Isen Star Empire

The Isen Star Empire was first unified by a defected Imperial Inquisitor named Xal Shun. Under Shun and later his daughter Aerianna, the ISE pursued a course of vigorous expansion and conquest in the Unknown Regions. The noble houses were predominantly tall, blonde, Force-sensitive humans.

In 12 ABY, the ISE became a founding member of the ISA, or Interstellar Sovereigns Alliance. At one point it convinced the Black Star Confederacy to leave the ISA and join the short-lived Interstellar Concordium; later, both nations rejoined the ISA. The ISE resisted an assault from the Uul'ba-Rai, and accepted the membership of the much less lucky Jade Sector.

In 13 ABY, a civil war broke out with the death of the Empress, and the ISE fragmented. Noble houses and pirate lords turned the sector inside out. Eventually, the area became unified as the Bandit Kingdoms, dominated by a pirate group known as Black Nova that preyed on the Jade Sector of the BSC. Jade Sector forces worked with Sandian Imperial League Templar ships to fight the pirates and conquer the sector, which was occupied by the SIL. When the Jade Worlds declared independence and became the Jade Empire, the Isen sector became an official part of the new government.