Recaps

Thrawn’s campaign against the Kingdom of Dawn brought him into conflict with Sefrans Tann and the Archangel-class Titan Warship. The Emissary opened a hyperspace passage in the midst of battle, while Thrawn called for reinforcements to destroy it.

• Thrawn wore down Mal-Tuk’s fleet, recaptured Palanci Planet, and lured Mal-Tuk into an assault on shielded Arkania Planet.
• Thrawn defeated the Commerce Guild Fleet at Arkania, where Arden Lyn killed Luminara Unduli and the Neimoidia’s destruction ended the battle in a devastating loss for the Kingdom of Dawn.
• Thrawn captured Bilbrin Planet and received command of the Northern Military, while Sefrans Tann took the Archangel-class Titan Warship through a stargate to Makito.
• Tann avoided a decisive battle at Bilbrin and sent fleets toward Agamar and Parlin Minor, while Thrawn prepared to study the Titan and attack her forces from both sides.
• Tann’s Northern Fleet attacked Parlin Minor, and the Emissary’s Doomsday Weapon destroyed the Iron Moon after Thrawn’s fleet moved to cut off her retreat.
• Thrawn trapped Tann’s First Fleet in hyperspace and devastated it, but the Emissary arrived and formed a defensive line around itself.
• The Emissary destroyed an Imperial Star Destroyer and opened a hyperspace passage with its Hyperspace Stabilizer, prompting Thrawn to order an attack and request Dunn Vesex’s remaining defense fleet.

Thrawn’s costly victory over Sefrans Tann led to his arrest, while Tang Xiao returned to the Kingdom of Dawn, pursued new military and economic plans, and forced Tann back into his service. As the Empire and the Kingdom of Dawn struggled to contain rebellion, the Declaration of Freedom ignited uprisings across the galaxy and revealed the Rebel Alliance’s growing reach.

• Dunn-Vesex attacked Sefrans-Tann’s forces at Parlin-Minor as Thrawn engaged the Archangel Titan, but Tann’s Phenomenon Generator inflicted heavy losses before both fleets withdrew.
• Thrawn returned to Parin-Minor and was arrested on seventeen charges, while Dunn-Vesex claimed the victory and received praise from the Empire.
• The Kingdom of Dawn and the Galactic Empire expanded their campaigns across multiple fronts as Mandalore declared autonomy and Gal Saxon became Grand Duke.
• Matt Horner returned as Commander of the Navy, reorganized the Kingdom of Dawn’s theaters, and confronted the imprisoned Sefrans Tann with a demand for a battle report.
• Tang Xiao found Mortis collapsing, took the Son’s body, and returned with the Daughter as the Ayrou began building a cloning chamber from data sent by the Great Bird Spirit God.
• Tang Xiao placed the Son’s body in stasis, reviewed the Kingdom’s military setbacks, and ordered Sefrans Tann punished before demanding that she conquer the galaxy for him.
• Hari Seldon proposed backing the Kingdom of Dawn’s new currency with Neutron Steel, and the government rejected Imperial credits in favor of Currency Number Four.
• The Declaration of Freedom fueled uprisings across the galaxy as the Rebel Alliance evaded both governments, destroyed or captured fleets, hijacked a Kingdom transport, and robbed the Empire’s Aldhani vault.

The Rebel Alliance expanded its resistance as the Empire tightened control over industry and built the Death Star, while the Kingdom of Dawn pursued the missing Queen Karina. The arc ended with Nova’s agents infiltrating Tarassia through the Death Star’s supply shipments and capturing Poggle the Lesser.

• Mon Mothma and Lexi Dio exchanged rebel intelligence under cover of a conversation, and the Leader directed the Alliance to go underground and seek help from Incom Corporation and the Zann Consortium.
• Imperial battle droids crushed demonstrations and rebellions across several worlds, while Hari Seldon outlined policies for the Kingdom of Dawn and A'Sharad Heite killed Bultar Swann and left the Black Beast Squad to seek revenge.
• Galen Malek fought the Rebel Alliance on Lianna, then learned Darth Vader had faked his death and ordered him to unite the rebels against Darth Sidious.
• Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and Garm Bel Iblis organized resistance, while Imperial nationalization pressure fractured industrial companies and led Incom Corporation to develop the X-wing with Rebel help.
• Mon Mothma helped Rebels and Jedi seize Incom's database and X-wing prototypes from Fresia as Palpatine advanced the Death Star project and Orson Krennic recruited Galen Erso to develop its superlaser.
• Poggle the Lesser's betrayal and kidnapping of Emperor Karina left the Geonosians divided, while Ganzo Doso used a captured Geonosian's brain to locate Karina and secured Nova's help to rescue her.
• The High Command approved Operation Poseidon to escort the Geonosians, as Orson Krennic activated the Death Star's sublight engines at Tarassia and prepared for an attack.
• Geonosians seized part of the Death Star's residential sector, and Nova's agents infiltrated Tarassia through supply shipments, found Poggle the Lesser, and revealed the Kingdom of Dawn's operation.

Nova and the Kingdom of Dawn aided a Geonosian uprising that severely damaged the Death Star but failed to capture it. The setback prompted Orman Tagge to seek control of its construction, while Sanya-Tagge sought the Kingdom of Dawn's help against his takeover of Tagge Company.

• Nova infiltrated the Death Star project and learned that Emperor Karina intended to control Orson Krennic and seize the station.
• Nova and Black Lotus hackers disrupted Imperial systems as millions of Geonosians rose against Imperial forces on Tarassia and inside the Death Star.
• The Kingdom of Dawn attacked the Imperial fleet and landed Geonosian reinforcements, while Voradul killed Prophetess Tana and joined Nova.
• Afshin Makati bombarded Tarassia, and Emperor Karina reached the Death Star before entrusting Ganzo-Dosso with her egg and rallying the Geonosians.
• Galen Erso helped Imperial forces thwart Emperor Karina's unfinished hyperspace escape, while Nova triggered explosions throughout the Death Star.
• Ganzo-Dosso offered to make the surviving Geonosians vassals of the Kingdom of Dawn and rebuild Hypori as an industrial center.
• Orman Tagge pushed Tagge Company to take over Death Star construction, while Felix Tagge displaced Adelaide Tagge as Finance Minister after accusing her of falsifying finances.
• Sanya-Tagge requested the Kingdom of Dawn's help as Orman-Tagge introduced High Inquisitor Mal Sikander and announced a purge, while Felix-Tagge imprisoned Adelaide-Tagge.