Imperial Alliance

The **Imperial Alliance** was a secret oligarchical empire that hid in the Unknown Regions and aimed to succeed where the former Galactic Empire failed. Unofficially, the alliance was formed out of Imperial officers that started to lose trust in Palpatine's regime and prepared a backup plan in case the Empire was to ever fall. This came to fruition in 4 ABY with the Battle of Endor as the Imperial generals fled to the Unknown Regions, which were mapped out with the help of certain individuals, yet still unknown to newly formed New Republic. Moving to Zakuul, the Imperial forces first allied with the planet's government, then slowly subdue and finally gained full control of the planet, with Zakuul's local forces reorganized into Imperial militiary. Zakuul served as the capital of the Imperial Alliance since then.

The Alliance was ruled by a council of former Imperial generals and moffs and also elected more to the council. Making up the military were members of Imperial Navy and Stormtroopers under the command of the Imperial leaders, along with new recruits from Zakuul and other conquested worlds that made up the new allied Imperial army.

Although the Imperial Alliance at first adhered to the tenets of the former Emperor Palpatine's New Order, slavery and anti-alien sentiment were abolished and their leaders saw more value in advancement and dropping practices that failed. As the Alliance intended to succeed where the Empire failed, they dropped aspects that led to the former's fall and adopted strategies which benefited them more.

The Alliance grew strong, still unknown to the New Republic as it expanded in the unexplored parts of the Unknown Regions but it was found out by the Sith cult, who managed to gain authority within the alliance through assassination and replacement of certain individuals who held power within the government and Lord Dreackil's Force manipulation. Under the Sith's control, the government was rebranded to the Sith Imperial Alliance and launched an immediate attack against the then newly formed United Federation. The 1 year war led to Federal victory against the Imperials and following the death and major attack on the Sith world of Tei Tenga, the Alliance sued for peace and signed a treaty with the Federation, surrendering to them, which marked the end of the war. Under the terms of the treaty, all Imperial forces were pulled back and limited to their capital of Zakuul and other worlds in close sectors and were not allowed to pass into the other regions. Many conquested planets were surrendered to the Federation.

Following the defeat, remaining Imperial authority ordered a complete wipeout of the Sith within their reach. Rebranding back to simply the Imperial Alliance, a mysterious personel by the name of Dman was elected to Head of State. The government adopted a strict anti-Force user policy, becoming a strict Imperial order without the influence of Sith unlike the Galactic Empire or it's other major remnant. 10 years after their defeat, as the Federation fell against Jawajuice, the Imperial Alliance, no longer restricted by the treaty as the Federation to uphold it was gone, prepared a military to fight against the corporation. Victorious in the war, the following year was a time of tense relationship between the newly risen Jedi Republic and the Imperial Alliance, as it seemed peaceful at first yet a cold war was occuring as both factions secretly prepared for a larger scale war and planned out operations against each other. A full war eventually did break out after the supposed attack on the Jedi Temple in Dantooine. The attack itself was technically by the GenoHaradan although an Imperial allied black ops team, DF-42, was involved and helped GenoHaradan in the assault of the temple. The Republic claimed that the Imperials were behind the attack yet there was no real evidence to support said claims, which split public support between the factions. The Alliance eventually came out victorious in the Battle for the Valley of the Jedi, which resulted in the Ruusan Valley incident, which caused any Force sensitive or user to lose all connection to the Force to the point of not being able to utilize it. The Republic forces surrendered to the Imperial Alliance after the battle and were turned into a puppet state and stripped of all military.

After the major victory and having gained superiority over the larger galaxy with almost half of it conquered, the Imperial Alliance found it's resources stretched between all of it's conquested worlds. As the time of peace finally came, the Imperial Alliance was reformed into a more stable and proper government, rebranding to the Galactic Order.