Tapani sector/Legends



The Tapani Sector was a sector located in the Colonies. The Sector was named after Shey Tapani, who united the sector thousands of years before the Battle of Yavin, though the sector itself had been colonized 12,720 BBY. Seven provinces made up the Expanse: Barnaba Province, Cadriaan Province, Calipsa Province, Mecetti Province, Melantha Province, Pelagia Province, and Reena Province. Each Province was ruled by a noble house. The Sector included the Freeworlds region which was not ruled by nobility. The Empire had planned to split off the Freeworlds into a new sector called the Shapani Sector. Tapani would then be converted into an oversector composed of the Tapani and Shapani sectors. The plan was interrupted by the chaos following the battle of Endor. The sector capital was Procopia. Notable phenomena included Shindra's Veil. Ophideraan was in or near Tapani Sector.

The Giju Run spurred from the Rimma Trade Route and into Tapani Sector intersecting the Shapani Bypass. Other routes were the Three Ellas Run, the Procopian Shipping Lane, Cor Lane, Calipsa Run, the Leozi Route and the Caloria Run.

Colonial Era (12,720-11,708 BBY)
0-1,012 Tapani Calendar

The first settlers to the Tapani Sector came to the planet Pelagon around 13,000 BBY in huge colony ships sent from the Core. Beneath the oceans of Pelagon there were ancient ruins that pre-dated the arrival of the colonists. During this period the sector was at the extreme of human exploration of the galaxy and the early colonists of Pelagon were quite isolated. These original colonists controlled several other systems that were under Calipsa’s control during the Galactic Civil War. Most of these systems were rich in ore but were not as easily settled. Fortunately, the region had an abundance of inhabitable worlds and it did not take long for the settlers to migrate out from Pelagon and prosper.

The colonies were initially governed by the Pella Compact, the council that led the colony ships to Pelagon from the Core. Its leaders established the first alliances with the Herglics and established the first trade routes in the region.

Twelve Kingdoms Era (11,708-7,342 BBY)
1,012-5,372 Tapani Calendar

Over the generation the clan worlds grew more independent of the central government on Pelagon and power gradually decentralized to the local clan capitals. Traditional Tapani historians placed this transition quite arbitrarily in the year 11,708 BBY (1,012 Tapani calander), although others argued that shift to the Twelve Kingdoms Era happened much earlier.

During the early years of this period numerous clans merged, expanded, fought and died out. After eight centuries Twelve stable houses emerged each ruled by a King or Queen. These Twelve kingdoms existed in relative stability for over 3000 years although there were some territorial fluctuations. Towards the end of this era the houses begun to expand their territories to the periphery of the sector in order to provide greater source of raw materials and to establish a buffer zone between the expanding Herglic Trade Empire. The worlds in the area of space that would later be called the Freeworlds Region were lightly settled including Gilliana, Aleron and Achillea. The house made contact with the natives of Mrlsst and established a training relationship.

Dynastic Era (7,328-1,582 BBY)
5,392-11,138 Tapani Calendar

The Twelve Kingdoms era came to an end when a warrior prince named Shey Tapani rose up from House Melantha and unified the houses in a series of bloody civil conflicts known as the Unification War that lasted for nearly twenty years. The climatic battle in this war was the Battle of Shindra’s Veil where Tapani’s space forces faced and defeated the forces of the Rogue Houses at the Shindra's Veil nebula. The unification of the houses by Tapani was celebrated annually during Capital Season at a popular festivals called the Unification Gala. A total of two houses were destroyed during this conflict and another was absorbed within a century.

Shey Tapani was crowned Emperor of his newly formed dominion in 7,328 BBY (5,392 Tapani calander) and over his long lifetime forged the foundations of a regional Empire that lasted for nearly 6,000 years. The rise of Shey’s Empire did little to advance his own House of Melantha since he was surprisingly generous at distributing power even-handedly to the nobles who survived the Unification War. A number of historians have commented that it was this impartiality towards the Houses that gave his empire such a good start.

Shey Tapani's Empire made a great mark on the region. He established a number of universities and research facilities and imposed a new code of law and a new calender. The university system on Mrlsst was codified in 7,308 BBY (5,412 Tapani calander). Shey selected his homeworld of Procopia as the seat of his new empire. The Palace on Estalle Island was the center of regional power throughout the Dynastic Era.

Shey Tapani’s descendants consolidated his empire over the following 5,000 years. Sixteen dynasties ruled the Tapani Empire over the centuries, most hailing from one of the great house of either Melantha, Mecetti, or Pelagia.

