Drikl Lecersen

Lecersen was a member of the Council of Moffs of the Imperial Remnant from as early as 41 ABY. A supporter of Remnant leader and Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon, Lecersen was an old-school Moff who believed in duty and always kept himself combat-ready. During the Second Galactic Civil War, Pellaeon, Lecersen, and the other Moffs on the council discussed an offer proposed by Galactic Alliance Chief of State Darth Caedus for Alliance-Remnant unity in combating the Confederation, a confederacy opposed to the Alliance. After unanimously agreeing to offer warships and soldiers to aid in an Alliance attack on the Confederation world Fondor, the Remnant was granted the systems of Bilbringi and Borleias&mdash;something the Moffs saw as the beginning of a new Empire.

Following Pellaeon's assassination during the battle over Fondor, the Imperial Remnant aligned itself with the Galactic Alliance under Caedus. Accompanied by additional Moffs and the Imperial Elite Guard of stormtroopers, Lecersen participated in the Imperial conquest of the Roche asteroids. Lecersen was present in the Nickel One command center alongside Caedus and the other Moffs when the Jedi Coalition launched a raid on the asteroid, and he narrowly avoided death at the hands of Mandalorian soldiers. After this slaughter, Lecersen became the de facto leader of the Moff Council. He and other Moffs would again accompany Caedus into battle during an attack on a Jedi Coalition base on Shedu Maad in the Hapes Cluster, while aboard the Star Destroyer Anakin Solo. Against Caedus's orders, the Moff authorized the creation and deployment of a nanovirus targeted against Hapan Queen Mother Tenel Ka Djo and her family, a move that would ultimately prove fruitless. The battle ended in defeat for the combined Alliance/Remnant forces, and after being given a choice between imprisonment or helping to rebuild the Alliance, Lecersen and the Council opted for the latter. To ensure the Moffs' cooperation, Jagged Fel, son of Imperial starfighter pilot Baron Soontir Fel, was installed as Imperial Head of State.

The offer of an empire
"Then the question is whether we want to expand the Empire. Do we?"

- Lecersen at a meeting of the Council of Moffs

Lecersen was a Moff of the Imperial Remnant who, from as early as 41 ABY, held a position on the Council of Moffs, the Remnant's governing body. A strong supporter of Imperial Supreme Commander Gilad Pellaeon, Lecersen was opposed to Grand Moff Quille's anti-Pellaeon faction within the council. Lecersen was an old-school Moff who believed strongly in duty, so much that he kept himself combat-ready at all times.

In 41 ABY, as the Second Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Alliance and the Confederation was raging throughout the galaxy, Alliance Joint-Chief of State Darth Caedus&mdash;the former Jedi Knight Jacen Solo, who had been turned to the dark side of the Force&mdash;sent an offer to Supreme Commander Pellaeon for a mutual aid treaty between the two governments, so Caedus could gain access to the Remnant's warships for use in the war. Pellaeon, however, had no desire to ally with Caedus's government. Nonetheless, word of the offer leaked out to members of the Moff Council. Before the weekly meeting of the council commenced in Ravelin on the Remnant capital of Bastion, Lecersen and Pellaeon briefly discussed Caedus's offer, specifically that Grand Moff Quille's faction was most likely aware of the proposal. Lecersen couldn't help but grin; he jokingly asked for Pellaeon's "psychic abilities" when placing future bets on odupiendo races.

Sure enough, as the meeting began, Quille spoke of the offer they had been given. When Pellaeon remained silent, Lecersen urged the Grand Moff to continue, going so far as to interrupt the man's speech with a well-placed joke. The discussion continued nonetheless, and it was Lecersen who asked if the council wanted to expand Imperial territory. When Moff Rosset inquired if they would vote on the matter, Lecersen responded for Pellaeon, stating that the motion wasn't on the table&mdash;and that the council should watch the situation unfold before Pellaeon would make a decision. The meeting concluded, the Moffs filed out of the chamber.

Caedus sent Tahiri Veila, his aspiring apprentice, to speak to Pellaeon about the terms of his proposal. Veila told the Remnant's leader that Caedus was fully prepared to hand over control of the Bilbringi shipyards and Borleias to the Remnant, in exchange for Imperial aid in an Alliance attack on Fondor, a Confederation-aligned world. When Veila left, Pellaeon had his aide Vitor Reige assemble the Moff Council for a discussion of this new proposal. The Moffs realized that the Alliance wouldn't be able to hold Fondor on their own, and their presence on the world&mdash;combined with the additions of Bilbringi and Borleias&mdash;would aid in the transition from the Imperial Remnant to a new Empire. The Council unanimously approved Caedus's offer with thunderous applause.

