Natasi Daala

Admiral Daala was one of the very few high-ranking females in the Imperial Navy. Though she was a talented student and officer at the Imperial Academy, she was continually passed over for promotion simply because of her gender.

To take out her frustrations toward the male-dominated military, she made herself a false computer identity. Daala was able to defeat many a high level officer and some of her own instructors. This gained her the attention of Moff Tarkin. He investigated the talented young officer and was pleasantly surprised to discover not only her identity, but that she was female.

Tarkin took her on as his protégé, helping her to ascend to the rank of Admiral. Many quietly complained that she was 'sleeping her way to the top'. When one of those remarks made its way back to Tarkin, he searched out the officer who had made it and ejected him into space as punishment.

As his most trusted officer, Daala was tasked with overseeing and protecting the Maw Installation, birthplace of the Death Stars, World Devastators and the Sun Crusher. This facility was hidden away even from the rest of the Empire, and no less than four Imperial Star Destroyers were stationed there (Basilisk, Gorgon, Hydra, and Manticore). Tarkin ordered Daala never to abandon her post or to break communication silence unless he returned. So after his death, Daala stayed isolated in the Maw with no news of the Galaxy outside and no one in the Empire aware of her existence.

When Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Kyp Durron escaped from Kessel and accidentally discovered the Maw Installation, Daala captured and interrogated them, learning for the first time about the destruction of the Death Stars and the deaths of Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader, and Tarkin. Daala knew that her orders were obsolete and it was time to strike back at the "Rebels".

Though she made a valiant attempt and was armed with "the power to turn planets into slag," Daala was ultimately foiled by Admiral Ackbar and Kyp Durron, armed with up-to-date military tactics and the Sun Crusher (respectively). She fled back to the core to join the warlords, with only the Gorgon remaining of a once impressive battlegroup.

After joining Warlord Harrsk, Daala realized what a shambles the Empire was in. Feuding over what was left of a formerly galaxy-spanning government, the warlords were destroying everything they had left. Daala sought to change that by forcing the most powerful warlords to meet, finding Gilad Pellaeon, the former second-in-command of Grand Admiral Thrawn, the only other person willing to work with her. Together they murdered the warlords, sealing them in a room and poisoning their air, the two conspirators wearing the only rebreathers.

Daala took command of all their forces, consolidating fleets of Victory and Imperial Star Destroyers, Skipray Blastboats, and even a single Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, the Knight Hammer. Her fleet lasted just long enough for a poorly planned and even more poorly executed attack against the New Republic and Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy, which resulted in the destruction of the Knight Hammer. Defeated for good, Daala promoted Pellaeon to the rank of Admiral, handing her rank insignia and remaining fleet to him, and resigning Imperial service seemingly for good.

She settled temporarily on Pedducis Chorios. She settled into civilian life, leading a group of settlers on the distant world. Daala would return to service, however, when she learned of Moff Getelles plan to use the Death Seed plague to take over the Meridian Sector.

After this, she returned once more to the Deep Core looking to establish another fleet. Though she did make an attack against the Republic a short time later, General Garm Bel Iblis defeated her soundly, causing her ship to make a blind hyperspace jump. Her activities and whereabouts after this defeat remain unknown. She was presumed killed in battle, but the NRI consistently refused to remove her name from the list of potential threats.