Ragez D'Asta

Ragez D'Asta was a powerful shipping magnate and Baron of the Galactic Empire, as well as a firm supporter of Emperor Palpatine. Commanding the largest privately-owned fleet in the galaxy, producing most of the cargo ships used by the Empire, and controlling the strategically important D'Astan sector, D'Asta was a respected and influential individual. He was a member of the Imperial Ruling Council until illness forced him to step down, leaving his daughter Feena to take his place on the Council and represent his interests, although she was soon abducted by the Black Sun criminal organization and—unbeknownst to the Baron—replaced with a clone.

Feena's clone was part of a successful conspiracy to end the life of Emperor Palpatine, and afterward became part of the Imperial Interim Ruling Council, the new ruling body of the Empire, where she continued to represent D'Asta. When the Council was taken over by Xandel Carivus, who declared himself the new Emperor, the clone Feena was arrested as a traitor. Still considering her to be his true daughter, D'Asta commanded his armada in an attack on Ord Cantrell, headquarters of the Council. When he learned of Carivus' involvement in the conspiracy against Palpatine from Royal Guardsman Kir Kanos, D'Asta aided Kanos in assassinating the self-proclaimed Emperor. With the last of the Imperial rump states dismantled, D'Asta declared his sector independent from the New Republic.

Ragez arranged a peace treaty between the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant in 13 ABY, sending his daughter Feena as a proxy due to his ailing health. This action caught the ire of the Imperial splinter group known as the "Restored Empire," bent on preserving the Empire legacy under the vision of the late Emperor Palpatine. After his daughter was killed by the forces of Ennix Devian, the leader of the Restored Empire, D'Asta deployed his fleet to the Imperial capital world of Orinda, allying with Kir Kanos once again to provide backup for the Imperial forces in combat with the hardliner fleet in orbit. Following the battle, Ragez adopted Feena's clone as his own daughter.

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