Around 4,200 BBY a group called the Mecrosa Order was formed to prevent outsiders from attacking the House Mecetti. When High Lord Tritum XI married Viscountess Mireya of Vjun the order was corrupted by her Sith teachings and was turned into a Sith cult that fought for Exar Kun during the Great Sith War, one of the largest engagements of the Old Sith Wars (4,015 BBY – 3,951 BBY). The Pelagia Duplex Command Assault Gunship was created during this period to bolster Tapani's defenses in the turbulent time surrounding Exar Kun's violent campaign against the Galactic Republic.

The Tapani Sector was involved in further engagements of the Old Sith Wars. Between the Great Hunt events and the Mandalorian Wars a civil war took place in the Tapani Sector that pitched the Jedi Order and House Pelagia against the Sith inspired Mecrosa Order of assassins, who was sponsored by House Mecetti. Two of the nine noble houses were either wiped out or absorbed by other houses during this conflict that was consequently known as the Cleansing of the Nine Houses. During the Mandalorian Wars in 3,963 BBY the Republic Senator Graw called for tariffs against the Tapani Sector in response to their high prices.

In the aftermath of the Great Sith War the Giju Passage trade route was blazed by Herglic scouts in 4,003 BBY (8,717 Tapani calander) and within 25 years it was an established route of trade into Herglic space. This route was actually forged previously be ancient Herglic traders but was long abandoned. The angular starships of the Herglic traders became a familiar sight in Tapani Space and the bulky aliens brought with them substantial investment capital and a vibrant culture.

With the establishment of stable trade pipeline the Empire experience a new surge of growth and expansion. It was at this time that the planets Neona and Tallaan became major trade worlds along the newly established routes. Over the following centuries Tallaan’s modest orbital docks were turned into expensive shipyards.

The Kappela was the final dynasty to rule over the Tapani Empire. The Emperors of this dynasty presided over a steady decline into regional factionalism. The final end of the Empire came in 1,582 BBY (11,138 Tapani calendar) when a cadre of military officers staged a coup and placed the government of the sector into the hands of a group of reformers and the Federal Era began.

Federal Era (1,581-32 BBY)
11,139-12,688 Tapani Calendar

The reformers that came from nearly all the noble houses formed a federation of the planets from the fallen Empire. The new federal government was ruled by a Prime Minister elected by a parliament on Procopia. This system of government was more decentralized than the Imperial structure and gave more power to the individual house leaderships.

The position of Prime Minister of the Tapani Federation was later elected by a Great Council. During the 15 centuries of Federal Era the balance of power shifted from one house to another as leaders formed Great Council coalitions that elected them to power. Most of these leaders came from Pelagia or Mecetti but from time to time even the lesser houses took charge when an effective leader rose from their ranks. Several houses rose and fell during this period in Tapani history and two left the sector entirely in search of greater opportunities.

During the Federal Era the Tapani Sector joined the Galactic Republic. In 1,486 BBY (11,234 Tapani calendar) Procopia sent its first representatives to the Senate and was officially designated a Sector of the Republic. Several members of House Pelagia were recruited by the Jedi Order and a bloodline strong in the Force was established. Members of the nobility frequently traveled to the Core to do business and ambassadors forged alliances and links with important Core worlds such as Alderaan and Corellia. There were many Tapani expatriates that lived on Core worlds such as Coruscant and members of the Galactic Senate enjoyed a good degree of influence and authority in galactic affairs.

The periphery worlds settled in the Dynastic Era were initially considered a new source of new raw materials for the high-consumption worlds of the sector. When Republic scouts opened up a new trade route in the Federal Era, which reduced several days off the established Rimma hyperlane, these worlds enjoyed a huge and unanticipated surge in growth. This new route was called the Shapani Bypass and resulted in a pouring of credit and influence into the coffers of the periphery worlds and eventually led to their independence from the noble houses. This this area of space would be known as the Freeworlds Region and a League of the five most powerful worlds was established to collude in setting tariffs, coordinating a common defense strategy and other top level arrangements.

During the Clone Wars the Tapani Sector was represented in the Galactic Senate by Senator Rodd of Fondor until he joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems 23 BBY and was replaced by the Mrlssi Canny Mandary Bertar who represented the Sector up until the Dissolution of the Imperial Senate in 0 BBY.

Imperial Era (31 BBY-4 ABY)
12,689-12,724 Tapani Calendar

The rise of the New Order changed the nature of Tapani politics. The Old republic tended not to significantly intervene in  the affairs of the Tapani Federation beyond a few wars and conflicts. When the Empire was established there was, for the first time in the sectors history, a greater external power both willing and capable of interfering in internal Tapani affairs.

