2379:
November 1-6: Out in the South-Western region of the Alpha Quadrant, a human splinter-group called the First Order makes it's debut on the galactic stage, by emerging from their home world of Starkiller Prime and launching an invasion of the Varala system. The Varala defences are swept aside in 11 hours and the entire system is annexed into the First Order. Due to the rapidness of the invasion and the shock of the Varala government, there was no time to get out a planetary distress call. Though a handful of refuges did escape their home world and made it to Yridian and Vekish space.
Fresh off the success of invasion of Varala, the First Order consolidates its new territory while expanding into unclaimed territory. On Varala, the First Order ruthlessly enforced their will on Varala, whose skies had been dark with the ships of the enemy. First Order Storm-troopers had come by the thousands to every major city, and had met no resistance in any of them as the Varala were a pacifistic species by nature. Much to the surprise of the First Order, there was no violence to hinder their efforts to establish total control over the planet.
There had been no protests when curfews had been imposed, or when the planet's interstellar communications capability was disabled and taken over by the invaders. After the began on the first day, Varalan leader First Minister Chaska and her entire electorate had surrendered immediately and unconditionally. Captain Wilson, the new governor of Varala responded to this by executing First Minister Chaska and her entire electorate by firing squad then having their dead bodies put on display in the city centre for all to see.
On the third day Captain Wilson ordered mass executions of the Varalans. Captain Wilson initially gave little reason had been given for who was put to death or why; though given the Varalans non-human status it was announced to the general population of the First Order that non-humans were fit only to be used as slaves or wiped out if they were not fit for purpose. Government bureaucrats, defence forces and law enforcement personnel were amongst the first to be disposed of as to remove any chance of a political or military uprising.
Clergy and all religious personnel were disposed of as an affront to the civilisation of the First Order. Journalists were disposed of to prevent the spreading of anti First Order propaganda. All artist, teachers and musicians were disposed of as they brought no value to the First Order. Landmarks and symbols had also been targetted on the third day. An orbital bombardment had reduced all Varalan landmarks and historical sits to shattered stone and radioactive glass; destroyed now were the history of Varala, it's people and culture.
On the fourth day, the Varalan Academy of Sciences was reduced to a smoking pile of ruins, any useful information and technology was seized by the First Order. All Varalan museums, universities, and libraries were demolished, their contents incinerated as "sub-human waste" and their faculties were executed on the spot. Any useful technology or science was sent back to Starkiller Prime to be studied by First Order scientists. Though they were on roughly the same technological level as the First Order, the Varalans did have moderately better sensors and deflectors which the First Order made immediate use of.
At the start of the fifth day, First Order troops had begun dividing the Varalan population by age and gender, profession and body type, with the old and the sick being disposed of right away. The Varalan survivors found themselves, by the tens of thousands, being marched into ramshackle internment camps, implanted with biometric transceivers, logged and identified. They were then sorted even further with those being deemed unfit for purpose being disposed of in extermination camps.
On the sixth day, the First Order had determined where all its new, pacifistic slaves would be of the most use throughout their newly expanded territory. Transport ships arrived to take the Varalan slaves to where they would best serve the First Order. As the slaves were taken off-world, the first wave of First Order civilian settlers arrived on their new home world. They filled the important positions vacated by the former residents of their world and began the slow process of making Varala comfortable for Human habitation.
November 7: With the conquest of Varala now complete, the First Order turned its attention to securing it's newly expanded territory; but they would not remain quiet for long. Probes they had launched came back with many promising targets for their next expansion phase such as Vek, Wentilla and Palamar, but one probe revealed a target so tempting that the leadership of the First Order could not resist it. They began drawing up plans for the invasion and subjugation of the Yridian Union.
November 8: Long range scans and probes of the Yridian Union show it to be, at this moment in time, to strong a target for the First Order. They begin building up their military to replace the paltry losses they suffered during the conquest of Varala. Until such time as their military is ready for the invasion, the First Order bides their time; remaining within their borders and securing their territory. In order to get a foothold near Yridian territory, the First Order begins plans for the invasion and subjugation of Vek.
