The Tal’mahe’Ra was a division within House Galeres of Clan Arcona. Formed in the aftermath of the purge[3] by Darth Pravus, the collective of individuals are Arcona’s response to the Inquisitorius threat of the Grand Master and the Star Chambers New Order[4]. Tasked with the protection of the ‘Undesirable’ members of Clan Arcona, they aim to confront and challenge Inquisitorius strikes at Arcona, combat powerful Force-Users opposed to the Serpentine Throne, and were responsible for archaeological expeditions to recover alien and ancient Sith artifacts - technological or religious - so long as it empowered the Shadow Clan.
History
Origins
An Iron Legion trooper tracking Zakath through the jungleThe origins of the Tal'mahe'Ra came when the Shadow Lady realized the strengths of recovering ancient artifacts and created a branch of the Clan dedicated to scouring the galaxy to recover such relics. It was with some irony that it was the Inquisitorius itself that prompted Arcona to form the Tal’mahe’Ra. It was during a vacation on Eldar, during which Zakath Agrona was doing some hunting, that the Inquisitorius made its presence felt when three junior members attacked the Barabel along with a squad of Iron Legion troopers.
Zakath was pinned down by the troopers, who poured down fire to keep the Barabel from moving. During this, the three Inquisitorius agents joined their hands and began to undertake a ritual. Within a minute, dark energy began to surround Zakath and started to tear him apart. They nearly succeeded in killing him, but was foiled at the last moment by the intervention of Tamashi Bloodfyre, who had overheard the Inquisitorius agents commandeering the Iron Legion squad and had followed them into the forest.
The Inquisitorius agents were quickly killed, and the ritual disrupted. Although grievously wounded, Zakath picked up his BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle and began to pick off the remaining attackers, joining Tamashi in the slaughter.
It was after the attack that Zakath began to realize that Arcona’s knowledge of Dark Side sorcery and rituals were more limited than previously thought, if junior Inquisitorius members were able to wield such power. Approaching the Summit, Zakath and Tamashi proposed to form together a team that would rectify this oversight. After a long deliberation between the senior members of the Summit, it was decided that the proposed team would be formed with the Battleteam leader reporting directly to the Quaestor of Galeres, and as such, nominally independent of the military chain of command.
Inception
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Structure
Operational Base
- Main article: [[Tal'mahe'Ra Headquarters|Tal'mahe'Ra Headquarters]]
The harsh landscape of Arconae Secondus
Official headquarters are currently based upon the planet Arconae Secundus, an almost uninhabited nocturnal planet within the Dajorra System. The primary use of the planet is to train military personnel, however, under the surface of the planet are a network of interconnected caverns and tunnels that have occurred naturally over time. This is where half of the Tal’mahe’Ra call home.
This network is an ideal hiding place for the artifacts that have been hoarded by the team, as not a living being knows the full layout of this underground nexus. Once inducted into the Tal’mahe’Ra the member is shown the correct path to follow within the dark underbelly of the planet. Though, in truth, this base has all the amenities of modern living including state of the art technology to aid them in discovering the secrets hidden within the Sith Artifacts that they uncover.
On the other hand, the team is a specialised unit and as such requires swift deployment as and when the Galeres and Arconan Summit dictate. As such half of the team is currently housed on the MJHC Lictor to ensure the swiftest deployment possible. This currently works on a rotation basis unless it is clear that a member’s skill set is more inclined towards research than the actual acquiring of said artifacts.
Military Assets
Though nominally independent of the Arconan military forces, the Tal’mahe’Ra has been given sanction to commandeer the Lictor and its forces whenever a situation requiring heavy firepower is needed. Otherwise, barring the crewmen needed to run their headquarters at peak efficiency, the Tal’mahe’Ra operates with minimal personnel to help preserve secrecy.
Not being a military organization, they have only been granted light transport craft to facilitate their operations across the galaxy. As such, when operating in the field, the Tal’mahe’Ra must be extremely cautious when planning their movements, as they can ill-afford to attract enemy attention without the intervention of Arconan forces.
Equipment & Training
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Important Figures
Notes and references