Laro Empire

"Fools. What can they hope to accomplish against my forces?"

- Nausun Rok

The Laro Empire can be said to be have been formed when Moff Nausun Rok, who was overseeing Imperial holdings in the Laro Sector, made a grab for power and broke away from the Galactic Empire shortly after the Battle of Hoth. However the Laro Empire as an entity wasn’t made official until after the Battle of Endor, and the start of the Laro Civil War, when the forces of the three principal planets of the Laro Sector went to war for control of the sector. Rok, along with his ally, Admiral Gerid Fohlis, commanded the majority of the Imperial forces in the sector, but badly underestimated the fighting abilities of the Rolani and the far more subtle manipulations of the Orisians, which eventually resulted in a stalemate that lasted the rest of the war.

This stalemate wouldn’t be broken until Oremin forces, led by Jesika Doljian, managed to play the three sides off of each other and unite the Rolani Dominion and the Oris Triad against the Laro Empire. Rok and Fohlis were killed in the final battle at Laro Prime, ending the civil war. The Laro Empire, along with the Rolani Dominion and Oris Triad, were dissolved shortly thereafter to create the newly proclaimed Laro Order.

=Member Worlds= For most of its operational history, the Laro Empire could boast control of six worlds in the Laro Sector. Aside from the capital of Laro Prime, these worlds included the manufacturing planets Tikan and Metak, the agriworlds Aips and Sipa, and the fortress world of Garn.

In addition, the Laro Empire essentially controlled the hyperspace route known as the Merchant Corridor, widely considered one the most prosperous in the Laro Sector. This, coupled with Rok’s role in breaking the sector away from the Galactic Empire and control of Laro Prime, gave the Laro Empire an air of legitimacy to the sector’s Human population.

Even after the Laro Empire was dissolved, the Laro Order maintained Laro Prime as the capital for the new government.