Dark Omen

The Dark Omen was an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer of the Imperial Navy that was active by 2 BBY. During the Galactic Empire's Lothal campaign against rebel cells such as the Rebel Alliance's Phoenix Group and the Spectres, the Dark Omen was under the command of Captain Corf Ferno and assigned to Grand Admiral Thrawn's Seventh Fleet. At the campaign's Battle of Atollon, the Dark Omen led a squadron of Imperial-class Star Destroyers, or ISDs, until the arrival of Thrawn aboard the flagship ISD Chimaera. During the engagement, the Dark Omen was damaged by BTL-A4 Y-wing assault starfighter/bombers of Green Squadron and participated in the orbital bombardment of the rebel base, though survivors managed to escape through a gap between it and the Chimaera.

Following the battle, the Dark Omen was repaired and continued to serve Ferno, who was promoted to vice admiral and selected to serve as a member of the Joint Chiefs of the Imperial Military by Supreme Commander Cassio Tagge. The Dark Omen and the remains of the Seventh Fleet were tasked with patrolling areas of the Outer Rim Territories in the Galactic Civil War. During the pan-galactic conflict, the Dark Omen participated in an Imperial ambush of a rebel convoy at Derra alongside Vice Admiral Rae Sloane and the Vigilance. Following this, the Dark Omen was among the ships present at the Battle of Endor, which resulted in the destruction of the second Death Star and the deaths of Galactic Emperor Palpatine and the Sith Lord Darth Vader.

In the battle's aftermath, the Dark Omen was dispatched by Grand Admiral Sloane to the factory world Kuat, taking part in the Defense of Kuat against New Republic forces. The failed defensive operation by Imperial forces to protect the Kuat shipyards hastened the end of the war, which ended soon after with the Battle of Jakku in 5 ABY. The Dark Omen was extensively mentioned by historian and Resistance paramilitary member Beaumont Kin in 35 ABY in his book, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire. Files and information were recovered from the Dark Omen, including an image of Grand Admiral Thrawn in the far galaxy in 9 ABY.

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