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Great Purge

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the Yevethan name used to describe the extermination of all other races inhabiting the Koornacht Cluster. It was masterminded by Nil Spaar, who had planned it while the Empire was still using the Cluster as a hiding place for the Black Sword Command and its shipyards. The Yevetha took control of the yards, and repaired nearly 44 ships for their own uses. Then, Nil Spaar went to Coruscant to placate Leia Organa-Solo while maipulating her into a series of actions Spaar later used to his own advantage. He twisted Leia's words and deeds to his own ends, and managed to get a great deal of public sympathy and support while he methodically slaughtered the humans, Kubaz, and other races that were living in the Koornacht. The Yevetha believed that other races were inferior, and needed to be purged from the Koornacht, and eventually the galaxy. Some historians refer to this time as the Black Fleet Crisis, because the Yevetha used the recommissioned Black Sword warships to destroy civilizations in the Cluster.