First Pius Dea Crusade

The Hutt Crusades was a punitive campaign waged by the Pius Dea Supreme Chancellor Contispex against the Hutt Empire around 12,000 BBY. The Pius Dea were a humanocentric sect that had come to power by impeaching the incumbent Chancellor Pers'lya. Shortly after coming into power, Contispex was able to exploit popular anti-Hutt sentiment amongst the Republic citizenry. The Republic dispatched a military expedition against the Hutt Empire&mdash;which had threatened the Republic's frontiers in preceeding millennia and had become a crime haven since 15,000 BBY.

The campaign was successful for the Republic, resulting in the neutralization of the Hutts. However, successive Pius Dea chancellors would sponsor more military crusades against "alien" sects in the Outer Rim Territories. The rest of the Pius Dea period was dominated by a series of alternating hot and cold wars which only ended following a "famous encounter" in 11,000 BBY.