Black Talon

The Black Talon was a Gage-class transport in service with the Sith Empire during the Cold War. It was captained by Revinal Orzik, and later commander by Darth Imperius for her use as the infinite Empires Sphere of Diplomacy.

Characteristics
Resembling the larger, more heavily armed Terminus-class destroyer, the Gage-class transport traded the destroyer's numerous turbolaser banks for cargo space and troop barracks. Where the Gage-class did resemble its cousin, however, was its heavy armor--the transport wasn't built for speed or combat, but to get its cargo to a destination intact. The Black Talon, like others of its class, had a wide and spaciously designed bridge.

History
Sometime during the Cold War, Grand Moff Rycus Kilran ordered the Black Talon's Captain Revinal Orzik to intercept the Republic Thranta-class corvette Brentaal Star, which carried a turncoat Imperial officer whom Kilran wanted silenced. When Orzik disobeyed the order as he considered it suicidal, Kilran dispatched a team of elite operatives to discipline him. Once proper control had been restored, the ship was brought out of hyperspace near the Brentaal Star, which immediately opened fire on the Black Talon to provide cover for boarding pods sent against the transport. The operatives, backed up by remaining Imperial marines successfully repelled the Republic boarding teams, in turn boarding the Republic warship and securing the target turncoat Imperial officer. The Black Talon escaped with all objectives swiftly and successfully completed, before Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan's inbound Republic reinforcement fleet arrived.

Years later following a Failed Coup and the formation of the Infinite Empire, the Black Talon feel under Infinite Imperial Control, and Revinal requested to serve under Darth Imperius whom he had encountered during the Brentaal Star incident as one of the elite operatives. Imperius who headed the Sphere of Diplomacy, used the Black Talon as a mobile diplomatic ship, for her mission of recruiting new allies for the Infinite Empire, among these included saving a rogue Mandalorian clan Tula and its head Baalmade Tula from Republic forces on Dantatooine.