Northeastern sector of the galaxy, Outer Rim Territories, Mandalore, capital of the New Mandalorian regime, Sundari.
More than seven hundred years ago, after the battle known as the "Mandalorian Excision," over fifty percent of Mandalore's surface had become a white crystallized desert. That Orbital Bombardment had been nothing less than devastating to a planet that had once possessed a pleasant climate and abundant resources.
But life was resilient. The lakes and oceans vaporized during the Orbital Bombardment fell back to the surface as rain, seeped through the crystallized desert that could not retain water, and formed vast underground bodies of water. A new ecosystem began to take shape.
The enormous dragon-like creatures that had once roamed Mandalore—the "Mythic Dragons"—had long since gone extinct. Their magnificent skeletons had become symbols of the once unsurpassed glory of the ancient Mandalorian Crusaders.
After suffering that brutal Orbital Bombardment, the planet's reconstruction proceeded with remarkable speed. Having abandoned their martial traditions, the New Mandalorian regime began devoting all its efforts to peace and construction. They proved through their actions that The Mandalorian were not merely powerful destroyers, but also diligent builders.
At the same time, the Galactic Republic played an important role, providing vast amounts of funding and supplies to help the New Mandalorian rebuild.
It was rather ironic. Over the past several thousand years, the Galactic Republic had constantly been at war with The Mandalorian; it had also been the Galactic Republic that launched an unprovoked Orbital Bombardment and nearly destroyed the entire planet. Yet in the end, it was also the Galactic Republic that helped the New Mandalorian rebuild.
That was the key—the New Mandalorian, a new regime that claimed to have inherited The Mandalorian legacy, occupied this ancient planet, yet had pulled out its own fangs and rendered itself harmless.
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