Imperial Coalition

The Imperial Coalition, also known as Palpatine's alliance, was an alliance between the Ruling Circle and remaining fleet commanders who remained loyal to the former Galactic Empire which had largely collapsed following the Liberation of Coruscant in 6 ABY. Forming in the days following the death of Grand Admiral Thrawn at the Battle of Bilbringi in 9 ABY. While the Coalition held the former capital of Coruscant in addition to vital Imperial worlds and star systems in the Deep Galactic Core as well as beyond Core Worlds, Imperial power remained dispersed. Thrawn's unfinished victory in his campaign fueled conflict between each side, leading to the eruption of a full-scale Imperial Civil War within months that splintered Imperial forces until the return of Palpatine along with his Dark Empire in 10 ABY.

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