Editing Chiss Ascendancy (section)

==Foreign Affairs==
''"…our experience with Grand Admiral Thrawn, taught us that insularity could be a weakness as well as a strength. It's not enough to be strong; a truly successful culture needs to be flexible as well. And in order to be flexible, we must look beyond what we consider familiar; we must come to know our neighbors as well as we know ourselves."'' <br />
―Commander Irolia <br />
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The [[Chiss]] were very xenophobic, believing themselves to be superior to all others. Because of this, the Chiss were as isolationist as possible. They rarely engaged in trade with those outside their borders. Despite their isolationism, Chiss goods, like charrics, could be found in Republic markets by 3,951 BBY.
 
When the Sith Empire returned in 3,681 BBY to fight the Republic once more during the Great Galactic War and the Cold War, the Chiss Ascendancy was the only actual ally of the Empire, unlike all the species that the empire subjugated, and some Chiss were known to serve as Imperial Agents.
 
At some point prior to 1,000 BBY, the Brotherhood of Darkness raided the [[Unknown Region]] to bolster their own forces. As part of this operation, a regiment of Chiss were relocated to [[Thule]]. Nearly a thousand years later, before the Clone Wars, [[Count Dooku]] recruited the Force-sensitive Chiss General Sev'rance Tann and her lover, Vandalor, to the armed forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. During the Clone Wars, the Ascendancy held diplomatic meetings with the Republic, with Aristocra Sev'eere'nuruodo meeting with the Republic's representative, the Chiss Jedi Padawan Kung'urama'nuruodo. The Chiss' position was to stay neutral in the conflict.
 
During the later stages of the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Chiss joined the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances in the fight against the invaders, and apparently maintained closer relations with the Galactic Alliance following the peace treaty.
 
One of the Ascendancy's major conflicts was the Swarm War. The insect creatures, the [[Killiks]] were disrupting Chiss space. This would eventually lead to all out war against the species when Jacen Solo and his friends executed a sneak attack on Supply Depot Thrago to prevent Jacen's catastrophic vision from coming true. The Galactic Alliance would eventually be caught up in the mix once they realized it was the Dark Nest's influence on the colony that was provoking the war. The war was ended after the capture of the Colony's leader, Raynar Thul, and the destruction of the [[Gorog]] or ''Dark Nest'' with the death of Lomi Plo after the death of Welk.
 
During the Sith-Imperial War, the Chiss were dragged into the conflict on the Fel Empire's side when Fehlaaur'aitel'loro, the Chiss diplomat to the Empire, was made a Moff, the head of the Imperial Diplomatic Corps and placed on the Moff Council.
 
Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire allowed the Ascendancy to retain much of its autonomy. However, it maintained some control over Ascendancy by making heads of Chiss houses high-ranking officials within the new Empire. It also gave the Ascendancy control over large tracts of the [[Unknown Region]]. In 138 ABY, as the Second Imperial Civil War escalated following the poisoning of Dac and the return of Darth Krayt, the Ascendancy remained neutral, though, like the [[Hapes Consortium]], it didn't even reply to Imperial requests for open liaisons.
 
In 965 BBY, the Ascendancy passed the Non-Aggression Law, prohibiting preemptive warfare.