Council of Moffs (DKW27)

The Council of Moffs or Moff Council was the governing body of the during it's latter years, the  and the Second Galactic Empire.

History
Formed sometime around 12 ABY, by a group of Moffs seeking to preserve what remained of the Empire after the death of  and the collapse of the, they continued to be the foremost power in the Empire under 's leadership during the  and when  became Emperor they became the executive body of his reconstituted Empire. Up until  45 ABY they were led by Grand Admiral Morlish Veed, an ambitious man who sought to claim Fel's throne for his own, he led a coup against Fel, and took over the Emperor, calling himself "Fel's Regent" and claiming that the Emperor had been assassinated by the Empire's supposed allies, the Galactic Alliance, causing a war between the two powers. Of the Moff Council only Yularen, head of Imperial Intelligence, Oron Jaeger, head of the Stormtrooper Corps & Geist, head of the Imperial Army knew of Fel's survival, the former two Moffs defected to Fel's side when he attempted to take back his throne, but Geist remained loyal to Veed, believing that he would make the Moffs the leaders of the Empire again, as it had been in the Remnant. Following Fel's victory at Coruscant (which was earlier captured from the Alliance by Veed's forces, the majority of the Council defected to Fel, except Geist &   the latter of whom had joined Admiral 's insurgency against both Veed's forces and Fel's loyalists. Geist had realised at Coruscant that Veed's cause was both doomed, because of Fel's superior forces & leadership and the wrong choice in the first place, because Veed actually took more power from the Moffs & wished to make himself Emperor, not reconstitute the Council as the only ruling body, but Geist was unable to defect at Coruscant, as Veed had kept him aboard his flagship to keep an eye on him. During the final battle of Veed's war against Fel, at Eriadu; knowing the battle was lost, Admiral Piard ordered the surrender of Veed's forces to Fel, but Veed countermanded the order & prepared to destroy Eriadu, with all of Fel's ground forces & his own still on the planet, but before he could do so, he was shot & killed by Geist, who then promoted Piard to Supreme Commander and advised him to surrender as per his original intent, Piard did so and both he and Geist were later pardonned by Emperor Fel & retained their pre-war ranks.

After the war had ended Emperor Fel set about reordering his Empire, beginning by lessening the power of the Moff Council & reforming both the Imperial Ruling Council, made up of the Empire's nobility and the Imperial Senate, which represented each member world of the Empire, he then sent his loyal Imperial Knight, Maarek Stele to speak to the long-retired Grand Admiral, Octavian Grant, as the highest ranking surviving military leader of Palpatine's regime and an incredibly able strategist, Fel hoped to convince Grant to join the Empire once more, in this Stele was successful & Grant was appointed Supreme Commander & head of the Moff Council in Veed's place.

Members
In 48 ABY the Council consisted of:


 * High Moff Octavian Grant: Supreme Commander, Head of the Council, replaced Morlish Veed after the latter's betrayal and death.


 * High Moff Rulf Yage: Grand Admiral, Head of the Imperial Navy


 * High Moff Andrel Geist: General, Head of the Imperial Army


 * High Moff Raymus Yularen: Admiral, Director of Imperial Intelligence, who replaced Hogrum Chalk after the Emperor discovered his betrayal.


 * High Moff Fehlaaur'aitel'loro "Fehlaaur": Grand Admiral, Director of the Imperial Diplomatic Corps


 * High Moff Konrad Rus: Director of the Imperial Mission

In addition to these six core members, six others were sometimes called upon when required:


 * High Moff Tyla Praji: Chief Justice of the Imperial Judicial Department


 * High Moff Lucius Rothingham: Director of the Imperial Engineering Corps


 * High Moff Oron Jaeger: General, Head of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps


 * High Moff Anders Tonth: Director of the Imperial Survey Corps


 * High Moff Kornell Divini: Director of the Imperial Surgical Corps


 * High Moff Lira Wessex: Director of the Department of Military Research

The council also included a varying number of Grand Moffs, who were responsible for the governance of priority sectors, or Oversectors:


 * Grand Moff Ephin Saretti: Governor of the 1st Oversector (Bastion), replaced after his execution for treason following the Caamas Document Crisis.


 * Grand Moff Drikl Lecersen: Governor of the 2nd Oversector (Coruscant)


 * Grand Moff Julius Tarkin: Governor of the 3rd Oversector (Eriadu)


 * Grand Moff Voss Parck: Governor of the 4th Oversector (Nirauan)


 * Grand Moff Tritum Mecetti: Governor of the 5th Oversector (Procopia/Fondor)


 * Grand Moff Adum Holt: Governor of the 6th Oversector (Anaxes)


 * Grand Moff Dagon Niriz: Governor of the 8th Oversector (Kamino/Rothana)