Prologue

Malachor V, Malachor System

Malachor V

A planet in the Malachor System, once belonging to those of the Sith Empire, and the now destroyed New Sith Empire.

Malachor served as one of the planets to be ruled by the Sith, followers of the dark side of the force, who have built an empire that had lasted for centuries.

Now, their very empire, in which they had built, to last for countless years has fallen, due to infighting and the continuous wars that they had fought against the old republic, has finally shown its worn on the Sith Empire and their military power. Without a new ruler, to lead them, the many sith resume their struggle for power amongst one another, leaving themselves weakened and battered to the point that the old republic would swoop in and finish them off without any effort.

Many sith have fallen to the old republic, but to Darth Darius, no more shall fall today, and no more shall fall the day after.

Darius is a man, in his middle 30s, with wavy black hair and sulfuric yellow eyes; the traditional eye colour of the sith.

It is here, at Malachor V, that he had gathered a large assembly of ships here; ships that belong to many surviving sith lords and warriors from planets that have yet to be touched by the Old republic's purging campaign; Belkadan, Sernpidal, Ziost, Ashas Ree and many other minor planets. Also, present at this assembly, were loyal allies of the Sith; Mandalorian clans, Sith cults and organizations, loyal scientists of Kamino, allied Twi'leks, Chiss, and many more.

Darth Darius's objective; to travel as far away from this galaxy as possible. He knew that if the sith were to stay here, then they would forever be stuck in a never ending cycle with the Jedi, who would no doubt wage war after war with them, whether war was declared by them, or by the sith themselves. The continuous wars and battles that they had waged, have weakened the sith completely, and over the countless years, has made them weak. Darius's true purpose in his plan, is to find a new place to call them home; a place where they would be free from their accursed cycle with the Jedi, and can do whatever they want, without fearing for any opposition by the old republic or the jedi themselves, and Darius shall achieve this, by travelling to a new galaxy and make it their home.

Before the fall of Dromund Kaas, the planet in which he came from, his old master, Darth Brutus, had stumbled upon an ancient Rakatan ship, containing coordinates to a hyperspace lane near Malachor V, unknown to both Sith and Jedi. This hyperspace lane, that Brutus had uncovered, seems to lead to unknown and undiscovered part of the galaxy.

Brutus was meant to launch the expedition earlier this year, but the republic came and not just destroyed him, but Dromund Kaas city itself, and any remnant of sith knowledge and architecture remaining there.

Darius, will not fail this, just as his master did. He will not only finish his master's expedition, but shall lead the rebuilt and reborn Sith Empire, and restore their lost glory and power

"Captain Ronan" Darius addressed his captain, who stood with him at the bridge "How soon can we begin the journey into new space?"

"In a few minutes my lord" Captain Ronan told the sith lord "Some of the ships are still preparing for the initial journey ahead, while we are still waiting for those of Ziost and Kalakar Six"

"I see" Darius nodded "We will wait for them, but make sure that our defences are tightened, in case that we come under attack from the republic"

"Understood my lord" Ronan bowed "I will relay your orders to the other admirals"

"And, where is Arion and Lyla?" Darius asked him "I don't want them both in a bad spot, should things go bad"

"They are both currently in their dorms, my lord" Ronan told him "they are still jumpy from the slaughter at the Sith Temple"

"Ah yes" Darius nodded his head sadly at the reminder of that initial event during the battle of Dromund Kaas. It was a slaughter fest. Sith warriors; both experienced and inexperienced were slaughtered by the advancing Republican forces as they advanced throughout the city. It was unfortunate, that his two young apprentices; Arion and Lyla were both there during the initial slaughter. It was heartbreaking to Darius, that such young children had to be forced watch from their hiding place as their fellow friends and teachers be slaughtered like lambs, especially for poor young Lyla.

"Just make sure that they are ok" Darius also told him, not leaving his gaze from the large viewing window of the bridge

"Yes my lord" ronan nodded turning around and walked out of the bridge, doing what he was told by Darius. Minutes, after the captain had left the bridge, did another person entered the bridge. This person is in fact a female. She stood at a height of 5'8, has long black hair with bits of brown in her hair and possess the same sulfuric yellow eyes as he did. She wore a simple black robe, that perfectly hid her black and red battle armor underneath.

"Archimedia" Darius greeted the female sith lord of Ambria

"Lord Darius" Archimedia mockingly replied with a bow "I am curious as to why we haven't gone to your 'haven' as you clearly stated in the meeting yet?"

