Sixth Negative Regions

Black Sword Command was a large unit of the Imperial Starfleet responsible for defending the central Rim territories of the Galactic Empire. The name referred to both the military unit and the area to which it was assigned, although the unit was sometimes called simply the Black Fleet.

Black Sword Command was made up of the Praxlis, Corridan, Kokash Sector and Farlax Sector sectors. Following standard Imperial operation procedure, at least fifteen shipyard facilities were built throughout Black Sword Command to provide localized repair and possibly manufacture facilities. Many of these facilities were operated by Yevethan slaves.

In 4 ABY, Black Sword Command received orders to stand down and withdraw to the Deep Core, destroying any non-movable assets in the process. Across Black Sword Command, garrisons were collapsed, troop transports loaded and starships prepared for departure. As they prepared to make their departure, Yevethan underground operatives launched simultaneous raids across the shipyards, murdering the incoming Imperial personnel and seizing the Imperial warships. Those Imperial citizens that survived the raids were placed into a labor camp on Pa'aal. 44 warships were captured that day, none smaller than a Victory-class Star Destroyer and including three Super Star Destroyers of unknown classification. Over time the Yevetha renamed the Imperial warships, supplemented fleet with their own Aramadia-class thrustships and moved the shipyards to avoid detection.

Because it was primarily engaged in rear guard missions during the Galactic Civil War, such as the Battle of Notak, Black Sword Command went unknown to the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic until the discovery of a complete Imperial order of battle aboard Gnisnal made the fleet's existence known, and highlighting the Yevetha as its likely possessor.

When the Yevetha began their Great Purge and subsequent war with the New Republic, Major Sil Sorannan, a surviving Black Sword Command officer, organized his survivors to take back their fleet. As the New Republic pressed the Yevethan fleet, they were forced to conscript the Imperial survivors as ship crews. At the climax of the Battle of N'zoth, Sorannan and his cohorts executed a plan to take control of the Imperial warships, echoing Nil Spaar's own plot thirteen years earlier.

Having regained control of the remnants of Black Sword Command, which numbered as few as 21 starships, Sorannan ordered the Imperial ships into hyperspace towards the Deep Core, completing their final order thirteen years after it had been issued.

Known officers

 * Dobbatek
 * Eistern
 * Zeven Mallat, Imperial Security Bureau
 * Major Neff
 * Major Sil Sorannan