Natasi Daala Natasi Daala was a Human female who became the first woman to reach the rank of admiral in the Imperial Navy , and later was named Chief of State of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . Born on Irmenu but raised on Botajef , Daala enlisted in the Imperial Navy on Carida , but was discriminated against due to her gender . However , she achieved success thanks to Moff Wilhuff Tarkin , who discovered her after she defeated many skilled Imperial opponents in simulated battles , using an alias to hide her true identity . Tarkin took her under his wing , and as he rose in the ranks , so did she . She became his lover and was eventually promoted to admiral by him . Shortly after , she was sent to oversee the top - secret Imperial research facility known as the Maw Installation . There , some of the best scientists in the galaxy worked on new concepts , designing superweapons for the Empire . She resided there with four " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyers for eleven years , unaware of what was happening in the galaxy . In 11 ABY , Kyp Durron , Han Solo , and Chewbacca stumbled upon the facility after making an emergency escape from Kessel . She interrogated them , and was stunned to learn that Tarkin and Emperor Palpatine were dead and the Empire was on the verge of collapse , having been defeated by the Rebel Alliance . She decided to launch her campaign to wreak havoc on the galaxy and gain revenge for Tarkin ' s death , with her four Star Destroyers and the Sun Crusher superweapon . However , the Sun Crusher was stolen from her by Solo and his two companions , who were also able to warn the New Republic of Daala ' s existence . Ultimately , Daala accomplished little , and with three of her Star Destroyers destroyed , headed back to the Maw to try to protect it from the New Republic . There , she found New Republic forces , who attacked her fleet . Though she managed to destroy the Installation , preventing the New Republic from gaining new weapons , her Star Destroyer was damaged and she made an emergency hyperspace jump . In 12 ABY , Daala attempted to unify the Imperial warlords , but found little success . She executed them , then took command of their forces . She once again attempted to destroy the New Republic , this time with the aid of Vice Admiral Gilad Pellaeon . However , she was defeated , and relinquished command to Pellaeon , resigning from the military . A year later , she re - appeared to aid the New Republic against the corrupt Moff Tol Getelles , then disappeared , swearing she was done with military service . It was at this time that Daala was reunited with her former lover Liegeus Vorn ; the two married and later had a son . In 17 ABY she once again attacked the New Republic , but was defeated . The New Republic believed she was dead , but Daala stunned them when , in 40 ABY , she revealed herself to the galaxy once more . Commander of the Maw Irregular Fleet , she split from the Imperial Remnant to join the Mandalorians and fight against Darth Caedus , the despotic leader of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . Following the death of Caedus , she became the new Chief of State of the Galactic Alliance . After attempting to fix what Caedus had done , she displayed a strong anti - Jedi sentiment , exiling Luke Skywalker as part of a backlash against the Jedi . However , after she ordered a siege of the Jedi Temple and entered a severe dispute with the acting Grand Master , Kenth Hamner , her actions caused her to be perceived more negatively by the public and viewed as a tyrant by the Jedi . Unable to handle her increasingly extreme policies , a group of Jedi led a coup to depose her . Sent to prison , Daala was able to escape from confinement with the help of the bounty hunter Boba Fett and began to plan her revenge on those who had removed her from power . Thanks to Boba Fett ' s intelligence , Daala blackmailed several members of the Council of Moffs to join her in overthrowing Head of State Jagged Fel and taking control of the Imperial Remnant . However , the betrayal of Moff Tol Getelles and the arrival of Empire of the Hand ships to support Fel forced Daala into a siege at Exodo II . As Daala and Fel faced off , political instability erupted in the Remnant and , under the advice of Lieutenant Lydea Pagorski , Daala offered to compete with Fel in a general election for Head of State . Daala campaigned against Fel and Admiral Vitor Reige . Despite Fel ' s withdrawal , Reige defeated Daala , ending her ambitions . Biography . Early life and career . Born to Human parents on Irmenu , a feudal , oceanic planet located in the Belsmuth sector of the Outer Rim Territories , Natasi Daala hailed from a princely family . When she was still an infant , rivals of Daala ' s family managed to overrun and seize their holdings . While the rest of Daala ' s family was put to death , a younger son of the rival family took pity on Natasi and smuggled her offworld . Daala ' s benefactor left her on Botajef at an orphanage owned by COMPNOR and run by Renatasian nuns , where she was then raised . When she was young , Daala fell in love with the holo faker Liegeus Vorn . However , feeling a need for a sense of duty , she enrolled in the Academy of Carida to serve the Empire , and so left Vorn . In 3 BBY , Daala was accepted into the Academy of Carida due to her skill in competitive sports and unarmed combat . Her violent performance in shockball often left her opponents in need of bacta treatment and was perceived as a trait that could be channeled into close combat training . She was initially selected for training as a stormtrooper , and her instructor , Visk , believed that Daala could serve as an ideal clone template if he could break her will through discipline . However , simulator tests during Daala ' s basic training showed that her approach to contact sports was also effective when applied to simulations of capital ship combat . While she was a talented student and officer at the Imperial Academy , she was continually passed over for promotion due to her gender , though accounts by Imperial military officers said that she argued too much . To take out her frustrations toward the male - dominated military , she made herself a false computer identity . With her false identity , Daala remotely played simulations on the Caridan computer networks , defeating the best opponents repeatedly . Her tactics included variations on the zero - gravity fighting routines and space maneuvers developed by General Jan Dodonna . Even though her identity remained a mystery , copies of her battle simulations were distributed to starships throughout the Imperial Navy for study . Chief Instructor Massimo Tagge eventually investigated Daala ' s work and , upon discovering her identity , promptly transferred her from Visk to his own naval officer cadet program . As a cadet , Daala pushed herself to her physical and mental limits and excelled in every curriculum , destroying entire navies in war games . Daala thrived under Tagge ' s guidance , heading the fleet simulation rankings for her year and producing a number of well - received tactical papers in which she analyzed the Tarkin Doctrine . However , other instructors – including , but not limited to , friends of Visk – raised complaints , warning that Daala always achieved her simulated victories with brute force and heavy losses and that she relied too heavily on logistical superiority . Tagge attempted to place Daala in the command class , but was overruled in her final semester . Daala was reassigned as a datapad assistant and then as a galley yeoman . She graduated from the Academy , but ended up a non - commissioned officer in the Imperial Army tasked with rudimentary administrative assignments and became convinced that she would remain in the position permanently . Protégée of Wilhuff Tarkin . Massimo Tagge had forwarded Daala ' s analysis of the Tarkin Doctrine to his cousin Cassio , who in turn sent it to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin himself . Daala ' s radical ideas and strategies captured Tarkin ' s attention , and he traveled to Carida with the intention of meeting whoever was responsible for her exploits . Over a period of several months , he employed two black - market slicers who eventually uncovered the network hiding place Daala had used . He was pleasantly surprised to discover her true identity . At the time , Daala held the rank of corporal and had first been a computer clerk , then a member of the kitchen staff preparing food for Star Destroyers . The Caridan officials reacted with outrage and embarrassment to the news of Daala ' s exposure and planned to assign her to an isolated meteorological station on the world ' s southern polar ice cap , but Tarkin became aware of their disregard for Daala ' s talents and took her offworld . Tarkin reassigned Daala to his personal staff in the Outer Rim , and under his supervision , she became a commander , then a captain . She absorbed all that Tarkin taught her and came to analyze every situation in terms of how Tarkin might respond to it . Tarkin eventually promoted Daala to the rank of admiral in an unofficial act outside of Coruscant ' s naval hierarchy that was nevertheless legitimate among Tarkin ' s forces in the Outer Rim , making her one of the only females to reach the rank in the Imperial Navy ; in later years , her rank badge would come to represent the rank of Grand Moff . Many quietly complained that Daala was sleeping her way to the top . When one of those remarks made its way back to Tarkin , he searched out the officer who had made it . He had the officer sealed inside an environmental suit and ejected him into the space over a planet as punishment . Tarkin had the suit ' s radio left on so that others could hear the man over the course of 24 hours as his orbit decayed . The officer ' s orbit decayed to the point where he finally entered the planet ' s atmosphere and burned up upon reentry . However , the allegations were in fact partly accurate , as Daala did have an affair with Tarkin . The initiative in the relationship , which began while Daala and Tarkin were still on Carida , was usually attributed to Tarkin , but Tarkin ' s own fragmented memoirs suggested that Daala , still a teenager at the time , took the lead . Command of Maw Installation . To keep Daala hidden from other Imperial leaders , Tarkin entrusted her with overseeing and protecting the Maw Installation , the birthplace of the Death Stars , World Devastator s , and the Sun Crusher . This facility was hidden away even from the rest of the Empire , and a fleet of four " Imperial " - class Star Destroyers — the " Basilisk " , " Gorgon " , " Hydra " , and " Manticore " — was stationed there . Daala herself received the " Gorgon " as her flagship , with Commander Kratas as her senior subordinate . She was to protect the facility in the unexpected event of attack , keeping the top - secret designs , as well as the scientists such as Qwi Xux and Tol Sivron , safe . Very few , save for Emperor Palpatine , knew about this facility , though Daala believed that even Palpatine was unaware of the Maw . After having her promoted to admiral , Tarkin ordered Daala never to abandon her post or break communication silence unless he returned , as she had no authority outside Tarkin ' s command . However , Tarkin did recall her from the Maw on several occasions , and she was present with Tarkin on the planet Alderaan around 7 BBY when he had a meeting with the planet ' s senator , Bail Organa . Around 0 BBY Daala was stationed at the Maw while Tarkin was on board the Death Star , a massive superweapon being constructed above the planet Despayre . Tarkin had ordered Daala to never leave , but he found himself breaking his own rule when he summoned her from the installation . Tarkin contacted her via holocomm , and informed her that he wished she join him on the station . Daala eagerly agreed and hurried to fly to Despayre . When she arrived , she met Tarkin in the docking bay and the two headed to her quarters . Daala later witnessed Tarkin question Admiral Motti after the " Undauntable " , a Star Destroyer under the command of the respected Admiral Jaim Helaw , exploded seemingly at random . Tarkin was clueless as to who the guilty party was . Daala later showed Tarkin a video she had obtained from the security cameras after hacking into Tarkin ' s files . This video showed an unidentified being planting an explosive in a cargo container at the Gall Imperial Regional Naval Supply Area . As this facility had a reputation for extreme security , the two of them began to believe it was an inside job . However , they still did not know the identity of the bomber . Tarkin gave her the task of determining who had set the bomb , although Daala was unable to learn anything and headed back to the Maw , with plans to return soon . When she returned a short time afterward , her Star Destroyer entered in a battle zone . A Rebel " Lucrehulk " - class battleship named the " Fortressa " had appeared and released 500 X - wings . The Death Star ' s superlaser made short work of the ship , and the station ' s TIE pilot s easily defeated the fighters . However , during the battle Daala was injured , suffering a head injury when her Star Destroyer was hit . She was taken to the Death Star , where she was operated on by doctors Kornell Divini , Abu Banu and Roa . Daala survived , but she had memory loss , forgetting the events of the past year . Tarkin sent her back to the Maw after carefully erasing all records of her presence . Unknown to Daala , after Divini experienced a change of heart about the Empire and decided to defect , he used her for his cover , claiming that the shuttle he was on was going to pick up Daala , whom he said had been wounded in battle . Immediately prior to his departure to the completed Death Star , Tarkin ordered Daala to maintain communications silence within the Maw and await his return . The Death Star was destroyed at the Battle of Yavin not long afterward , killing Tarkin . However , Daala remained unaware of this . For eleven more years she waited patiently to hear from Tarkin , while the scientists continued research and development on a variety of weapons . Daala kept her crew battle ready with many drills , ensuring that when Tarkin finally did contact her , she and her soldiers would be ready . Revealed to the galaxy . In 11 ABY , Han Solo , Chewbacca , and Kyp Durron escaped from the prison planet Kessel and accidentally discovered the Maw Installation . Since they were in an Imperial shuttle , which they called the " Endor " , Daala ' s crew assumed they were an emissary sent by Tarkin , who had not communicated with them in over a decade . However , when they provided an incorrect code , Daala captured and imprisoned them . Daala then proceeded to torture Han Solo in a torture chair to learn what had happened to the Empire , Solo then informed her of the events of the Galactic Civil War . Daala learned for the first time about the destruction of the Death Stars and the deaths of Emperor Palpatine , Darth Vader , and Grand Moff Tarkin . She also learned that the Empire had fragmented into numerous squabbling warlords . With no true high command in place , and with Tarkin dead , Daala decided that her orders were obsolete and planned to leave the Maw to wage her own personal guerrilla war against the Rebels . As vengeance to the three who had informed her of this dire situation , Daala planned to execute Durron and keep Solo and Chewbacca as prisoners . Having drilled her troops ceaselessly over the past decade , Daala knew that her forces were ready and fit for such a war , and prepared to leave the Maw . However , her plans were set back when her prisoners , aided by disillusioned Maw researcher Qwi Xux , escaped with the Sun Crusher . Though she attempted to suppress the Sun Crusher with sheer numbers , the near - indestructible superweapon was too durable and Daala was unable to damage it . In order to escape Daala , Han Solo piloted the Sun Crusher towards the " Hydra " , and plowed straight through its command bridge . The Sun Crusher then entered hyperspace , as the " Hydra " plummeted into a black hole . Enraged by the loss of one of her Star Destroyers , Daala pursued the diminutive superweapon out of the Maw , and ran into Kessel administrator Moruth Doole ' s small mercenary fleet . Doole ' s fleet panicked and fired on Daala ' s ships . Daala soundly defeated them with minor losses , yet the pain of the " Hydra " loss still lingered with her . Nevertheless , Daala continued on , undaunted , and began raiding New Republic shipping . Daala intercepted a CR90 corvette on its way to a colony on Dantooine . After interrogating the ship ' s Sullustan captain , Daala ' s crew found heavy weaponry and equipment for starfighter hangars . Daala determined that the colony was probably a Rebel base , and then released the corvette long enough for it to make an emergency transmission to the New Republic . This way , the New Republic would be aware of her , and , Daala hoped , the knowledge of her attacks would incite chaos and panic . After the transmission was made , she destroyed the corvette and proceeded on to Dantooine . There , Daala sent six AT - ATs to deal with the colony , which was quickly destroyed . After the attack on Dantooine , Daala ' s fleet received intelligence from an old Imperial probe droid . This information relayed to Daala the existence of the Mon Calamari shipyards that were important to the New Republic ' s navy . To Daala , Mon Calamari was as good of a target as any . If the shipyards were destroyed , it would be detrimental to the New Republic . With this new information , Daala decided to attack Mon Calamari . Using one of Tarkin ' s old strategies , Daala sent the " Gorgon " and the " Basilisk " in to fire on the surface of the planet , while the " Manticore " sat in the darkness of Mon Calamari ' s moon . In this way , Daala thought she could divert forces away from the shipyards and give the " Manticore " a clear run at them . Although she was initially successful , a former Mon Calamari admiral in the New Republic fleet , Ackbar , recognized Daala ' s tactic immediately , having been Tarkin ' s personal slave . Using a partially finished Mon Cal cruiser , Ackbar sent the ship on a collision with the " Manticore " , resulting in a second ship from Daala ' s dwindling fleet being destroyed . Enraged , Daala ordered a full - scale assault on the planet ' s surface , destroying several of its floating cities . She then fled before New Republic reinforcements could arrive . Following her defeat at Mon Calamari , Daala retreated to the Cauldron Nebula . She planned to go down fighting , striking a fatal blow against the New Republic by evacuating one of her two remaining Star Destroyers of personnel and equipment , and sending it crashing down onto the surface of Coruscant . This last desperate plan was again met with defeat when rogue Jedi Kyp Durron , piloting the Sun Crusher , delayed Daala ' s operation by attacking her ship . Daala realized it was just a distraction , and that Durron had already ignited the stars in the nebula with the Sun Crusher ' s resonance torpedo s . She ordered all ships to immediately jump into hyperspace , hoping they could get out before the stars exploded . However , only the " Gorgon " escaped , as the " Basilisk " was incinerated by the explosion . Weary of her continuous failed efforts , Daala realized that her selfish and petty desire to do harm to the Rebels had caused the death of the thousands she had been entrusted to lead and protect . She decided to return with the " Gorgon " to the Maw Installation , vowing to return to Tarkin ' s assigned mission , and defend it to the death . Return to the Maw . What she found there , however , was total chaos . The New Republic had already moved to seize Maw Installation , while Tol Sivron and the remaining scientists had sabotaged the facility and absconded with the prototype Death Star , a test version of the battlestation Tarkin had commanded . Both Daala and Sivron decided to attack the occupied facility , though Sivron struggled to get the Death Star ' s superlaser online . With her crew still faithfully following her lead despite her many defeats , Daala joined the fray , deciding that she would rather destroy the Maw Installation than see it in Rebel hands . She was able to use Sivron ' s outdated codes to gain access to and download the contents of Maw Installation ' s mainframe , which contained an abundance of designs and schematics of advanced weaponry that Daala would later use during the Second Galactic Civil War . With the Maw Installation ' s secrets safely in her possession , Daala and her battered Star Destroyer moved to destroy the facility once and for all . During her attack , Daala ' s crew noticed that the facility had an unstable reactor core and , determining that it was the best way to dispatch the facility , fired upon it . As the facility exploded with tremendous force , Daala made a hasty jump into hyperspace and narrowly escaped the Maw . Bearing nearly irreparable scars from the battle , the " Gorgon " set course for the splintered Empire in the Deep Core . The reunification of the Empire . The remnants of the Imperial command dismantled the " Gorgon " and distributed her surviving crew among the various commanders . Daala chose not to join with anyone , instead serving as a roaming ambassador amongst the warlords in an attempt to unify them . During a meeting with the self - proclaimed