Admiral natasi daala was grand moff tarkin's lover. . . Yep the gal liked her men old . . She was even assigned with a fleet of her own but was sent to the far reaches of the galaxy , and was ordered not to make contact with the empire until further notice . . Time passed and the new republic emerged , it wasn't until han solo crashed near her dominions , that she realized the empire was defeated . . So she took command of the imperial fleet with the purpose of defeating the new republic once and for all