Q Unit

Q Unit was an elite special operations unit of the Galactic Empire, starting sometime before 10 BBY. It was commissioned as an elite branch of Section Three of Imperial Intelligence.

Hunt for Silri
Q Unit was activated by in the  to seek and capture the renegade  Silri, who was responsible for the murder of nearly a hundred Imperial personnel on the diplomatic corvette Prosecutor. Although not confirmed, it was rumored that the Emperor wanted the powerful witch so that he could convert her into an.

Led by Jallin Trask, a detachment of Q Unit used the outdated, skeleton-crewed Acclamator I-class heavy cruiser Way Seeker as their mobile base of operations. They took two years to find the elusive Nightsister, who was residing on, but even with the aid of , Q Unit failed to capture Silri for  - a mixture of carelessness and horrible tactics.

When the loyalists to former Emperor began to actively dissent against the  of de facto Emperor, the Sith Lord exclusively reestablished Q Unit as a counterterrorism unit, urban warfare unit, and counterintelligence unit on increasingly hostile planets under the command of  Minerva Pellaeon, granddaughter of   under Title II of the Counterintelligence for Security Act. However, Q Unit eventually relented against fighting the guerilla advocators of Roan Fel, defecting themselves with Minerva Pellaeon over to the growing underground resistance movement. Their ranks were considerably thinned when Darth Maladi learned of this insurrection, utilizing the Empire's military to destroy a large amount of Q Unit materiel and personnel, including Admiral Pellaeon, but the remnants were able to join the "true" Emperor on.