Imperial warships, including Turbulent-class Star Destroyers, were sent to support the Alliance Third and Fourth Fleets in the attack on Fondor. As the battle progressed, Pellaeon was assassinated by Veila aboard his flagship, the Bloodfin. Grand Moff Quille's allies, who had accompanied Pellaeon on the Bloodfin, assumed command of the Star Destroyer, but a mutiny led by Vitor Reige forced the Moffs to barricade themselves in the command center of the warship&mdash;making it easy for Mandalorian soldiers led by Mandalore Boba Fett to wipe out the trapped Quille and his Moffs. In the aftermath of the battle, the remaining Moffs and forces of the Imperial Remnant became allied with Caedus's government.

Battle on Nickel One
"The last I checked, the Empire was an ally of the Galactic Alliance, not its territory. We don't need your permission to conduct our operations&hellip; and we surely don't need tour fleets to hold what we take."

- Lecersen to Caedus

Later in 41 ABY, the Remnant attacked the neutral Roche asteroids in an effort to secure the native Verpines' technology for use in the war effort. Lecersen and his Moffs, accompanied by the Elite Guard of stormtroopers, oversaw the conquest. Though the Super Star Destroyer Dominion was destroyed by Nickel One's entire force of starfighters&mdash;a move that killed two Moffs&mdash;the Remnant emerged victorious. The Moffs set up their headquarters in Nickel One's command center, where they engaged in negotiations with the Verpine hive mother. Accompanied by an Alliance fleet, Caedus arrived at the Roche asteroids and landed on Nickel One shortly thereafter, intending to reprimand the Moffs for their unauthorized attack. The hive mother was initially relieved by Cadeus's presence and hoped to be rid of the Imperials, but the Sith Lord made it clear that the Alliance fleet was there to hold the star system. Lecersen, who had already drawn comparisons between Caedus and his grandfather Darth Vader, emphasized that the Verpine were not neutral, having sold weapons to both sides of the ongoing civil war. Caedus agreed with the senior Moff but nonetheless found it necessary to scold the Moffs for not consulting him prior to launching their attack. Moffs Voryam Bhao and Krom Rethway were quick to voice their disagreement and disapproval with Caedus, and Lecersen even felt the need to remind the Chief of State that the Imperial Remnant was an ally&mdash;not a territory&mdash;of the Alliance.

The Jedi Coalition&mdash;yet another organization opposed to Caedus's Alliance&mdash;soon launched a raid on the Roche asteroids, with the fleets of Admirals Natasi Daala and Cha Niathal engaging the Remnant and Alliance warships while a strike force of Mandalorians, accompanied by Caedus's sister Jaina Solo, landed on Nickel One and proceeded to move towards the Moffs' command center. As the Mandalorians poured into the command center, they began wiping out the Imperial Elite Guard and killing several of the Moffs present. When Solo began to fire on her brother, several of the Moffs opened fire on her. Caedus, preferring to take her himself, urged the Moffs to wait in the command center's anteroom while he dealt with the threat. Both ultimately survived the encounter, as did Lecersen and the remaining Moffs. With the senior Moffs dead, Lecersen became the de facto leader of the Council of Moffs.

End of the war
"You have my complete faith. I look forward to your victory." "Our victory, Moff Lecersen. We're all in this together, wouldn't you say?" "How kind of you to say so, my lord. I was beginning to think you were more interested in our fleet than our advice."

- Lecersen and Darth Caedus during the Battle of Shedu Maad

Caedus was able to track his sister to a Jedi Coalition base on Shedu Maad within the Hapes Cluster. In an effort to wipe out one group of his opposition, the Sith Lord dispatched a fleet of Alliance and Imperial warships&mdash;including the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Anakin Solo and the Super Star Destroyer Megador&mdash;to destroy the base. Lecersen and the Moff Council accompanied Caedus aboard the Anakin Solo. As the battle raged, the Moffs entered into a discussion with Tahiri Veila regarding Caedus's sanity. Veila revealed this to her master, but Lecersen was the only Moff who was not shocked by her betrayal of their confidence. Believing the battle to be going poorly, Lecersen suggested to Caedus that they launch an attack on the Dragon Queen, the flagship of Hapes Consortium Queen Mother Tenel Ka Djo&mdash;the mother of Caedus's daughter, Allana.

Caedus was unable to clearly read the Moff's mind, but he knew that the Queen Mother was his intended target. Lecersen explained that the Remnant's scientists had developed a nanovirus that could be tailed to a specific bloodline, given a sample of the target's DNA. One, designed to kill anyone belonging to Clan Fett, had already been air-dispersed on Mandalore. Lecersen was particularly proud of the accomplishment, seeing it as revenge for the Mandalorian attack on Nickel One. Using a blood sample from the captive Hapan Prince Isolder, Tenel Ka's father, the Remnant would have been able to manufacture a specific strain directed against the Hapan Royal Family within an hour or two. Caedus, fearing for his daughter's life, tried to convince the Moffs and Veila not to develop the virus. Lecersen was skeptical of a victory without the nanovirus, but he nonetheless agreed to follow the Sith Lord's orders. The two then briefly traded jabs before Caedus prepared to confront his sister, who had boarded the Anakin Solo in preparation for a second conflict. Lecersen decided that the Moffs would transfer the flag to the Megador, but Caedus told them that there would be no need&mdash;both warships would be moving into battle. Caedus noted that it was time for them to risk their lives to win the war. Later in the Anakin Solo's Biodisposal Pit, after Caedus confronted Isolder and killed him, the Sith Lord discovered that Lecersen had betrayed him: The Moff had had tissue samples collected from Isolder, developed the nanovirus, and sent a missile boat to deliver it to the Dragon Queen. Before Caedus could do anything about it, Jaina forced her brother into a duel and ultimately killed him.