During the early years of Galactic Imperial rule the Emperor was slow to bring the outlying sectors under his direct control as he concentrated on consolidating a powerbase in the inner systems of the dissolved Republic. Other systems spent the early years pretending that they could maintain independence but the leaders of the Tapani sector acknowledged that eventually Palpatine would turn his attention to the remaining independent systems and, on some convenient pretext, send an Imperial fleet in to take control. The leaders of the sector therefore set out to curry favor with the New Order. The senatorial representatives declared their allegiance to the Emperor and Tapani brokered several trade deals advantageous to the Empire. The large number of officers in the Republic Navy were loyal to the Empire and many were entrusted with important commands while less malleable officer were pushed aside or disappeared altogether. The Grand Admiral Grant was a powerful Naval officer who came from the Tapani sector. The Mecetti Noble Brigta Hejaran received tutoring by Emperor Palpatine's Dark Side Adepts.

Of the seven houses during this period Mecetti and Melantha were the most enthusiastic supporters of the New Order. House Melantha fared particularly well under the new regime and several key nobles entered the Emperors inner circle and undertook to protect Tapani. High Lord Bal Jaset of House Melantha served as an Imperial Advisor in Palpatine's Empire. House Pelagia supported the Emperors early efforts to rebuild the Republic after the destruction of the Clone Wars but gradually became less supportive when Palpatines true intentions were revealed.

House Mecetti tried to catch up with Melantha's influence by helping the Empire with the great Jedi purge. The Inquisitors were brought into Tapani an Mecetti used its spynet rescources to help root out the Jedi members of Pelagia.

Following the Jedi purge the Empire installed planetary governors which further created fear that they would soon take over the sector. House Mecetti used this fear to form a new coalition within the Great Council with a mandate to root out all anti-Imperial sentiment in Tapani. This Mecetti-Calipsa-Reena coalition led to another purge that rid the sector of more of Mecetti's enemies than Imperial. Mecetti moved against their long term enemy and Pelagia was left impotent. Several worlds were taken from House Pelagia and ceded to House Calipsa.

Following the disbandment of the senate most worlds passed directly into the control of the Empire. The Tapani sector managed to escape this immediate fate and managed to maintain a reasonable degree of freedom.



The Pelagian Jedi Knight Taj Junak survived the Great Jedi Purge and hid from the Empire in the Freeworlds Territory. He adopted the alias of Professor Shellery Kint and taught at the Mrlsst Academy on Mrlsst. When the Empire moved into the Tapani Sector Taj sacrificed himself to save the Academy and was burnt on the spot. No grass grew on the location of his demise and it was saidthat this was to warn people of the dangers of politics.

During Imperial rule, the Tapani Sector was governed by Moff Laird Gustavu. Moff Tendd governed the planet of Bethal during this period.

New Republic Era (4-27 ABY)
12,724-12,747 Tapani Calendar

During the New Republic era Kvarm Jia represented the Tapani Sector in 27 ABY before the end of the New Republic and its rebirth as the Galactic Alliance. Senator Jia sat on the New Republic Military Oversight Committee and was responsible for convening the Corruption Panel that investigated Viqi Shesh prior to the Appeasement Vote.

Nobility
The population of the Expanse is divided into two socio-economic classes the nobility and the common people. There are approximately 345 noble families that have been in existence in one form or another since the Dynastic Era. Some have changed associations as house fell and other rose through the centuries.

While in most of the Old Republic the idea of universal suffrage and equality existed the philosophy in the Tapani Sector continued over the millennia that the right to rule belonged to the well-born. Both nobles and commons subscribe to this point of view. This may explain how the Tapani citizens adapted so well to the emergence of the Empire and why the Rebellion had trouble fanning the flames of freedom in the sector.

Noble Houses

 * House Barnaba
 * House Cadriaan
 * House Calipsa
 * House Mecetti
 * House Melantha
 * House Pelagia
 * House Reena

Government
The first settlers of the Tapani sector were governed from Pelagon by a council called the Pella Compact. When the colonies migrated from Pelagon clans formed and power gradually devolved and to local capitals. Eventually twelve houses emerged that were ruled by a Monarch. When Shey Tapani united the houses he and his decedents ruled the sector as Emperors and established the seat of power on Procopia.

