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{{TNT|Infobox War
|Name = Spirit Wars
|Image =
|Type = Interspecies War
|Start Date = 351 SEY
|End Date = 1342 SEY {{c|~991 years}}
|Theaters =
|Participants = {{ubl|[[Xi'an Empire]]|[[Kr'Thak]]}}
|Leaders = {{ubl|[[House Xy.ō]] (Xi'an Empire)|Unnamed (Kr'Thak)}}
|Losses = Heavy
|Result = Ceasefire<br />
* Eradication of the [[Xy.ō house]]
** Heavily crippled the Xi'an Empire governing body
** End of the Second Imperial Age
* Restricted contact with the Kr'Thak
** Fortification in systems connected to Kr'Thak space
** Banned jump point exploration in systems connected to Kr'Thak space
}}

The '''Spirit Wars''' was a series of hostilities between the [[Xi'an Empire]] and [[Kr'Thak]] which lasted around 991 years (II.961 - II.1735; 351-1342 [[SEY]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0dQ4DYJ9W8-spirit-wars|text=Galactapedia: Spirit Wars|accessdate=2020-04-09}}</ref> It was the longest and most devastating conflict in the [[Xi'an]] history.<ref name="robertsspaceindustries.com">{{Cite RSI|text=This Day in History - The Third Imperial Age|int=Comm-Link:This Day in History - The Third Imperial Age|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/15997-This-Day-In-History-The-Third-Imperial-Age}}</ref>

==Course of the war==
The reason and exact course of the wars are unknown. 

=== Incident of 1296 ===
A singular event is mentioned in the [[Letter From The Gatac Archives]]. One letter is written by [[Iith se Xy.ō]], Empress of the Empire adressed to Matriarch [[Yoam]] and the Council of [[House Gatac]] in 1296 SEY, II.1699  and released in 2951. Iith explains that after a 10-year period of peace the Kr'Thak had attacked a 'training' space station in the orbit of '[[Tethām]]', 'on the edge of' [[Hyoton system|Hyoton]]. She describes that the station had been inhabitated by recruits and that the Kr'Thak had destroyed all ships and the station. The Letter ends with Iith's call to war and her order to House Gatac to prepare for action.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/18197-Letter-From-The-Gatac-Archives|text=Letter From The Gatac Archives (written in [[Uo’aXy’an]])|accessdate=2021-06-24}}</ref>

=== End ===
The [[Galactapedia]] states: 'During a Kr'thak incursion in II.1706 (1342 SEY), Emperor [[Iith se Xy.ō]] and all in her House were exterminated.'<ref name=":0" />

The Xi'an Empire experienced a 152-year interregnum (called [[The Dark]]) and fell back in [[The Great Divide|pre-dynastic]], civil-warlike conditions.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvYXnM2Pl-the-dark|text=Galactapedia: The Dark|accessdate=2020-04-09}}</ref>

The war ended years later ended in a stalemate and both sides cut and avoided further contact.

=== Older Lore ===
{{Editorial Note|With the release of the Galactapedia article (in April 2020), the given dates are outdated. It is unclear if the entire text is obsolete.}}

'''Eradication of the Xy.ō house (412 CE)'''

In 412 CE, timed to coincide with an important family celebration in honor of [[Y.ah'a se Xy.ō]], the house's great matriarch and first Emperor the Kr'Thak launched an orbital bombardment of the Xy.ō estate, elimating the reigning Emperor Xy.ō and her house, leaving nothing but a massive crater behind. After the devastation, the Kr'Thak activated dozens of strike forces around the Xi'an empire, systematically targeting any location with a remaining member of the Xy.ō family. The entire Xy.ō line had been eliminated and their house's 1,735 SEY reign was over, which brought the Second Imperial Age to a brutal and decisive end.<ref name="robertsspaceindustries.com" />

The remaining military bureaucrats in the crippled Xi'an Empire government negotiated a ceasefire with the Kr'Thak sometime between 412 CE to 501 CE.<ref name="robertsspaceindustries.com" />

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