Shadows of the Dark Side/True Empire
Contents
Politics
Relationship with the Grievers
Ships
Super Star Destroyer Sheev Palpatine
The flagship of the True Empire’s fleet, this Executor-class vessel was rechristened to honor the late Emperor.
TIE/Ad Avenger
The TIE Avenger is a multi-purpose starfighter developed from the TIE Advanced x1 flown by Lord Vader at the Battle of Yavin as one of the Empire’s many proposed answers to the T-65 X-wing starfighter; it won out over the competing TIE Defender design on the basis of its lower cost and the ability to be launched from existing TIE racks. However, the Battle of Endor pre-empted the existing plans to put the craft into large-scale production, leaving the Avenger as a rarity assigned only to the most skilled aces of the True Empire's fleet... at least for now.
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NPCs
Grand Moff Phedrik Tarkin
A cousin of the late Wilhuff Tarkin, Phedrik was holding the governorship of Seswenna Sector when Palpatine died at the Battle of Endor, and quickly emerged as one of the most prominent New Orderist leaders when the Empire splintered after Leia Organa's coronation. Now styling himself a Grand Moff, Tarkin commands a large swath of the Outer Rim, directly and through various vassals.
Lady Zo'isi Thulia
Zo’isi Thulia marked herself as one of Palpatine’s favorites early on for her embrace of the Dark Side. Always eager to learn more, she often worked with Arica Nephrix and Mas Amedda in collecting Sith artifacts and bits of lost lore. When the Emperor died, she followed Amedda into the orbit of Phedrik Tarkin and has since made herself something of an eminence grise, and the prime candidate for future avenging Empress.
Lady Shira Brie
Shira Brie was first brought to the Emperor’s attention by Lord Vader, who discovered her talents during his hunt for Luke Skywalker after the Battle of Yavin. She served as one of Vader’s agents and received some training from him before her services were given to Vader’s own master; that early tutelage still shows itself in her brutal approach to lightsaber combat.
Grand Vizier Mas Amedda
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Admiral Rodon Carcharias
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Colonel Viktr Techt
A Royal Guard who had been rotated into frontline service when the Battle of Endor occurred, Viktr Techt attached himself to Phedrik Tarkin. He now commands the True Empire's elite forces, including a number of other former Royal Guards. Techt and his fellow guards have discarded their pure red armor in favor of chrome-plated stormtrooper armor, at least until such time as Phedrik actually becomes Emperor, but they have retained their cloaks, converting them into dramatic black-edged mourning capes.