The Tapani Empire fell in 1,582 BBY and a Federation was established that gave the individual houses more autonomy in the governance of their own affairs. The federation was lead by a Prime Minister who was initially elected by a Parliament. Each house province was governed by an appointed High Lord/Lady and a selection of the highest ranking nobles that formed the Privy Council. Individual settlements within each province were governed by community leaders mostly from the common ranks. In the day-to-day affairs the nobles tended to defer control to the local common government officials, reserving their energies for establishing overall house directives and sector politics. The Expanse was governed by the nobles of the sector through the Great Council on Procopia.

Great Council


The Tapani federations primary legislative body was the Great Council and its associated sub-councils. The Great council comprised of over 2,000 members from the noble families of the Expanse, each of which were associated with on of the noble houses. The houses gain power and influence by forming coalitions within the Great Council in order to obtain enough votes to carry their polices. For approximately twenty years before the Battle of Yavin the House Mecetti controlled coalition (Mecetti-Reena-Calipsa coalition) held the power within the council. The proportion of votes each house has within the Great Council is based on the total population within each province and not the number of worlds or systems. The Great Council was lead by a Prime Minister elected by majority vote within the chamber. It was the prerogative of the council to call for new Prime ministerial elections at any time but by tradition this was only done every five years.

The Great Council had a number of executive and judicial responsibilities as well as its role as the primary legislative body of the Expanse. Therefore in addition to passing laws the council would sit in judgments over some court cases, confer offices and grant pardons. In reality the council was too large to effectively attend to all of its duties and therefore it was mainly concerned with electing officials and reviewing the decisions of the many smaller councils and committees under its control.

Senate
The Senate was the largest and most powerful of the "lesser" councils and was mandated to deliberated on such matters as tariffs, armaments, negotiations, taxes, and laws. It was made up of 80 senior Great Council members and a number of appointed military officers and ambassadors. The Prime Minster also presided over the Senate.

Council of Ten
The Council of Ten was an inner circle of senior Great Council members that the Prime Minister could call on to bypass the Senate on crucial issues such as interal security, finance and foreign policy. Despite its name the council was actually comprised on 35 members.

Astrography
The Tapani Sector was located in the Colonies region on the Shapani Bypass, an offshoot of the Rimma Trade Route. Since the Dynastic Era the sector capital was Procopia although during the Imperial Era the world of Tallaan was equally important because the main Imperial regional depot was located there. Although the Tapani Sector was in the Colonies it was, by tradition, considered part of the Core worlds community.

There were approximately 70 star systems in the sector and roughly a fifth were inhabitable worlds that were heavily settled. Other systems also had small settlements that included research stations, mining facilities and military outposts.

Tapani had an abundant number of temperate worlds and a plethora of raw materials for mining, some of which were relatively rare in the rest of the galaxy. For thousands of year the sector has shipped trillions of tons annually to the Core. It is the closest source of raw materials to the Core that gave it an competitive edge with more distant Sectors that had to raise their prices to account for higher transportation costs.



From a galactic geographic perspective the Tapani Sector lies just off the Rimma Trade Route (Rimma run). This major trade route ranged from the Core all the way to the distant Kathol Sector. Centuries before the rise of the Empire Republic scouts blazed a large short-cut that ran through the Tapani Sector that cut several days off the Rimma run. This trade route was called the Shapani Bypass and brought the sector into a major trade route that reinvigorated the economy and cultural development. The route was also called the Bacta Run or Bacta Bypass since it was established to get Bacta into the Core from Thyferra.

Since the Federal Era there were two distinct parts to the Tapani Sector: the Expanse and the Freeworlds Region. The Expanse was an ore-rich region of space under the control of the noble houses. During the Imperial Era it consisted of seven provinces that made up the house holdings. Procopia was an independent world that was governed by a ruling coalition in the Great Council.

The Freeworlds Region was a series of systems on the boarder of the sector. It was once a backward fringe area but became more powerful because of its position on two major trade routes, the Shapani Bypass and the Giju Run. Because most of the ore from the Expanse must pass through the Freeworlds Region a tariff is placed on the shipping. This cause several tensions between the noble house of the Expanse and the Freeworlds.

