By Lance Leibrock
Part Two of this series focuses on the Imperial Remnant, which was the reorganized true Empire under the leadership of Admiral Daala and Vice Admiral Pellaeon (later Grand Admiral). During this period, which lasted from 12 ABY to 44 ABY when it was reorganized again as the Fel Empire, the Empire became fairly isolationist. Pellaeon would annex weaker Imperial splinter groups and would declare Bastion as the new capital of the Remnant, which was once part of Pentastar Alignment-controlled space. The Remnant would have a peaceful yet uneasy relationship with the New Republic, and this period of Imperial history would only be the infancy of a future golden age for the true Galactic Empire.
2. The United Warlords Fleet (12 ABY) • This short-lived fleet was the name of the faction of Daala and Pellaeon’s united fleet after the destruction of the various warlords at Tsoss Beacon. Daala and Pellaeon attempted to attack Yavin IV, but they failed. Daala, depressed after another loss, promoted Pellaeon to admiral and relinquished command of him. Under Pellaeon’s leadership, the United Warlords Fleet abandoned the Deep Core and made alliances with various Mid Rim worlds. Pellaeon would conquer Orinda and reestablish the UWF as the Imperial Remnant, where he would reestablish the capital of the Remnant on Bastion in the Outer Rim. This fleet would form the prominent military of the Imperial Remnant during its early years.
3. The Imperial Remnant (12 ABY- reorganized in between 44 and 127 ABY as the Fel Empire) • Early years: In the early years of the Imperial Remnant, Pellaeon made several moves that had numerous benefits. First, he pulled fleets from the Deep Core into the Mid Rim and Outer Rim. He established a Council of Moffs, and then successfully expanded Imperial borders through the Orinda campaign. They annexed the Pentastar Alignment, an Imperial faction created by Ardus Kaine, after Kaine was killed by the New Republic. This annexation allowed Pellaeon to establish the Imperial capital on the world of Bastion in the Outer Rim. Pellaeon would then continue fighting the New Republic.
• Pellaeon-Gavrisom Treaty (19 ABY): As the war carried on, the Remnant would be reduced to only eight sectors. After this realization, Pellaeon decided to make peace with the New Republic. Aboard the Chimaera, Pellaeon’s flagship (and Thrawn before him), the Grand Admiral met with Ponc Gavrisom, the acting Chief of State of the New Republic, and the treaty was signed, thus bringing an end to the Galactic Civil War.
• The Yuuzhan Vong War (28 ABY): For the majority of the Vong War, the Imperial Remnant stayed out of the war. However, when the Yuuzhan Vong attacked Bastion, the Remnant had no choice but to join in the war. They joined the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, the successor state of the New Republic, along with the Smuggler’s Alliance and the New Jedi Order. The Remnant’s assistance towards the end of the war allowed the Yuuzhan Vong to finally be destroyed. Shortly after their defeat, Pellaeon retired.
• The Second Galactic Civil War (41 ABY): Pellaeon would return to Imperial service as war erupted between the Confederation and Darth Caedus’ controlled Galactic Alliance. Pellaeon refused to join Caedus, which led to his subsequent assassination, and Drikl Lecersen became the de facto leader of the Remnant. He would attempt to create a nano virus that would wipe out those of Hapan ancestry, but he failed, and the GA punished the Remnant with an ultimatum: face war crimes or install Jagged Fel as Head of State.
• The Empire Strikes Back (44 ABY): After the war, the Imperial Remnant would reorganize itself back into the Galactic Empire, and Jagged Fel would ascend as Emperor. Under his leadership and the leadership of his descendants, the Fel Empire would grow to be just as powerful as the Galactic Alliance and would be a complete and total restoration of the old Galactic Empire.
