10 ABY. Emperor Palpatine is... alive! Although Grand Admiral Thrawn is dead, and the Empire itself is a fraction of it's former itself, things are going just swell for Leonia Tavira. The resurrection of Emperor Palpatine and the beginning of Operation Shadowhand has broken the back of the New Republic, allowing for her pirates to make strikes into New Republic space with ease. In the process of sneaking aboard her Star Destroyer, you were caught and brought before her.