Supreme Warlord Blitzer Harrsk in 12 ABY , High Admiral Treuten Teradoc attacked Harrsk ' s orbiting fleet of twelve Star Destroyers . Teradoc ' s fleet of " Victory " - class Star Destroyers destroyed Harrsk ' s flagship , the " Shockwave " . Daala ' s second - in - command , Commander Kratas , was on board the " Shockwave " inspecting its bridge at the time of its destruction . His death caused Daala great emotional pain and led her to resolve to stop the senseless , inter - warlord feuding at all costs . However , desperate to avenge his lost flagship , Harrsk wanted an immediate reprisal against Teradoc and pressed Daala into service on the threat of death . Daala reluctantly took control of the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Firestorm " . Harrsk , in the " Whirlwind " , insisted that Daala lead the attack against Teradoc . When they arrived at Teradoc ' s stronghold , which was hidden among the asteroids in the ring of a gas giant , they were set upon by Teradoc ' s fleet . Daala , however , personally took command of her ship ' s weapon systems and fired a concentrated ion bolt at the " Whirlwind " , paralyzing it and preventing Harrsk from continuing his assault against Teradoc . With a blaster aimed at a shocked and angry bridge crew , Daala pulled the " Firestorm " closer to the " Whirlwind " and activated the time - delayed self destruct system of the " Firestorm " . Daala told Harrsk that she would destroy her ship and his if he did not order a cessation of hostilities , wishing to force the two warlords to cooperate . As the countdown continued , Daala was contacted by the head of the Crimson Command , Vice Admiral Gilad Pellaeon , who desired to speak to Daala in person . Daala accepted and allowed Pellaeon onto her ship . Shortly after , Harrsk ordered a cessation of hostilities , as he was convinced that Daala was not bluffing . The " Firestorm " , escorted by two of Pellaeon ' s red Star Destroyers , jumped to a secluded spot in space so that Daala and Pellaeon could have an uninterrupted discussion . Like Daala , Pellaeon believed that the warlords were tearing the Empire apart , and he and Daala agreed to force the 13 most powerful warlords to a negotiating table in order to discuss the future of the Empire and plan a combined attack against the New Republic . They finally were able to get the warlords to congregate at Tsoss Beacon , an asteroid containing an Imperial base . Daala made the warlords leave their fleets behind , much to their displeasure . Though she attempted to motivate the Imperial warlords to fight together and crush the New Republic , they spent hours arguing instead , refusing to agree on anything . It became clear that none of them would ally with each other , and so , after hours of petty squabbling , Daala decided that the negotiations were a failure . She sealed the room and filled the chamber with gas , a contingency plan she had developed earlier . Only Daala and Pellaeon survived the poisonous gas , utilizing gas mask - like membranes that Daala had taken into the meeting in case she decided to use her plan to execute the warlords . With the warlords out of the way , Daala set about uniting their now - leaderless forces . Last of all , Daala visited the fortress of Delvardus . Delvardus ' second - in - command , Colonel Ivan Cronus , agreed to join Daala , handing her control of Delvardus ' latest creation , the Super Star Destroyer " Night Hammer " . With the " Night Hammer " under her command , Daala quickly rallied the scattered remnants of the Empire , making her in the eyes of many the founder of the modern Imperial Remnant . She then named herself the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet , with Pellaeon as her second - in - command . Daala began to prepare a full - on assault against the New Republic . Assault on the Jedi Praxeum . Daala instituted societal reforms in the Imperial military , ending decades of prejudice against women and nonhumans , but moreover vitalizing the decaying fleet with new recruits . She created a massive buildup in preparation for a planned strike at the New Republic . With her fleet ready , Daala and Pellaeon planned an attack on a planet they knew they could win , Yavin 4 , the home of the Jedi Praxeum . Knowing she would be fighting the Jedi Knights , Daala added a " k " to her flagship ' s name , making it the " Knight Hammer " , as a pun . Daala ' s preparations were interrupted when two Jedi , Kyp Durron and Dorsk 81 , were discovered in a crowd of Imperials during one of Daala ' s speeches . The Jedi fought their way out of the crowd and escaped before Daala could marshal her forces against them . Furious , Daala had their escape vector traced to a planet called Khomm in the Deep Core . Daala sent Pellaeon and a group of Imperial Star Destroyers to Yavin 4 for an attack on the Jedi Praxeum . She planned to follow shortly after Pellaeon , while Cronus , in command of a fleet of " Victory " - class Star Destroyers , including Pellaeon ' s previous flagship , the " 13X " , struck at Khomm and several other strategic targets . Cronus ravaged Khomm , and after bombarding the other planets , headed for Yavin IV . Then , according to plan Daala arrived in - system after the enemy had been weakened . However , when the " Knight Hammer " arrived at Yavin 4 , Pellaeon ' s fleet was nowhere to be found , despite sensor readings showing that troops had already been deployed by his fleet . Enraged , Daala launched a vicious bombardment against the jungle moon . Soon after , a YT - 1300 light freighter , the " Millennium Falcon " , arrived at Yavin and landed on the moon despite Daala ' s attempt to stop it . It then returned to space after picking up several passengers , with its captain , none other than Han Solo from the Maw debacle , boldly taunting her . Daala sent out several TIE squadrons against the " Falcon " , and with such odds arrayed against Solo , death seemed inevitable . However , another unforeseen event occurred : Ackbar , the admiral who defeated her at Mon Calamari a year before , arrived in - system with the Mon Calamari cruiser " Galactic Voyager " and four Corellian corvettes . Suddenly , Colonel Cronus arrived in system with a portion of his " Victory " - class Star Destroyer fleet . Both Daala and Cronus attacked the New Republic fleet . Daala eventually destroyed the corvettes and damaged the " Voyager " , but once again , Daala ' s luck changed for the worse . A damaged corvette crashed into the " 13X " , destroying the ship and killing Cronus . Angered , Daala continued firing on the " Voyager " , destroying its shields . The New Republic was aided by the sudden appearance of several " Victory " - class Star Destroyers , but was still outnumbered . Daala then received news that Pellaeon ' s fleet had been located on the outskirts of the system . The Vice Admiral claimed that Jedi sorcery was responsible for him not being present at the battle . Nonetheless , Daala was still confident her forces would win . Suddenly , several explosions were set off on the " Knight Hammer " , destroying the engine units . The immobile Star Destroyer then began to drift towards the gas giant Yavin , pulled in by its immense