"We are still waiting on Zalakar and Ziost to arrive" Darius told her. Archimedia scoffed

"Those two? Really?" Archimedia sighed "you have to bring traitors into this as well? We already have enough of people to bring with us. Ancient sith clans, mandalorians, kaminoans and what not, so what makes them any different?"

"Darth Ammon is known for his expertise in espionage" Darius replied back "and Darth Azazel for his sith beasts"

"Not that we need any beasts in our army" grumbled Archimedia, crossing her arms over her chest.

"We will need all the help we can get for reinstating ourselves, just like our ancestors did a long time ago"

"I know, of what our ancestors did to restore themselves to their former glory" Archimedia reminded him, that he wasn't the only one who knows that much of history as she and the other sith lords did "but to free ourselves from this continuous cycle as you describe, sounds to me that you are striving for something greater"

"Not for me" Darius responded "but for the future generations of the sith"

"Right" Archimedia nodded "We shall see"

"Lord Ammon and Azazel have arrived" A Sith Naval Officer reported

"Good" Darius nodded

"About time!" Archimedia shouted "We can finally leave this god forsaken part of the galaxy"

"Tell the ships to begin preparations for hyperspace jump" Darius ordered "It's time to leave this place"

xxxxxx

It wasn't long, and the massive assembly of ships were finally ready to leave the galaxy and into a new one, a place to call home.

Many starfighters such as Supremacy-Class Starfighters and Extinction-Class Bombers began docking into their motherships, while civilian transports; designed for long travel, began moving into formation into the middle, so that starships like the Centurion-Class Starships and Harrower-Class would protect them from the sides from any attacks.

As soon as everything was ready, Darius and the first few ships jumped into Hyperspace, then followed by the next few and then the next few until more and more began jumping into hyperspace.

"We're next" Darth Ammon said to the admiral of his small ship. A few ships jumping into hyperspace later, and they were finally able to jump into hyperspace. Ammon's jumped into hyperspace….

Only for a Valor-Class Cruiser to jump right into the path of Ammon's trajectory. Ammon didn't even know what had happened as his much smaller ship suddenly and violently crashed into the side of the much larger ship, exploding in a plume of fire and smoke.

This sent the remainder of the ships into overdrive, forcing many of the smaller ships to turn away from the much larger one, as the Harrowers and Terminus ships got into position to defend the transports, but as soon as they did, more and more Valor-Class cruisers and Hammerhead-Class cruisers emerged from hyperspace, fully engaging the outnumbered sith ships.

Most of the smaller ships, managed to slip past the much larger republican ships and made their jump, but the more larger ships were now trapped by the republican ships, coming under heavy fire by them from all sides.

"Launch all fighters!" Darth Archimedia commanded "We need to break through the blockade!"

"Yes milady!"

Swarms of Supremacy fighters and Extinction bombers, swarmed out of their motherships and began engaging the republican ships and fighters, who also emerged from their motherships to engage the enemy.

It wasn't even a full minute, and already the sith ships were beginning to suffer heavy damage. Their shields would begin to fail due to the heavy bombardment of the republican ships, from all sides. The first major casualty for the sith came in the form of a laser shot penetrating through the ship's shields and into the ship's bridge, destroying all those who were in the bridge completely.

Archimedia growled as she surveyed the ongoing battle with her hologram projector. They were beginning to suffer heavy losses on their side; both armed and unarmed ships were being blasted out of the sky. She needed to change this battle around and get the others out of here, or else they would be slaughtered like lambs, just like what they did with those of Darth Viser of Begeren.

"Have the bombers do bombing runs on the closest ship" Archimedia ordered her naval officers "I don't care which Valor-Class they go with, carve out a hole for us to slip through to safety!"

"Yes milady!" they saluted back.

Coordinates and new mission assignments were quickly sent out to the sith fighters, who were doing their best to overwhelm the enemy, but found that they were at a stalemate with the republican fighters. With the new orders, they began targeting the closest ship, and with that target selected, they began swarming for one last run; knowing that if this does not work, then they would all die here.

The supremacy fighters were the first go to in, pelting the shields of the cruiser with en massed, rapid volleys of laser bolts. When they were done with their attack, the bombers were next, and once they closed the distance, they dropped their payloads onto the ship, heavily weakening that part of the ship's shields. Both runs suffered heavy losses, but these losses were necessary, as nothing cannot be achieved without sacrifice.

Once the initial runs were over on the targeted ship, and the fighters proceeded to returning to their motherships to refuel, Archimedia ordered what remaining ships were left to turn their guns and open fire with all they got on the weakened enemy ship. Soon, the remaining Harrowers were swiveling their batteries to the targeted ship and began firing at it.