Procopia (sector capital)

 * Procopia system
 * Procopia
 * Estalle Island
 * Estalle capital city
 * Destato Island
 * Davla
 * Crispos Isle

Barnaba Province

 * Barnaba system
 * Barnaba capital planet
 * Cor I system
 * Cor II system
 * Cor III system
 * Crella system
 * Garobi system
 * Hellios system
 * Vycinyth system
 * Vycynith
 * Tapani Arts and Sports Complex
 * Vilhon
 * Fort Departure
 * House Melantha's orbital hunting lodge

Cadriaan Province

 * Achillea system
 * Achillea capital planet
 * Cadriell capital city
 * Cesya system
 * Listoria system
 * Pavia system
 * Shopani system
 * Gilliana system
 * Gilliana
 * Lanthe Artifice HQ
 * Nista system
 * Nista
 * Pelagia Freedom Force base

Calipsa Province

 * Calipsa system
 * Calipsa capital planet
 * Cambar capital city
 * The Crystal Forest
 * New Javis system
 * Lorenz system
 * Dampher system
 * Grella system
 * Kamper system
 * Shifa system
 * Riesa system
 * Jinda system
 * Coorimbus system
 * Coorimbus IV
 * Betolio system
 * Setolio system
 * Netolio system

Mecetti Province

 * Obulette system
 * Obulette capital planet
 * Obulette shipyards
 * Shimper Ale HQ
 * Javis system
 * Javis
 * Blyte system
 * Lastella system
 * Estaph system
 * Tumus system
 * Tanda system
 * Pozzi system
 * Tanzis system
 * Tanya system
 * Bianas system
 * Pella system
 * Pella
 * Nightsinger's Orb
 * Hejaran Castle
 * Nella system
 * Nyssa system
 * Dorellia system

Melantha Province

 * Soterios system
 * Soterios capital planet
 * Melaana capital city
 * New Melaana capital city
 * Shindra system
 * Rianon system
 * Rellio system
 * Rellio
 * Bilios system
 * Gania system
 * Cauper system
 * Ricaldi system
 * Lupani system
 * Lupani
 * Tocco system
 * Shella system

Pelagia Province

 * Obelia system
 * Bethal system
 * Bethal
 * Dora Prefecture capital city
 * Altoona Prefecture
 * Bethal AgriCorp HQ
 * Pelagon system
 * Pelagon capital planet
 * Pelagia's Moon
 * PACC HQ
 * Pelagar capital city

Reena Province

 * Canti system
 * Caloria system
 * Tanger system
 * Tanger
 * Tillo system
 * Tavitz system
 * Reena system
 * Reena capital planet
 * Reena University

Freeworlds region

 * Aleron system
 * Aleron
 * Daekun capital city
 * Alisandor system
 * Allandor system
 * Don I system
 * Don II system
 * Dorella system
 * Dorella
 * Doris system
 * Fondor system
 * Fondor
 * Nallastia
 * Fondor Shipyards
 * Orbital Shipyard 1321
 * Fondor Academy of Engineering and Design
 * Jappe system
 * Jappe
 * Lamuir system
 * Lamuir IV
 * Gryle City capital city
 * Lake Aire Hotel
 * Hungry Herglic
 * Green Mist Tavern
 * Letev system
 * Lusk system
 * Lynx system
 * Mennaalii system
 * Mrlsst
 * Mrlsst Academy
 * JAN Camp
 * Mrlsst Spaceport
 * The Soundmound
 * Artists' High Commune
 * Falken's Lab
 * The Central Academic Hospital
 * Mrlsst Center for Linguistic Studies
 * Neona system
 * Neona
 * Newland capital city
 * Neona Military Academy
 * New Shella system
 * Pernella system
 * Pernella
 * Reyna system
 * Sefon system
 * Sheva system
 * Sheva
 * Alabard's Comets base
 * Sorella system
 * Tallaan system
 * Tallaan Imperial depot
 * Soun-Giju
 * Tallaani Shipyards
 * Heatherdowns Hotel and Track
 * CMG Guildhouse
 * 1st Tapani Assault Battlegroup HQ
 * Tamber system
 * Tavya system
 * Danju system (outside Freeworld)
 * Lammax
 * Port Bianco

The Tapani Sector's Year

 * By the Tapani Sector's domestic calendar, which is Galactic Standard with local names, the year flows as follows:
 * Month 1: Elona
 * Month 2: Kelona
 * Holiday 1: Tapani Day
 * Month 3: Selona
 * Festival Week 1: Expansion Week
 * Month 4: Telona
 * Month 5: Nelona
 * Holiday 2: Productivity Day
 * Month 6: Helona
 * Festival Week 2: Shelova Week
 * Month 7: Melona
 * Month 8: Yelona
 * Holiday 3: Harvest Day
 * Month 9: Relona (The Freeworlds Region of the Tapani Sector also recognizes Relona 10 - 15 as Independence Week.)
 * Month 10: Welona
 * Festival Week 3: Winter Fete

Appearances

 * Galactic Republic Defense Ministry Daily Brief KD0092
 * Star by Star
 * Revelation
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair