Deep in the vastness of space there are two galaxies sitting almost edge to edge next to each other. Under the Heifong Republic, peace & Democracy ruled the twin regions.
After the Heifong Republic crumbled, a dark space era came that swept both galaxies into a maelstrom of turmoil, chaos, & Fear. Corruption & Lawlessness ruled for ages. Once civilized creatures began feeding on others, scavenging. Those brutal enough to pillage took power, ready to wage war for any resource they could get. Civilized creatures were battered & smashed. Decency became a mere shell of itself, burnt-out, desolate.
This region became split between several major powers: The Einhorn Empire, the Pitor Imperium, the Tempa Empire, the Syndicate, & the Pirate Guild.Others simply survived, becoming farmers, nomads, smugglers, assassins, Bounty Hunters whatever they needed to be.
It was here in this blighted era, that the Kritenese learned they were not alone in the cosmos. There first contact was with the Hutt Cartel, the ruling force within the Syndicate. The once peaceful gentle creatures were enslaved & made to fight to the death in infamous blood sports for Hutt profit. Some become savage & brutal in order to survive, the rest dead in the arena or wasted away.
At the time there was a low level Hutt named Fath Ro'nem looking to make a name for himself. Watching the small krites fight he noticed a few things other Hutts seemed to ignore. They were intelligent & ferocious, with the right genetic mods & a inhibitor they could be his own personal army.