Krayat home of the Mandolarian splinter sect known as the Spartans was colonized just after the Mandolarians lost the war with the Republic. The main Mandolarin forces splintered after their defeat with only a fraction avoiding the Republics retribution. The Spartans had lost their home system to the Republic army. The Spartan Mandolarins gathered as many of their people as possible and punching a hole in the blockading Republic forces escaping into hyperspace. The main bulk of the Spartan Mandolarins stayed behind savaging the Republic fleet and ground forces before being wiped out. This sacrifice prevented the Republic from determining where the escaping refugees had headed. Traveling for two months further and further into the unexplored regions of the outer edge of the galaxy the refugee armada arrived at what would become their new home. Krayat they named the new system after a fierce dragon from their home system. The system contained a red giant star and 14 planets. 6 of the planets were gas giants with 4 to 12 moons each. 2 were to close to the sun to be life sustaining. 4 were beyond the life zone and were froze rocks. That left 2 viable planets in the life zone and each had developed ecosystems with no indigenous intelligent life. The half a million refugees crammed onto the warships and civilian ships began to rebuild. A millennium later the Spartans have changed little in their life philosophy. The war with the Republic has been kept alive through tradition and the vid captures of their original dying and burning world during that time. Few believe that the Republic would still be searching for them after all this time but it is used as a warning of what could happen again. The population has grown to 2 billion people with cities on both of the planets and several of the moons orbiting the gas giants. The moons orbiting the gas giants on the edge of the life zone have been terraformed into marginally habitable worlds. The Spartan society is a space age society and a hyperspace capable society. Only the Mandolarian Spartans are allowed to leave the home system via hyperspace travel. These excursions occur once a year and last up to six months. The purpose is to explore the surrounding space for mineral rich planets and systems to be mined and scout for surrounding races that could endanger the Krayat system. Over the last fifty years there have been encounters with other scout craft believed to be from the Republic. This has prompted the Monarchy on Krayat prime to increase funding to the military starship design, battle armor design, and War/Scout Droid research and development endeavors. The unknown scout vessels displayed more advanced capabilities than the Spartans expected. The Spartans had lost some technological advances when they had to rebuild but most had been rediscover and improved upon but there had not been any need to advance there starship design so they had not. They had concentrated on personnel armor and weapon enhancements due to the few insurrectionist activities in the home system, the scouting and reconnaissance missions and being the traditional role of the Mandolarin Spartans. Using the few captured scout vessels they had acquired they were able to reverse engineer a faster hyperdrive. Upon closer inspection fundamentally only the hyperdrive and normal drive engines were more advanced, most of the other systems were no more advanced than what the Spartans already had and the shields and weapons were less advanced. Interrogating the captured scouts revealed that the Republic had grown significantly larger and was close to discovering their home. It also revealed that the Mandolarins were a forgotten chapter in history and that virtually no Mandolarins were left anywhere in the Republic. Armed with this new information and new hyperspace routes Mandolarin scouts were sent into the Republic with orders to report back all information about the Republic. The Spartans soon discovered that they were by far the most powerful of the systems in this sector of the Republic but only because most of the forces were fighting somewhere else. Their primary shortfall was in starship construction and that was quickly being changed using droid work forces on one of the marginally habitable moons of a Gas Giant. The entire moon was being transformed into a factory manned by droids. The Spartans would not be forced to abandon another home system, so they geared for WAR. For the first time in 500 years the entire Spartan civilization was mobilized with one goal winning at all costs. They would never be forced from their home system again. The military industry only consumed less than 1% of all resources in the system before the emergency declaration. With the declaration military development and spending has surpassed 20% of all capacity and is forecast to reach 50% of spending for the system. Asteroids are being mined for all usable materials and then turned into battle stations at the habitable plants LaGrange points. Each station carries twice the shields and firepower of an Old Republic battle cruiser primarily manned by droids and a contingent of Mandolarians. The Mandolarian caste opened their doors to any Spartan willing to take the warrior test for the first time in generations. The ranks of the Mandolarins swelled from 10 thousand to a quarter million in just five years. The old vids showing the destruction of their homeword were played often as a reminder of the savagery of the Republic. The historical records say that the ability to contact the Chi or inner strength of the Spartans only began to noticeable manifest after the fifth generation of settlers were born. Most Spartans able to use their Chi became Mandolarins and were required and trained in the art. Only about 1 in a million can actively manifest the ability with 1 in 100 thousand being sensitive but unable to actively manifest any abilities. The Spartan Monarchy has made semi arranged marriages for these sensitives, they are only allowed to marry other senstives. Most of the Spartan historians believe the Spartan Chi is a manifestation of the ancient enemies Jedi abilities. From the many ancient captured Jedi light sabers and holocrons the Spartans have been able to piece together enough information to understand what is occurring. The Jedi light sabers technology has been reversed engineered, replicated, and modified into the original and a stun version. All Mandolarins are required to learn the light saber for engaging the enemy at close quarters there is no better weapon even if it requires more training and experience to use. Even if the Mandolarin warriors are unable to perform on the same level with the Jedi in the vids the light sabers the Mandolarins use are still effective weapons in their hands. The Holocrons provided the foundational information that allows a basic understanding and use of the developing Chi powers of the Spartans. Virtually all Spartans that have the ability to tap their Chi become Mandolarins. These unique Mandolarins are grouped into assault teams used as spearheads for all operations. They receive the best armor and weapons along with their Chi training so they can survive this roll. They are expected to be in the vanguard of any and all missions. The Spartans have learned from earlier times when the Chi ability was first manifesting. The only Great War between the Spartans occurred several hundred years ago because a single powerful Mandolarin with great Chi abilities decided all should follow him because only he knew the right path. During the war the fallen Mandolarin was killed along with most of the fallen’s followers. After the end of the war instead of purging the Spartans with the Chi abilities the Monarchy established firm rules and philosophies for them. Those with the ability must be trained in Honor, Loyalty, Integrity, and Justice from an early age, far beyond what is normally instilled in all Spartans. All Spartan citizens are required to undergo testing at ages 5, 10, and 15. If the talent has not become detectable by 15 there is virtually no chance of even the slightest talent blooming. Currently single teams are assigned to each of the outbound scout missions into the republic as security for the vessels, to many scout vessels have not been returning in the last couple of years.