Ssi-ruuvi invasions

The Ssi-Ruuvi invasion was the attempt of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium to spread its territory beyond the Ssi-ruuk Star Cluster.

History
The Imperium had never before dared to expand beyond its cluster, partly because of the large distances involved, partly due to the xenophobic nature of the Ssi-Ruuk, and partly because of their religious fear of traveling to 'unconsecrated' worlds.

However, by 1 ABY they had decided to venture into Wild Space, where they conquered the small human colony of G'rho. However, they retreated back to their cluster following the attack, and did not plan another venture for five more years. In 4 ABY, the Ssi-ruuvi shreeftut received visions (through the Force) of a hooded human who revealed himself to be Palpatine, ruler of the Galaxy. He offered the Ssi-ruuvi dozens of worlds and millions of humans to entech, in exchange for the use of Ssi-ruuvi technology. The shreeftut agreed.



Expeditionary forces were sent out against both the Galaxy proper and the neighboring government in the Unknown Regions, the Chiss. However, neither expedition was very successful: the Ssi-ruuvi only narrowly succeeded in conquering the human world of Cattamascar, and were utterly defeated at Bakura, when it became known that Palpatine, having just been killed, would no longer be able to fulfill his promise. Likewise, although several minor Chiss worlds were taken, the Chiss retaliation was massive and unexpected, and laid waste to the Ssi-ruuvi capital, Lwhekk.

It was many years until the Ssi-ruuvi rebuilt enough to contemplate continuing their expansion. Two major events occurred in that time. One was the birth of the Keeramak, an event of major significance in the Ssi-ruuvi religion. The Keeramak himself, a mutant Ssi-ruu, was a master strategist and politician. The other event was the secret takeover of the Imperium by the Yuuzhan Vong, who secretly placed made one of their own, E'thinaa, a ranking general.

Together, E'thinaa and the Keeramak devised a new strategy for continuing the invasion. They made a secret deal with the Prime Minister of Bakura, Molierre Cundertol, and engineered a faux P'w'eck slave uprising, positing the Keeramak as its leader. Together, they succeeded in consecrating Bakura and launching a second invasion of the planet, but when the P'w'eck's actually did revolt and managed to kill the Keeramak, all was lost. Cundertol himself fled back to Lwhekk, where E'thinaa killed him.

The subsequent fate of the Ssi-ruuvi is unknown, although it was believed that the Yuuzhan Vong launched an actual invasion of their territory. In any event, it is likely that the Imperium was too weakened to continue its invasion plans for the foreseeable future.

Known battles

 * 1 BBY: Conquest of G'rho
 * 4 ABY:
 * Attacks on the Chiss Ascendancy
 * Conquest of Cattamascar
 * Battle of Bakura
 * Battle of Lwhekk
 * 28 ABY: Second Battle of Bakura