Gilad Pellaeon

Gilad Pellaeon was a human male from the planet Corellia who served in the Republic Navy and later as a captain in the Imperial Navy. During his service in the 96th Task Force led by Admiral Thrawn, Pellaeon participated in select Imperial gatherings to search for promising individuals to bring into his admiral's service. One such recruit was Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth of Corvus, whom the captain met when the former showcased her TIE Defender designs to a group of Imperial officers. Pellaeon was later assigned to Grand Admiral Balanhai Savit's Third Fleet and given the command of the Imperial Star Destroyer Harbinger. When Savit was exposed as a traitor who was stealing components from Project Stardust, Pellaeon sided with Commodore Karyn Faro and helped her arrest his superior.

After Savit was relieved of his duty, Pellaeon and the Harbinger were reassigned to assist Thrawn's Seventh Fleet. Together with Thrawn, by then a Grand Admiral, Pellaeon participated in the Imperial blockade of the planet Lothal until it was liberated by the rebel Spectres and their allies in 1 BBY. During the liberation, all Imperial starships present were destroyed by flocks of the spacefaring purrgil, and Pellaeon's communication with the Grand Admiral was quickly cut off. Although the captain survived the battle, Thrawn disappeared into the unknown when the creatures pulled his flagship, the Chimaera, into hyperspace.

Pellaeon continued to fight against the Rebel Alliance in the Galactic Civil War and went into hiding after the Empire's defeat. While the Alliance reorganized itself as the New Republic, the Empire fractured into various holdouts. Alongside other Imperial Remnant warlords, such as Moff Gideon and Commandant Brendol Hux, Pellaeon formed the Shadow Council to secretly coordinate their efforts to restore the Empire. Representing his own delegation in the Council, the captain believed that Thrawn's return and leadership would allow the resurgence of the Imperial Military, though he was faced with skepticism by Gideon. In a Council meeting held around 9 ABY, Pellaeon and Hux agreed to send reinforcements for Gideon's forces to foil the Mandalorians' plan to retake their homeworld Mandalore, albeit without success.

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