Doman Beruss ( Corellian ) Doman Beruss was a Corellian politician and a founder of the New Republic . Biography . Doman Beruss was a member of the Corellian branch of the well - known Beruss family of Illodia and , out of respect , was named after an older relative . She was an aunt of Senator Doman Beruss and a great - aunt of his son , Rogue Squadron pilot Avan Beruss . As a representative of Corellia , Beruss became one of the nine signatories of the Declaration of the Alliance of Free Planets . Four weeks later , Beruss signed the Declaration of a New Republic . She subsequently served as a representative of the Corellian exiles on the New Republic Provisional Council . Approximately one year after the Battle of Endor , General Airen Cracken informed Beruss and the rest of the Council of reports that Imperial leader Sate Pestage had been charged with treason and fled Imperial Center . Beruss advocated for a New Republic mission to rescue Pestage , arguing that successfully doing so would render other Imperials more willing to defect from the declining Empire . A New Republic team secured Pestage on Ciutric , only to be trapped there by Imperial forces . Although her great - nephew Avan was a participant in the endangered mission , Beruss recommended not sending reinforcements , believing any escalation of the situation would be detrimental to the Republic . At the same time , Avan worried that his great - aunt was holding back reinforcements to avoid the appearance of favoritism toward him . Despite the lack of support , Avan survived the mission , which ultimately failed to keep Pestage in Republic custody . In 6 ABY , as the New Republic was preparing for an attempt to seize Coruscant , Doman Beruss attended a meeting of the Provisional Council . There , she pointed out to the other councilors that whoever was able to claim Coruscant would be seen as the legitimate government of the galaxy , and that the warlord Zsinj had likely taken notice of the Republic ' s recent push toward the capital . Beruss was present at another meeting the following day , in which the debate over how to approach Coruscant continued . In response to Admiral Gial Ackbar ' s proposal to send a team of military specialists to Coruscant prior to the main attack , Beruss asked Airen Cracken , who specialized in such matters , if he felt prepared to handle the operation . She also expressed approval of Councilor Borsk Fey ' lya ' s plan to distract Imperial forces by freeing Black Sun operatives from Kessel and releasing them on Coruscant . After the New Republic liberated Coruscant , Beruss and other members of the Provisional Council convened on the world in what had once been a Senatorial apartment area . There , Beruss sat beside Mon Mothma as she heard Commander Wedge Antilles argue in defense of Captain Tycho Celchu , who faced accusations of treason against the New Republic . While she claimed to respect Antilles ' convictions , Beruss stated that the evidence against Celchu was sufficient to warrant a trial . At a later meeting on Coruscant , the Council debated how the Republic ' s bacta supply should be used to deal with an outbreak of the Krytos virus , and Beruss objected when Fey ' lya accused Councilor Leia Organa of anti - alien bias for her opposition to Fey ' lya ' s proposed strategy for bacta distribution . The Council would be active until 7 ABY , to be replaced by the first New Republic Senate . In 10 ABY she was one of the signatories of " Why Do We Fight the Empire ? " . Beruss retained her position until at least 11 ABY and the beginnings of the Daala crisis .