed Dxun as their own and began to fortify it as the headquarters for a glorious new crusade.

By the year 3,976 BBY, twenty years after the defeat of Exar Kun, Lord Mandalore had reforged his people into the Neo-Crusaders and begun the first moves towards a large-scale invasion of the Galactic Republic. During the Mandalorian Wars, Mandalore's base on Dxun became the command center for his mighty armadas as his forces battled the Republic fleets across the Outer Rim.

Years later, after the Jedi Revan and Malak had entered the war and pushed the Mandalorian forces back to their original Dxun staging-grounds, the Republic Navy began an invasion of the heavily defended moon. Republic forces launched a large-scale assault on the Mandalorian held world, but the attack came at a terrible cost. The Mandalorians were deeply entrenched after decades of fortification and were protected by hidden mines, traps, anti-air turrets, and the ferocious inhabitants of the jungle itself. As a result, the battle was one of the bloodiest of the entire war.

The Mandalorians refused to give ground and it took the Republic months to dig them out of their fortifications. At the end, the Jedi General who was in command of the battle, was forced to sacrifice dozens of her soldiers, sending them on a suicidal charge to disable the minefield that was the last obstacle keeping them away from the Mandalorian fortress. Yet, by that point, the Mandalorians had already abandoned their headquarters and its walls were only manned by a few volunteers who had been allowed to stay and fight.

The Neo-Crusaders lost the battle and the war, but their spirit was still not broken. Following the Jedi Civil War, Canderous Ordo took the role of Mandalore and began to unite the scattered Mandalorian Clans. Once more, Mandalorian forces occupied the damaged fortifications that they had abandoned a decade before. In that place of isolation, they began to recruit, rebuild, and ready themselves for war once again.