Jedi Master Danaes Tran and his Padawan Vinshu Blessed are on board the Optigon on route to Mandalore when they are ambushed by the Hutt Cartel and forced to crash land on Taris their escape pods leave them on a wild goose chase to get off of Taris leading them to Kessel. With the help of Smuggler Brando Silva they return to Coruscant to tell the Jedi Council what has happened they return to Mandalore rescuing the Senator and preparing to reclaim Mandalore from the Kru'stad, a group of Mandalorian Rebels who want to see a return to the Death Watch. As the Mandalorian Crisis unfolds the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Malphas and his Acolyte Cosmos establish their foothold on the ancient Sith home world of Korriban and mingle in the affairs of the ongoing conflict in Mandalorian Space and within the Federation itself. Cosmos the Acolyte of Darth Malphas fuels the conflict by attempting to assassinate the Jedi on Jakku and by breaking Dazzo Street the leader of the Mandalorian Kru'stad to safety in Concord Dawn. Cosmos would bring upon the wrath of an old Sith Lord to ravage the Residential district of Coruscant and to cause a panic in the Federation and New Jedi Order.