The Harvest of Gold

The people of Crannorga, who knew themselves as the Thurmanni worlds, posessed a fair number of technological innovations. They had not developed warp or any other sort of interstellar travel, but few of them felt the need for it. Though there were interplanetary rivalries, they never rose to the level of true warfare. When the Imperials first arrived in their system, the Thurmanni resented the intrusion into what they considered their private corner of the galaxy. They had no desire to join with any great empires, advanced or no, and so were united in full against their ancient relatives. With their advanced technology now turned fully to war, they were easily able to fight off the encroachments Imperial forces made into their system. Of course, they were not aware that the Imperial Army was not trying to defeat them. Rather, these attacks were feints and lures meant to tease out as much information as possible. Brennus had slowly been learning of the capabilities of the Crannorga system, and had devised a plan which would allow him -and his newfound sons- to conquer it in one fell swoop.


The Thurmanni fought against the Imperial invaders for just over the span of a year. They were able to repel most of the attacks with ease, often going to great pains to overwhelm the “scanty” forces that the Aquila saw fit to send against them. Over the course of the year, they grew to feel that the Imperium was weak, and aside from interstellar travel, had nothing to offer them. Many of the system's military regiments took to openly taunting Imperial forces.