Grand Fleet

The Grand Fleet was a large armada of the Imperial Navy that was tasked with the retaking of following its fall to the New Republic. The Fleet was placed under the command of General Reynar Thalen for the operation, and was almost completely annihilated.

History
After the fall of in 4 ABY to the New Republic, the remnants of the Imperial Ruling Council fled and convened on the world of. They appointed General Reynar Thalen as Emperor, who commanded a sizable force and promised to retake Imperial Center for them. The Grand Fleet was placed under his command for the operation.

He pooled what resources the Interim Ruling Council had available into his own force, putting together a large armada at a staging area near. They headed south from there, joining with additional units before arriving at. The fleet restocked there and awaited some final joiners before heading to Coruscant. Its numerical strength, however, was offset by the fact that most of its crewmen and junior officers were inexperienced, as heavy losses have been taken by the Empire during the Post-Endor Imperial power struggle.

Additionally, the New Republic's admiralty anticipated an Imperial attempt to retake Coruscant, and had several fleets there prepared for battle. When the Grand Fleet arrived, it found itself surrounded and slightly outnumbered. Thalen's forces attempted to fight their way through, but were ultimately defeated by the New Republic defenders. After several hours of fighting, the highest ranking officer left alive, Admiral Regnauld, ordered the remaining ships to retreat. The only consolation to the defeat of the Grand Fleet was that Thalen rammed 's flagship with his own vessel, killing the New Republic Supreme Commander.

Due to the losses and its internal conflict, the Empire would not mount such an ambitious offensive for the next few years.

Order of battle
The Grand Fleet consisted of several fleets, which were:
 * Abbathorn Fleet, commanded by Fleet Admiral Abbathorn (flagship Conqueror)
 * Kessius Fleet, commanded by Admiral Kessius (flagship Devastator II)
 * Lastir Fleet, commanded by Admiral Lastir (flagship Terror)
 * Regnauld Fleet, commanded by Admiral Regnauld (flagship Monarch)

Thalen directed the armada from the supreme flagship, the Glory.

Imperial-class Star Destroyers

 * ISD Glory
 * ISD Requiem
 * ISD Valiance
 * ISD Obliterator
 * ISD Vigilant
 * ISD Conqueror
 * ISD Devastator II
 * ISD Blackguard
 * ISD Emperor's Fist
 * ISD Triumphant
 * ISD Monarch
 * ISD Rebel's Bane
 * ISD Terror

Victory-class Star Destroyers

 * VSD Claxton
 * VSD Hininbirg
 * VSD Isoroku
 * VSD Garrett
 * VSD Crushing Hope
 * VSD Inevitable Triumph
 * VSD Eternal Glory
 * VSD New Frontiers

Support ships
It consisted of about another 600 ships of smaller classes, including Interdictor cruisers, Strike-class medium cruisers, Carrack-class cruisers, Lancer-class light cruisers,Victory II-class frigates, escort carriers, and others.