



Moving quickly to consolidate his power, Kaine called together the political and economic leaders of the New Territories and Velcar Free Commerce Zone to propose a treaty which would unite the Imperial and corporate interests and create a new political conglomerate, the Pentastar Alignment, that would practice the ideals of the New Order and protect business interests from the interference of the newly founded New Republic. Built by Vickers, her keel was laid down in August 1898 and she was launched. When the Emperor’s death at the Battle of Endor caused the fragmentation of the Empire, Kaine, a native of Sartinaynian in the Braxant sector, transferred the Oversector capital and base of operations to the New Territories along with most of his forces. HMS Vengeance was a Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship of the Canopus class. Originally under the direct control of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, the Oversector, and all its military forces, passed to Grand Moff Ardus Kaine after Tarkin was killed aboard the first Death Star at the Battle of Yavin. Formerly identified as part of Oversector Outer, an Imperial designated area of space that encompassed most of the Outer Rim, the New Territories was a recently developed and largely human-populated area in the northern reaches of the galaxy.
