Empire Reborn campaign

The Empire Reborn was a splinter group of the Imperial Remnant under Lord Hethrir, and Imperial Admiral Galak Fyyar was consolidating Remnant build-up in the . Fyyar allied with the Chistori Desann, a rogue Dark Jedi, with the common goal of destroying the New Jedi Order. Desann had been a fledgling initiate of the New Jedi Order, until he was expelled by Luke Skywalker from the Jedi Praxeum because of his violent ways.

Hethrir tasked Desann with training several of his Empire Youths: Force-sensitive individuals who had shown devotion to the Empire Reborn and had been "purified" by the Waru extradimensional being. Desann took one of the Youths, Tavion Axmis, as his apprentice.

On a possibly related side, the derelict Star Destroyers around the Endor system were stripped from armor, shield generators, and power cores; this was discovered by a New Republic contractor who came later for the same job; although the security chief on Bakura did not speculate on the salvagers, it is possible that the components went for the Remnant/Reborn forces, as the New Republic Intelligence Service classified the report along with other relevant ones.

Desann also employed gangster-turned-businessbeing Reelo Baruk for taking over the carbonite freezing chambers on Bespin. Lando Calrissian complained to the Senate about criminal syndicate activities in Cloud City.

Another alerting event was when a cargo ship bound for Belsavis, refuelled on Nar Shaddaa, when its load of DXR-6 disruptor rifles disappeared. N.R.I. was puzzled about the ship's business, who took the rifles, and why no official complaints were registered.

In addition to training those with talent, Desann experimented with imbuing Force-weak Human Empire Youths with dark side powers, using Artusian crystals and Sith alchemical secrets. A large deposit of such crystals was reported to be found by the mining facility on Artus Prime. Fyyar had Imperial forces captured the facility in order to obtain Force-sensitive Artusian crystals. Most of the miners were imprisoned while others were transported to Kejim. The remnant also apparently intercepted the Republic ship that was sent to Artus Prime.

The Imperial Remnant also restored the abandoned Kejim Outpost which was used to perform experiments on the crystals and the captured miners as test subjects. Their objective was to artificially infuse select stormtroopers with the Force resulting in the Reborn. The outpost was commanded by Commander Stavan under orders from Fyyar. The Reborn operated a recruiting station on Tatooine under orders from Kejim although they were entrusted with little information.

The Rerborn's takeover of Bespin came one step closer when the company of Reelo Baruk won a contract to handle garbage hauling and disposal for all of Cloud City. His actual role was supplying the Empire Reborn with cortosis and thugs for a takeover of the carbonite freezing chambers.

The Cairn Installation housed cortosis-processing facilities for shadowtroopers, and dropships which Fyyar planned to launch against the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4.

In 12 ABY The Rogue Squadron was alerted when they spotted a Sentinel-class landing craft near Cairn and began investigation into the Deep Core concerning Admiral Horrsk's activities there, while requesting a list of unaccounted Sentinels and their known owners.

An agent stationed on Honoghr alerted the New Republic about Fyyar's activities in the Remnant. Meanwhile, independent operative Kyle Katarn raided the Tatooine facility for the New Republic; he left only one survivor, who later revealed to NRIS Captain Hantor Loftus all about Kejim.

Tavion Axmis's presence in the Lenico system attracted the interest of Skywalker and a team of the Praxeum, who heard rujmors about a woman using Force powers for criminal gain; Skywalker did not make a connection but thought she might be recruited for his academy.

Following Calrissian's vague reports about Cloud City, the Senator of Varonat relayed the curious elements to NRIS which sent an agent to Bespin; the investigator found no evidence of any disturbances, but was suspicious about Calrissian's connections. A short time later, information came from Hutt Space about Reelo Baruk's company making a deal with Cloud City; the Intelligence found it curious, not only because of Baruk's criminal past, but also because the City never required garbage hauling before, as it was used for fuel.

The loss of contact from Artus Prime also made the Senator of Bilbringi request a supply ship to be sent with a communications crew. The ship disappeared when reaching the Outer Rim and never returned.

A weak signal coming from the defunct, as thought, Kejim Outpost, was intercepted by the communications team of the NRIS. Despite days of attempts to decode it, the team managed to rescover only the fact that it was intended for Fyyar, proving that the Outpost was indeed used by the Remnant. Mon Mothma asked to contact Katarn and Jan Ors with the request to brief them personally. The interrogated Reborn from Tatooine also mentioned Kejim as the origin of his orders. Eventually, decoded messages from Kejim to Fyyar made mention of the Valley of the Jedi.

Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors then were sent to Kejim by Mon Mothma in order to investigate the information. They arrived on the Raven's Claw, and while Ors remained in the control room to search the computer database for useful information, Katarn explored all three sections of the base and wiped out all the Imperial forces he encountered. Eventually he discovered that the base was used by the Empire Reborn as a laboratory for testing Artusian crystals. In the meantime, Fyyar and Desann discovered what happened, and Katarn's presence, through a security camera.

The pair then were sent to Artus Prime to confirm the mining of crystals. Katarn found himself in the Battle of Artus Prime where he released the prisoners from their cells, disabled the defenses to allow them escape, and the New Republic fleet to enter the system to evacuate them. The Claw also arrived, allowing Dessan and his apprentice Tavion Axmis to capture Ors. Katarn confronted the Dark Jedi who easily defeated him, and staged Ors's execution, then left leaving Katarn behind. The Republic fleet reclaimed the mining colony after bombarding it.

However Ors's execution was only a pretext in order to tempt Katarn, and while he thought her dead, she was held captive in the Doomgiver. Seeking revenge, Katarn traveled to Ruusan to reclaim his force powers from the Valley of the Jedi and avenge her; only to reveal its location to Desann, and empower the crystals with the forces of the Force nexus. Luke Skywalker managed to scatter Desann and his troops, and Rogue Squadron chased away the Reborn ships. Skywalker eventually traced Desann to the Cairn Installation.

Fuelled now by his thirst for revenge, Katarn returned to Nar Shaddaa to seek information on Desann. He discovered Reelo Baruk's role and also released Lando Calrissian and Lady Luck from Baruk's hold. Having escaped, Katarn agreed to accompany Calrissian to Cloud City, which had been occupied by forces of the Empire Reborn and Baruk's minions, hoping to discover more clues to Desann's whereabouts.

The Lady infiltrated the undercity and it was where Katarn first met and duelled with a Reborn Dark Jedi. The Bespin Wing Guards destroyed all of Reelo's thugs in the lower levels and then forced all Remnant forces out of the city. There Katarn met second time Jan's murderer, Tavion, whom he defeated; just then she revealed that she pretended to kill Kyle's partner in order to make him return to Ruusan; Ors was alive on Fyyar's ship, the Doomgiver in the Lenico Belt.

Katarn boarded an automated carrier to go to Cairn where the Doomgiver was docked and found Skywalker there looking for Desann. Together they infiltrated the facility before splitting. Katarn managed to sneak aboard the Doomgiver just as it was leaving. At the same time Skywalker fought a fierce duel against Desann, until the Dark Jedi buried Skywalker under rubble, and fled onto the Doomgiver. However, Skywalker had managed to evade the rubble and could only watch the Doomgiver launch.

Carrying an invading force composed of Reborn Dark Jedi and shadowtroopers, the ship headed for the Yavin system in order to destroy the Jedi Praxeum. On board, Katarn alerted Rogue Squadron. While the imperial Strike Forces invaded the planet and stormed the Jedi Praxeum, Katarn proceeded with the rescue of Jan Ors, and eventually a confrontation with Galak Fyyar, operating a mechanical cortosis suit. The duel resulted in Fyyar's cortosis suit exploding, killing him, and Katarn disabling the Doomgivers shields. With the shields down, Rogue Squadron was easily able to destroy the Doomgiver after Kyle and Jan escaped in escape pods. The New Republic infantry managed to defeat the forces that had time to land, although the Reborn managed to reach the Temple, engaging against the Jedi, both trainers and initiates.

Katarn hunted Desann throughout the Praxeum and the Temple's underground tunnels. Once more Desann tried to corrupt Katarn, who in turn invited him to redeem himself and return to the Order. Both rejecting each other, they duelled; all the while New the Republic infantry and the Jedi managed to rout the remaining stormtroopers and Reborn, Katarn also emerged victorious from the duel. The battle clearly lost and with their leaders dead, the surviving Reborn forces surrendered.

The Empire Reborn campaign first appears in the Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast demo where Katarn and Ors encounter Reborn in a base on Alzoc III. However there are elements in that demo that create continuity errors, such as Katarn's lightsaber and Force powers as well as Ors's presence, making difficult to locate that mission in the history of the campaign.