Eternal Empire

"I forged the Empire of Zakuul to surmount all of my previous works. It will span eternity."

- Valkorion

The Eternal Empire was a government based on Zakuul by Emperor Valkorion sometime before the Galactic War of 3640 BBY. Valkorion used the Empire's large fleet to battle both the Galactic Republic and Sith Empire on multiple worlds, with which, he thought he could reshape the entire galaxy.

When the Outlander was captured together with Darth Marr by Arcann, son of Valkorion, the Emperor had a talk with them before his throne. Marr was killed after he tried to defeat the Emperor's guard, Knights of Zakuul, while The Outlander was given a choice: kneeling before Valkorion, an opportunity that almost no one else received. Arcann took advantage of the situation to kill Valkorion, claiming himself Emperor of the Eternal Empire and freezing in carbonite the Outlander. If the Outlander does not kneel before Valkorion, Arcann turns on his father, who easily deflects Arcann's blows through his usage of Tutaminis, a Force technique in which the Force is used to absorb energy. Arcann returns the Outlander's weapon to them, and after a moment the Outlander kills Valkorion by stabbing or shooting him.

Arcann used the death of his father to wage a conquest of the Core Worlds that would see the Republic and Sith Empire on the losing end with the Eternal Fleet favoring ambush tactics and the massive technological superiority to destroy the bulk of both side's fleets within a matter of months. At the end of the first year, the capitals of both Coruscant and Dromund Kaas were blockaded; only ships outfitted with the element Isotope-5 were capable of outrunning them but could never truly compete. After 5 years of conflict, the governments of the Galactic Republic and Sith Empire had formed treaties with Zakuul making the Eternal Empire the sole superpower within the galaxy. Afterwards, massive battle stations known as Star Fortresses were placed in orbit of planets that possessed significant importance to keep rebellions from forming and to ensure the tributes from both governments were paid the fortresses as they were under the command of Exarchs, biologically and cybernetically enhanced Knights of Zakuul.

But as the galaxy suffered, the Eternal Empire itself did also in ways that many did not or wished not to see. Arcann's rule had become oppressive and cruel with his sister Vaylin, no longer restrained by her father, causing death and destruction in her wake as her powers in the Force continued to grow.

By 3635 BBY, Lana Beniko and Koth Vortena free the Outlander from carbonite imprisonment, leading to the formation of an Alliance determined to destroy the Eternal Throne.