19 BBY, April. Six months had passed since the establishment of the First Galactic Empire.
With the establishment of the New Order, the Milky Way Galaxy had instead entered a relatively stable period. But anyone could see that beneath this surface calm lurked a terrifying storm, one capable of swallowing everything!
At the edge of the Mid Rim, Naboo.
An Imperial-class Star Destroyer hovered in Naboo's outer orbit, floating silently as it looked down upon the beautiful blue planet.
The Imperial-class Star Destroyer was the Consul-class Star Destroyer. It was the same class as the Knight-class Star Destroyer, which had already seen combat on many battlefields, except it had an expanded hangar platform capable of carrying seventy-two V-wing Alpha-class Starfighters.
After the Galactic Empire was established, the Consul-class Star Destroyer had been renamed the Imperial-class Star Destroyer and became a symbol of the Empire. Behind this renaming lay a political and economic struggle, which would be mentioned later.
But at this moment, the Imperial-class Star Destroyer was behaving strangely. It neither launched fighters to patrol as it normally would during patrol missions, nor did it enter synchronous orbit to directly intimidate the planet—something the Empire's fleets had used most often in the months since the Empire's founding.
And this would continue for the foreseeable future.
The Imperial-class Star Destroyer simply floated in the outer orbit, observing the planet like a bystander.
"Queen Jamillia, that Star Destroyer has come again." Inside the Royal Palace of Naboo in Theed City, Naboo's capital, the security chief reported to Queen Jamillia, the current Queen of Naboo, seated upon her throne.
"Has it made any unusual moves?" Queen Jamillia asked.
"No. It has merely remained motionless in our outer orbit. It has not even reacted to ships flying right past it..." The security chief