Alliance (Imperious-class)

"This ship is no longer the Imperious. I intend to give it a new name, one that the Sith hate and fear to hear amongst their enemies. From now on this ship shall be known as the Alliance"

- Admiral Gar Stazi

The Alliance, originally known as the Imperious, was a large, powerful warship built by the Galactic Empire ruled by Darth Krayt. It was the prototype of the Imperious-class Star Destroyer, a Star Destroyer design larger and more powerful than the Pellaeon-class.

Construction
The Imperious was constructed in the Mon Calamari Shipyards in 137 ABY, at the time under control of the usurper faction of the Empire. It was one of the largest ships in the Empire, as well as the pride of the Imperial Navy. For its maiden voyage, the Imperious was to be operated by skeleton crews.

Meanwhile, the Galactic Alliance Remnant was one of the major opponents of Krayt's empire. Admiral Gar Stazi, the Alliance's leader, heard of the Imperious, and knew this was something they couldn't pass up. Stazi made plans to steal it, asking his old friend Gial Gahan to assist with it.

But on the day Stazi and his fleet made the attempt, they were trapped. Admiral Dru Valan, an Imperial commander with a personal vendetta against Stazi, had known about Stazi's plans and set up a trap to capture or kill Stazi and destroy his fleet.

Theft
"We need to make military strikes, and for that, we need the Imperious!"

- Admiral Gar Stazi

What Valan didn't know was that Stazi was prepared for the trap, and turned the Imperials' trap against them.

Stazi ordered his fleet to attack the Imperial fleet. When Valan ordered a return fire and fire from the shipyards, the shipyards joined the Alliance in firing on the Imperial fleet, having been hacked by Rogue member Monia Gahan. Meanwhile, the Imperious was resiezed by the Alliance : the stormtroopers that had siezed it were actually Alliance commandos in disguise. Led by Hondo Karr, they piloted the ship away from the shipyards and successfully got it out of the system. After this, the Alliance fleet retreated behind the planet Dac and were able to escape and make it to the rendezvous point. The Imperious was now in the hands of the Galactic Alliance Remnant. They then began the process of bringing its weapon systems online.

Alliance Flagship


Stazi appointed the ship as his new flagship, the successor to the Indomitable.

The Alliance, however, was unaware that Roan Fel's Empire-in-exile had sabotaged the Imperious; activation of the ship's weapons would cause the detonation of three series of bombs that would destroy the vessel. However, Monia Gahan and Imperial Knight Sigel Dare were able to warn Admiral Stazi. The bombs were deactivated and Stazi, impressed that Fel's forces were willing to help him, asked Dare to tell Fel that he was willing to once again negotiate an alliance against the Sith. He also renamed the ship the Alliance.

Meanwhile, Darth Krayt was furious that Stazi had escaped with his best ship, and ordered the genocide of the Mon Calamari for two reasons: to punish the Mon Calamari and try to dissuade any further resistance to his empire.

As the vessel was properly outfitted for battle, its sides were adorned with the symbol of the Galactic Alliance, in a similar fashion to the Lusankya, when it was used by the New Republic over a hundred years before.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy: Indomitable
 * Star Wars Legacy 22: The Wrath of the Dragon
 * Star Wars Legacy 36: Renegade

Notes and references
Alliance Alianza (Destructor Estelar Avanzado)