Empire - in - exile The Empire - in - exile , also known as the " true " Empire , the Imperial Remnant , the Fel Imperium , or the Bastion resistance by Darth Krayt ' s Empire , was the faction of the former Fel Empire that still remained loyal to Emperor Roan Fel , following the Sith coup in 130 ABY . During the Second Imperial Civil War , the Empire - in - exile fought the new Galactic Empire of Darth Krayt , eventually allying with the Galactic Alliance Remnant and the New Jedi Order . In 138 ABY , the One Sith were defeated at Coruscant and the Empire - in - exile , Galactic Alliance Remnant , and the New Jedi Order formed a new government known as the Galactic Federation Triumvirate . History . As the Sith – Imperial War came to an end , Roan Fel was poised to establish his government on Coruscant . After a few days , the leader of the One Sith , Darth Krayt , arrived with Lords Nihl , Wyyrlok and Maladi and revealed their deception to Emperor Fel , killing his double , and seizing the throne for himself . The real Emperor Fel escaped the assassination attempt , and after seven years as a fugitive landed on the planet Bastion and formed a government - in - exile to rule the former Imperial Space . Over the next several months of resistance , more and more Imperial military units defected to his territory , subsequently acquiring more , previously stripped , territories . His administration even attempted to form an alliance with the Galactic Alliance Remnant , though the meeting was sabotaged by Jor Torlin and Morrigan Corde , agents of the Empire . As a result , Stazi remained distrustful of Fel ' s Imperials , while the latter were banned from entering the Wheel . A short time afterward , Masters Treis Sinde and Sigel Dare of the Imperial Knight s planted three sets of bombs on board the prototype Advanced Star Destroyer " Imperious " , which would explode the moment the weapon systems were activated . However they didn ' t anticipate Stazi ' s plan to " liberate " the starship . The saboteurs were dispatched to rescue Monia Gahan from imprisonment on Dac and take her back to Stazi to disarm the bombs . However on Monia ' s demand , the pair rescued the rest of the Rogue Squadron members captured after the battle . Due to this display of good faith and the beginning of genocide against the Mon Calamarians , Admiral Gar Stazi agreed to discuss a possible alliance with Fel in order to fight their common enemy . The first collaboration between the new allies took place during the Battle of Ralltiir , where the alliance nearly met its end when a Fel loyalist , Admiral Edouard Fenel , threatened with fire on defenseless lifepods in order to force the Sith - loyal Coruscant Third Fleet into surrender . Admiral Stazi did everything within its power to prevent the Fel loyalists to resort to the tactics of the enemy , coming close to open fire on them , also making it clear to Emperor Fel that the Galactic Alliance fleet were allies of the Empire - in - exile and not vassals . A short time afterward , the Jedi agreed to collaborate with Admiral Stazi , even preventing an assassination attempt on his person . Emperor Fel also arranged to secretly meet with representatives of the Jedi on the planet Agamar . At the end of the war , the Empire - in - Exile was merged with Darth Krayt ' s Empire . The Fel Empire became a part of the new government , the Galactic Federation Triumvirate , which consisted of K ' Kruhk , Marasiah Fel and Gar Stazi . Military . Following the Sith coup , the Imperial Armed Forces split among those loyal to Krayt and those loyal to Fel . By 130 ABY , the Stormtrooper Corps was merged with the Imperial Army , during the time of the previous state , the Fel Empire . Elements of the Army and Imperial Navy served Fel , however , their forces were considerably smaller and were not capable of an offensive for most of the Empire - in - exile ' s existence , until the Battle for Coruscant . The Navy used a variety of vessels , including " Pellaeon " - class Star Destroyers , " Ardent " - class fast frigates , and Predator - class fighter s . Unlike Palpatine ' s original military , they accepted non - Humans into their ranks . Admiral Edouard Fenel and General Oron Jaeger were some commanders serving the Empire - in - exile , and many Sith loyalists ended up defecting to them .