November 8: Probes reveal the Vek system to be sparsely populated by a mixture of Varalans, Yridians and Kressari and that the system is lightly defended and would be an easy target. Though the First Order military is not yet up to full power after the Varalan campaign, the decision is made to annex the Vek system. There is debate within the leadership of the First Order on how to handle the Vek invasion given the weakened state of the military after the Varalan campaign. The decision is made to divert a comet into the Vek system and direct it to impact Vek 1 thereby weakening the system and making it easier to invade.
November 9: The First Order ship Avenger attempts to detour a comet to the Vek system, but it's tractor beam is not strong enough to divert the comet on it's own. The Avenger is joined by the Devastation and Ravager and the three ships are able to divert comet KX1S on a trajectory to the Vek system. There is some debate within the leadership of the First Order as to what they should do now. After much debate it is decided to quietly build up the forces to annex the Vek system as soon as the comet hits Vek 1.
November 10-15: The Avenger along with a series of probes monitors the Vek system as the comet enter the solar system. the inhabitants of the Vek system try to stop the comet and they have some minor success as they manage to slow the comet down but not totally stop it. After 18 hours, the comet reaches it's target and hits Vek 1 in it's northern polar region. This causes massive tsunamis to sweep across the northern continents and devastates several archipelagoes. Avenger communicates this back to Starkiller Prime, and the invasion order is given.
5 other First Order starships join Avenger; Devastation, Ravager, Eclipse, Carrion and Supremacy. These 6 starships warp into the Vek system where they come up against the Vek defence grid which consists of missile launches and PDL's which are easily swept aside. The 6 starships take up positions around Vek 1 where they face opposition from the Vek defence force. Consisting of surplus Varalans, Yridians and Kressari ships, the Vek Defence force puts up a good fight; delaying the invasion by 15 hours and heavily damaging the Carrion and Supremacy and disabling the Eclipse.
Out of anger, the First Order orders the orbital bombardment of Vek 1, with civilian population centres being targetted. The Vek Defence Force is devastated by the First Order retaliatory strikes with just a single Yridian ship making it out of the system as the other First Order ships begin landing the invasion troops. Due to the orbital bombardment, the resistance is practically non-existent. The First Order secures Vek 1 within 9 hours but still faced a moderate resistance from a colony on the outer planet of the system.
Not wanting to waste resources on a planet that has no resources, the Devastation is sent to the planet with orders to scour all life from it; this takes 21 hours and when it is done, it is fit for Human habitation. On Vek 1, the First Order has secured control of the planet and has begun rounding up and sorting though the inhabitants to find the best slaves while disposing of those that they deem unfit; which means no Yridians are taken as slaves and are all disposed of. The level of technology on Vek 1 was a mash-up of Varalans, Yridians and Kressari, the majority of which is comparable to that the First Order already possess.
What they do find useful is the weapons technology, which was able to do some damage to their ships; they take all useful technology and information back to Starkiller Prime. What is of concern to the First Order is the escape of the Yridian ship, which they tracked as it entered Yridian territory. They expect some sort of Yridian response and in preparation for such an eventuality, Gravitic Mines are placed at the boundary of the Vek system along with automated phaser turrets. The Avenger is stationed in the Vek system to patrol the new territory and guard against any Yridian retaliation.
November 16: Avenger reports that several alien ships have been detected skirting the edges of the Vek system and when challenged, they warped away. It is believed that these alien ships are either Yridian or Krissari; and in response to this, the defences at the edge of the system are increased as is the number of patrols the Avenger makes through the system. The sightings of these alien ships makes the leadership of the First Order nervous; they are in no fit state to fight off a Yridian or Krissari attack.
November 17: The fear of a Yridian or Krissari attack grips the First Order. This prompts them to double the number of shipyards they are constructing as well as increasing the size of the orbital shipyards at Starkiller Prime. In order to prepare for a Yridian or Krissari attack, the few Krissari survivors are interrogated for information regarding their home world and it's defences. Though the interrogations yield no useful information regarding the Krissari home world, the First Order learns of the existence of a vast interspecies alliance called the United Federation of Planets.