gravitational field . Accepting defeat , Daala ordered an immediate evacuation of the ship . Before Daala managed to get to her executive escape pod , she was intercepted by Jedi Knight Callista Ming , who was responsible for the crippling of the " Knight Hammer " . Daala and Callista engaged in a short fire - fight before Daala shot her opponent with a stun blast . She then left Callista for dead and escaped from the dying wake of the " Knight Hammer " . By the time Daala ' s pod was recovered by Pellaeon , she had realized that her quest for vengeance against the New Republic had put too many loyal Imperials in danger . Daala promoted Pellaeon to the rank of Admiral and relinquished her title of Supreme Commander to him , apparently resigning from Imperial service for good . Later life . In 13 ABY , the droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 encountered Daala on Cybloc XII . Following her retirement from Imperial service , Daala had become the leader of a group of settlers . She had made a deal with an Imperial Moff to settle down on Pedducis Chorios along with the thousands of colonists . However , when she arrived she found the planet virtually abandoned . Daala tortured the droids , who revealed that the Death Seed plague had struck the planet , wiping out all beings there . The droids also told her that the plague had been released as part of a plan by the Loronar Corporation , ex - Senator Seti Ashgad — who had been exiled to Nam Chorios decades ago by Palpatine — and the corrupt Moff Tol Getelles . After learning this , she decided to fight against Getelles and Loronar , even though it meant aiding the New Republic . And so , fighting alongside the government she had once hated , Daala went to battle . The New Republic succeeded in defeating Getelles and containing the Death Seed , thanks in part to Daala . Daala was prepared to negotiate a peace treaty with the New Republic . Shortly before negotiations could begin , she encountered her old flame Liegeus Vorn . Following a negotiation , Daala and Vorn returned to Peduccis Chorios together . Allowed to leave in peace by the New Republic , Daala returned to the Deep Core , assumed leadership of the " replacement warlord s " who succeeded those she had killed a year earlier , and built up the military forces of the region ' s warlords , receiving a significant boost after the conclusion of the Yevetha crisis in the form of defectors from the Imperial Black Fleet . Daala united the squabbling factions under warlords including Foga Brill and Moff Jmanuel Tethys and prepared to strike once more at the New Republic . The forces of the Imperial Remnant were preparing for a grand pincer campaign , with Admiral Pellaeon moving coreward from the Outer Rim , and Daala and the new Deep Core warlords moving out from the Deep Core . Daala ' s campaign was unfocused as each warlord headed his own attacks against the New Republic . Because of the unfocused nature of her campaign , Daala did not have much success against the New Republic . In 17 ABY , she attacked the New Republic in the Deep Core . Her ships were trapped by General Garm Bel Iblis in a pair of CC - 7000 gravity well frigates . Desperate , she had one of her ships ram one of the enemy CC - 7000s , destroying it . Daala then made a blind hyperspace jump . Despite being presumed killed , New Republic Intelligence consistently refused to remove her name from the list of potential threats . Though many believed she was dead , New Republic Intelligence was right in their worst - case scenario assumption that she had survived . Daala had fled the Deep Core and returned to the Maw . The Maw Installation was rebuilt and Daala established a small colony to live there under her command . Daala and her lover Vorn had a son , who would later have a daughter . Daala also built up a small fleet , named the Maw Irregular , which was armed with a variety of weapons designed by the Maw scientists themselves . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , in which extra - galactic aliens waged war on the galaxy , she helped out planets in need of aid , although word of this never spread to the New Republic ' s ears . Sometime after the Battle of Bastion in 28 ABY , Daala acquired the " Chimaera " , an Imperial Star Destroyer that had served as the flagship of the legendary Grand Admiral Thrawn 20 years earlier . In 35 ABY , Vorn was killed by the Moffs in an attempt to assassinate Daala . Though Daala survived , she lost one eye in the incident and swore revenge for the death of her love . Second Galactic Civil War . In 40 ABY , the Second Galactic Civil War broke out . The Galactic Alliance , which had replaced the New Republic following the Yuuzhan Vong War , was in conflict with a group of rebel planets known as the Confederation . The Jedi Order had left the Galactic Alliance in protest of Chief of State Jacen Solo , now the Sith Lord Darth Caedus . Gilad Pellaeon , leader of the Imperial Remnant , which had signed a peace treaty with the Alliance decades earlier , was contacted by Caedus , who was seeking an alliance with the Imperials , who still possessed a formidable fleet . Pellaeon , who did not approve of Caedus ' actions , declined his offer . However , he was troubled , and so decided to contact Daala , whom he had not seen in over 25 years . Using a code known as the Darakaer code after an old Irmenu folk hero , Pellaeon sent a message to Daala , who received his message , and came to his aid . She met him on board his new flagship , the " Bloodfin " . Daala informed Pellaeon of how she had survived and what she had been doing , and more while the two talked about Caedus ' offer and the current situation in the galaxy . Both believed Caedus had no business in politics and needed to be knocked down a peg . Following her discussion with Pellaeon , Daala contacted the famed bounty hunter Boba Fett , who was not surprised to learn that she had survived . Daala offered him a bounty , this one aimed at Caedus . Fett mulled over the offer , promising to get back to her . A short time later , Pellaeon took his fleet to Fondor , prepared to aid Caedus in the upcoming battle , where the Alliance was attempting to conquer the shipbuilding world . However , when Caedus and forces loyal to him attacked co - Chief of State Cha Niathal ' s ships in an attempt to gain sole control of the government , Pellaeon decided to support Niathal . He never had the chance . Tahiri Veila , Caedus ' apprentice , aided by several traitorous Moffs , killed Pellaeon . Most of the Imperial fleet was now under the control of Darth Caedus . It was then that Admiral Daala arrived . Her fleet , the Maw Irregular , jumped out of hyperspace , surprising Caedus . The fleet was composed of many " ancient " ships , such as a " Venator - class " Star Destroyer and " Assassin " - class corvettes . The lead ship was the " Chimaera " . Swearing revenge for Pellaeon and Vorn , Daala moved into the battle . The " Chimaera " turned towards the " Anakin Solo " , Caedus ' flagship . Prior to the battle , Daala had contacted Fett again , asking him to steal a Star Destroyer for her . Now , as Fett and his Mandalorian warriors put their plan into action , Daala ' s forces engaged the Alliance . The " Chimaera " blasted apart the Alliance vessels in her way , using Metal - Crystal Phase Shifter s , a weapon that altered the molecular composition of the ships . This weapon had been developed at the Maw , and believed lost when the installation was damaged decades earlier , although Daala had kept the plans for it . Now , it made Daala ' s older ships a match for Caedus ' newer fleet . Thanks to Daala and her fleet , Caedus ' s forces lost the battle . Following the capture of the " Bloodfin " and slaughter of several Moffs by the Mandalorians , Daala headed to the ship to inspect it and speak with Fett . After identifying the Moffs and regretting the fact that one of the ones killed by the Mandalorians had been responsible for Vorn ' s death , meaning she couldn ' t kill him herself , Daala had a conversation with Fett . Both expressed the opinion that they were tired of Force - users reigning supreme , and that it only led to turmoil with Caedus turning to politics as the perfect example . Daala also told Boba Fett that she had a son and a granddaughter , something that came as a surprise to him . The two ended their conversation with a toast to Pellaeon , a man who Daala admired for his steadfast loyalty and determination . Daala later met with Fett in Keldabe , the capital of the planet Mandalore . The two spoke once more , discussing their personal lives , in which Daala revealed her first name , Natasi . Galactic Alliance Chief of State . Early regime ( 41 ABY — 43 ABY ) . Daala and the Maw Irregular Fleet later took part in such crucial final battles of the war such as the Second Battle of Roche . There , the fleet was soundly defeated by the Alliance ' s Admiral Nek Bwua ' tu . Jacen Solo was soon after killed in a lightsaber duel , and the Alliance joined forces with the Imperial Remnant and the Jedi Coalition . The Confederation surrendered to the combined strength of its enemies , and the war was brought to a close . With Solo dead , Daala was nominated by Bwua ' tu for the position of Galactic Alliance Chief of State , as he did not wish to enter politics . In lieu of Cha Niathal , Daala was appointed as the only universally accepted choice . She had some changes to make to the Moff Council as well . The new council would be composed of an equal amount of females as males , something still unheard of decades after Emperor Palpatine ' s death . In her inaugural address , she promised to do everything she could for peace , with hopes that one day war would not exist , and implied that the Alliance might no longer need the Jedi . Daala ' s early regime was one of peace , although she was quick to punish law - breakers . This led to heightened surveillance across the galaxy , even on notorious crime worlds such as Nar Shaddaa . However , not all was good . The Mon Calamari were particularly resentful of her being elevated to Chief of State and wanted to try her for war crimes , particularly her attack on their planet . Daala was also distrustful of the New Jedi Order and had a tense working relationship with Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker . Daala believed that a just and fair government would not need the Jedi Order to police it , and feared that more Jedi would turn to the dark side like Caedus , preventing the galaxy from ever having a lasting peace . She also increased the role and reach of the Mandalorians , whom she brought into the Galactic Alliance as elite security operatives and intelligence specialists . Luke Skywalker feared that she wanted to increase the power and resources of the Mandalorians in case she needed to use them against the Jedi , such as when she dispatched a team of Mandalorians to track down the rogue Jedi Seff Hellin — much to the dismay and concern of Skywalker , who was having trouble getting her to accept that the Jedi were self - policing . She later ordered that Luke Skywalker be arrested for dereliction of duty after he called all Jedi back to the Jedi Temple . A career officer herself , Daala restored strength and responsiveness to a military devastated by a destructive civil war that saw many a promising career ruined . Indeed , within the first two years of her administration Daala ' s improvements to the military had exceeded analyst expectations . With the dissolution of Darth Caedus ' s Galactic Alliance Guard following the end of the war , Daala created a replacement security force known as Galactic Alliance Security . In 43 ABY , Daala invited Imperial and Confederation leaders to Coruscant to negotiate the terms of unification . The Senate Unification Preparations Committee , led by Bothan Senator Tiurrg Drey ' lye , was set up by the Chief of State to prepare for the summit . During the summit , it was noted that the three leaders , Daala , Imperial Head of State Jagged Fel and Confederation Supreme Commander Turr Phennir , all had ties to the Galactic Empire . Tensions with the Jedi Order ( 43 ABY — ) . After Luke ' s trial and exile , Daala started a massive campaign against the Jedi Order , so as to take control over them . Her first move was when Valin Horn was revealed to be infected with an enigmatic madness . She had him arrested and frozen in carbonite . She later sent Galactic Alliance Security troops and her special - missions force to arrest Seff Hellin when he tried to release Horn . They failed to get him and he was captured by Darkmeld , a Jedi organization that was fighting Daala ' s policies against them . After Natua Wan developed the psychosis , journalist Javis Tyrr discovered Darkmeld ' s existence and the fact that they were hiding Hellin and Wan in the Jedi Temple . She met with acting Grand Master Kenth Hamner as to gain custody of the mad Jedi . Hamner refused and agreed to let Daala ' s man access them if they were left in Jedi custody . Also , all the Darkmeld Jedi were forced to publicly apologize for their actions . Sometime later , Daala ' s assistant , Wynn Dorvan , told Jagged Fel that she was planning to hire Mandalorian bounty hunters to take on the Jedi . Despite at first refusing to accept to tell the Jedi , he finally did . Also , Fel met with Daala to tell her that Moff Drikl Lecersen was plotting behind his back and was probably trying to overthrow them both . He also asked Daala to abandon her agenda against the Jedi . She refused and dismissed him . Later , the Jedi formulated a plan to attack Daala in the media . Using the signature of the head of the Court of Jedi Affairs , Arabelle Lorteli , to gain access to a secret Galactic Alliance Security blockhouse where the Horn siblings where being held in carbonite . When Mirax Terrik Horn attacked Colonel Wruq Retk for hanging them up as trophies , Daala arrived and told the crowd of journalists that Mirax wouldn ' t be charged . She also ordered the siblings brought down and placed in proper custody . This situation also led to Daala ' s public humiliation and a wave of sympathy for the Jedi erupted in the public due to her manipulation of the courts in her favor . When General Merratt Jaxton , the Chief of Starfighter Command , claimed that ex - Chief of State Cha Niathal was partially to blame for the rise of Darth Caedus