Mando War V

Years had passed since the last war. The previous wars had taken place in the Clone Wars era, a period that was now over. The Empire had just come to power (the date was about 16 BBY, 16 years Before the Battle of Yarvin, seen in Episode Four of Star Wars). General Kadala of the Blood Red Mandalorians had been defeated in a battle, and became one with the Force. Ap-Kaj Brii was the new younger leader of the Blood Red Mandalorians. Leadership in the Allied Forces had changed as well. The monarchy in the Allied Forces had passed from Jango Stormer to Cathein Fett (relative of Jango) to Wolf Surge, a close friend of Cathein and the greatest leader the Allied Forces had seen yet. Cathein, although he was no longer ruling, was second in command of the Allied Forces, and he still held a great deal of sway.

Darin Shi started to feel that Allied Forces, especially Cathein, was too controlling. For fear that the Allied Forces’ power would go too far, he in secret created the Grand Army of Mandalore (GAM): an alliance between the Elite Mandalorian Commandos, the 501st clone battalion (another Allied Forces member), and the Blood Red Mandalorians. Together, this alliance created a plan, codenamed: Order 888. The idea was, that in the case the Allied Forces became too controlling, the Grand Army of Mandalore would rise up and overthrow it. All this, including the existence of the Grand Army of Mandalore, was kept hidden, only known to a few people including: Darin, Fli, Ap-Kaj Brii, X, and BARC (leader of the 501st), and Tac (501st commando leader).

It didn’t take long before the Allied Forces became over-controlling, and Order 888 was launched. The GAM raided Mandalore and destroyed all the Allied Forces troops stationed there. Wolf Surge and a few other Allied Forces officials barely escaped Mandalore with their lives. From there, the Grand Army of Mandalore made a sweep through Mandalorian Space for Allied Forces troops. Due to the fact that the Allied Forces had devoted many of its troops to fighting the Empire, only about half the Allied Forces was destroyed. After waiting a decade to reclaim their homeland, the Blood Red Mandalorians had finally done it.

In the years that followed, the surviving Allied Forces members plagued the newly founded GAM Republic by forming little rebellions, and making small raids, all of which were quickly ended by GAM forces. One particular group of rebels was the Black Mandalorians (BM), led by the warlord Voltis.