The nanovirus ultimately proved to be useless, as both Tenel Ka and Allana surived. The battle fell in favor of the Jedi Coalition; Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker led a strike force of Jedi Masters and Jedi Knights in storming the Anakin Solo. The Jedi forces found the Moffs seated around a tactical display in the Auxiliary Command Center, with only one dead. The surviving Moffs all displayed varied degrees of shock on their faces at the outcome of the battle. Skywalker informed them that Caedus was dead, and he offered the Council an ultimatum: They would either become Hapan prisoners-of-war and face trial for their nanovirus attack, or they could aid in rebuilding the shattered Galactic Alliance. Lecersen, as leader of the Council, found the former to be an unattractive option and the latter to be unusually generous. Skywalker announced that the Moffs would have to accept Jagged Fel, son of Imperial starfighter pilot Baron Soontir Fel, as the Remnant's new leader. Lecersen was accepting of the proposal, as were several other Moffs. Han Solo, Caedus's father, then suggested that the Remnant set up a mission to aid worlds affected by recent galactic worlds. Though he initially doubted if the Remnant had the resources for such an endeavor, Lecersen was persuaded by another Moff to provide support for the project. When the Hapan Queen Mother arrived, Lecersen bowed and personally apologized for the Council's actions. Ka replied by threatening the Moff with death should there ever be another nanovirus attack. In the days that followed, the galaxy began on the path to recovery with the devastating war finally over.

Personality and traits
An old-school Moff, Lecersen always kept himself combat-ready should the need for battle arise. He was considered part of the "new breed" of Moffs, who, according to Pellaeon, were more enlightened than their predecessors. Lecersen possessed an analytical mind, and it was for these traits that Pellaeon admired the man. Lecersen was a firm believer in duty, putting it before personal gain. Following the Mandalorian slaughter of Moffs on Nickel One, Lecersen assumed command of the Moff Council as its ranking member.

Much like the rest of the Moffs, Lecersen desired to see the Imperial Remnant transformed into a second Galactic Empire. To see this dream come true, Lecersen was willing to ally the Remnant with the Galactic Alliance under Darth Caedus. However, the Moff was not willing to see the Remnant submit to the will of the Alliance; thus, he had Remnant forces perform independent attacks such as the assault on the Roche asteroids. Though Caedus disapproved of the Moffs' decision to attack without first consulting him, Lecersen showed no fear in telling the Sith Lord that he had no place in the decision-making of the Remnant. Gradually, however, Lecersen became somewhat subservient to the Alliance Chief of State; by the time of the Battle of Shedu Maad, the Moff was addressing him as "Lord Caedus" and advising him during the engagement.

Regardless, Lecersen still stood out as the leader of the Moffs. He took credit for the nanovirus that Remnant scientists had managed to engineer and championed its use, against both Clan Fett and the Hapan Royal Family. He was so convinced that its use would bring about victory during the Battle of Shedu Maad that he disobeyed Caedus's orders, having a strain manufactured to target Queen Mother Tenel Ka's bloodline and giving the order to have it delivered to the Dragon Queen for deployment.

When confronted by Luke Skywalker's Jedi strike force at the end of the battle, Lecersen reacted almost oppositely of how his fellow Moffs did. When Skywalker gave them the option of becoming Hapan prisoners-of-war, Lecersen looked relieved while the other Moffs looked worried. Alternatively, when Skywalker proposed that the Council aid in rebuilding the Alliance, he became worried out of suspicion while his comrades became relieved. After Jagged Fel was suggested to become Pellaeon's successor, Lecersen showed approval for the pick&mdash;after all, he was Soontir Fel's son, and of a notable Imperial bloodline. Lecersen's decision on delivering the nanovirus to the Dragon Queen would ultimately haunt him when a fellow Moff blackmailed him into becoming one of the largest contributors to Han Solo's proposed mission. Lecersen was willing to show respect toward Tenel Ka even though he had prepared to kill her; upon her arrival to the Auxiliary Command Center of the Anakin Solo, he bowed to her and expressed his sincere apology for having the nanovirus created.

Appearances

 * Revelation
 * Invincible
 * Omen