and that it would give a good public image , Daala summoned Niathal to Coruscant so that she would stand trial for dereliction of duty . After Daala ' s emissary , Elyas Caran , arrived on Mon Calamari , Niathal , outraged by Daala ' s actions , committed suicide . The Chief of State , who had felt sympathetic towards the former Admiral as she was just a victim of politics , was greatly saddened by Niathal ' s death . Her body was brought back to Coruscant for a funeral with full honors . Despite his chief ' s wishes , Dorvan told her that , due to the public ' s opposition to her on Niathal ' s trial , she was at risk for an assassination . Daala watched the funeral from her office . After the Mandalorians attacked the Jedi Temple on Daala ' s order , she issued a warrant for the arrest of several high - profile Jedi like acting Grand Master Hamner . When the Solos returned to Coruscant after their trip to Dathomir , Daala met with them and said that she wanted to ease the tension between her and the Jedi and that , to that end , she wanted Han and Leia to act as ambassadors between her and the Jedi Council . The Council accepted this but only to see the true extent of Daala ' s good will . Daala asked that the Jedi turn in the recently apprehended Sothais Saar over to the Galactic Alliance . The Jedi agreed but only if they were allowed full access to the prisoner . Having no choice , she agreed . At the same time , Moff Drikl Lecersen , Kuati Senator Haydnat Treen , Senator Fost Bramsin and General Jaxton were plotting to remove Daala and Fel , replacing them with Treen and Lecersen respectively before uniting the Galactic Alliance and the Imperial Remnant into a new Galactic Empire with them as the Emperor and Empress . To depose Daala , Treen planned for the Chief of State to invoke the Emergency Powers Act if the situation with the Jedi got out of hand . Therefore , public opinion would force Daala out of office , paving the way for Treen to take her place . Also , the conspirators attempted assassinations on Fel to fool the Jedi into thinking Daala masterminded them . Later , when the Jedi refused to turn over the psychotic Jedi Saar and Turi Altamik to Galactic Alliance custody , Daala ordered the Jedi Temple to be sieged by Mandalorians under the command of Belok Rhal . During this time , Daala ' s lover , Admiral Nek Bwua ' tu , went behind her back and pledged to Kenth Hamner the service of the Galactic Alliance Navy to the Jedi ; also , public opinion of Daala became more negative , as they were beginning to view her as a second Palpatine . However , Luke Skywalker , meanwhile , successfully defeated the being causing the psychosis , and the afflicted Jedi were all instantly cured . This resulted in the psychotic Jedi returning to sanity . Daala later appeared at the Temple when she heard the Jedi wished to turn the psychotic Jedi over to her . Daala enlisted the help of the Bith Thalleus Tharn , a doctor of xenopsychiatry , to check the condition of the insane Jedi . Han Solo and the Order publicly embarrassed her when it was revealed to the public that the Jedi were no longer psychotic . However , she still refused to release the Horn siblings so she could have hostages to keep the Order in line while her Mandalorian mercenaries tried to put down a slave uprising on Blaudu Sextus . However , the Jedi managed to stop the Mandalorians , launch their StealthX starfighters to aid the Skywalkers against the Sith and successfully retrieve the Horn siblings from her custody . Daala later contacted the Jedi Temple and demanded to speak with Hamner , unaware that he had died after a failed attempt to stop the Stealth X Wings . Saba Sebatyne spoke to Daala instead , and Daala told her , Corran Horn and Cilghal that they left her no choice but to resort to destroying the Jedi on Coruscant . Jedi coup . Shortly afterward , the Jedi Council now under the leadership of acting Grand Master Saba Sebatyne , formulated a plan to launch a coup against Daala . The Council put their plan into action at the same time as Senator Treen and her allies launched their bid to remove the Chief of State . In the chaos , Chief Daala was captured and imprisoned . Daala saw Tahiri Veila , who had been sentenced to death for Pellaeon ' s murder , in the cell beside hers . Sebatyne subsequently addressed the Senate , informing them of the Chief ' s arrest and that the Jedi would take control of the Alliance in the transition until new elections could take place . The Jedi formed a constitutional replacement for the position of Chief of State ; rather than one person having control of the Alliance , a Triumvirate was formed between Sebatyne , Jaxton and Treen , with a two - thirds majority needed between the three to make executive decisions . In the meantime , Daala contacted the bounty hunter Boba Fett to help her break out of prison . In the ensuing chaos , both Daala and Veila were able to escape from the prison , and Daala enlisted Fett ' s help in helping her get revenge against those who had deposed her . In the aftermath of her escape , Fett told Daala that he and his Mandalorians had discovered from their missions in putting out slave riots throughout the galaxy that Moff Drikl Lecersen and a secret circle of conspirators had been responsible for the Freedom Flight in the first place ; the intention of Lecersen in this venture was to purposely overburden Daala in her duties in the Galactic Alliance , which would eventually lead to the coup that the Jedi enacted against her . Following this , Daala enlisted the help of all the Moffs , including Lecersen after blackmailing him , so that she could have Head of State Jagged Fel killed and then she would rule the Galactic Empire once more ; and this time , with the intention of properly ruling the galaxy again . However , thanks to the treachery of Moff Tol Getelles , Fel declared open war on Daala . The position of Chief of State would be indefinitely suspended and its constitutional authority would be redirected to a newly - formed ruling Triumvirate , composed of Jedi Grand Master Saba Sebatyne , Senator Haydnat Treen and General Merratt Jaxton until new elections could be held . To ensure that no single individual could possess direct control over the Armed Forces or the Intelligence Service , a two - thirds majority vote was required within the Triumvirate in order to make executive decisions . Personality and traits . Daala was an aggressive commander who harbored much frustration at being so poorly treated in the Imperial command structure . She was considered to be remarkably charismatic , but due to her gender and suspect manner of promotion this was often ignored . She also could be ruthless , ordering the bombardment of colonies , the destruction of merchant vessels , the torture of prisoners , and the destruction of worlds with seemingly no remorse . Daala was often prone to great fury which she found difficult to constrain , but found that attacking a target during battle was the best way to release her anger . She felt that outbursts of one ' s anger were unprofessional , and restrained herself mostly to serve as an example to her crewmen . She was also mistrustful of Force - users , both