Sander Delvardus

Delvardus was one of the thirteen most powerful breakaway Imperial warlords holding out his own hegemony within the Deep Core of the Galaxy by eight years after the Battle of Endor. More than likely an aged Army officer of some rank and standing&mdash;most likely a general of some type&mdash;he formed his own version of the Empire following the death of Emperor Palpatine at the Battle of Endor, coming into conflict with other breakaway warlords such as the self-styled "Supreme Warlord" Harrsk and "High Admiral" Teradoc, among others, in endless and wasteful battles to gain control of what remained of the Galactic Empire. Like many of the other walords, Delvardus gave himself a title, his being "Superior General", something Admiral Daala found rather egotistical when she assembled the Deep Core warlords at Tsoss Beacon to negotiate the future of the crumbling Empire. When the walords refused to surrender their sovereign independence, Daala became enraged and executed them all, including Delvardus. Delvardus' greates contribution to the Empire, though, would come after his death when Daala was given command of the "Super Star Destroyer" Night Hammer (which she renamed Knight Hammer), a warship created under Delvardus' command, the construction of which suggests a proportionally larger amount of resources and means of industry than the other warlords.