The Restored Empire was an Imperial faction that was formed after the Imperial Reunification and that refused the authority of the Imperial Remnant. The members of the Restored Empire were informally known as the hard-liners.

Contents 1 Description 2 History 3 Military forces 4 Appearances

DescriptionEdit

The Restored Empire symbol was a modified Imperial crest with an additional inner circle, and a dot at the center.

It was led by Supreme Commander Ennix Devian, a former Imperial assassin became admiral. General Vota, Bulger, Klemp, and Trooper Lonkin were all members.

The Restored Empire base was a secret Clone Wars-era military base on the planet RZ7-6113-23.

HistoryEdit

In 13 ABY, Supreme Commander Devian organized a complex plot to destroy the New Republic and take control of the Imperial Remnant.

The "phase one" of his operation was an attempt to assassinate Leia Organa Solo and her children on Coruscant. The attack failed due to the intervention of Mirith Sinn but it was without consequence for the following operations.

An other part of Devian's plot included the bounty hunter Boba Fett, the Yuuzhan Vong Nom Anor and the former Royal Guard Kir Kanos. While Devian hired Fett to bring Kir Kanos to the Restored Empire headquarters, Nom Anor hired a team of thieves to attack the class-3 toxic weapons dump on Nyara in order to retrieve a chunk of zinethium. Devian wanted to use this destructive material to destroy the Imperial Palace on Coruscant and eliminate the New Republic government. As expected, Kir Kanos refused to join the hard-liners who imprisoned him. Devian later let him escape and sacrificed some stormtroopers to convince Kanos he was really free. Kir Kanos immediately departed to Coruscant to warn the New Republic but he was unaware that Devian had embedded the zinethium inside the shuttle, predicting Kanos would travel to the galactic capital. This time, it was Jedi Master Luke Skywalker who prevented the attack.

Devian later learned that New Republic and Imperial diplomats, including Kanos, Mirith Sinn and Feena D'Asta, had planned to meet to discuss a truce between the two factions. The Restored Empire stormtroopers who attacked the meeting were all eliminated but D'Asta was killed

Shocked by the death of Feena D'Asta and suspecting a New Republic betrayal, Admiral Gilad Pellaeon ordered the Imperial Navy to attack the Republic in retaliation, leaving the Imperial capital Orinda insufficiently defended. The ancient but massive Restored Empire fleet was able to destroy the small defense fleet and attack the planet.

Military forcesEdit

Although using Stormtroopers, the rest of its military hardware appeared to consist entirely of vehicles and vessels used by the Grand Army of the Republic, including:

• Venator-class Star Destroyers
• Acclamator-class assault ships
• Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighters
• Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-wing starfighters
• All Terrain Attack Pods
• All Terrain Tactical Enforcers
• Heavy Assault Vehicle/wheeled A6 Juggernauts
• Low Altitude Assault Transport/carriers
• Nu-class attack shuttles

Following the end of the Clone Wars, numerous weapons and ships scheduled for decommission of destruction were rerouted to the Restored Empire's base, constituting with the years a massive military force.

Other ships included TIE/sr starfighters and Delta-class JV-7 escort shuttles.

AppearancesEdit

• Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 1 (First appearance)
• Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 2 (First identified as Restored Empire)
• Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 3
• Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 4
• Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 5
• Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 6