light and dark - side , and in a private conference with Boba Fett agreed that the galaxy would be better off without them . Daala was also devoted to the cause of the Empire almost to the point of irrationalism — at least in the eyes of the post - Endor warlords — and to following orders , remaining at the Maw installation for years without any outside contact . She felt that the Empire provided order , a thing greatly needed , and something the New Republic did not have . She also was willing to go to great lengths to further that cause , including killing other Imperial leaders , wanting to sacrifice a Star Destroyer to destroy Coruscant , and sacrificing her own life for the Empire . Often before making a decision or when contemplating failure , Daala would think of Tarkin , imagining his rage in the case of the latter . Beneath the carefully calculated façade used to inspire loyalty in her crew , however , Daala did have a soft side , which she displayed very rarely to those she led or fought against , since she strived to not show any weakness . Daala felt that being a woman caused others to be naturally biased against her , and she worked to keep her emotions in , as she felt that emotion was often a sign of weakness . She did occasionally reveal an emotional side towards those she respected and trusted , such as her long time second - in - command and her former lover . Daala also displayed a high degree of emotion toward her own people , particularly when she thought she had let them down . When the " Hydra " plunged into the Maw , she was overwhelmed with the thought of all the crewmen losing their lives , and because she had been charged with leading and training them , she felt that their deaths were her fault . She had several other similar reactions to death , such as when her long time second - in - command , Kratas , was killed during a inter - warlord skirmish . Daala blamed herself for getting him involved in what she viewed as a petty feud , and had to fight back the surge of emotion that resulted from his death . These deaths also played to Daala ' s own vindictiveness , and she would go to great lengths to avenge her losses , personal and otherwise . For instance , when the " Hydra " crashed into the Maw , she obliterated a practically unarmed colony on Dantooine in order to sate her appetite for vengeance . Despite her vindictiveness , her compassion for those who served under her was what led her to believe that her constant string of failures put too many lives in jeopardy , to which she reacted by handing Gilad Pellaeon the reins of the Empire . Despite her hatred of the New Republic and its heroes like Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo , Daala decided to fight alongside them to defeat Darth Caedus in 41 ABY . As she had explained to Pellaeon , she was tired of Force - users taking control , as she felt they had done nothing to deserve political power . Daala also wanted vengeance for Vorn ' s death at the hands of the Moffs , and hoped to kill the Imperial Moffs who were responsible . Caedus was defeated with the aid of Daala ' s fleet , after which she was elected head of the Galactic Alliance , successor to the New Republic she had once despised . She promised to restore peace to the galaxy , and worked hard to make her vision of a peaceful future a reality . However , Daala still harbored resentment towards Luke Skywalker , and distrusted his Jedi Order . This anti - Jedi sentiment was exacerbated by the rise of the Force psychosis among Jedi Knights , which led to very tense relations between her and the Order . Relationships . Liegeus Vorn . Daala first met Vorn before enrolling in the Imperial Academy , and fell in love with him . However , the two were forced to part when Daala entered the Imperial Academy on Carida prior to 0 BBY , although she would meet him again in 13 ABY . They discovered that their feelings had never gone away , and they later had at least one son . The duo ' s love was very strong , and they stayed together until Vorn was killed in 35 ABY by the Moffs in a failed attempt to assassinate Daala . Daala swore revenge on the Moffs for this , and refused to get a replacement for the eye she had lost in the attack . Wilhuff Tarkin . Tarkin discovered Daala after learning of a mysterious individual who constantly beat all their opponents in simulated battles at Carida ' s Imperial Academy . After finding out that she was a woman , and being discriminated against because of it , he took her under his wing , and the two became lovers , despite the fact that he was married . Daala found Tarkin to be everything she wanted — a man with power , ambition , and who was a great lover . She greatly admired Tarkin , and studied his strategies . Tarkin meanwhile promoted her to admiral , and placed her in charge of the Maw Installation . After learning of Tarkin ' s death at Yavin IV , Daala was stunned , and promised to avenge her former lover and mentor . Nek Bwua ' tu . When Han and Leia Solo told Jaina Solo that Daala had become the new Chief of State of the Galactic Alliance , Han remarked that he suspected that Admiral Bwua ' tu , who had turned down the job , had ' always had a thing ' for Daala . It was implied , in 43 ABY during a conversation between Daala and Bwua ' tu that they were having an affair . Later , Daala and Bwu ' atu began to spend more time together , with the Bothan visiting Daala in her private quarters . Behind the scenes . Admiral Daala was created by Kevin J . Anderson for . Throughout her many appearances , Daala is a feared antagonist , despite her many defeats . Though Anderson had planned on her dying in the climactic Cauldron Nebula explosion of " Dark Apprentice " , he decided to revive her for " Champions of the Force " , and after her appearance in the " Jedi Academy " series , she appeared in Anderson ' s " Darksaber " , where she was again one of the antagonists , with a desire to unite the Empire . She was also in " Planet of Twilight " , written just a year later , where she was in charge of her own private fleet , and then disappeared yet again . Aside from a brief mention which stated she was believed to be dead in " The New Essential Chronology " , Daala would only appear in the form of several mentions during " " series until 2008 , when Daala re - appeared in " Death Star " , a novel detailing the history and events surrounding the Death Star ' s construction . It gave deeper insights into Daala ' s relationship with Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin . Daala would later appear in the eighth book in the " Legacy of the Force " series , " " , this time fighting alongside her former enemies as the head of yet another private fleet , created under relatively unknown circumstances . It was in this book that she finally received a first name , Natasi , over fourteen years after Daala was introduced to the Expanded Universe . Describing the character , Anderson noted that in contrast to Thrawn , " [ Daala ' s ] a loose cannon , shoots first asks questions later , " later indicating she could have very well been capable of controlling the Galactic Alliance decades later , comparing her to real - life hotheaded politicians .