First Spice War

First Spice War
Date	Some time from 85 BG - 9991 AG
Place	Arrakis
Combatants
House Atreides, House Ordos, House Harkonnen
House Corrino
Commanders
The Commander Hayt de Vries Noree Moneo Edric O
Frederick IV
Strength
House Atreides Fremen House Harkonnen House Ordos
Sardaukar

Overhead battle

Centuries before 10191 AG, Padishah Emperor Frederick IV challenged 3 Great Houses, House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Ordos to compete for the right to mine the Spice Melange on Arrakis, giving governorship to the victor. The Mentat Noree Moneo strategised for the Atreides. The Mentat Hayt De Vries strategised for the Harkonnens. The Mentat Edric O strategised for the Ordos. The Emperor intended for the 3 houses to weaken each other during the war so he could send in his Sardaukar and finish them off permanantly. Depending on which House the Commander leads, there are 3 different endings (6 counting failures however these cannot be Canon as Frederick is dead in Emperor: Battle for Dune), all ultimately ending in the destruction of the Emperor's palace.

History

Atreides

The Commander lead Ornithopters with the Fremen on an attack on the Palace and was victorious. Lady Elara Moray Trieu fled the palace before it was destroyed.

Ordos

A saboteur blew up the Emperor's palace and Elara stabbed Frederick with the Gom Jabbar, killing him.

Harkonnen

Tanks and Devastators launch an attack on the Emperor's palace. The Death Hand is fired and the Palace is destroyed. The Imperial Truthsayer used the Voice to make the Emperor send the Sardaukar into battle, letting the Harkonnens easily dispatch them.

Notes

• In Dune II (which Dune 2000 is a remake of), Radnor is the Mentat of House Harkonnen and Cyril the Mentat of House Atreides. These have been retconned by Dune 2000, replaced by Hayt De Vries and Noree Moneo respectively. The House Ordos Mentat, Ammon from Dune II however, is still canon, mentioned in the manual as executed for embezzlement and was replaced by the Dune 2000 mentat Edric O.