Without anything answering back at them, the other republican ships, continued to pepper the Sith warships with their own forward batteries and turbolasers. Already four Harrowers were destroyed by their guns, and a fifth one was severely crippled by barrages of enemy fire.

Archimedia growled as she surveyed the battle. With the continuous loss of more and more ships, the chances of them escaping with Darius and the others was getting lower and lower by the minute. The bridge shook as her ship's shields absorbed another artillery bolt, but for how much longer is the question.

"Lady Archimedia! More ships are coming out of hyperspace!" An officer told her, making her growl once more. Is this how she is going to die? Blown to bits in her own ship and left drifting in the cold vacuum of space? She has so many other things to do in her life, like completing her experiments and what not, but this is how it ends. Depressing.

The ships that her officer told her emerged from hyperspace, but this was not the republican ships that she or her officers were expecting, but 5 Harrower-class dreadnoughts and 5 Terminus-class destroyers, who as soon as they exited hyperspace began firing on the unshielded side of the Valor-class ships, who focused most of their energy om mainly increasing their frontal shields and forward guns rather than their exposed and vulnerable side.

"Lady Archimedia! We are getting a transmission from them!"

"Put it through!" Archimedia ordered. Her officers did, and a hologram of a man appeared in front of her. Although his features could not be seen clearly due to the colouring of the hologram, but his height is made clear; that he stood at a height of 5"10 and that he wore a Black cloak just like Archimedia.

"Darth Xavier?" Archimedia gasped in shock "I thought you were dead!?"

"And I thought you were dead in our own lab when I heard that the Old Republic raided your lab in Centares" Xavier responded back casually.

"Forget that, it is very appreciated that you are here, Lord Xavier"

"Whatever" The sith lord shrugged in response "Let's just get out of here anyways. As soon as I destroy these ships, steer clear and jump quickly"

The Valor-Class ships tried to turn their guns and fire back at the new comers, but were soon crippled and destroyed by the onslaught of volleys. Three Valor-Class were initially destroyed by the newcomers, allowing Archimedia along with the others including, The Blackguard, some of the Mandalorian clans that were trapped alongside them, Sisters of Seelah, The Mecrosa Order, Ember of Vahl and the Nightsisters.

Once everyone was safe, Darth Xavier and his contingent soon followed after.

xxxxxx

"What are our losses?" Darius asked Archimedia through their hologram transmitter.

"We lost 10 ships Lord Darius" Archimedia told him "Casualties include Darth Ammon, Vesta and Xera"

"Damn" Ronan muttered "That's some of the main Sith lords that we have lost"

"A tragic end to them three" Darius said "But their sacrifice had allowed us to lead our remaining people to a new home"

"The Hyperion highway won't be accessible to them after 5000 years" Xavier said "Which leaves us 500 years to prepare and grow in our new home, filled with religious fanatics of the dark side"

"Cults like that of Revan and Vahl will be kept in check, Xavier" Darius reminded the young sith lord "What is important to us is the renewal and rebirth of the Sith Empire"

"Sure, hopefully, them Revanites and Vahlites don't bite us in the ass later on with their fanatical nature" Xavier pointed out the obvious to Darius one last time "God, why does this remind me of something that I have never heard or witness before?" He mused to himself

End

1) The Rakatans, will play a major role in this story, although they will not be present in it at all. They will lay the foundations that would essentially make this story work.

2) To make the Sith Empire in the warhammer 40k verse, more sith-like, they won't be having necron tech or what not. Techs like disruptors would be reversed engineered from attempts by Sith scientists (Attempts would always end in failure, with a little bit of headway or small success). The Sith empire will also be once in awhile, be saying words and phrases from the sith language.

3) The location of the Sith Empire will be different. The Hyperion Region/Unknown Region. They would then expand into the Umbria Region located below the Pacificus segmentum and then north into the Veiled Region itself.

4) The Sith Empire will have some Dark Eldar allies # Client states, but all but a selected one or two would be considered trustful, and those that aren't, well at least they have some 'house cleaning' to do.

5) Warships surrounding their fellow cargo ships, is a basic formation (I think its called, i'm not an expert in naval warfare and tactics) that navies would do to protect their cargo ships. The spaniards were known for doing this to protect their treasure ships from pirate attacks.

So what do you think? Is it a better start than my other version of my warhammer x star wars story? Leave a review on what you think.

Next chapter will be longer than this, and it may or may not be divided into two parts, since I am aiming for a 6-8k long chapter for chapter 1.

Next Chapter: Emergence